Anyone who's read the news over the past few days will note something almost shocking: Ousted FEMA Director Michael Brown is STILL on the FEMA payroll. He's like the vampire that keeps coming back from the dead - it appears we simply cannot be rid of him.
The most outrageous part about the entire matter is that he is being paid as a consultant to investigate the failure of the Federal Government to respond to Hurricane Katrina - um, the very response that he basically oversaw. Can we say bias, anyone?
It's clear that he's on the prowl and has been pushed to do so. Before he seemed nothing more than a yes-man (just look at any of the interviews in the days following Katrina - he's an idiot), but now he has strong words of criticism for just about everyone but himself. Brown, testifying before a Congressional Panel set up by Republicans to "investigate" the response, said that "my biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional."
When his decisions were questions by members of the Panel, he arrogantly replied that "I've overseen over 150 presidentially declared disasters. I know what I'm doing, and I think I do a pretty darn good job of it." He failed to mention that in the days following Katrina, he had no idea what was ever going on - and that CNN Reporters had to inform him live on the air of the status in Louisiana. Yea, that's a heck of a job, Brownie.
In any case, the real question remains: how the fuck is it possible for this incompetent cronie to be hired as a consultant to the investigation largely focused on his former agency's failure? His presence and paycheck exposes the Republican-led "investigation" for what it is: a sham that will never really lay the blame on anyone at the Federal level.