Brown Sent Candid Email to Family (A must read/and/barf)

[doxieone]

(snip)


"I don't mind the negative press (well, actually, I do, but I try to ignore it) but it is really wearing out the family," Brown wrote. "No wonder people don't go into public service. This country is devouring itself, the 24-hour news cycle is numbing our ability to think for ourselves," the Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday.

Brown was relieved of his command of the onsite relief efforts Friday amid increasing criticism over the sluggishness of the agency's response and questions over his background.

"It's horrible," said Mary Ann Karns, an Oklahoma lawyer who once worked with Brown in the Edmond, Okla., city government and got the e-mail addressed. "He does not deserve this as a human being."


EDIT: Oops I forgot the link.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Katrina-Brown.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. And the human beings who died?

Did they deserve that?

[sasquatch]

3. Well yeah, they're not the right skin color

:sarcasm:

[longship]

2. She's partially correct.

"He does not deserve this as a human being."

But professionally he deserves anything bad that comes to him.

[supernova]

5. That's my take on it!

But he's the person in charge for now, and like it or not, the boss is the one who accepts the blame when things go wrong.

[bribri16]

29. He's taking the hit for Bush. No one will criticize Bush but Bush picked

Brown. Bush is in charge. At least that's what Rove wants you to think when it's time for the "cowboy act." They can't have it both ways. Either Bush is "in charge" and accountable or he is fucking puppet who needs to be removed! My god, they give him "credit" for everything that seems to be working well...so he must also take the blame!

[longship]

31. Bush isn't going to be able to slime his way out of this.

In fact, the more he slimes, the worse it gets for him. Why? Because the slime ain't working any longer.

We have 45% approval and falling...

38% approval and falling...

35% approval and falling...

33% approval and falling...

etc.

[enki23]

4. no, he deserves to be lined up with the rest of the criminals

tried, found guilty, imprisoned, possibly executed. i don't give a fuck whether he's nice to his dog, or his family, or his friends. i don't care at all. he wasn't nice to many, many thousands of people who needed his action. that isn't his fault alone, but his share is large enough to warrant a very, very severe punishment.

[KoKo]

23. I kind of go along with you enki23...He lied on his Resume...he was

appointed by Liars, Crooks and Theives. That he isn't going to be held accountable for this is shocking enough. But, in "Bush World" shock and outrage are common amongst those of us who tried to live an honest life and felt we got our jobs on merit and not cronyism.

[The Icon Painter]

37. I agree

It was unspeakable of him to accept an important job for which he was unqualified. He should have known the position entailed responsibility for caring for people and he was surely aware he was unfit. It seems to me he is now whining pitiably like all the Bush incompetents once they are exposed as the revolting hacks they are. Do I think he deserves all the criticism he has received - as a human being? Hell, yes and far more. But then again, I am yet to be persuaded any of these neo-cons is human in the first place.

[Lubernaut]

38. I agree as well

It's as if these people accept these positions of power assuming there will be no responsibilities to act on. If I were offered a job, any job, that I wasn't qualified for I would turn it down.

Who would take on a job like this knowing they were so unqualified? And more importantly, who would offer this person the job in the first place?

[The Icon Painter]

49. Welcome

We are glad to have you here, Lubernaut. I have been here for ages but, as my low post count indicates, I am relatively quiet. I hope you will continue to speak out.

[nookiemonster]

6. Waaaaaaaah!

Brownie, you're a heckuva wussie.

I give no creedence to liars.

[sarcasmo]

7. Time for this idiot to step down. FYI, Mary Ann Karns

He does deserve it.

[wakeme2008]

8. Brown Sent Candid E - Mail to Family

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Katrina-Brown.html

September 10, 2005
Brown Sent Candid E - Mail to Family
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 2:34 p.m. ET

DENVER (AP) -- Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown sent a candid e-mail to family and friends this week as he was becoming the center of criticism of the handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

''I don't mind the negative press (well, actually, I do, but I try to ignore it) but it is really wearing out the family,'' Brown wrote. ''No wonder people don't go into public service. This country is devouring itself, the 24-hour news cycle is numbing our ability to think for ourselves,'' the Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday.

Brown was relieved of his command of the onsite relief efforts Friday amid increasing criticism over the sluggishness of the agency's response and questions over his background.

..more at link... One sentence from a friend....


what is interesting is one of his "?FRIENDS?" released this...

[sarcasmo]

9. Boo Freaking Hoo. Time for this COWARD to step down.

[stillcool]

10. Leak=Karl n/t

[Laelth]

44. You know it!

Every time I see the word "leak" these days, I can't help but think "info. the pukes want you to have."

-Laelth

[Avalux]

11. I call BULLSHIT!!!

Ah Rove, you are such a despicable little doughboy. :rofl:

[aquart]

12. She was trying to show he FEELs just like anyone else.

Except all it showed is how sorry he feels for himself. No self-doubt. No anxiety that he cost human lives, ruined a city...nope. He has no problem with any of that. And neither does his friend.

