Since I joined so many others in writing about Katrina, I thought I’d share a bit of important news that I’d normally drop at Brand Destruction Research.  According to the Associated Press:

The Army Corps of Engineers, rushing to meet President Bush’s promise to protect New Orleans by the start of the 2006 hurricane season, installed defective flood-control pumps last year despite warnings from its own expert that the equipment would fail during a storm, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

A rush job to meet a failing President’s marketing needs by an Army Corps with problems of its own.  Yet another piece of the overwhelming pattern of incompetence at everything but marketing displayed by George W. Bush’s regime.  Whether sending ideological flackeys without practical experience or knowledge of the Middle East to "rebuild" Iraq and thus ensure its loss or colluding with the Army Corps in criminal activities, every step of the way we’ve gotten screwed.

Grounds for impeachment?  ProHipHop says Yes!