It happens occasionally: I agree entirely with Andrew Sullivan. If President Bush wants to show that he gets how things need to change post-Katrina, he should fire Michael Brown, the head of FEMA, who demonstrated several times this week he had no idea what was going on.
Let there be some accountability. Let there be some sign that our president expects more than loyalty from the people he appoints, but also, you know, that they do their jobs. "This is a competence issue. It's a question of national security. Fire Brown now," says Sullivan. Yes.
If Bush takes this step, let's note, it will be the first time our "CEO president" has held anyone in his administration responsible for any kind of error or mistake.
As I said Friday, you can't start a Global War on tropical storms. But Doc Searls suggests that the next national effort we're all going to need to get behind is the "War on Error." That enemy is everywhere among us.
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