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Brownie’s Looking to Do Heck of a Job in Calif.

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Posted on Oct 25, 2007
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Situation in hand:  Brown (pointing), President Bush and others study a map in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Michael D. Brown’s got cojones—either that, or a distressing lack of self-awareness on some fundamental level.  The former FEMA director, roundly roasted for his too-little-too-late leadership style during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, is now aiming to bring his disaster management skills to California’s fire-ravaged regions.


Boing Boing:

“The agency has learned some hard lessons regarding the handling of mass evacuations especially in regard to the bureaucratic red tape that is involved in such a process,” said Mr. Brown. “This is a tragic time for many of the people of California, and Cotton Companies is working to ensure that normalcy is restored and that businesses and organizations are back up and running as soon as possible.”

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By QuyTran, October 26, 2007 at 12:43 pm #

Brownie only knows how to breed horses better than being FEMA director.

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By mary, October 26, 2007 at 10:51 am #

You can bet this moron will be getting a big no-bid contract from our moron’s-in-chief.  Only in America......

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By boggs, October 26, 2007 at 9:31 am #

Brownie was a victim of being a friend of a friend of the “Chief Decider” during a crisis.
Brownie maybe didn’t qualify for the job, but we’ll never know because his job response was limited by what the administration had planned for the area.
They planned for a disaster and wanted no less, so this valuable property could be placed back into the hands of wealthy developers. They knew what they were doing when they let so many die in the flood and then shipped the rest around the country knowing full well they would never have the money or means to make it back and reclaim their life where it left off.

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By Freedomfinder, October 26, 2007 at 3:57 am #

Oh dont tell me ol Brownie sits on the board of Blackwater and maybe some stock also...it’s getting sicker by the moment!
Clinton and his partner in crimes are no better they are good neocons because they are better at cover ups like Vince Foster.You have to be a good killer and thief to be Commander and Chief.
Time to wake from your slummber kiddies!

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By thomas billis, October 26, 2007 at 12:21 am #
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It is always somebody else when Bush screws up.This is one of the first administrations where the buck never makes to the top.It never even got to the other loser Chertoff.Last I looked he was in California bringing some more of his Katrina magic.We are afraid to admit that our President is an incompetent moron and we keep buying that it is the underlings.Clinton while getting a blowjob was more competent than this guy on his best day.

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