Brown relieved of duties
djdaze
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050909/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/katrina_brownnot exactly what I wanted to read when I saw the headline, but still a good start.
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NPR reported so many fucked up things about this dude its not even funny (well actually it is funny)
http://soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=432375&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1
Fucking disgraceful...
From the AP:
Wow, this is the closest we've seen ANYONE in the Bush administration have to deal with the repercussions of their (in)actions...and I pray it only the start.
Tell me you wouldn't want to just jump up and throttle the guy. What a dick.
AYO!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050909/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/katrina_brown;_ylt=AtDZq.jOPqnswm6xf9_Ze4Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
Hee hee! Practically the same thing! I bet the guy is covered with little pieces of corn!
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yeah, i fucking hate the way they're using this phrase along with finger pointing. this administration has a boner for annoying talking points.
jon stewart had some funny commentary about it the other night...
"what's that phrase that they use to condescend and belittle anyone trying to question them? what is it? umm...."
cut to montauge of bush and mcclelland speeches, in which they sputter out different variations on "now i'm not going to get into finger-pointing or engage in the blame game"
it's got me so frusrated right now, but i just hope there are enuf people who can see through the bullshit that comes out of their collective mouths.
I think this is a great idea. those fucks dont want to get into it cause they know who is gonna be on the end of a hell of alot of fingertips.
I BLAME YOU GEORGE W!
This guy's going back to Washington and he'll be put in back and probably awarded/rewarded. He should be fired.
That's the real answer......... "I don't want to get into finger pointing cuz I'm old and it hurts to turn your wrist all the way around and point at yourself."
From Time Magazine (Time.com)
How Reliable Is Brown's Resume?
A TIME investigation reveals discrepancies in the FEMA chief's official biographies
By DAREN FONDA AND RITA HEALY
SUBSCRIBE TO TIMEPRINTE-MAILMORE BY AUTHORComplete Coverage: After Katrina
Posted Thursday, Sep. 08, 2005
When President Bush nominated Michael Brown to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2003, Brown's boss at the time, Joe Allbaugh, declared, "the President couldn't have chosen a better man to help...prepare and protect the nation." But how well was he prepared for the job? Since Hurricane Katrina, the FEMA director has come under heavy criticism for his performance and scrutiny of his background. Now, an investigation by TIME has found discrepancies in his online legal profile and official bio, including a description of Brown released by the White House at the time of his nomination in 2001 to the job as deputy chief of FEMA. On Friday, Brown, who became director of FEMA in 2003, was relieved of his duties handling the Katrina response and was replaced in that role by Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen.
Before joining FEMA, his only previous stint in emergency management, according to his bio posted on FEMA's website, was "serving as an assistant city manager with emergency services oversight." The White House press release from 2001 stated that Brown worked for the city of Edmond, Okla., from 1975 to 1978 "overseeing the emergency services division." In fact, according to Claudia Deakins, head of public relations for the city of Edmond, Brown was an "assistant to the city manager" from 1977 to 1980, not a manager himself, and had no authority over other employees. "The assistant is more like an intern," she told TIME. "Department heads did not report to him." Brown did do a good job at his humble position, however, according to his boss. "Yes. Mike Brown worked for me. He was my administrative assistant. He was a student at Central State University," recalls former city manager Bill Dashner. "Mike used to handle a lot of details. Every now and again I'd ask him to write me a speech. He was very loyal. He was always on time. He always had on a suit and a starched white shirt."
In response, Nicol Andrews, deputy strategic director in FEMA's office of public affairs, insists that while Brown began as an intern, he became an "assistant city manager" with a distinguished record of service. "According to Mike Brown," she says, "a large portion [of the points raised by TIME] is very inaccurate."
Brown's lack of experience in emergency management isn't the only apparent bit of padding on his resume, which raises questions about how rigorously the White House vetted him before putting him in charge of FEMA. Under the "honors and awards" section of his profile at FindLaw.com ??? which is information on the legal website provided by lawyers or their offices???he lists "Outstanding Political Science Professor, Central State University". However, Brown "wasn't a professor here, he was only a student here," says Charles Johnson, News Bureau Director in the University Relations office at the University of Central Oklahoma (formerly named Central State University). "He may have been an adjunct instructor," says Johnson, but that title is very different from that of "professor." Carl Reherman, a former political science professor at the University through the '70s and '80s, says that Brown "was not on the faculty." As for the honor of "Outstanding Political Science Professor," Johnson says, "I spoke with the department chair yesterday and he's not aware of it." Johnson could not confirm that Brown made the Dean's list or was an "Outstanding Political Science Senior," as is stated on his online profile.
Speaking for Brown, Andrews says that Brown has never claimed to be a political science professor, in spite of what his profile in FindLaw indicates. "He was named the outstanding political science senior at Central State, and was an adjunct professor at Oklahoma City School of Law."
Under the heading of "Professional Associations and Memberships" on FindLaw, Brown states that from 1983 to the present he has been director of the Oklahoma Christian Home, a nursing home in Edmond. But an administrator with the Home told TIME that Brown is "not a person that anyone here is familiar with." She says there was a board of directors until a couple of years ago, but she couldn't find anyone who recalled him being on it. According to FEMA's Andrews, Brown said "he's never claimed to be the director of the home. He was on the board of directors, or governors of the nursing home." However, a veteran employee at the center since 1981 says Brown "was never director here, was never on the board of directors, was never executive director. He was never here in any capacity. I never heard his name mentioned here."
The FindLaw profile for Brown was amended on Thursday to remove a reference to his tenure at the International Arabian Horse Association, which has become a contested point.
Brown's FindLaw profile lists a wide range of areas of legal practice, from estate planning to family law to sports. However, one former colleague does not remember Brown's work as sterling. Stephen Jones, a prominent Oklahoma lawyer who was lead defense attorney on the Timothy McVeigh case, was Brown's boss for two-and-a-half years in the early '80s. "He did mainly transactional work, not litigation," says Jones. "There was a feeling that he was not serious and somewhat shallow." Jones says when his law firm split, Brown was one of two staffers who was let go.
Wasn't that a Shirley Ellis song?
Bush is fucked
Fo fucked
Banana manna mo mucked
Fee fi fo fucked
Fucked...
Well, no wonder Bush put him in charge of FEMA, Bush and Browne share the same qualifications.
It makes sense that a stupid guy would hire a lacky under him to mindlessly, and without question, carry out his wishes.
Peace,
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