i really AM an honorable woman

when i was a boss (i had a LOT of people working under me. and no, i didn't much care for it but that's not the point of my story) and i got called on the carpet for something one of the OTHER employees (well we HAD to use the term ASSOCIATES) did, I TOOK THE BLAME FOR IT. that was my job. it was MY DEPARTMENT AND MY RESPONSIBILITY TO ASSURE THE JOB GOT DONE AND DONE RIGHT. that was what i was SUPPOSED to do as A LEADER AND MENTOR. i knew it GOING IN TO THE JOB and i accepted it as a PART OF THE JOB. i WAS the "leader" of my group. i BORE ALL of the responsibilities for what went wrong (and right too, but then i didn't mind sharing credit) even if i personally didn't do the wrong. i never once blamed anyone else (well not to MY boss(es), internally sure).

as yoga korunta does every tuesday. i am going to choose a word for today

ACCOUNTABILITY
merrian-webster ONLINE

Main Entry: ac·count·abil·i·ty Pronunciation: &-"kaun-t&-'bi-l&-tEFunction: noun: the quality or state of being accountable; especially : an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions

then why is our SUPREME LEADER, OUR KING, OUR MESSIAH NOT BEING HONORABLE (OR ACCOUNTABLE)?

White House Strongly Defends Katrina Role


By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
After accepting responsibility for the government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, the White House is now striking back at critics who administration officials say are unfairly blaming President Bush.
White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend said Monday the administration welcomes and will cooperate with congressional inquiries into Katrina and its aftermath.
"But let's be clear about the facts," she said. "As you know, President Bush was highly engaged in the preparation and response effort, beginning when Katrina was a tropical storm off the coast of Florida."
At issue is a House report, set for release Wednesday, that has concluded Bush was not fully advised of the scope of the damage caused by the Aug. 29 storm.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was set to testify Tuesday before a Senate committee investigating the federal storm response. But Senate aides said late Monday that the hearing was postponed because of Senate votes. A new time or date for Chertoff's appearance had not yet been set.
Katrina ultimately claimed more than 1,300 lives, uprooted hundreds of thousands more and caused tens of billions of dollars in damage. The devastation in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities left Americans with enduring images of their countrymen dying in flooded nursing homes and pleading for rescue from rooftops..............