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...agency's highest ranks began to fill with political chums again once Bush took over. Brown and FEMA's other two top officials have ties to Bush's 2000 campaign or to the White House's advance office, whose primary mission is making the President look good. None had disaster experience. TIME.com reported last week that Brown appears to have padded his own résumé by, among other things, claiming to have been a manager of emergency services in Edmond, Okla., when he was actually "more of an intern," according to a city official...
There is a group in the U.S. Senate so cautious that it meets regularly but has no name. Its mission, according to one attendee, is to establish a "haven of bipartisanship in a bitterly divided legislative body." How? Mostly by serving food and alcohol--paid for by lobbyists--to chiefs of staff on both sides of the aisle. A recent invite, sent from Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander's office, urges guests to check out the swanky new Oya restaurant, known for its $15 rum cocktails and red crocodile bar top. The host of the upcoming event, according...
Bush has always said the Presidency is about doing big things, and a friend who chatted with him one evening in July said he seemed to be craving a fresh mission even though the one he has pursued in Iraq is far from being on a steady footing. "He was looking for the next really important thing to do," the friend said. "You could hear him almost sorting it out to himself. He just sort of figured it would come...
...loss as to what else I can do to show my appreciation. If I were an entertainer, I would be over there; if I were a defense contractor, I would work overtime; if I were a politician, I would make sure the troops had everything they needed for their mission. But I'm none of those. I am just an American citizen whose love and gratitude run deep but I'm afraid far too silently to make a difference to those who really matter...
...door to Laurie's second-floor apartment had been broken open, and we weren't sure what to do. I had just canoed down Canal Street from City Park to Mid City with Laurie and her boyfriend Will on a mission to rescue three of their cats, plus two more belonging to a friend and whatever else they could salvage from their drowned apartments...