Flashback to Brown's Confirmation Hearing: "42 Minutes of Shame"

[elehhhhna]

(Only 4 Senators bothered to show up)

...Worse, still, besides Brown's obvious lack of qualifications, is the obvious lack of any serious questions about previous disasters, what would he do in a future disaster, his thoughts -- if he had any -- on what should be done.

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Just in case you missed it, previously Brown had said in the testimony:

State and local governments are looking to us for leadership. They are looking to FEMA to tell them where are the holes in response plans? Where are the holes in our mutual aid agreements? What incentives can you provide us to fill those holes?

Mike Brown didn't appear from Mars. He was appointed by the President (shame on him) and confirmed by Congress (shame on them.) And 42 minutes later, Brown was in charge.


http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/9/8/234553/9235

[Vincardog]

1. Right! Are you house DEmocrats listening?

If you let these incompetent appointees Through you will be blamed. IF you stop them We will support you. Where is the down side from opposing the thieves?

[NNadir]

2. Among the Democrats there, Chairman Lieberman and Torrecelli.

Not our brightest stars.

Max Cleland was also on that committee though and I respect him very much.

Senile old baseball pitcher Jim Bunning was there for the Repukes. He mentioned that he used to manage a minor league team in the town where Brown was an intern. It didn't register of course that he worked in the town where the intern later represented himself as a "city manager."

Maybe events will make everyone wake up and start doing their fucking jobs, Senators included.