CNN is reporting on a series of emails that just came out disclosing some of the inner workings during the Katrina aftermath, and Michael Brown is looking ever the clutz that we would expect from a crony. In one particularly telling email sent to him, a colleague said:
Please roll up the sleeves of your shirt... all shirts. Even the President rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow.
In this crises [sic] and on TV you just need to look more hard-working... ROLL UP THE SLEEVES!
Brownie had some choice quotes of his own, below the fold...
Apparently our former FEMA Director was quite impressed with himself and his appearances on national television on the day of the disaster, as one email points out...
If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire, you'll really vomit. I ama [sic] fashion god.
He sent that out at 8:51AM on Monday, August 29, at about the same time as Katrina was barreling through New Orleans, breaching levees and piling foot upon foot of water up over Biloxi, Gulfport, and Metairie.
Ah, but he wasn't done there! Just to show that he was really clued in to his appearances on television, he had these choice things to say just moments before that previous email:
I got it at Nordstroms. Email McBride and make sure she kniows[sic]! Are you proud of me? Can I quit now? Can I go home?
That was in response to a blathering message from Cindy Taylor, FEMA's Deputy Director of Public Affairs, in which she said "My eyes must certainly be deceiving me. You look fabulous - and I'm not talking the make-up!"
Of course, he was on task and making sure everything was getting handled with his well-coifed hair and well-dressed person, right? Right?
After his aide Marty Bahamonde listed off a series of major problems, like people being kicked on the streets, hospitals and patients in critical condition, and food and water running out, what was his response?
Thanks for update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?
Earth to Brownie: YES.
Heck of a job, Brownie. Heck of a job.