OMG, Mike Brown... Check out this article

[never cry wolf]

I cannot believe how blantantly partisan this admin is, and how they get away with it! sheesh!

" Posted on Sat, Sep. 03, 2005
M O R E N E W S F R O M topix.net
• Ted Koppel
• George Bush
• 2004 Presidential Election
• US News
• Hurricane

Head of FEMA has an unlikely background

BY MATT STEARNS AND SETH BORENSTEIN

Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - From failed Republican congressional candidate to ousted "czar" of an Arabian horse association, there was little in Michael D. Brown's background to prepare him for the fury of Hurricane Katrina.

But as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brown now faces furious criticism of the federal response to the disaster that wiped out New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast. He provoked some of it himself when he conceded that FEMA didn't know that thousands of refugees were trapped at New Orleans' convention center without food or water until officials heard it on the news.

"He's done a hell of a job, because I'm not aware of any Arabian horses being killed in this storm," said Kate Hale, former Miami-Dade emergency management chief. "The world that this man operated in and the focus of this work does not in any way translate to this. He does not have the experience."

more ------------> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/12554958.htm

[Spazito]

1. Yep, being simply a bush asskisser now gets you top positions

the lesser the experience in the actual field the better.

[KeepItReal]

2. He only needed 1 qualification for the job: GOP Good ol' Boy

IMHO...

[valerief]

3. Save the Arabian Horses!!!!

What a funny line.

[rzemanfl]

4. See also www.horsesass.org and scroll down. n/t

[xultar]

5. Send this to these addresses

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[elehhhhna]

6. Bush fears horses. Trying to buy their love?

[xultar]

7. KICK FOR MY PEOPLE IN NOLA!

[OneBlueSky]

8. anyone remember, during the 2000 election campaign . . .

the word from the Repugs was that Bush's inexperience didn't matter, because he'd hire the right people to help him? . . .

like a horse judge to run FEMA . . . unbelievable . . .

[Shallah Kali]

9. This article on Yahoo -

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/krwashbureau/20050903/ts_krwashbureau/_wea_katrina_femachief_1

Quote:
Brown's old friend Lester said the progression from horse shows to hurricanes was natural.

"A lot of what he had to do was stand in the breach in difficult, controversial situations," Lester said. "Which I think would well prepare him for his work at FEMA."

[smurfygirl]

10. I have heard that he was in charge of getting Bush's national guard papers

can anyone confirm this?

[stickdog]

11. He was hired to grease Floridians enough to reelect Bush.

He was hired BECAUSE he's sleazy, incompetent and criminally negligent!

[Independent_Liberal]

12. Kick and thanks for posting this NCW!