Wal-Mart To Replace FEMA

According to the New York Times, Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott should be the next director of FEMA:

''This was the only place we could find water those first days,'' said Rashan Smith, who was shopping with her three children at Wal-Mart on Saturday. ''I still haven't managed to get through to FEMA. It's hard to say, but you get more justice at Wal-Mart.''

"That's the same assessment you hear from public officials in Louisiana, and there's even been talk of letting Wal-Mart take over FEMA's job. The company already has its own emergency operations center, where dozens of people began preparing for the hurricane the week before it hit by moving supplies and trucks into position."

"In 1997, Congress gave FEMA $500,000 and ordered it to develop a comprehensive plan to evacuate New Orleans. The agency passed on the money to Louisiana, which used it instead to study building a new bridge. "

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