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Re: OT: Katrina and World Support?
#109652 09/09/05 12:38 AM
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Re: OT: Katrina and World Support?
#109653 09/09/05 05:06 PM
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Did you guy's see the picture below that is floating around the net? Given what some are saying about Bush and how he has handled things to date, it falls under the picture is worth a thousand words category!



Re: OT: Katrina and World Support?
#109654 09/09/05 05:35 PM
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MSNBC is reporting that the head of FEMA, Michael Brown, is being removed from his Katrina role. This is what happens when your federal government gets too big and people start relying on it way too much.

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That's just a teensy bit 100% fake.

For some real pics of New Orleans before, during, and after the hurricane, check out this haunting photo essay.

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But didn't the President say, just a few short days ago, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job!" ??

Here's the (lord, he's not actually linking) Fox News article about the removal.

This is the best news I've heard this week.

EDIT: This Time article shows some reasons why 'Brownie' might have been let go. He seems to be an expert resume padder.

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#109657 09/09/05 06:29 PM
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Great photo essay.

The resume padding is an example of what frustrates me about the government. If he had applied for a private sector job using that resume, he would have been snagged and immediately fired. But because we are dealing with the government and its all about politics, credentials rarely matter and its about who you know. Then, we end up with a bunch of no-talents in important positions like head of FEMA. I think it is pretty ironic that Wal-Mart, for all of its faults, ended up providing better emergency care than the city and state governments.

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Re: OT: Katrina and World Support?
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Unfortunately, but expectedly, he's not being fired, just relieved of his Katrina duties -- presumably to return to Washington so he can resume his regular duties.

I smell a scapegoat.

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That's awesome, sirquack!

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#109661 09/09/05 07:26 PM
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The resume padding is an example of what frustrates me about the government. If he had applied for a private sector job using that resume, he would have been snagged and immediately fired. But because we are dealing with the government and its all about politics, credentials rarely matter and its about who you know. Then, we end up with a bunch of no-talents in important positions like head of FEMA. I think it is pretty ironic that Wal-Mart, for all of its faults, ended up providing better emergency care than the city and state governments.




Amen to that! Hopefully more people will pay attention to political appointees qualifications in the future - and that appointments are based more on merit than reward - no matter which party (i know, i know, rose-colored glasses).

The thing that really raises my hackles is the fact that a former co-worker of mine worked very hard on the Kerry campaign. If Kerry would have won, that "no talent ass clown" would have had a mid-level analyst job at either the White House or State Department. We were just discussing today at how poorly he worked here, how would he do in the government? Scary thought!


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