Brownie hearing official thread #7

[ncrainbowgrrl]

Previous thread over here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4903306

[The Witch]

1. Thanks so much for providing these threads

:yourock:

[VolcanoJen]

8. I concur!!

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

13. you're welcome- glad to help! :)

this has been quite the fun hearing!
:popcorn:

:hi:

[chalky]

2. Oh, NOW he gives a rat's ass about tracking expenditures??!!?

He's worried about tracking the pente-ante $2000.00 expenditures, huh?

[chalky]

7. Oh, so a "couple" of ice trucks were "commandeered", huh?

Lying sack of shit.

[Sydnie]

9. Yeah, then sent to Maine n/t

[Spazito]

10. LOL, it must have been those trucks that went to Maine!

I just never knew hijackers paid the drivers and owners to sit there as well! Man, his lies are beyond laughable.

[butchcjg]

3. Cool Brownie Tshirt

Buy it here! http://www.cafepress.com/butchcjg/785123

[doublethink]

4. It's Back up again on CSPAN Live Now !!!!!

just for the heads up. :)

[Spazito]

5. Here's the link

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

[Richard Steele]

Thanks; CBS feed wasn't working for me!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

Brownie's getting a little raspy. (n/t)

[ncrainbowgrrl]

19. "I could use a break!"

[merbex]

6. I can only imagine what the Dems would have asked - even the Repugs

are making this hearing resemble shooting fish in a barrel

Pelosi made the right call

[merbex]

11. There is no logic to his testimony - he is an idiot

the better we respond to a natural disaster the better we will respond to a terrorist atteck

THAT IS WHAT FRIGHTENS US

YOU ARE CLUELESS so say I, so says Rep. Shays

[CountAllVotes]

12. "maybe we need to make a relook at that"

holy cripes, he's even starting to talk like * ...

:argh:

:kick:

[Democrat 4 Ever]

20. Well the hearing has cleared up WHY Brownie got his job.

He is dumber than the prez and that has got to make Commander Über Loon happy.

Brownie can't keep his lies straight, his excuses untangled, his finger pointing in line, he misspeaks, mumbles, and is making a "hugh" ass of himself. Übie loves Brownie for making him look like a mental dot rather than a speck. Good boy, Brownie, good boy.

[speedoo]

22. Oh yeah.

well said.

[speedoo]

14. Seems to me this Brownie appearance is a disaster for the Coward.

Not just how incompetent he is personally.

But he is also talking about huge funding problems and FEMA being stripped down by the Coward.

Also he has talked about his contacting Chertoff, Card and the Coward long before Chertoff and co. have let on. He has contradicted statements by Chertoff and the Coward like "we could not have anticipated blah blah.

Am I wrong?

[Sydnie]

15. No, I think you are right on target.

He will be cashing his last federal paycheck VERY soon, me thinks.

[Spazito]

16. Well, let's put it this way, Rove's kidney stones were a piece of

cake compared to the pain this must be causing him, roflmao!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

17. Nice to see (R) house members praising Clinton's FEMA.

Makes this hearing even more enjoyable.

[TahitiNut]

24. He's a loose cannon

He's breathtaking in his arrogant incompetence - beyond belief. He's no even aware of his own incompetence, it seems. I can't think of a worse person to work for -- totally tone-deaf. He's as bad as Bolton ... maybe worse, if that's even conceivable.

[Greybnk48]

18. What I wish someone would ask

if they have not already. We were going under colored alerts every few days for several years with the W.H. scaring the bejeezuz out of everyone, what was FEMA doing to prepare for a catastrophic attack? IOW, why are we NOT prepared for something of this magnitude four years later?

[The Witch]

21. C-span radio: took a break, replaying Slaughter kicking ass

:P

[political_invader]

23. Will Jerk off be testifing to congress aswell?

[TahitiNut]

25. Let's hear Brown lay some turds at the feet of Chertoff, first.

There's no question that Chertoff interfered and added to the monstrous clusterfuck that was FEMA's "response" to Katrina. Brown is blaming anyone in sight, at this point, since he's completely beyond any approximation of competent.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

26. Oooh, Pickering not a happy camper...

[malaise]

27. He's showing them up

because FEMA messed up the private volunteers with relief.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

28. "If the president is watching..."

