Quote Originally Posted by andruejaysin
And FEMA is run by a guy who's last job was putting on horse shows, from which he was fired for incompotence. Of course, he was a college roomate of a personal friend of GW's. Now, nepotisim is neither new, nor limited to the republicans, but in a post 9/11 world, you would think the director of FEMA would not be one of the jobs for sale to the highest bidder.
Joe Allbaugh was director of FEMA before Mike Brown. Joe Allbaugh was W's campaign manager. Mike Brown was Joe Allbaugh's college roommate. That's how Brown got the job.

The new FEMA guy, Paulison, has a helluva lot better credentials than Brown. I just can't get over the fact that he actually told people to protect themselves from biological and nuclear attacks with fuckin' duct tape.