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hansen · 10-31-2007, 01:39 PM

"President Bush isn?t doing a heck of a job balancing National Guard call-ups to Iraq with states? needs back home ? and that?s crimping the government response to the California wildfires, according to the man who took the blame for the botched federal reaction to Hurricane Katrina. Michael D. Brown, former chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told WJLA-TV reporter Rebecca Cooper in an exclusive interview Wednesday that the administration has not recognized how much of a ?problem? it has with disaster response since so many National Guard troops are in war zones." http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6526.html Michael Brown is a political boob that has no business working in the disaster prepardness sector, but he is on target here. Sure there are plenty of National Guard members to fight the fire, but all the good equipment is in Iraq. The only eq. left is the junk that doesn't work, is outdated, or always breaks down and needs constant repairing.

einstein · 10-31-2007, 01:39 PM

I'll say he did a heck of a job. Gene Taylor is a Godsend.

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:2OVXRQY87LwJ:dpleasant.squarespace. com/storage/katrina/michael-brown-committee-testimony-092705.pdfhl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&amp ;client=firefox-a

Scroll down to page 33.

Taylor: Mr. Brown, you're a brave man. (deeply infused with sarcasm, I'm sure)
Brown: No, I'm not. (How very humble!)

10-31-2007, 01:39 PM	#1
hansen Greenhorn Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	Did Brownie do "a heckuva job" on his assessment of the Natl. Guard emergency response? "President Bush isn?t doing a heck of a job balancing National Guard call-ups to Iraq with states? needs back home ? and that?s crimping the government response to the California wildfires, according to the man who took the blame for the botched federal reaction to Hurricane Katrina. <br /><br />Michael D. Brown, former chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told WJLA-TV reporter Rebecca Cooper in an exclusive interview Wednesday that the administration has not recognized how much of a ?problem? it has with disaster response since so many National Guard troops are in war zones."<br /><br />http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6526.html<br /><br />Michael Brown is a political boob that has no business working in the disaster prepardness sector, but he is on target here.<br /><br />Sure there are plenty of National Guard members to fight the fire, but all the good equipment is in Iraq. The only eq. left is the junk that doesn't work, is outdated, or always breaks down and needs constant repairing.<br />

10-31-2007, 01:39 PM	#2
einstein Greenhorn Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Did Brownie do "a heckuva job" on his assessment of the Natl. Guard emergency response? I'll say he did a heck of a job. Gene Taylor is a Godsend. http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:2OVXRQY87LwJ:dpleasant.squarespace. com/storage/katrina/michael-brown-committee-testimony-092705.pdfhl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&amp ;client=firefox-a Scroll down to page 33. Taylor: Mr. Brown, you're a brave man. (deeply infused with sarcasm, I'm sure) Brown: No, I'm not. (How very humble!)

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