"The focus has got to be on FEMA, what the people are trying to do down there."

"The focus has got to be on FEMA, what the people are trying to do down there."
Former FEMA director Michael Brown,
on his decision to resign.
"We've got plenty of troops to do both. It is preposterous to claim that the engagement in Iraq meant there wasn't enough troops here, just pure and simple."
-- President Bush,
after touring hurricane cleanup efforts.
"All we could serve were salads and cold sandwiches, no hamburgers."
-- Frank Rodriguez, Bob's Big Boy manager,
on Los Angeles' afternoon power outage.