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Tag: New Orleans

Tape: Bush Warned on Levees Before Katrina

Confidential video footage obtained by the Associated Press proves that federal officials warned Bush that Hurricane Katrina could breach levees and cause a tidal wave of disaster.

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Ex-FEMA chief Michael “Heckuva Job” Brown says Bush was overconfident about FEMA’s response to Katrina

FireDogLake: In an attempt to spin the story and make Bush seem in charge, the White House leaked Newsweek transcripts from FEMA conference calls during and after Katrina

Posted on Mar 1, 2006 READ MORE | 6 COMMENTS

ABC via Think Progress

Bush’s Katrina Understatement of the Year

In an ABC interview, Bush says he saw people screaming for help on TV and “realized that our government was—could have done a better job of comforting people.”
“Could have done a better job of comforting people”? How about “could have done a better job saving people”?

Posted on Mar 1, 2006 READ MORE | 1 COMMENT

Halliburton Wins Contract to Reconstruct Cheney’s Reputation

By Andy Borowitz —

The $42-billion contract represents the first time that the company has been employed to put its reconstruction expertise to work on one embattled human being. (satire)

Posted on Feb 17, 2006 READ MORE | 20 COMMENTS

Brownie Blasts Bush Administration Response to Katrina Disaster

Michael “Heckuva Job” Brown departs from the shameful “we didn’t know” defense regarding the breach of the levees, saying: “For them to claim that we didn’t have awareness of it is just baloney.” story

Posted on Feb 10, 2006 READ MORE | 2 COMMENTS

Marty Bahamonde / FEMA via The New York Times

White House Knew of Levee’s Failure on Night of Hurricane

Remember when Bush said that he hadn’t heard about the devastating levee failure in New Orleans until the day after the hurricane hit? Well, now it turns out that former FEMA Director Michael “Heckuva Job” Brown had told the White House about the breach the night before. | story

Posted on Feb 10, 2006 READ MORE | 2 COMMENTS

White House, Chertoff Faulted Over Katrina

The Government Accountability Office slams Bush and the Homeland Security chief for inaction and incompetence when the hurricane struck. | story or go straight to the GAO report