# Brownie did a heck of a job. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318 "2005-11-03T17:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/1 "2005-11-03T17:51:23Z")
[Link](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/03/brown.fema.emails/index.html). Wow. Has anyone had a chance to read some of these emails? They are amazing. I used to work with a puts like that, and it drove me abso-fricken-lutly crazy. But I laughed at the secretary telling him to roll his sleeves up to look busy. The complete non-responses were depressing, and negligent, but the half-assed responses are comedy gold. He testified to congress of his accomplished leadership skills, yet sought advice on how to dress. The emails at some points sound like a 7th grader IMing. And he’s still getting paid by FEMA. And Chertoff refuses to relese the emails between them. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/2 "2005-11-03T18:19:46Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > [Link](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/03/brown.fema.emails/index.html). > > Wow. Has anyone had a chance to read some of these emails? They are amazing. I used to work with a puts like that, and it drove me abso-fricken-lutly crazy. But I laughed at the secretary telling him to roll his sleeves up to look busy. The complete non-responses were depressing, and negligent, but the half-assed responses are comedy gold. > > He testified to congress of his accomplished leadership skills, yet sought advice on how to dress. The emails at some points sound like a 7th grader IMing. > > And he’s still getting paid by FEMA. > > And Chertoff refuses to relese the emails between them. I did read them. All I can say is, he is just as big a moron as I thought he was. Pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/3 "2005-11-03T18:22:16Z")
I’m glad he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/4 "2005-11-03T18:22:49Z")
Cronyism? What cronyism? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/5 "2005-11-03T18:27:45Z")
It’s not just Brownie who sounds stupid, either - “The sooner we can get the medical patients out, the sooner we can get them out”? The whole thing would be funny if it wasn’t so sickening. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/6 "2005-11-03T18:55:53Z")
What I find hard to believe is that FEMA retained the jerk in some capacity or another for thirty days AT HIS DIRECTOR’S SALARY. When the thirty days were up, FEMA extended his contract for ANOTHER thirty days. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/7 "2005-11-03T19:04:11Z")
If there weren’t a thousand dead people and a cool million homeless, it would be funny. Heck of a job, Brownie. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/8 "2005-11-03T19:35:06Z")
All ya’ll shut up. I’m sick of your tireless personal attacks. Remember, this man is, “a fashion god!” Bow before him! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/9 "2005-11-03T19:39:42Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > What I find hard to believe is that FEMA retained the jerk in some capacity or another for thirty days AT HIS DIRECTOR’S SALARY. When the thirty days were up, FEMA extended his contract for ANOTHER thirty days. With any luck, today’s news should take care of that. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/10 "2005-11-03T19:40:27Z")
I don’t know what the charges would be, but I would love to see this incompetent scumbag put in jail for a long long time. He is the king of all weasels. I wish to apologize to weasel lovers for insulting them. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/11 "2005-11-03T19:44:30Z")
> [@](#): > > **woodstockbirdybird** : > It’s not just Brownie who sounds stupid, either - “The sooner we can get the medical patients out, the sooner we can get them out”? The whole thing would be funny if it wasn’t so sickening. What he meant was, “The sooner we can get the medical patients out, the sooner we can get the DMAT staff out.” Sure, it wasn’t phrased in the clearest possible way, but I’m willing to cut THE ONLY FEMA OFFICAL IN NOLA some slack – the guy was exhausted and desperate and growing increasingly appalled at the lack of organized response. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/12 "2005-11-03T19:53:44Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > I don’t know what the charges would be, but I would love to see this incompetent scumbag put in jail for a long long time. > He is the king of all weasels. > I wish to apologize to weasel lovers for insulting them. 1,200 counts of Negligent Homicide, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/13 "2005-11-03T20:09:49Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > 1,200 counts of Negligent Homicide, maybe? Sounds good to me, now we just need a prosecutor. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/14 "2005-11-03T20:33:59Z")
Hey, **This Year’s Model** , you’re the best! Thanks for cleaning up my code. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/15 "2005-11-03T21:37:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Alabama News: State Senator Hank Erwin said the hurricanes that hit New Orleans were sent by God to punish people for sin, and wickedness. That’s crazy. God doesn’t send hurricanes to punish people, he sends FEMA. > > Halloween News: Happy Halloween. I’m going trick or treating on November 7. Do you know why? I’m going to go as a FEMA worker. [www.505club.com](http://www.505club.com) ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/16 "2005-11-03T22:32:10Z")
I don’t watch the tv news. Cuz it sucks. Can anybody tell me if this will be or has it been covered on the tv news? Local tv news? I think the more general public needs to know about this idjit (and ESPECIALLY about the being kept on as a consultant at full salary), and I assume that only a certain demographic reads the papers or [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/17 "2005-11-03T22:32:17Z")
Here is a direct link to the [e-mails](http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/images/11/03/brown.emails.analysis.pdf). I would like to see all of Brown’s defenders, and the folks who blamed the locals, to read those e-mails and tell me that isn’t the very epitome of gross incompetence. As **vibrotronica** said, it would be funny if it weren’t so deadly. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/18 "2005-11-03T22:49:09Z")
I dunno. I think that Bush was correct when he said that Brownie was “doin’ a heckuva job”. Perhaps he just left the appropriate adjectives out for plausible deniability. Or to avoid triggering the new FCC obscenity regulations. :rolleyes: That said, I’m not sure if I would pursue the sartorial comments if I were the one investigating. There are certain courtesies to observe in dressing appropriately when speaking to the public. Focusing on his shirt and necktie detract from his general incompetence, and the incompetence of those who put him in charge. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/19 "2005-11-03T22:50:53Z")
> [@light strand](#): > > Here is a direct link to the [e-mails](http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/images/11/03/brown.emails.analysis.pdf). > > I would like to see all of Brown’s defenders, and the folks who blamed the locals, to read those e-mails and tell me that isn’t the very epitome of gross incompetence. As **vibrotronica** said, it would be funny if it weren’t so deadly. You actually found Brown defenders? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318/20 "2005-11-03T22:55:19Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > You actually found Brown defenders? Sure, G.W. Bush - lives (temporarily) in Washington DC IIRC. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brownie-did-a-heck-of-a-job/329318.md?page=2)