From Yahoo News:

Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, the principal target of harsh criticism of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, was relieved of his onsite command Friday.

He will be replaced by Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen, who was overseeing New Orleans relief, recovery and rescue efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced.

The Article goes on to say:

Brown has been under fire and facing calls for his resignation because of the administration's slow response to the magnitude of the hurricane. On Thursday, questions were raised about whether he padded his resume to exaggerate his previous emergency management background.

Less than an hour before Brown's removal came to light, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Brown had not resigned and the president had not asked for his resignation.

Democratic lawmakers weren't satisfied with the move; they immediately demanded Brown's ouster from FEMA.

"The events of the last ten days have shown that Mr. Brown has repeatedly exercised poor judgment and has failed in his basic responsibilities," said a letter to Bush from Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Sens. Dick Durbin, Debbie Stabenow and Charles E. Schumer. "His continued presence in this critical position endangers the success of the ongoing recovery efforts. ... It is not enough to remove Mr. Brown from the disaster scene."

Republican Sen. Trent Lott, whose Pascagoula, Miss., home was destroyed in the storm, said he, too, had concluded that FEMA "was overwhelmed, undermanned and not capable of doing its job" under Brown's leadership.

"Michael Brown has been acting like a private, instead of a general," Lott said.

Chertoff suggested the shift came as the Gulf Coast efforts were entering "a new phase of the recovery operation." He said Brown would return to Washington to oversee the government's response to other potential disasters.

Of course it's all my fault Brown was relieved, or at least the fault of all us Moonbat's, of which I will now have to add Senator Lott. That someone as serious as The Commissar would not be standing right next to me arguing for the removal of the Horse Breeder, is beyond belief!

Republicans and Conservatives keep accusing us of politicizing the disaster, but in my point of view, the worst politicizing going on is the refusal of some on the Right to accept that the majority of the responsibility for this monstrous disaster, lies in the hands of the Federal Government, a Federal Government packed with cronies instead of professionals. Do the local Democrats share the blame, you betcha, and I have said it repeatedly, but when it became apparent that they were overwhelmed, it was the responsibility of OUR President and his Team to Step Up and show the leadership they bragged about all through the campaign last year. They didn't... LIVE WITH IT!

Jeeze I am beginning to believe that failure to accept responsibility is a problem the whole Damned GOP and all its supporters share, not just the man in the White House!

Here's A Newsflash

Five of eight top Federal Emergency Management Agency officials came to their posts with virtually no experience in handling disasters and now lead an agency whose ranks of seasoned crisis managers have thinned dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

FEMA's top three leaders -- Director Michael D. Brown, Chief of Staff Patrick J. Rhode and Deputy Chief of Staff Brooks D. Altshuler -- arrived with ties to President Bush's 2000 campaign or to the White House advance operation, according to the agency. Two other senior operational jobs are filled by a former Republican lieutenant governor of Nebraska and a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official who was once a political operative.

Five of eight top Federal Emergency Management Agency officials came to their posts with virtually no experience in handling disasters and now lead an agency whose ranks of seasoned crisis managers have thinned dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

FEMA's top three leaders -- Director Michael D. Brown, Chief of Staff Patrick J. Rhode and Deputy Chief of Staff Brooks D. Altshuler -- arrived with ties to President Bush's 2000 campaign or to the White House advance operation, according to the agency. Two other senior operational jobs are filled by a former Republican lieutenant governor of Nebraska and a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official who was once a political operative.

And No Sadie, I am not reforming anything. If I had my way, I would be "reforming" the White House, and half the politicians from both parties, right out of office. But as your favorite, "Communist Pinko," I really must know, how did someone as obviously conservative as you get in the Progressive Blog alliance in the first freakin' place, other than knowing Nick? And you rode that horse long enough to get your blog reccognized and then jumped ship to the other side. You give a whole new meaning to the term "link whoring," my dear... I may well be a pinko in the eyes of some, but I damned sure am a consistent one! The only thing I see progressive about you are your attitudes towards sex. And I frankly dont see a damned thing funny about all the dead people floating to the surface in the Gulf States right now!

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