Brown is probably soon to be a lobbyist or consultant to various governmental and private concerns in the field of disaster preparedness and relief. He’ll make millions, resurrect his reputation and then run for Congress, winning & rising to a committee chairmanship and overseeing the funding of Fema and appointment confirmation hearings of its staff.
Posted by steve duncan at September 12, 2005 12:18 PMthe story here is that Bush appointed someone with no experience at all to run arguably the most difficult domestic program (in light of 9/11 and now Kat). And he did so for political payback. That, friends, is the story:
Bush = Politics over Public Safety
If our feckless Dem leadership can't drive that home.....ugh.
Or maybe "Heckuvajob Brownie" will hook back up with college buddy and former FEMA hack Joe Allbaugh. That would be the ultimate and sickest of all ironies...I wouldn't put it past him.
Posted by emal at September 12, 2005 12:45 PMNow the question is who will he bring on to replace Brownie. I'm guessing Ken Lay because he's definitely had experience with disasters.
Posted by at September 12, 2005 12:51 PManyone looking for fun reading, try yesteday's Austin American Statesman, where a story covered Governor Rick Perry attending a Baptist meeting where the preacher said that God was cleansing NOLA due to the homosexuality and other "sins" that go on there. Naturally, Gov.Rick had no issues with the comments. One can assume that being Black was one of the sins.
Posted by T2 at September 12, 2005 01:00 PMI'm sendin' in my resume.
What the heck.
You gotta take a shot. Right?
Posted by muckcat at September 12, 2005 01:01 PMYou gotta take a shot. Right?
Only menbers of the Bush ranger club need apply.
Posted by the doorkeeper at September 12, 2005 01:20 PMSteve, from 5:00 to 7:10, I could not access TLC. Kept informing me that your site had moved or I was spelling TLC wrong. Just to let you know.
Today, 2,500 survivors were due in St. Louis. After two weeks of 16 hour days, tens of thousands of dollars spent, food, clothing, water stocked, and preparations to house these people, FEMA says "oops, we are not coming to St. Louis". We need more permanent housing. WTF?????
Posted by Judith at September 12, 2005 05:12 PMJudith, the reason TLC was out was the massive power outage in Los Angelos today. Our new host has their datacenter in the heart of LA.
Posted by Mary at September 12, 2005 05:15 PMThere is way too much focus from the Dems and left leaners on the response to the levy breaks. This is allowing the media to ignore the most important and outragous wrong BushCo did to NOLA. In 2003 they took money from levy reconstruction and spent it in Iraq...
Posted by The Truth at September 12, 2005 05:17 PMTruth, Bush has also spent 1900 GI lives in Iraq. Can't rebuild those.
Posted by T2 at September 12, 2005 06:12 PMIn 2003 they took money from levy reconstruction and spent it in Iraq.
The History channel program on the 2005 flood in NO mentions the coast 2050 plan. Though they stressed mostly science and of course history rather than politics, their analysis was not flattering to the current administration.
This IS a show worth watching.
Posted by rlp at September 12, 2005 06:16 PMThanks Steve. That explains it. I almost had a panic attack. LOL
Posted by Judith at September 12, 2005 06:31 PM