E-Mails Reveal Ineptitude Of Former FEMA Director, Michael Brown
Robert Paul Reyes
November 03, 2005
Nero fiddled while Rome burned and FEMA's then director, Michael Brown, discussed his wardrobe while New Orleans was being flooded.
Michael Brown doesn't have the qualifications to be a school yard monitor, but George W. Bush appointed his buddy to be head of FEMA.
E-Mails sent as Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast reveal the incredible ineptitude of Dubya's buddy.
Marty Bahamonde, FEMA's only employee in New Orleans when Katrina struck August 29, e-mailed Brown on Aug. 31, "Sir, I know that you know the situation is past critical ... many will die." Brown replied, "Thanks for the update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?"
I'm sure glad Brown won't be the director of FEMA when the Apocalypse ravages humankind. "Sir, we are on the verge of Armageddon, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse just went by the White House. What should the federal response be?" "Thanks for the update. Oh, by the way I'm redecorating my office, should I go with tan or white drapes."
An Aug. 29, e-mail from Cindy Taylor, FEMA deputy director of public affairs to Brown about how he looked in a TV appearance: "My eyes must certainly be deceiving me. You look fabulous -- and I'm not talking the makeup." Brown's response: "I got it at Nordstroms... Are you proud of me? Can I quit now? Can I go home?"
While the citizens of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast were losing their homes, jobs and material possessions, Brown was inordinately concerned with his personal appearance.
Brown responded quickly to flattering e-mails, but he waited four days to respond to an e-mail offering critical medial equipment.
If Bush's other good buddy, Harriet Miers, had not withdrawn her nomination to the Supreme Court we would one day be reading e-mails like this one: "President Bush, I admire you so much, Abraham Lincoln is unworthy to shine your shoes, I'm going to vote to overturn Roe vs Wade as a birthday present to you. Love and kisses. Harriet."
I wish I could fire an e-mail to George W. Bush that would not be deleted by one of his flunkies: "Sir, please clean house, get rid of all your yes-men, buddies and sycophants, and make a serious attempt to rescue your presidency."
Michael Brown doesn't have the qualifications to be a school yard monitor, but George W. Bush appointed his buddy to be head of FEMA.
E-Mails sent as Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast reveal the incredible ineptitude of Dubya's buddy.
Marty Bahamonde, FEMA's only employee in New Orleans when Katrina struck August 29, e-mailed Brown on Aug. 31, "Sir, I know that you know the situation is past critical ... many will die." Brown replied, "Thanks for the update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?"
I'm sure glad Brown won't be the director of FEMA when the Apocalypse ravages humankind. "Sir, we are on the verge of Armageddon, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse just went by the White House. What should the federal response be?" "Thanks for the update. Oh, by the way I'm redecorating my office, should I go with tan or white drapes."
An Aug. 29, e-mail from Cindy Taylor, FEMA deputy director of public affairs to Brown about how he looked in a TV appearance: "My eyes must certainly be deceiving me. You look fabulous -- and I'm not talking the makeup." Brown's response: "I got it at Nordstroms... Are you proud of me? Can I quit now? Can I go home?"
While the citizens of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast were losing their homes, jobs and material possessions, Brown was inordinately concerned with his personal appearance.
Brown responded quickly to flattering e-mails, but he waited four days to respond to an e-mail offering critical medial equipment.
If Bush's other good buddy, Harriet Miers, had not withdrawn her nomination to the Supreme Court we would one day be reading e-mails like this one: "President Bush, I admire you so much, Abraham Lincoln is unworthy to shine your shoes, I'm going to vote to overturn Roe vs Wade as a birthday present to you. Love and kisses. Harriet."
I wish I could fire an e-mail to George W. Bush that would not be deleted by one of his flunkies: "Sir, please clean house, get rid of all your yes-men, buddies and sycophants, and make a serious attempt to rescue your presidency."
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