[TahitiNut]

29. If there's any sanity in MS, they'll hand him his walking papers in 2006.

While it's really impossible to underestimate the intelligence of the majority of Mississippi voters, it really strains imagination to think Republican incumbants are 'safe' in LA or MS next year.

[chalky]

30. "Don't want boots or underwear when what we needs are double A batteries"?

Jeeeezus, what an ass.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

31. "if you watch what Jeb Bush does in Florida"- re: fuel

[Greybnk48]

32. Watch what "Jeb" does if you want to know what to do!!!

unreal

[TahitiNut]

35. He's reminding these Congresscritters that he's a "made man" ...

... in the Bushoilini Mafia. It's not "Governor Bush" - it's "Jeb." This guy is the epitome of Organized Crime Family behavior.

[Greybnk48]

39. Well put T.N.

He made sure at one point to say "jeb" to remind them that he's a "made man" as you say. Almost a threat.

[Sydnie]

62. Yeah, look at how Jeb does it because he made me look good

but people in Florida are still in "temp housing", aren't they Brownie?

[central scrutinizer]

75. you mean like this?

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Sept05/Leopold0910.htm

Michael Brown, the embattled head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approved payments in excess of $31 million in taxpayer money to thousands of Florida residents who were unaffected by Hurricane Frances and three other hurricanes last year in an effort to help President Bush win a majority of votes in that state during his reelection campaign, according to published reports.

[Sydnie]

84. yeah, exactly like that

and it never gets much press that some of the poorer people are now getting bills from FEMA, saying they were over compensated.

[chalky]

33. I guess he means those tankers that had the WRONG NOZZLE SIZE?

Is THAT what he's praising here?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

34. And Mr.Taylor gets one last jab!

Sweet.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

37. "Disaster victims tend to move quickly."

:rofl:

[chalky]

41. Moved quickly from one curb at the Superdome to another.

n/t

[speedoo]

36. One more reaming by Taylor coming up.

Now Brownie is saying there was no infrastructure in MS, therefore communications were not necessary. WTF???

Has this idiot said anything today that makes sense?

[Marie26]

44. No

Why does he keep repeating "we can't do it all the same time". Taylor's just asking about why FEMA sent brochures w/phone numbers to an area w/o power. What does that have to do with anything else? He keeps spinning off the topic because he doesn't have an answer.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

47. One more jab from Pickering too...

Bipartisan jabbing. I like it. :-)

[chalky]

38. "Congressman, you can laugh about it..."????

Oh, NO HE DI'INT.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

40. I'm Laughing.

OMG.

[skooooo]

51. He said this to whom?

context?? tell tell!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

54. he said that to Taylor

re: how quickly the hurricane victims move.

[Spazito]

42. LOL, I loved the reminder of his 146 THOUSAND dollar consultant

paycheque! Taylor is awesome!

[finecraft]

43. No FEMA office yet in Iberia Parish

One month and counting.........

[chalky]

45. "Now if it didn't happen fast enough to satisfy YOU..."

My GOD this man is an ARROGANT ASS.

[Marie26]

49. "I RESENT the implication": FEMA wasn't doing their job

Just cause half the Mississipi victims still can't reach FEMA 28 days after the storm.

[chalky]

46. Uh oh....he's falling back on the old Condi "I resent your implication"

defense.

[Sydnie]

50. "don't impugn my integrity"

:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

53. If anyone could FIND his 'integrity' they'd have no trouble impugning it.

This cockroach wouldn't know 'integrity' if it flew up his ass.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

65. Hey now- don't be so mean to cockroaches.

After all, while they may be annoying, they have integrity.

[ender]

55. what effing integrity, horse-boy?

[erinlough]

48. Did he just say they have a FEMA call center in Puerto Rico?

Outsourcing Disaster help? Can you imagine that language barrier? This is just stupid.

[sickinohio]

56. That was my thought when he said that!!

Outsourcing a FEMA call center!! And they do BACKGROUND checks there too??

