CNN, the PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. News Network, as usual, spins their reporting. I know for a fact that "govenrment" paid EMS were paid their GS rating, as with any deployment. I know because I was there, and I got my paychecks just like I always do.

We can argue until the cows come home if my GS rating is adequate, but it was no different just because it was Katrina.