By GottaLaff
Heckuva quote, Mary:
"He was a fool when he stepped off the plane in Louisiana 4½ years ago, and unfortunately for him, he apparently still is."
-- Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), quoted by Politico, on the attempted comeback of former FEMA Director Michael Brown.
By GottaLaff
Michael Brown, the former head of FEMA much excoriated for the agency's response to Hurricane Katrina, reportedly has a deal to become a talk radio host in Denver.
He's going all fair and balanced on us:
Brown told the blog he'll resist jumping on the media bandwagon when someone in the news is painted as a villain, offering an "objective point of view." [...]
He's also teaching a class on the Patriot Act this spring at the University of Denver.[...]
The AM programming director for Clear Channel, which owns KOA, said Brown is "really very knowledgeable about what is going on and has solid opinions. Out of a list of really great candidates, he came to the top."
Good lord, imagine who was at the bottom.
By GottaLaff
Here's some advice, Brownie: Never open your mouth publicly again. Ever. You were already a laughingstock, and now you are an even bigger one, if that was even possible:
Yesterday, former FEMA chief Michael Brown went on Fox Business [...and] launched into a tirade accusing the WHO for addressing the H1NI virus in a selfish bid to gain "more attention" and said the Obama administration is recklessly overreacting:
BROWN: Here’s what I really think is going on. I think they want to raise this level because that gives them more attention, it gives them more, you know, more legitimacy, and allows them to get out there and say ‘oh look at us, we’re in control we've got this thing taken care of.’ It legitimizes what they’re doing. We shouldn’t be scaring the public. [...]
Neil, my theory always was after Katrina that the Bush administration and now the Obama administration will do it too. They will come out and they will do everything including the kitchen sink because they don’t want to get caught with their pants down. But what that does is, that’s the same as crying the sky is falling, chicken little. And next time people will be less inclined to believe it.
Host Neil Cavuto tried to rehabilitate Brownie's image by telling him that he was a "sacrificial lamb" for the Bush administration's Katrina failures. [...]
Despite Brown's attacks, the Obama administration has been praised by experts for its response to the flu outbreak. Officials have made rapid moves to dispel "unjustified fears about the flu virus," while "stressing the need for precautions, such as washing hands, covering sneezes and seeking medical attention for flu-like symptoms."
Brownie has officially crossed the nincompoop line. And Cavuto helped him right over.
By GottaLaff
Hurricane Katrina victims take note. Michael Brown is safe.A series of wind-whipped wildfires north of Boulder, Colo., have forced the evacuation of more than 11,500 residents — among them vilified ex-Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown. [...]
Brown was lauded by President Bush for doing a “heckuva job” in the botched response to Hurricane Katrina, [...] Brown resigned in disgrace and the event looms as a national turning point against the Bush administration. [...]
FEMA has promised to pay up to 75 percent of firefighting costs, according to a Daily Camera story.
Well shut my mouth wide open, what a turn of events! You see, the irony is that, shortly after the Katrina disaster...
...he wisely (and appropriately) stepped down from his post and returned to Colorado, where he'd distinguished himself as legal counsel for an organization devoted to Arabian horses (good one!), and tried to reestablish his reputation. [...]
As he told the folks at KOA/850 AM during an appearance this morning, "Here I am on the other side of the fence now."
Isn't that a knee-slapper? Couldn't ya just die? Well guess what, Brownie-- 1,836 people did.
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