Chertoff's informal logic

DHS chief Darth Chertoff once again sunk his own talking points in a rough sea of contradiction today.

He proposes on the one hand that DHS is not at fault for being slow out of the gate because the hurricane was so unpredictable in course and power.

On the other hand he states that citizens of New Orleans should have known they had to get out of the city.

In order for both things to be true the citizens of New Orleans must have much better weather monitoring and prediction equipment than the Department of Homeland Security and its faithful sidekick FEMA.

Despite the fatal illogic of this, Chertoff never comes close to going off message. Scott McClellan better make sure his resume is up to date.