"FEMA… which in my mind is now pronounced “feeble”… is trying to block the media from showing us images of the bodies of dead Hurricane Katrina victims being collected along the Gulf Coast. The reasons they are citing include sensitivity, common decency and respect for the dead. I will resist the alternating urges to laugh, cry and scream and say just this… If FEMA chief Michael Brown had the first shred of sensitivity, common decency or respect for living humanity, we wouldn’t be counting the dead in the kind of numbers we are now. I’m sure President Bush’s pal “Brownie” would never have let an Arabian horse suffer and ultimately perish the way so many Americans did due to his neglect and lack of responsiveness. Here’s a suggestion. If FEMA wants to run damage control, Mr. Brown should ask the press not to run pictures of him on TV and in the papers. The dead are our countrymen. It’s seeing those responsible running for cover that is indecent." - - - Dan Pasternack