Mike's Blog Round Up

~ The Mahablog: Knight Ridder reporters Jonathan S. Landay, Alison Young and Shannon McCaffrey report that Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff is at least as guilty as former FEMA head Michael Brown for the delays in federal Hurricane Katrina response.
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~ The acting executive director of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness within the Department of Homeland Security, Matt A. Mayer, may have something in common with departed FEMA Michael Brown: resume padding. Petrelis Files has the story.

~ Thomas Mc Blog: This what a military dictatorship looks like.

~ "Bring 'em on": All the war news at the invaluable Today in Iraq.