FEMA Director Mike Brown "Recalled"

6 thoughts on “FEMA Director Mike Brown “Recalled””

1. Jesus – not only was Brownie unqualified for the job, we learn he was unqualified even AFTER padding his resume.

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2. They need a real crack administrator to go back and rearrange all those pesky paperclips on the FEMA desk back in DC.  Needless to say they also need someone to clean up that damn pencil sharpener…

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3. And, if FEMA’s herd of Arabian horses needs looking after, Brownie is ready, willing and able to help out!

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4. It is better news that fewer dead people are being found in the aftermath of Katrina.  However, it also shows that the people in New Orleans did listen to the warnings and for those who could leave, they either left the South completely, or they sought shelter in the Convention Center or the Superdoom.  This also changes the response by the repukes, because they can’t then blame the black people of New Orleans that they should have taken the responsibility upon themselves, being responsible by leaving New Orleans.  Many thousands decided to stay in the Superdoom and Convention Center, because they did not have the “money” or transportation to leave.  Indeed, the airport was closed a day before the hurricane.  Indeed, bus service was not available 2 days before the disaster.  It seems to me, that if I was so poor to leave the city, I would have also sought refuge in what appeared to be a safe place to withstand the hurricane winds.  However, it seems to be, that the disregard by the President (he was playing golf the day of the hurricane), FEMA, (hiring an irresponsible man to run the Federal authority), a late response by the State of Louisana, has proven that not only an economic reason exists for the loss of those in the Superdoom and the Convention Center existed and is proven, but it appears to me, that when the Director of FEMA purposefully orders trucks carrying water and supplies to those who were dying in the streets of New Orleans for 6 days, only proves PROOF, that Mr. Brown was certainly responsible for those deaths (those who died from no water and food for 6 days), and should be criminally charged as under law, as “negligence homicide” and acts of racial hatred against the poor in New Orleans.

   negligence
   n. failure to exercise the care toward others which a reasonable or prudent person would do in the circumstances, or taking action which such a reasonable person would not. Negligence is accidental as distinguished from “intentional torts” (assault or trespass, for example) or from crimes, but a crime can also constitute negligence, such as reckless driving. Negligence can result in all types of accidents causing physical and/or property damage, but can also include business errors and miscalculations, such as a sloppy land survey. In making a claim for damages based on an allegation of another’s negligence, the injured party (plaintiff) must prove: a) that the party alleged to be negligent had a duty to the injured party-specifically to the one injured or to the general public, b) that the defendant’s action (or failure to act) was negligent-not what a reasonably prudent person would have done, c) that the damages were caused (“proximately caused”) by the negligence. An added factor in the formula for determining negligence is whether the damages were “reasonably foreseeable” at the time of the alleged carelessness. If the injury is caused by something owned or controlled by the supposedly negligent party, but how the accident actually occurred is not known (like a ton of bricks falls from a construction job), negligence can be found based on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitor (Latin for “the thing speaks for itself”). Furthermore, in six states (Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland) and the District of Columbia, an injured party will be denied any judgment (payment) if found to have been guilty of even slight “contributory negligence” in the accident. This archaic and unfair rule has been replaced by “comparative negligence” in the other 44 states, in which the negligence of the claimant is balanced with the percentage of blame placed on the other party or parties (“joint tortfeasors”) causing the accident. In automobile accident cases in 16 states the head of the household is held liable for damages caused by any member of the family using the car under what is called the “family purpose” doctrine. Nine states (California, New York, Michigan, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island) make the owner of the vehicle responsible for all damages caused by a driver given permission to use the car, whether or not the negligent driver has assets or insurance to pay a judgment. Eight states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia) allow the owner to rebut a presumption that the driver was authorized to use the car. Negligence is one of the greatest sources of litigation (along with contract and business disputes) in the United States.

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5. Actually, he wasn’t very good at the horse gig either.  Forced to resign and all that.

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6. I still want to know: wasn’t the IAHA headquarters building in Broomfield(?) up for sale/lease a couple of years back?  Was Brown that bad?

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