The Political Chase

Tom DeLay Indicted

Tom DeLay is singing Jail House Rock.

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Repository of Katrina information

In response to my request for additional resources, KC at Katrina Coverage has "five hundred posts about the media and politics side of the hurricane."

A quick glance at the site reveals a lot of detailed coverage on Katrina.  I have asked KC, if possible, to provide some specific info directly related (example) to Brown’s testimony yesterday (debunking).

I would like to compile a response to Brownie’s delusional testimony yesterday. 

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Proof of one overcooked brownie

Michael Brown made one big lie yesterday.  He accused Gov. Blanco of not including several parishes, including Orleans, in her request that President Bush declare an emergency for the state of Louisiana.  Brown’s testimony:

BUYER: I would like to ask some questions about the pre- landfall. So I’d like to know why did the president’s federal emergency assistance declaration of August 27th not include the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines?

BROWN: Under the law, the governor makes the request for the declaration and the governors of the states specify what areas, what counties they want included in that declaration.

And, based upon the governor’s request, that’s the recommendation that we make to the president. So if a governor does not request a particular county or a particular parish, that’s not included in the request.

BUYER: All right.

Orleans Parish is New Orleans. I was listening to my colleague, Mr. Jefferson’s, questions about when they talked about, you know, they asked for this assistance for three days and then president responded the very next day, not the day that it was made — the request — but the governor of Louisiana actually excluded New Orleans from the president’s federal emergency assistance declaration?

BROWN: Again, Congressman, we looked at the request. The governors make the request by…

BUYER: Let me ask this. Since you went through the exercise in Pam, was that not shocking to you that the governor would excluded New Orleans from the declaration?

BROWN: Yes.

BUYER: When that request came in excluding these three parishes, did you question it?

BROWN: We questioned it. But I made the decision that we were going to go ahead and move assets in regardless because we have the ability to add those parishes…

From Gov. Blanco’s formal letter to President Bush dated 8/27:

I request that you declare an emergency for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina for the time period beginning August 26, 2005, and continuing. The affected areas are all the southeastern parishes including the New Orleans Metropolitan area…  

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Blanco Rebuttal

Gov. Blanco is in Washington to testify this morning; a rebuttal to Brownie’s deluded state yesterday.  I suspect it will be a good, gloves off fight.

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More delusional than Brownie

You should read this.  This person thinks Michael Brown did a great job yesterday.

"Of those who participated in the hearing, Brown was by far the most impressive…It’s hard to say what a marginally-informed citizen would make of the Katrina hearing, but my own impression was that the only person in the room who had any idea what he was talking about was Michael Brown."

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White House press briefings

You may want to wander over to POTOS Focus and read my daily comments on the White House press briefings, especially yesterday’s post. 

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Any research resources available…

If you have resources related to Michael Brown’s testimony that I have not listed yet, I would appreciate you letting me know.  I’ll be glad to link to your site.

Michael Brown Congressional Testimony Transcript

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