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September 27, 2005

I have empathy....

I have sympathy for the victims of the hurricane, but after reading an article, I realize I have empathy for Michael Brown. A huge natural disaster like we have not seen in our lifetimes and Michael Brown is the "official" scape goat. Michael Brown went in front of Congress in a hearing today. To his face, in public he was reprimanded for not doing a good enough job. IN PUBLIC, he was told:

"I'm happy you left," said Rep. Christopher Shays (news, bio, voting record), R-Conn. "Because that kind of, you know, look in the lights like a deer tells me that you weren't capable to do the job."

"You get an F-minus in my book," said Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss.

"I don't know how you can sleep at night," Granger said. "You lost the battle." R-Texas.

"Maybe the president made a very good move when he asked you to leave your job." _ Taylor.

Michael Brown may have made mistakes and may not have belonged where he was, but that does not mean he deserves to be talked to like that.

"We were prepared but overwhelmed is the best way I can put it. We knew what to do. We knew how to do it. But because we're stretched thin, because we still had these logistical problems, it quickly overwhelmed us." _ Brown.

"I know what death and destruction is and I know how much people suffer," Brown told Taylor. "And it breaks my heart. I pray for these people every night. So don't lecture me about knowing what disaster is like." _ Brown.

"I probably should have just resigned my post earlier and gone public with some of these things because I have a great admiration for the men and women of FEMA and what they do, and they don't deserve what they've been getting." _ Brown

How do I know I have empathy and not sympathy for Michael Brown? I am crying for him right now.

Sources of quotes here and here. Hat tip to Right Rainbow.

Update: This makes me feel better. I need to find the video.

Posted by on September 27, 2005 07:20 PM |

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