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If you take a look at his bio before his stellar work as FEMA administrator, you'll find that he was a lawyer for that horse trading association. Now, I am sure you'll agree that neither work as a counsel or a horse association counsel qualifies him as head of a disaster management agency. Also remember, this is the same fellow who claimed on Friday that the victims were getting all essentials. It tok an irritated rejoinder from Pres. Bush before he changed his tune.

"If you take a look at his bio before his stellar work as FEMA administrator, you'll find that he was a lawyer for that horse trading association. Now, I am sure you'll agree that neither work as a counsel or a horse association counsel qualifies him as head of a disaster management agency."

I must have missed that part of his bio. Could you please post it?

I did read this part of his bio about his experience prior to taking over the leadership at FEMA:

Previously, Mr. Brown served as FEMA's Deputy Director and the agency's General Counsel. Shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Mr. Brown served on the President's Consequence Management Principal's Committee, which acted as the White House's policy coordination group for the federal domestic response to the attacks. Later, the President asked him to head the Consequence Management Working Group to identify and resolve key issues regarding the federal response plan. In August 2002, President Bush appointed him to the Transition Planning Office for the new Department of Homeland Security, serving as the transition leader for the EP&R Division.

Prior to joining FEMA, Mr. Brown practiced law in Colorado and Oklahoma, where he served as a bar examiner on ethics and professional responsibility for the Oklahoma Supreme Court and as a hearing examiner for the Colorado Supreme Court. He had been appointed as a special prosecutor in police disciplinary matters. While attending law school he was appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee of the Oklahoma Legislature as the Finance Committee Staff Director, where he oversaw state fiscal issues. His background in state and local government also includes serving as an assistant city manager with emergency services oversight and as a city councilman.

Mr. Brown was also an adjunct professor of law for the Oklahoma City University."

That sounds pretty impressive to me. Which part did you not like?

>> If you take a look at his bio before his stellar work as FEMA administrator, you'll find that he was a lawyer for that horse trading association. <<

BTW, I looked that up, and he was not a lawyer, but the 'chief rules enforcer' for the Arabian Horse association. I read he was no-nonsense.