‘Brownie’ available to talk about wildfire response.
Former FEMA director Michael Brown, who mismanaged the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina, released a press release yesterday stating he is “available for interviews” on the wildfires and even drew a parallel between the current situation and Katrina:
Mr. Brown can speak to the turmoil being caused by the California wildfires as well as to some of the new processes in disaster relief efforts that will help to restore California communities. He can offer advice to residents and businesses on proper relief and recovery efforts and provide suggestions for future disaster preparedness. […]
Currently, the brush fires are affecting hundreds of local businesses and have forced more than 500,000 people out of their homes. Of these 500,000 people, an estimated 10,000 of them have taken shelter at the local NFL stadium, Qualcomm, vaguely reminiscent of circumstances of Hurricane Katrina evacuees two years ago.
Brown, currently director of corporate strategy for a disaster recovery services firm, infamously ignored warnings of people dying at the Superdome to spend more time eating in a restaurant.
UPDATE: The New York Daily News takes Brown up on his offer.
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It’s a joke right? Is it April Fool’s Day again already?
October 24th, 2007 at 10:47 amSo Brownie is a media whore as well as an incompetent jerk?
October 24th, 2007 at 10:49 amWhy the hell would we want to solicit his judgment on anything?
October 24th, 2007 at 10:51 amthe main “parellel” that i can think of is POLITICAL…
besides wanting to save face, that area of california is a
republican stronghold, is it not?
need not say more…
October 24th, 2007 at 10:51 am…
Feel free to reach me at my home office which is in my mothers basement. I am in the process of redecorating and therefore do not have a phone service so feel free to reach me via smoke signals or carrier pigeon. Thank you.
—Michael Brown
P.S. If you have any cans you need recycled please let me know.
October 24th, 2007 at 10:54 amheck-uva job brownie!
October 24th, 2007 at 10:55 amBrownie says - Well first we need some ribbons and bows, then we all need to polish those saddles, and make sure those bits are shined up.
Now those hoves have got to be polished and braid those tails and manes.
If you brush down your horses coat well enough they will just shine like crazy mad.
Hope that helps. TATA.
Buck Fush
October 24th, 2007 at 10:55 amHe also announced his new media conglomerate. Hilton, Spears, Simpson & Brown are available for Photographs for $2.00, birthday party appearance $10.00 and speaking engagements $25.00 (speaking not guarranteed).
October 24th, 2007 at 10:59 amIt is so comforting that one of the most qualified of the retarded americans wants to help. if you have a check
October 24th, 2007 at 11:00 am“…spend more time eating a restaurant.”
Wait, what kind of restaraunt lets you eat it?
October 24th, 2007 at 11:02 amwhy is he not in jail… why aren’t they ALL in jail!?
October 24th, 2007 at 11:05 amThank you
October 24th, 2007 at 11:06 amBrownie for
your tireless
efforts to
supply comedians
with more
material than
they could
ever use.
But wait a minute, who better than someone who made all the mistakes to tell California what mistakes NOT to make ?
October 24th, 2007 at 11:08 amStow it, Drownie.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:08 amwhy is he not in jail… why aren’t they ALL in jail!?
Comment by hil_1 — October 24, 2007 @ 11:05 am
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In Brown’s case, incompetence isn’t a crime.
I honestly feel bad for him, he’s just an average loyalist who was promoted far beyond his abilities. Hell, if they offered me the job as head of FEMA today, I’d probably STILL take it and I have zero qualifications.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:14 amGeez — anybody who has to say they are “available for interviews” isn’t exactly having a stampede of journalists running to him. Get a clue, Brownie. go back to whatever you were doing.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:19 amThis must be a joke! The state of California has held their own. Brownie is useless in that state. You notice that the evaluations for all of the fires went smoothly. And it didn’t need FEMA!
Memo to Brownie: The California fires are not Katrina! You failed at Katrina. So, don’t try to make up from your mistakes with the California fires!!!
Brownie is just looking for his 15 minutes of fame.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:20 amDon’t agree. Bush mismanaged the Bush administration response. Brownie was out of his depth, FEMA incapable of handling the disaster, but he repeatedly warned Bush and Chertoff that Katrina was going to be huge and he needed all the help he could get.
The rest is history. Bush ate cake whilst NOLA drowned. Brownie wasn’t up to the job, but the buck stops with the man who appointed him.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:24 ambut the buck stops with the man who appointed him.
Comment by Dumb_Fox — October 24, 2007 @ 11:24 am
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I agree.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:38 amI think you all misread this. The statement said “Mr. Brown can speak to the turmoil being caused by the California wildfires.” Not about the turmoil being caused by the wildfires.
This is just another stop on his lecture series speaking to abstract concepts. Last week he gave a speech to hubris, and next week he’ll be visiting hearsay and conjecture.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:44 amThe administration should buy 4 or 5 of Russian made IlYushin-76TD,
known as ‘Waterbomber’, which can spray targeted area with over 11,000 gallons of water.
The largest and the best for the job.
http://www.rense.com/general43/still.htm
http://www.didyouknow.cd/firefighters.htm
October 24th, 2007 at 11:44 am“Good morning, Brownie-knows Disaster Consultants”
“Yes ma’am, he’s here, would you like to speak with him?”
“No, just a message?”
“Very well, I’ll tell him. Yes, yes of course, Heil Dick to you as well.”
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
“Mikey, honey? That was Lurita Doan, she wants you to bring brownies to the meeting.”
October 24th, 2007 at 12:32 pm“What’s that, honey?”
“No, no other calls….”
Maybe Brownie can talk about the large-animal shelters being set up for horses and such. Presumably he at least knows the south end from the north end of a north-bound horse.
“You’re doing a heck of a job, Brownie….” — some high-ranking doofus in gummint.
Cheers,
October 24th, 2007 at 12:44 pmShould FEMA or Michael Brown get involved in fighting the wildfires in California, then the situation would really get out of control.
The last thing people in Southern California need are incompetent cronies like Brown or Chertoff sharing their “expertise” in disaster relief efforts.
The only expertise these two have is getting paid for doing little or nothing beyond being Bush loyalists.
October 24th, 2007 at 1:29 pmWell Brownie did such a bad job in NOLA - where the problem was flooding. And Fire is kind of the opposite of water. So maybe he’s the man for the job ?!!
October 24th, 2007 at 3:39 pman estimated 10,000 of them have taken shelter at the local NFL stadium, Qualcomm,
That’s a bit annoying. Apparently he doesn’t know that the stadium is city property, built for the San Diego State Aztecs (at least that was how it was sold to the public). The NFL has no say over the use of the stadium (save for threatening that San Diego will never have another Super Bowl unless it caves into ever increasing NFL blackmail demands for more seats and luxury boxes). Of course, in Brownie’s world, everything does, or at least should, belong to corporate interests.
October 24th, 2007 at 10:34 pmI suspect that Brownie is one of the arsonists that the police think started the fires. And, I suspect he did it so he could send out the press release.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:11 am