Subj : Re: Brownie To : alt.tv.farscape From : John Iwaniszek Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 01:30:31 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > 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 > First of all, it looks pretty clearly like Brownie is blaming everyone but himself, and whining about how shabbily he's been treated, to boot. Second, per Teds comment: if you want to understand a nation, look at its prisons. - .