Overzealous MIKE BROWN

I know that a few days ago, I railed against pointing fingers. I am not pointing a finger here. I am making a suggestion to the man I voted for twice to change the course of this country and the world-- and who, I feel, to this point, has mostly succeeded (more troops in Iraq, more troops in Iraq, more troops in Iraq...).

So here's my suggestion, which all Overzealous Prosecutors agree with:

FIRE MIKE BROWN NOW!!!

This is completely out of control. The fact that the man still has a job is a real testament to the insularity of the Bush Administration which, I have felt, until now, has been an almost complete advantage in dealing with Washington and the press. Loyalty is important, and it sucks to have people you've appointed to key positions working against you.

The reason why the insularity isn't working now is because MIKE BROWN IS WORKING AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Maybe he's done some nice things in his life, I don't know. What I do know is that FEMA has work to do-- get him out so that can get back to doing the business they were supposed to. I somehow doubt that MB is integral to the running of FEMA given his treatment of Hurricane Katrina.

Sometimes change starts from the top down. In these pathetic federal agencies, it may be the only way. President Bush, please fire Mike Brown.

See the outpouring of support for the decision here at Andrew Sullivan. And even more.

Rich Lowry has some devastating material here. Here are examples of why FEMA is currently a danger and needs some serious changes immediately. As Constructive Interference laments:

In the case of Katrina we need to make clear that we are not complaining that FEMA did not arrive in NO. Clearly, the leadership of FEMA was on the scene immediately and took charge of the situation. The problem was that the leadership was so incompetent that it succeeded in interfering with local relief efforts but failed to provide any federal relief efforts. It kills me to see that the meme of "local failure" could take hold when story after story indicates that "local failure" was large caused by FEMA.

Apparently, this blog is watching FEMA closely as well. I suspect that as we move further beyond OP, and into other blogs, each degree leads you a little bit more to rampant finger pointing, so tread with care. :)