Comments on: Bush: "I take responsibility" for Katrina failure http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Good managers hard to find for Homeland Security - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2617 Good managers hard to find for Homeland Security - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:14:10 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2617 [...] The Department of Homeland Security has several top-level management vacancies, including director-level postions with responsibilities for disaster management and preventing terrorist attacks. Among the vacant positions are the heads of the Operations Directorate and Science and Technology Directorate, the chiefs of which have recently turned in their resignations, and the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, now being headed temporarily by R. David Paulison, better known as Mr. Duct Tape, after Michael Brown resigned as FEMA chief. [...] [...] The Department of Homeland Security has several top-level management vacancies, including director-level postions with responsibilities for disaster management and preventing terrorist attacks. Among the vacant positions are the heads of the Operations Directorate and Science and Technology Directorate, the chiefs of which have recently turned in their resignations, and the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, now being headed temporarily by R. David Paulison, better known as Mr. Duct Tape, after Michael Brown resigned as FEMA chief. [...]

]]> By: That duct tape idea was great! - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2616 That duct tape idea was great! - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:08:50 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2616 [...] + del.icio.us On February 10, 2003, then-U.S. Fire Administrator David Paulison went on television and told Americans to prepare for terrorist attacks by stocking up on, among other things, duct tape and plastic sheeting to cover up their windows and doors. Now Paulison is the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and another government agency has lent its support to that crazy duct tape idea.The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it has been studying the idea of the duct tape sealed “shelter in place,” and found that it really works. And not only that, now that they’re done, they’re going to study ways to adapt the idea to commercial office buildings and the like, so you can have duct tape and plastic sheeting at work, too! [...] [...] + del.icio.us On February 10, 2003, then-U.S. Fire Administrator David Paulison went on television and told Americans to prepare for terrorist attacks by stocking up on, among other things, duct tape and plastic sheeting to cover up their windows and doors. Now Paulison is the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and another government agency has lent its support to that crazy duct tape idea.The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it has been studying the idea of the duct tape sealed “shelter in place,” and found that it really works. And not only that, now that they’re done, they’re going to study ways to adapt the idea to commercial office buildings and the like, so you can have duct tape and plastic sheeting at work, too! [...]

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2614 Michael Hampton Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:28:24 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2614 Stephen, you're seeing quotes which rotate on the front page only, between the posts. Stephen, you’re seeing quotes which rotate on the front page only, between the posts.

]]> By: Stephen VanDyke http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2613 Stephen VanDyke Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:40:02 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2613 "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." — Jonathan Swift Is this a random generated quote or have you actually read a Confederacy of Dunces? “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.” — Jonathan Swift

Is this a random generated quote or have you actually read a Confederacy of Dunces?

]]> By: shorty114 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2612 shorty114 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:46:43 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2612 Well, he's in his second term, so he doesn't really care about getting re-elected, does he? Now if we could get him to take responsibility for the Iraq war failure... Well, he’s in his second term, so he doesn’t really care about getting re-elected, does he?

Now if we could get him to take responsibility for the Iraq war failure…

]]> By: Jason http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2611 Jason Wed, 14 Sep 2005 05:27:16 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/13/bush-i-take-responsibility-for-katrina-failure/#comment-2611 Something I saw over at your first Hammer of Truth link (comment link) <blockquote>This apology appeases you? Why? This sets the stage for bigger government if you ask me. I smell a Katrina Act coming - broader powers to drag you from your home and steal your guns whenever they deem any natural occurance a “disaster� resulting in a “state of emergency�. Please. It looks like “responsibility� means he won’t have to fire anymore of his incompentent staff.</blockquote> Scary. Something I saw over at your first Hammer of Truth link (comment link)

This apology appeases you? Why? This sets the stage for bigger government if you ask me. I smell a Katrina Act coming – broader powers to drag you from your home and steal your guns whenever they deem any natural occurance a “disasterâ€? resulting in a “state of emergencyâ€?. Please.

It looks like “responsibility� means he won’t have to fire anymore of his incompentent staff.

Scary.

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