# Brown's gotta get fired right? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 9, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796 "2005-09-09T11:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/141 "2005-09-12T00:54:07Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Yeah, if by “sad” you mean incredibly fucking scary. This is the guy with his hand on the button. [And just dangerous enough to consider using it as a first strike:](http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/09/11/revised_us_nuclear_doctrine_outlines_preemption_strategy/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News): > [@](#): > > The Pentagon has drafted a revised doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons that envisions commanders requesting presidential approval to preempt an attack by a nation or terror group using weapons of mass destruction. The draft also includes the option of using nuclear arms to destroy known enemy stockpiles of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/142 "2005-09-12T01:26:57Z")
…and he’s running with folks who think the apocalypse is something that happens when things go _according to plan._ A trifecta! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/143 "2005-09-12T12:39:25Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > [And just dangerous enough to consider using it as a first strike:](http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/09/11/revised_us_nuclear_doctrine_outlines_preemption_strategy/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News): > [@](#): > > The draft also includes the option of using nuclear arms to destroy **known** enemy stockpiles of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons. In light of what they “knew” about Iraq’s stockpiles of WMDs, that’s a VERY scary policy. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/144 "2005-09-12T13:14:52Z")
> [@bizzwire](#): > > How does one get to be the head of FEMA? I must admit that I was’nt paying attention at the time, but isn’t there some sort of vetting process? Are there confirmation hearings? I’ve been asking this myself. How could someone with this much total bullshit on his resume have ever gotten through the Senate? > [@Cervaise](#): > > Oh, sure, you say that now. With the luck the Bush Administration is having lately, Ophelia will increase to a Category 752 hurricane, with winds of eight zillion miles an hour, that scour the earth’s crust all the way off the mantle and cause trillions of cubic kilometers of magma to engulf the Eastern Seaboard. Yeah, but we need the rain. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/145 "2005-09-12T13:18:33Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > In light of what they “knew” about Iraq’s stockpiles of WMDs, that’s a VERY scary policy. 'Yes, but the… whole point of the doomsday machine… is lost… _if you keep it a secret!_ Why didn’t you tell the world, eh? ‘It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.’ ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/146 "2005-09-12T15:20:06Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Oh, sure, you say that now. With the luck the Bush Administration is having lately, Ophelia will increase to a Category 752 hurricane, with winds of eight zillion miles an hour, that scour the earth’s crust all the way off the mantle and cause trillions of cubic kilometers of magma to engulf the Eastern Seaboard. As long as it’s passed by before the baseball postseason starts. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/147 "2005-09-12T15:35:57Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Too bad he didn’t rent his house to Walter Mathau while he was gone. (Ned Beatty would of course play Brown in the forthcoming movie.) Pssstt…Walter Mathau…he’s dead. Of course, renting the house to his estate and then moving the decomposed body into it would be very similar to what some are going through in NO even as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/148 "2005-09-12T15:47:03Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Slapping him would be simple. > > Daniel If you want to sneak up to him, just disguise yourself as a hurricane. He’ll never see you coming. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/149 "2005-09-12T17:35:01Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > I’ve been asking this myself. How could someone with this much total bullshit on his resume have ever gotten through the Senate? Maybe they didn’t want to seem “obstructionist”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/150 "2005-09-12T17:48:06Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You know, I’d so love to be a fly on the wall in Kennebunkport sometimes. George HW has been keeping scrupulously silent on his real opinions of George There might be some real ones. I know somebody who knows somebody who makes deliveries there from time to time. She says the place is a dump inside - old furniture, dust everywhere, just like you’d expect an elderly couple’s house to look. Poppy isn’t having a quiet retirement, either. He gets very frequent visits from various Captains of Industry, whose bizjets all use the untowered airport I fly from (KSFM). Bill Clinton was there a couple of months ago for golf and no doubt some very interesting conversation, but Dubya hasn’t visited for years. Which is fine by me, because the FAA’s P-67 Prohibited Zone expands to cover KSFM whenever he does. > [@maus magill](#): > > I’ve been asking this myself. How could someone with this much total bullshit on his resume have ever gotten through the Senate? Who’s in charge of the Senate, kiddies? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/151 "2005-09-12T18:10:34Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > The quote I heard on the news this morning was that he planned to return to DC, play with his dog, give his wife a hug, and perhaps eat a good Mexican meal. > > I am SO FRUSTRATED that I can’t slap people over the radio. > > Daniel “I’m going home to hug my wife, walk my dog, get a good mexican meal and a stiff margerita. and then get a good nights sleep” The mind boggles. I think he literally covered every base of what people in NO are lacking. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/152 "2005-09-12T18:11:32Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Who’s in charge of the Senate, kiddies? The Vatican? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/153 "2005-09-12T18:30:13Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Who’s in charge of the Senate, kiddies? Which is why it must be the democrats’ fault. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/154 "2005-09-12T18:58:54Z")
According to CNN breaking news, Mr. Brown has resigned. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/155 "2005-09-12T19:04:34Z")
Well, there you go! Problem solved! Noting to see here. Move along now. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/156 "2005-09-12T19:05:44Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > According to CNN breaking news, Mr. Brown has resigned. Thank God, too. This, kids, is an object lesson in what happens when you treat a necessary job like FEMA chief as a no-show political plum job. People are gonna get hurt and you’re going to look like an asshole. Robin ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/157 "2005-09-12T19:07:16Z")
That was me. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/158 "2005-09-12T19:08:48Z")
Really? I couldn’t tell, what with your not signing it and all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/159 "2005-09-12T19:09:18Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > According to CNN breaking news, Mr. Brown has resigned. Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796/160 "2005-09-12T19:16:58Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Really? I couldn’t tell, what with your not signing it and all. 😉 Didn’t want to confuse anyone, y’know. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796.md?page=9)