HEADS MUST ROLL!!!! OFF WITH CHERTOFF!!!

The following stories from the BBC and LA TImes/Yahoo News have done much to re-enforce the already low esteem my human holds for the ability of this country to protect its citizens. Unfortunately, I agree with him because the authorities did not allow pets to board the evacuation buses with their humans. They can't even help US!

BBC NEWS | Americas | Multiple failures caused relief crisis: "The scenes which most shocked the world were at the Superdome and the nearby Convention Center. Yet it turns out that neither Mr Brown nor his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, knew about the crises there until Thursday.

This, despite numerous television reports from the scene. It was not until Friday that the first relief convoy arrived."

Survivors Wait as Disaster Builds - Yahoo! News: "When Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was asked on National Public Radio why no help had been sent, he said he was unaware of the problem."

Yes, we can blame many and rightfully so but they better make sure this fiasco never happens again. What will happen when the inevitable terrorist attack comes? We certainly empowered the terrorists with our extremely poor response to Katrina. Now they know that their initial attack must also include attacks on our response resources. Are we safer with a Homeland Security Department that doesn't know what is going on four days after the fact? HEADS MUST ROLL!!!

My human and I are getting more upset and more angry the more we see, hear and read about this. Yes, there are stories of great heroism but we failed. It reminds my typist of the Roman Empire, whatever that is.

I guess the best thing for us to do is to donate, stop listening, reading etc and no more barking. Just hold the big wigs' feet to the fire. ARRFFF!