T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 0 8 , 2 0 0 5FEMA Head Is Being Blasted By EVERYONE --Not Just Demsby Michael in New York on 9/08/2005 10:05:00 PMUSA Today has an item in today's paper -- I can't find it online,though.</p><p> The short piece under Hurricane Roundup on page 5Ais titled "FEMA chief rebuffs critics," and is written by Mimi Hall.It says:Federal Emergency Management Agency chief MichaelBrown rebuffed calls from Democrats for his resignation,saying he serves "totally at the will of the president."That's funny, because a day earlier Hall contributed to a story aboutthis same controversy that stated accurately:[FEMA head Michael Brown] doesn't mention the decade hespent as chief rules enforcer for the Arabian HorseAssociation.The horse job, which he left in 2000, is now fodder forcritics who say Brown, head of the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA), has botched the Katrina reliefoperation.</p><p> Those critics include Republicans,Democrats and newspapers.Indeed, that article quotes William Kristol of The Weekly Standard --as conservative as it gets -- blasting Brown and you could alsoinclude the New York Post and many others.</p><p> But in one day thewidespread call for the firing of an incompetent hack who costinnocent Americans their lives has morphed into what is implied as apartisan attack by Democrats.</p><p> Keeping the MSM on its toes is a 24/7job.</p><p> MORE POSTS ABOUT: KATRINA Add New CommentYou are commenting as a Guest.</p><p> You may select one to log into: Logged in as Logout from DISQUSLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Daily KosOpen Thread and Diary Rescue - *Tonight's crew ofRescue Rangers were vcmvo2, grog, dopper0189,shayera, and joyful.</p><p> In the meantime, dadanationlooked editorial.</p><p> Oh yeah, a big shout ...9 minutes ago HuffPost PoliticsPalin's Next Step Is Still A Mystery - Sarah Palinwill enter uncharted political waters when sheleaves the Alaska stage Sunday.</p><p> Now the questionis whether she will go on to become...9 minutes ago FiredoglakeLate Night: MSNBC – Will Any RepublicanDenounce Rush Limbaugh? - I sure do remember atime when the GOP made Barack Obama denounceJeremiah Wright, insisting that if he didn't it wasan explicit endorsement of anything W...54 minutes ago Crooks and LiarsC&L's Late Nite Music Club - Friday Night Ripoffswith Green Day and Chicago - Title: Brain Stew vs.25 or 6 to 4 Artist: Green Day vs.</p><p> Chicago Chicago- 25 or 6 to 4 Green Day - Brain Stew This is thethird post in a series called ...55 minutes ago AMERICAblog GayE.</p><p> Lynn Harris Dies - NYT: E.</p><p> Lynn Harris, thebest-selling author of novels that addressedquestions of identity and sexuality among blackJ O H N ' S P H OT O S AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: FEMA...http://www.americablog.com/2005/09/fema-head-is-being-blast... 1 of 57/25/09 12:25 AMmen, has died, his publicist told Th...3 hours agoShow AllA M E R I C A B L O G T V Visit our AMERICAblog TV site.see all 329 videos >I collect with vodpod Southern Poverty LawCenter calls on CNN to A two minute explanationof the warped and cynical The economy is better.But....</p><p> Judge order San Diego toget rid of the seals Massive brawl in SouthKorean parliament Mormons may havesecretly baptizedNext 6AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: FEMA...http://www.americablog.com/2005/09/fema-head-is-being-blast... 2 of 57/25/09 12:25 AMEzra KleinTab Dump4 hours agoWonk RoomF-22 Killed BySeven-Meme Voltron4 hours agoNYCeveHuge victories: Maloney& Pingree - Health CareHeroes, Clyburnreceives petition - video5 hours agoDaily DoseWill Doctors in theHouse, SenateInfluence Debate?6 hours agoThe TreatmentDoes the GOP ReallyHave an AlternativePlan in the Works?6 hours agoG AY P O L I T I C S Visit our new gay politicssection, AMERICAblog Gay.F E E D S Blog RSS AMERICAblog TV RSS Twitter RSSTwitter Feed Get the blog by email: Subscribe me! 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