Starving the beast

From an ABC news story;

Brown described FEMA as a politically powerless arm of Homeland Security, which he said had siphoned more than $77 million from his agency over the past three years. Additionally, he said Homeland Security cut FEMA budget requests including one for hurricane preparedness before they were ever presented to Congress.

Bushs goal was to starve the beast, the beast being big government. Well , he starved something all right. Those poor folks in New Orleans for starters.