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Agreed. The FNS round table is on now here too. Once again, Brit Hume is a sole voice of reason and understanding.

BTW, for what it's worth, Michael Brown came across on FNS as credible to me.

I would agree that he comported himself well in the interview.

His problem is/was that he disagreed with the structure of FEMA being subordinate to DHS and so he intentionally did end-runs around his obligation - that was to report to Chertoff. Like it or not, that was his role in the scheme of things. This he admits to. What he won't admit to is the results and effects of his insubordination. When he complains about the confusion and duplication of orders he fails to admit that he caused them!

For all of this, I agree with his admonition that came at the end of the interview. Wallace asks about the state of readiness of FEMA and Brown says that it is worse than before. He then urges people to insist that FEMA be detached from DHS - an idea that I wholeheartedly support.

Hot News! Byron York at the Corner brings to our attention a story in the WAPO.

White House is going after Media Leaks.

YAAAAHHHHOOOOOO !!!

Being from Florida and having gone through three Horrible Hurricanes, plus a Panhandle Hurricane that came back through My area as a tropical storm, I can attest that Brown did his job fine. It is all about who is governor and who are the leaders locally that are supposed to set up the Hurricane Protection Programs and have the People to implement them. It is in reality a State Function. The State,Feds,and Locals all must work together and have plans way ahead of time, and update those plans as newer info and solutions become known and available. South Florida re-awakened after a very long sleep. They were caught with their pants down, but still managed to look 300 percent better than LA. They are much smarter now, and the whiners are mostly embarrassed that they dallied for decades and thought that Andrew was an anomaly. The difference in all these disasters is leadership, and Haley Barbour and Jeb Bush showed what great Leadership can be and how corrupt Government led by inept Democrat leadership can cause tragedy in a heartbeat that will last a lifetime.