MICHAEL BROWN aka CHARLIE BROWN

Wasn't it Charlie Brown who would always attempt a field goal, only to have Lucy remove the ball just as he would go to kick? Admitedly, he had someone to blame for that comedy of errors. In the case of Michael Brown, who is consistently tripping on his very own words - he is his own Lucy.

I just read where he is opening his own business - disaster planning consultation. Hey, Mike - good luck with that.

What an idiot.

The Times-Picayune said it best:

On some level, it's understandable why Mr. Brown would want to go into
business for himself. After all, few employers would go out of their way to hire
him. In the wake of Katrina, reporters learned that he had attended a semi-accredited law school, that his previous employer was the International Arabian Horse Association, that he left the organization under a cloud, that his official biography claimed emergency-management experience that he apparently didn't have. To make matters worse, out came the e-mails in which Mr. Brown's sycophantic underlings expressed more concern about his dinner plans than about the evacuees at the Superdome and Convention Center.

Here in greater New Orleans, people wouldn't hire Michael Brown to "protect" their worst enemies. Indeed, engaging his services to plan responses to disasters would be like hiring Ashlee Simpson as a vocal coach or Michael Jackson as a plastic surgery consultant. Maybe Mr. Brown's clients can listen to his advice and then do the opposite.