Repub Culberson ripping Chertoff a new one..first responders not getting fed

[rainbow4321]

FEMA not getting supplies to the area for first responders...food, portapotties, wanting to know who dropped the ball. Promises not kept. He is PISSED.

http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html
rt upper corner channel

Says he is ringing firebells and Houstonians are bringing supplies and food to first responders b/c FEMA has fucked up. Again

[EFerrari]

1. God dammit.

:grr:

[Subdivisions]

2. He is NOT happy. Watching now. Having to appeal to citizens to bring

first responders food and water.

[rainbow4321]

4. Oh, shit.....is he pissed.

"Last bit of food, no water"
He is making a public appeal for local citizens to get food/water to the FIRST RESP0NDERS.

[EFerrari]

6. He says the roads are not flooded, there is no access problem

and there are a hundred buses idling there.

[Snarkoleptic]

3. Yer doin' a heckuva job Chimpy!

[malaise]

5. I'm watching here with my mouth wide open

Another clusterfuck.

[rainbow4321]

8. "FEMA's first responsibility is to take care of the first responders"

because they cannot help locals til they are taken care of.
Buses sitting idle, FEMA not using them.





Ooooohhhh.

Direct verbal fire at federal government being at fault.

[bobthedrummer]

21. Department of Just Us in aktion eom

[eShirl]

7. thanks for posting

man... i'm getting a deja vu feeling

[roamer65]

9. Yet again, RW morons trying to destroy federal gov't effectiveness.

Fits right within their grand scheme.

[Betsy Ross]

10. M$M, pick this up!

Shocking but not surprising. Do we start food drives across the country to air lift into Texas? Local Congress Rep collected food, water, diapers, etc. here after Katrina.

[RoyGBiv]

11. That was a righteous rant ...

I hate that this is happening, but I think everyone suspected some shit like this was going down ... and I'm certain this is not the worst of it.

However, I'm glad someone finally took his or her television time to illuminate the problems rather than sit there spouting platitudes about how great we all are. (Yes, I'm looking at you Rick "check out my hair" Perry.)

[tanyev]

12. Reporters asking about this now at Goodhair's press conference.

He also weaseled out of direct questions about lack of information and restricted access to Bolivar and West End.

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. I watched that, he was very angry.

[icnorth]

14. Chertoff seems more befuddled by the minute...

Time to replace him with Ben Bernanke, a real pro in disaster management like Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Bear Stearns... Lehman Bros. anybody?:sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

17. He's retiring anyway. I bet he's counting the minutes. n/t

[progressive_realist]

15. FEMA is taking Houston, while the state handles the other areas?

Seems like the biggest disaster areas are places like Galveston that are outside the city limits. And the city of Houston itself probably has ample resources to deal with the stricken areas within city limits.

It appears FEMA is still a useless organization.

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Bush & Co. learned nothing from Katria, did they?

[rainbow4321]

19. KHOU just said that the first responders now have enough...

Food and water at Tully Stadium...thanks to **Houstonians** bringing in food and water/supplies, **no thanks** to FEMA.

They repeated what Culberson said in his press conference.


Wish he would give another press conference to confirm or deny this himself.

[City Lights]

18. Who dropped the ball? Wake up, dude, Republican'ts are in charge, which

means the ball was never even picked up!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

20. It doesn't matter...they will still blame Congress

:banghead: