Brownie starts new disaster readiness consultancy
I couldn't make this up if I wanted to. Michael Brown, the embattled and clueless former FEMA head, has started his own "disaster-preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job", according to the Washington comPost. Excerpt:
"If I can help people focus on preparedness, how to be better prepared in their homes and better prepared in their businesses -- because that goes straight to the bottom line -- then I hope I can help the country in some way," Brown told the Rocky Mountain News.If anyone can appear ignorant of the gravity of a situation, then "Brownie" certainly can do "a heck of a job" at it!
Michael D. Brown, the former head of FEMA, said he hopes "I can help the country in some way." (Susan Walsh - AP)
Brown said officials need to "take inventory" of what is going on in a disaster to be able to answer questions and to avoid appearing unaware of how serious a situation is.
What's next? Ted Kennedy starting a personal fitness consulting firm? Maybe Jesse Jackson founding a fatherhood lecture series? Better yet, how about John Kerry and Jane Fonda holding a consortium on how to win friends in the armed forces?
Perhaps "Brownie" can join New Orleans mayor Ray "School Bus" Nagin to enlighten Jamaica on how to prepare for a hurricane! Oops...it looks like Ray has already done that while toiling away at the Sandals founder's private villa overlooking Montego Bay! I swear, work can be a real bitch sometimes!
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