Nice Goin', Genius

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Apparently, one of the reasons things were so screwed up with the hurricane relief effort is that the White House, i.e. Bushie, was finding it difficult to get complete information.

The New York Times reports today that it was an aide who first informed our esteemed president about the throngs of sick, hungry, and dying people at the New Orleans convention center. And the aide got it off the news wire. Until that moment, the White House was unaware that there were even people at the convention center at all. Michael Chertoff, who'd been getting his information from Michael Brown, said nary a word about it in their meeting that morning.

So why were they having such a hard time getting honest information?

Gee, Mr. President. Could it be that you've made it painfully clear you don't like to hear bad news? Is it possible that you've created such a fear of backlash that people don't want to tell you the harsh reality of a situation because it seems like every time people do that, they end up on your shitlist, and either get fired or resign?

So it seems that one of the Michaels wasn't giving complete reports - either Brown wasn't telling Chertoff, or Chertoff wasn't telling you. And while the whole thing has turned into a bit of a public relations nightmare, by keeping you in the dark, both have managed to keep their jobs.