Chertoff: "I'm held accountable.-and wants "full command and control"

[rodeodance]

This is going to one heck of a fight.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042701229.html?referrer=email

Congress, White House Divided Over Rebuilding FEMA

By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 28, 2006; Page A06


......"I'm held accountable. I want to make sure as a consequence that I have full command and control over my department," he said.

Several members of Congress and outside experts praised the report, however, or said it did not go far enough. Wherever FEMA goes, they said, it is critical to strengthen its leadership, budget, regional commands, ties to states and cities, and core functions. Any reorganization would be FEMA's third in four years.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), ranking member Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and others introduced a bill yesterday that would alter FEMA but not dismantle it.

But Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), a member of Collins's committee, said FEMA should be restored to independent Cabinet-level status. House panels are preparing related bills as the House plans a week of action on Katrina issues May 22.

[Cassandra]

1. "I'm held accountable"

Could've fooled me.

[Divernan]

2. Amen to independent, Cabinet level status for FEMA.

nt

[Warpy]

3. Yeah, you're accountable for being FUCKING INCOMPETENT

and an ideological zealot who rewrote a DISASTER MANUAL to concentrate on NONEXISTANT CONTATION from some goddamned fantasy terror attack!! You ASSHOLE. You fucking incpmpetent wad of snot! You fucking MURDERER!

Jerkoff shouldn't be in charge of a fucking hot dog stand.

We need to get rid of these halfwits with delusions of competence. WE can't take much more of them.