Subj : Re: Brownie To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 00:47:18 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote in news:4339D2EF.491409BB@aol.com: > Nick wrote: >> >> TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote: >> >> > Trouble wrote: >> >> Nick wrote: >> >>> Trouble wrote: >> >>>> John Iwaniszek wrote: >> >> >> >>>>> Guess what unqualified political hack and failure as a director >> >>>>> of a federal emergency management agency is back working with >> >>>>> the feds as a consultant studying how the feds fucked up? Does >> >>>>> Bush TRY to fuck up? >> >> >> >>>> While politically embarassing, he was involved at a very high >> >>>> level, and its probably worthwhile for the people investigating >> >>>> to have access to him. >> >> >> >>> I agree that you want access to him but I don't see why you have >> >>> to hire him to get it. >> >> >> >> Same reason you pay people for jury duty, you need them more than >> >> they need you. I mean, he could be off writing his memoirs, >> >> looking for a job, or writing a treatment for a movie of the week >> >> script... >> >> >> >>>> If he is supposed to be part of the investigating team as the >> >>>> article seems to imply, Brown has zero independence and it >> >>>> would/could/should be seen as a conflict of interest. >> >> >> >>> Absolutely. >> > >> > >> > His information should come out as part of an independent >> > investigation (i.e., he should be forced to testify). >> > >> > This situation looks to me like a deliberate conflict of interest. >> > If they hang Brownie out to dry, he might get mad and start blaming >> > higher ups. If they pay him to help "investigate," he'll politely >> > take some of the blame while lambasting local authorities. And >> > he'll keep his mouth shut about his bosses. >> >> That isn't happening. >> "Brown Blames 'Dysfunctional' Louisiana" >> "WASHINGTON - Former FEMA director Michael Brown aggressively >> defended his role in responding to Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday and >> put much of the blame for coordination failures on Louisiana Gov. >> Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. "My biggest mistake >> was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional," >> two days before the storm hit, Brown told a special congressional >> panel set up by House Republican leaders to investigate the >> catastrophe." >> >> Here is a link: http://tinyurl.com/av4w9 > > You're right. This article says they only hired him for two weeks. > I'm glad to see he's putting some of the blame on Homeland Security as > well. > I se the police chief has fallen on his own sword, well truncheon, as well today. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .