Black Political Zone

Just when you thought you that you had seen the worst that the Bush cabal has to offer us, Bob Schieffer reported recently on Face the Nation about a Washington Post article that reports that Bush recently signed a statement allowing him not to maintain certain criteria for FEMA directors. More specifically, he doesn't have to require them to have at least five years of experience in disaster management before taking the position. The Washington Post writes:

The standards for the FEMA director were inspired by criticism of former FEMA chief Michael D. Brown's performance after Hurricane Katrina last year. Brown, a lawyer and judge of Arabian horses, had no experience in disaster response before joining FEMA.

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