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"I don't make judgments about why people chose not to leave but, you know, there was a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans," he said.

See, this is what makes me think the black-hearted bastard might also be a little crazy. How can he feign to not know that a lot of people had no means? How? The instant the evac order went out, every story noted that the aged, the infirm and the very poor had no means to leave, and even then people were asking: why not send in trucks, buses, ferries? How can he pretend he didn't hear what every viewer in the US heard? He has to be defective in the head.

Brown was upbeat in his assessment of the relief effort so far, ticking off a list of accomplishments: more than 30,000 National Guard troops will be in the city within three days

*emits first blue cussing streak of the day* That shit. Everybody knows the Guard is there -- but they're NOT HANDING OUT SUPPLIES or EVACUATING WITH ANY KIND OF DISPATCH. They seem to have orders to stop looting and maintain order, no more -- the victims need food, water, and a ride the hell out there. Troops simply being there doesn't mean squat -- but he repeats it, like a god damned parrot, every time he gets his smug, facile, odious self onscreen, which seems to be every five minutes.

I'm writing to my congressman. It may be wasted effort (I don't think much of my congressman) but somebody needs to start clamoring for an investigation and accountability.