Cheney backed removing FEMA boss from Katrina duty(Austin protest also)

[deminks]

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept 10 - U.S. Vice President
Dick Cheney on Saturday said he supported the decision to remove Michael Brown as head of the federal relief effort in the stricken Gulf Coast but refused to say if Brown would eventually be dismissed.

In Austin, protesters gathered outside the convention center shouting, "Cheney, you are scumbag" and carrying signs that said "Fire Cheney too" and "Relief not Repression."

Cheney said the evacuees he spoke to in Texas did not raise concerns about the FEMA shake-up but detailed their stories of escaping the devastation.

Cheney spent about 20 minutes touring the Austin convention center, walking past the rows of cots with neatly arranged blankets, pillows and sleeping bags.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050910/us_nm/cheney_dc

20 minutes is not time enough to gather testimonies, IMHO.

[MichiganVote]

1. WoW!! 5 weeks of vacation for Cheney and 20 minutes for evacuee's

Just too generous. Where do we all bow and scrape?

[Jennos20]

2. EWWW

That Douche was in my city! I feel dirty all of a sudden :(

[fleabert]

4. Welcome to DU!

hope you find it to be as wonderful as I do...

[Dora]

6. Yes, I felt much better not knowing this....

children are whimpering in their sleep tonight here in Austin.

I'm going to go check on my boy.

Welcome to DU!

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. welcome to DU

[MaineDem]

3. I think the evacuees had other things on their minds, Dick

Perhaps they were more concerned with their families; their lives maybe?

The lack of compassion in these people continues to astound me.

[merci_me]

5. So that's why * removed Brown....................

the dick finally got back to DC and gave * his marching orders.

Sorry 'bout that Brownie. Sure * said you were doing a good job, but what does he know? He had no place speaking out of turn, without the dick telling him what to say.

[Massachusetts]

8. the dick finally got back to DC and gave * his marching orders.

* understands that you Don't mess with the Big Dick!