The Incompetent's Incompetent

The Los Angeles Clippers look at Brownie and think, "Dude, you suck."

Newly-released e-mails show former FEMA director Michael Brown discussing his wardrobe during the crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina [...]

The e-mails show that Brown, who had been planning to step down from his post when the storm hit, was preoccupied with his image on television even as one of the first FEMA officials to arrive in New Orleans, Marty Bahamonde, was reporting a crisis situation of increasing chaos to FEMA officials.

"My eyes must certainly be deceiving me. You look fabulous — and I'm not talking the makeup," writes Cindy Taylor, FEMA's deputy director of public affairs to Brown on 7:10 a.m. local time on Aug. 29.

"I got it at Nordstroms," Brown writes back. "Are you proud of me? Can I quit now? Can I go home?" An hour later, Brown adds: "If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire, you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god."

A week later, Brown's aide, Sharon Worthy, reminds him to pay heed to his image on TV. "In this crises and on TV you just need to look more hardworking ... ROLL UP THE SLEEVES!" Worthy wrote, noting that even President Bush "rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow."

I'm surprised he didn't leaflet the Convention Center with instructions on how to roll up the sleeves. That's all those starving people needed to do to survive; look hardworking.

By the way, let me answer Brownie's question: yes, you can quit now, you can go home. Need I mention that he is STILL taking taxpayer money by being on FEMA's payroll. Can I get a rebate for that? Like an idiot deduction or something?