[political_invader]

52. Is it just me or has every time a Rep. starts to ask real questions

that Rep. Chip pickering(R) steps in and cools it off?

[TahitiNut]

58. That's a standard practice in committee hearings.

Davis and Pickering are both running interference for Brown. They've got entire sack-fulls of soft balls -- a corner on the Nerf market.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

61. Donno- Pickering's not being as partisan as normal...some zingers...

Perhaps someone's a little worried about being seen as being a little too close to the FEMA screw ups come next election cycle...

[chalky]

57. Perhaps the leadership involved should be trained BEFORE the disaster?

Gee, ya think, Brownie?

idiot.

[Tennessee Gal]

59. Replay of morning testimony on C-Span

in about 20 minutes!

[Marie26]

60. Well, that was satisfying.

I really didn't see any whitewashing. The Congress asked very tough questions & seemed uniformly pretty horrified by Brownie's answers. While it would be good if more Democrats were there, I really think the Republican members did a pretty good job of exposing Brown's ineptitude.

[demo dutch]

63. Anyone watching Menendez (D) press conference on Cspan

[ncrainbowgrrl]

64. I am

Waiting for the "best of" clips to come up on C-SPAN. :evilgrin:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

66. "The Horse fellow."

That says it all. :rofl:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

67. C-SPAN airing part 1 again

:bounce:

[halobeam]

68. Jumping up and down with you! LOL

:bounce:

[Sydnie]

69. Thread needs 3 more votes to get to greatest page please

for those that might have missed it today.

[earthboundmisfit]

70. Done - 'cuz this is makin' my workday ROCK!

;-)

[Marie26]

71. Me too!

Though I think I should probably be fired for wasting all day listening to this thing. Oh well, I can multi-task.

[Sydnie]

77. thanks! n/t

[Sydnie]

76. thanks! n/t

[doublethink]

72. .......

:kick:

[xultar]

73. Why the replay so effin early? I can't leave for another hour!

[Sydnie]

74. I have the impression that it is just highlights for now.

The house is due back for votes by 6:30 eastern for any business from earlier today. Full replay should be much later.

[xultar]

79. Thanks for the heads up! I feel much better. I'll have time to shower

break out the :popcorn: and jammies!

[bunny planet]

78. right now Randi Rhodes is covering Drownie's testimony today and

clearly pointing out how he has perjured himself and consequently has implicated the President with dereliction of duty. She is really hammering it home. I just wrote and told her to get all of the evidence to Olbermann. Somebody's got to catch this liar out immediately on the television. I think KO is the only one with the set to do it. I fear the pirannha press has returned to being the poodle press again. We shall see.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

80. Rep. Jefferson introduced Gov. Blanco's request into record today and

talked about it. Brownie should be prosecuted for perjury, or unbelievable ignorance of what Blanco asked for in writing.

[bunny planet]

81. It also leads straight to Bush no. The questioner from Iowa mentioned

that the President left out Orleans county in his directive to FEMA.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

83. Yes, directly to *. Blanco had all her i's dotted and t's crossed. nt

[Seansky]

82. Seems the spinning machine has pined down the blame on Blanco

I heard a couple of people talking about this at the store. She didn't order evacuations on time...Who have you heard reporting this?

[jbnow]

85. Wow, brownie did nothing wrong

All systems were working, they did all things right.
Mayors, govs and people who didn't evacuate and troublemakers were to blame.
Wow.

[doublethink]

86. Earlier ... Harold Rogers (R) Kentucky ....

made the point of stressing why N.O. wasn't evacuated like the prior Wednesday (aug 24) trying to stress the incompetence of the local officials. Fact: That Wednesday Katrina was just becoming a storm in the Bahamas. Then Rogers goes on to ask Brown if the local officials did anything Friday (aug 26th) to evacuate? Brown says not to his knowledge, again stressing as if the Local N.O. government were incompetent ..... Fact: That Friday (aug 26) Katrina was hitting south Florida as a Cat 1 hurricane, and no-one knew if it was going to grow or just where the f...k it was going to go. So this shifting blame of the evacuation b.s. of Brown and co. is more slight of hand trying to take the lack of FEMA response off subject.

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