Let the Lying Begin

WASHINGTON (CNN) Defending the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff argued Saturday that government planners did not predict such a disaster ever could occur.

But in fact, government officials, scientists and journalists have warned of such a scenario for years.

Chertoff: Katrina scenario did not exist

These people are unfuckingbelievable. Clearly, the strategy now is "Lie your asses off, deny the mountains of evidence to the contrary, blame the locals, blame the victims, repeat the lies over and over until people are so worn down and sick of the subject, they stop listening and some even come to believe it."

It worked for Iraq, didn't it?

Chertoff also argued that authorities did not have much notice that the storm would be so powerful and could make a direct hit on New Orleans.

"It wasn't until comparatively late, shortly before -- a day, maybe a day and a half, before landfall -- that it became clear that this was going to be a Category 4 or 5 hurricane headed for the New Orleans area."

As far back as Friday, August 26, the National Hurricane Center was predicting the storm could be a Category 4 hurricane at landfall, with New Orleans directly in its path. Still, storms do change paths, so the possibility existed that it might not hit the city.

But the National Weather Service prediction proved almost perfect.

Katrina made landfall on Monday, August 29.

Oh, and that tool in charge of FEMA is blithely lying about the predictions too, saying that nobody had any idea the storm could be that big. Everybody with a television knew it, but the head of our disaster relief agency pleads ignorance.

Dear Jesus. We've got to get these people the fuck out of our government.

A damning and revealing article o the WP, too.