Scum.

[progressoid]

13. Boo Hoo - Know what else is wearing out the family??

LACK OF HURRICANE RELIEF!

[Mabus]

18. Exactly

Isn't that convenient. :rofl:

It's a PR attempt to "humanize" a man who did something very "inhuman", that is ignore the suffering of others when he had the power to do something about it.

[wryter2000]

20. His friend might be as clueless and heartless as the rest of them

The friend may have figured it would get him sympathy. My God, these people make Marie Antionette look like a saint.

[supernova]

21. I agree

Whatever the friends motivations for releasing this, it's backfiring.

[Mabus]

36. "Anyone carrying water in a pink-sequin Koozie with feathers

has got to have a lot of self-confidence." said of Mary Ann Karns.
source: http://www.edmondsun.com/articles/2005/08/31/news/news03.txt

I'd say she's a little clueless and tacky.



DREW HARMON/The Edmond Sun Mary Ann Karns sits in her pink velvet armchair with her 21-year-old daughter Sue.

And no, I don't have a picture of the "pink-sequin Koozie with feathers" and I must say I don't want one.

[quaker bill]

14. the man took a high profile job making big money

and he screwed it up. Dealing with angry people and a hostile press is part of what he signed up for when he took the job.

The only way to solve it is to do the job well. He didn't - end of story.

[merwin]

15. Yet another reason why he shouldn't be in charge.

The person in charge of an emergency management operation needs to be able to think for himself and work under pressure... neither of which Brown can do.

[jhain]

16. no- he does not deserve to BE a human being n/t

[stray cat]

17. Incompetence should get you fired - so what is he complaining about?

[Blue_Tires]

60. incompetence only gets people promoted in the bush admin

ever since 9-11

[wryter2000]

19. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on

Both of you. Murders deserve a lot worse than what he's getting.

[Ilsa]

24. That should be "..and the Arabian horse you rode in on..." eom

[wryter2000]

40. Dang

Should have thought of that. :rofl:

[VolcanoJen]

22. Have a margarita and some Mexican food, Brownie!!!

You piece of shit.

[zbird]

25. Next week's headlines: Brown steps down to spend more time with family

This is the perfect Rovian setup piece.

[Tight_rope]

68. Ding! Ding! Ding!....We have a winner!.....n/t

[journalist3072]

26. Message to Brownie....

"Don't cry out loud. Just keep it inside."

All the Republicans are feeling sorry for themselves lately. Colin Powell, Brownie, Pickles, etc....

Well, they gets no love from me.

[texpatriot2004]

27. It's more of the "I-Me" syndrome that Keith Olbermann wrote

about.

[KT2000]

28. It's all about HIM!!!

no self-reflection whatsoever. What a loser.

[Turbineguy]

30. Doesn't deserve it?

When he was offered the job he should have said "I'm not qualified, I might make a mess of this."

I realize that it would be impossible to expect a Bushbot to show that sort of honesty.

[Gman]

32. If anything, he didn't deserve to be put into such a critical position

with no experience out of political patronage. He was in over his head and never knew it until now. Blame those that thought so little of FEMA that they would put someone so inexperienced in that position.

[Wordie]

56. Yep...the anger should really be directed at BUSH for putting him there.nt

[stevedeshazer]

33. BWAAAHAAAAAAAA!!!

That is all.

[cami715]

34. But Brownie

what effect did it have on the family last year when reportedly you were handing out $31 million in FEMA money in Florida to people who were not affected by the hurricanes and who should not have received those funds? Were you buying votes for * then? Is that how you came to be appointed director of FEMA? Did being dishonest then not "wear on the family?"

[wryter2000]

42. Welcome to DU, Cami

:hi:

[Wordie]

57. Hi Cami...welcome to DU!

[SoCalDem]

35. Repubes LOVE the 24 hr news cycle when THEY are sliming

deomcrats...

poow widdew babies

[texpatriot2004]

39. Oh yes Mary Ann he does deserve it. Americans died you twit.

''It's horrible,'' said Mary Ann Karns, an Oklahoma lawyer who once worked with Brown in the Edmond, Okla., city government and got the e-mail addressed. ''He does not deserve this as a human being.''

[robbedvoter]

41. He was just getting out of harm's way - and now is promoted

Only they call it a demotion to pull our leg

[Mike_The_Computer]

43. Brown has learned a thing or two from Jeff Gannon.

"It's hurting my family worse than me, so I have to go now" was Gannon's bewlshit, cowardly CYA excuse when HE got caught redhanded by the media for being a complete boldfaced fraud. Soooo lame. Soooo transparent.

[goforit]

45. Ms. Karns, I'm sure those whom have died couldn't disagree w/ya more

Brown most certainly should have resigned before the hurricane,
knowing he was unqualified and uneducated for this responsibility!!!


Go back to your little bubble world Ms. Karns!!!

