Drownie we hardly knew ye.
He’s gone. Handed in his resignation today. Nobody thought to tell Preznit Endless Summer, though.
Somebody needs to teach him how to use Google News.
Q Can you tell us, have you accepted the resignation of Michael Brown, or have you heard about it?THE PRESIDENT: I haven’t — no, I have not talked to Michael Brown — or Mike Chertoff; that’s who I’d talk to. As you know, I’ve been working. And when I get on Air Force One, I will call back to Washington. But I’ve been on the move.
Q Our understanding is he has resigned, he’s made a statement. Would that be appropriate –
THE PRESIDENT: I haven’t talked to Mike Chertoff yet, and that’s what I intend to do when I get on the plane. You know, I — you probably — maybe you know something I don’t know, but as you know, we’ve been working, and I haven’t had a chance to get on the phone.
Doin’ the Presidentin’ thing, you know. Couldn’t take the time. Gotta git his pitcher made. Take him a nap.
So how exactly did he name Drownie’s replacement, David Paulison, today?
Maybe Cheney was busy doin’ the Presidentin’ agin.
And where, exactly, have we seen Paulison before? Why, he’s the father of the modern Duct Tape movement. Remember this pearl of wisdom from 2003, which caused the run on Home Depots everywhere?
In his advisory, Paulison recommended that households have on hand three days worth of water and food; an emergency supply kit for both home and automobile; radios with extra batteries; and plastic sheeting and duct tape to seal windows and doors.
Curiously I feel no better.
Update: Mark Kleiman:
I asked a friend who understands this Administration much better than I do why on earth they decided to fire Michael Brown in two stages, thus giving the story two news cycles.His answer was dazzlingly simple: Karl Rove, who was always the brains of the operation, is so worried about whether he’s about to be indicted that he’s not at the top of his game. “Is there any way a Karl Rove not facing prison time would have had the President fly over the disaster area and look down at it? I don’t think so.”
See Skippy? I’m not the only one.
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Actually I suspect y’all are going to hate me for saying this. But I had never read the entire list before, only heard, second-hand, the “duck tape” part; “duck tape”always sounds silly. Whereas the whole prescription, canned food and water and two or three first-aid boxes and all, is actually very good advice. Anyone caught in the Katrina flood who had laid aside a dozen supermarket jugs of distilled water was likely glad they did.
In fact Paulison’s check list is the single most intelligent thing I’ve ever heard out of any of the innumerable branches and organs of the all-embracing Secretariat for Homeland Security. Which sure ain’t sayin’ much, but seriously, you’ve got to admit a fireman is a big, big step up from a golfer.
Note however, that this fine emergency inventory isn’t government action, only government advice. A little social Darwinist engineering; those who can’t afford the visqueen get to inhale the toxins.
Hiz Workin? Baharrraaaa, snark, het, het ,het lol M
Having endured kidney stones numerous times over the last two decades, I used to say I wouldn’t wish them on my worst enemy. Then I read this today:
“Karl Rove, was on the disabled list for part of last week, working from home after being briefly hospitalized with painful kidney stones.”
Have some more calcium, Turd Blossom…!
Source: http://www.time.com/time/magaz…..81,00.html
coturnix: I like the latter. I think Rove is spending two cycles on Drownie so as to cement him as the scape goat and keep us talking about FEMA.
As long as we’re talking about FEMA we can’t talk about the Bush failure and then not Robert’s and especially not about Rove-leaked-the-name-of-an-agent-gate.
I had the same feeling that Rove is either sick (apparently he was last week), or too worried for himself to care about managing the Bush image, or intentionally screwing up Bush in order to save his own skin.
Why is this haloscan center-aligned?
I have never been anything more than Kobe’s typist. You know that, Loren :)
Jane you are on a roll, or is Kobe coming up with all this stuff?
perhaps, jane, perhaps. i personally was never convinced of karl rove’s genius. imho, the rest of us had just been lulled to sleep by 30 year+ of being the biggest (and richest) kid in the sandbox, so we weren’t on our toes with weasel rove began to implement (or actually, only continued lee atwater’s) dirty tricks.
but the sentence “karl rove, who was always the brains of the operation, is so worried about whether he’s about to be indicted that he’s not at the top of his game” does my heart good.
What, you were expecting some form of preparedness for the $107 billion we’ve spent on Homeland Security? I think his message is brilliantly clear: No matter what happens, you’re on your own. All that tax money? Hahahahahahaha! Grow up! It’s Halliburton’s now!
Seriously, though–this guy’s other claim to qualification is that he handled the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. Some of us remember what a shining success that was–so good, in fact, that it cost Bush’s father Florida and the presidency.
Yep, Boy George sure can pick the winners.