qualified Bush appointee?

[clydefrand]

Would anyone have any suggestions for ANY appointee of *'s that you would consider "qualified", hard working, hones (relatively speaking).
I figured that, by pure odds, Bush may have really goofed and appointed an actually qualified person, knowledgeable about the work done by the organization appointed to, I just can't think of one.

[napi21]

1. Yes, but he's fired them all by now.

I think O'Neal was good and knew what he was doing, but he had the balls to tell Shrub he was wrong!

That seems to be the fate of any appointees who know how to do their job. You see, they make the fatal mistake of thinking, and really trying to make improvements in their area of responsibility.

Shrub doesn't want anyone like that! He just wants bodies to implement HIS plan, and that doesn't require any expertiese!

[Coastie for Truth]

2. Chief Dave Paulison, Acting Head of FEMA

was Fire Chief of Miami Dade - worked his way up he ranks from Probationary Rescue-Medic. He's climbed the tower, been through the "smoke house" and been on the fire grund and the accident scene.

In Emergency Service (which is what FEMA should be all about) attainment of Chief Officer rank (whether Battalion Chief or Chief of the Department) is a strict meritocracy.

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R. David Paulison was designated by President George W. Bush to serve as Acting Under Secretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response and Acting Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 12, 2005. Mr. Paulison was previously appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate as the Administrator for the U.S. Fire Administration in December 2001. As U.S. Fire Administrator, Mr. Paulison heads the U.S. Fire Administration, part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate/FEMA, supports State and local fire service programs, and oversees programs to reduce life and economic losses due to fire and related emergencies, in partnership with fire protection and emergency service communities.

Mr. Paulison served as the Director of the Preparedness Division of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate/FEMA, in the newly created Department of Homeland Security, from 2003-2004. During his tenure, Mr. Paulison administered a broad range of programs designed to strengthen State and community emergency preparedness in order to reduce loss of life and property due to disaster; administered first responder grant programs totaling more than $1 billion; and oversaw more than 350 employees. He was also responsible for training Federal, State, and local emergency managers and first responders, and for conducting a nationwide program of exercises.

Before joining FEMA, Mr. Paulison, who has 30 years of fire/rescue services experience, was chief of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department. In that position, he oversaw 1,900 personnel with a $200 million operating budget and a $70 million capital budget. He also oversaw the Dade County Emergency Management office.

He began his career as a rescue firefighter and rose through the ranks of rescue lieutenant commander, district chief of operations, division chief, assistant chief and then deputy director for administration before becoming the Miami-Dade Fire Chief. He is a certified paramedic and, as fire chief, oversaw the Miami-Dade Urban Search and Rescue Task Force. His emergency management experience includes Hurricane Andrew and the crash of ValuJet Flight 592. He is also past president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs.

A native of Miami , Florida , Mr. Paulison earned a bachelor of arts from Florida Atlantic University and completed the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University 's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 2004, he received the Mason Lankford Fire Service Leadership Award from the Congressional Fire Service Institute. Additionally, he has received the LeRoy Collins Distinguished Alumni Award and has been inducted into the Miami-Dade Community College Hall of Fame. Mr. Paulison was selected as Fire Chief of the Year by his colleagues from the State of Florida in 1993 and holds positions in several professional associations.

Saint Florian - Patron Saint of Firefighters, Paramedics, Coast Guardsmen, and those who voluntarily go in harms way to rescue those in peril---->
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[clydefrand]

3. The chief

Do you know if he is democrat or repug? Which ever, it does sound like he knows what he is doing.

[tularetom]

4. The title of your post is an oxymoran

and the subject is a regular moran

(Edited for spelling - moran)