[LostinVA]

46. Maybe if you weren't a lying, incompetent, passive murderer

Your press would have been better. The MSM can be blamed for alot of things, but not this, Brownie. MURDERER. Incompetence is NO excuse for what happened in NO.

[sakabatou]

47. Michael Brown... human?

I though he was a shit-demon...

[devinsgram]

48. And the people of NO, deserved a whole lot

better too.

[Gelliebeans]

50. Awww his feelings are hurt...

TOO BAD! PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF HIS CALLOUS INEPTITUDE. :mad:

[mbee]

51. If he wanted to be treated like a human being he shouldn't have taken

a job from monsters!

[fooj]

52. Mary Ann...Don't worry about Brownie!

Nothing that walking the dog, hugging the wife, eating some Mexican Food, having a stiff Marg and a good night's sleep wont cure!

:puke:

[triguy46]

53. Nor do 40 people in nursing homes deserve to drown n/t

[triguy46]

54. Let him be draped with the robe of victimhood...n/t

[killbotfactory]

55. politics isn't a fucking game

you have responsibilities, other than having a "stiff margarita".

[Catrina]

58. He lay down with thieves and killers

and he thought it was all great fun when he was dispersing millions of taxpayer dollars to Jeb's friends, helping the worst president in US history to get elected. He did exactly what was expected of him.

They hire incompetents, like Bernie Kerrik, and people with zero morals because those are the ones who will follow criminal orders without question.

She thinks 'it's horrible'!! Not the deaths of her fellow citizens, but that poor, imcompetent, and maybe corrupt, Brownie's 'heck of a job letting all those undesirables die' wasn't appreciated by other real human beings?

The elitist, rightwing, heartless, unfeeling snob. They are a species apart from the human race. Maybe there's a planet somewhere to put all of them.

By his own admission, he read a rightwing rag's headline 'N.O. dodged the bullet' and decided his job was done!!! Ordinary people never thought that NO had 'dodged the bullet' ~ just watching television and the first reports which said that 55 people had died in the storm, and that the levees were weak, were having heart attacks that Monday morning. But Mr. Brown read the rag's headline, and did nothing.

However, what his friend may not be able to say is that 'nothing' was exactly what he was hired to do in the event of a hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast! And it's awful that she can't say so, or that we humans can't appreciate that 'he was just following orders.'

You know what, Brownie. You could redeem yourself somewhat if you told the truth, now ~ and helped us remove the most dangerous regime this country has ever had!!

[imperial jedi]

59. all I can say is...

what a whiner

[struggle4progress]

61. I am sure that America's heart goes out to Brownie as he continues ..

.. to suffer through this disaster. Why is there so much media attention focussed on New Orleans and so little on Brownie's pain?

[Spiffarino]

62. "He does not deserve this as a human being."

Ummm...yes. Yes, he does.

[fortyfeetunder]

63. Greed and karma

I speculate Mr. Brown, with his suspcious past, was eager to take on the political appointment of FEMA head, thinking probably after 9/11 he'd have to take on minor events. Being National FEMA director probably spelled $$$,$$$ and a better way of life for his family.

But as the waters rose over NOLA, he probably realized he was (pardon the pun) over his head in an situation he was not prepared for, nor had the experience of thinking under pressure...after all, how much pressure is there in judging horse shows? Did the NOLA folks not slip enough money under the table to bring FEMA action?

So karma comes back to bite at a greedy person. He should hope the remainder of the hurricane season is uneventful and there will be no terrorist event to speak of through the remainder of the current presidency.

Hope this is a lesson for Mr. Brown...you relationship with the White House got you in this mess. You can't blame any of us for wanting more, or wanting more than you can professionally handle!

[fortyfeetunder]

64. Greed and karma

I speculate Mr. Brown, with his suspcious past, was eager to take on the political appointment of FEMA head, thinking probably after 9/11 he'd have to take on minor events. Being National FEMA director probably spelled $$$,$$$ and a better way of life for his family.

But as the waters rose over NOLA, he probably realized he was (pardon the pun) over his head in an situation he was not prepared for, nor had the experience of thinking under pressure...after all, how much pressure is there in judging horse shows? Did the NOLA folks not slip enough money under the table to bring FEMA action?

So karma comes back to bite at a greedy person. He should hope the remainder of the hurricane season is uneventful and there will be no terrorist event to speak of through the remainder of the current presidency.

Hope this is a lesson for Mr. Brown...your relationship with the White House got you in this mess. You can't blame any of us for wanting more, or wanting more than you can professionally handle!

[progressivebydesign]

65. Just as I would not puff and schmooz into a job as brain surgeon..

..neither should he have politicked into that one, when so many lives depended on it.

[Tight_rope]

66. THE USELESS INCOMPETENT ASSHOLE DESERVES...

whatever he gets. He was bitching about the pay or the job title when they offered it to him.... Fucking useless son of a bitch should rot in hell.

[Cocoa]

67. crying in his margarita

:cry: