Nov. 25, 2005 - 15:13 PST

USED CARS

This one was more of a laugh for me than the comics. On the order of, "It takes one to know one," perhaps it takes a fool to be a fool and one who buys from a fool is a fool two times over.

An article from The Associated Press in this morning's Eugene Register-Guard quoted here in full:

EX-FEMA CHIEF TO START PREPAREDNESS FIRM

MIchael Brown says he can help other people avoid the mistakes he made during Hurricane Katrina

DENVER -- "Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job."

"If I can help people focus on preparedness, how to be better prepared in their homes and better prepared in their businesses -- because that goes straight to the bottom line -- then I hope I can help the country in some way," Brown told the Rocky Mountain News for its Thursday editions."

"Brown said officials need to "take inventory" of what's going on in a disaster to be able to answer questions to avoid appearing unaware of how serious a situation is."

"In the aftermath of the hurricane, critics complained about Brown's lack of formal emergency management experience and e-mails that later surfaced showed hime as out of touch with the extent of the devastation."

"The lawyer admits that while he was head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency mistakes were made in the response to Katrina."

"Hurricane Katrina showed how bad disasters can be, and there's an incredible need for individuals and businesses to understand how important preparedness is," he said."

"Brown said firms alreadyd have expressed interest in his consulting business. Michael D. Brown LLC. He plans to run it from the boulder area, where he lived before joining the Bush administration in 2001."

"I'm doing a lot of good work with some great clients," Brown said. My wife, children and my grandchild still love me. My parents are still proud of me."

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That's gall y'all . . . . . . . .

Brown said, (caps and italics mine) "Officials need to take inventory" of what's going on in a disaster to be able to answer questions to avoid APPEARING unaware of how serious a situation is."

So I guess he plans on teaching the powers that be how to save face ? ? ?

And he has graced Denver to make his announcement through the Rocky Mountain News. That's a news item ? ? ? ? ?

Guess about the only thing left to say about Mr. Brown's attempt is to wonder, "Would I go to a surgeon for an operation who had a record of losing his patients, and never finding them ? ? ? ?

Well, if he fails at that he can always take a stab at selling USED CARS . . . . . . . . .

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