# FEMA : It's not just Brown. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 9, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-its-not-just-brown/320846 "2005-09-09T17:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-its-not-just-brown/320846/1 "2005-09-09T17:08:11Z")
Michael Brown wasn’t the only political crony that Bush put in to run FEMA. [Top FEMA officials were Bush political appointees](http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/09/09/More-criticism-political-appointments-Fema0909.html) > [@CBC News World News](#): > > More criticism that top FEMA officials were Bush political appointments > Last Updated Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:48:00 EDT > CBC News > As rescue workers prepare to speed up the process of retrieving the dead and New Orleans police are soon expected to begin removing the thousands of people still believed to be holding out in the city, the Washington Post reported Friday that President Bush chose unqualified political supporters rather than disaster experts to head the agency leading the relief effort. > > \< snip \> > > The Washington Post reported Friday that five of the top eight officials at FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, had little experience in handling disasters and owed their jobs to their political ties to Bush. Further, the Post reports that as political operatives took the top jobs, professionals and experts in hurricanes and disasters left the agency. These people need to be kicked out, and people who know how to do their jobs need to replace them. As well, this needs to be known, so the people who left will come back. Anyone think Bush will actually do that ? Or will he just spin and spin and keep the people who screwed up in charge ? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-its-not-just-brown/320846/2 "2005-09-09T17:23:04Z")
[FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Duties](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050909/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/katrina_brown) > [@](#): > > Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, The Associated Press has learned. > > Brown is being sent back to Washington from Baton Rouge… > Brown will be replaced by Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad w. Allen, who was overseeing New Orleans relief and rescue efforts. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-its-not-just-brown/320846/3 "2005-09-09T17:53:10Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Duties](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050909/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/katrina_brown) Well, it’s a start - but it won’t keep him or his fellow parasites from screwing up any other disasters that hit us. For that matter, it won’t bring back the people who left. Speaking as someone who lives in California, I don’t want incompetents in charge when he Big One hits. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-its-not-just-brown/320846/4 "2005-09-09T19:24:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Speaking as someone who lives in California, I don’t want incompetents in charge when he Big One hits. You’ve read the right-wing blogs. It is your job to leave California, now, _before_ the Big One hits–and if you stay it is only your decision. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-its-not-just-brown/320846/5 "2005-09-09T19:28:48Z")
Great News Moron is out and Admiral in charge of Coast Guard is in. This is actually a very good appointment. Somebody with a good record from an organization known for thinking on their feet will now be in charge. I will continue to bash Bush’s admin but this is an excellent step.