[The Iguana]

Michael Brown managed 150 disasters including four simultaneous hurricane relief efforts in Florida last year before he ran into a totally broken Louisiana emergency management system.

You've said this before. I'm not sure this is really saying anything, Sink. Most of what goes on at agencies like FEMA goes on regardless of who is in charge.

The real question is why a fired head of an Arabian horse breeder's association with no previous experience in relief efforts was qualified and selected to head a major government agency like FEMA.

It is indeed possible to ask this question while recognizing that a)Nagin and Blanco are incompetent stiffs and b) that FEMA failures in Katrina were considerably exaggerated.

[sinkspur]

The real question is why a fired head of an Arabian horse breeder's association with no previous experience in relief efforts was qualified and selected to head a major government agency like FEMA.

Brown worked with Joe Allbaugh, as his second in command, for two years, including during 9/11. It is simply false to say he had no experience prior to assuming leadership at FEMA.

And if it doesn't matter who is in charge of FEMA, since things are just going to happen anyway, why not somebody from the Arabian Horse Association?