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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:11 PM
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CNN Just in - on air - Brown to oversee Big Picture Vice Adml Allen
to oversee ops on the ground.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:12 PM
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1. Well, Brown has great vision
He dreamed up a whole bunch a shit about his past!
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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:12 PM
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2. Kicked upstairs.
n/t
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:12 PM
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3. Oh, I see--Brown will oversee the "big picture"
I thought that was his job to begin with?
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MSgt213 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:13 PM
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4. Is this the end of Brown?
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:14 PM
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5. I doubt it.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:18 PM
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12. Nope. They're covering his ass,...and theirs.
Taking him out of the spotlight.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:49 PM
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26. They're covering his ass? --> EXACTLY!!!
http://downingstreetmemo.com/
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:23 PM
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16. No, but now he gets a paycheck and doesn't actually have to work
...or even appear to work, as he had been trying to do (unsuccessfully) before.
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:14 PM
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6. Bio of Vice Adm Thad Allen
http://www.rh.edu/news/news03/commencement03/vadmbio.html
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:15 PM
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7. Failing upwards
That's the Bush way. They used to call this the Peter Principle, rising to your level of incompetence. But these guys start out incompetent and somehow they keep rising.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:16 PM
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9. Shit that floats in the toilet I guess.
I think it's time for us to flush.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:15 PM
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8. Just like corporate Amurka ......



They kicked his useless ass upstairs.


The repub way of doing things.
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The Night Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:17 PM
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10. So, basically, Brown is being given more prestige and less work.
:grr:
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:17 PM
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11. Does that mean Brown just got a promotion? n/t
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:22 PM
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15. That means he got the corner office with nothing to do.
They probably had to baby proof the electrical outlets too in case he might stick his fingers in them.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:19 PM
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13. I knew it was too good to be true
firing Brown for having a bogus resume--that passed clearance btw--and admitting he failed in NO is another Bush failure.
We had to be nuts to think Bush would admit to ANY failure.
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LibertyLou Donating Member (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:20 PM
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14. Fuck Up, Move Up...Kiss Up, Kick Down
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:24 PM
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17. just sweeping what they can under the rug
Bob Franken just said that bush*inc is trying to make Brownie less visable, but people are not going to let go of it :)
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:27 PM
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18. Kind of stupid--should have fired him
It would look better. Now bush*s opponents still have Brownie to kick around.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:27 PM
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19. Amazing, isn't it?
I hope the media pursues this further.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:41 PM
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20. So he's been promoted?
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:42 PM
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21. EXACTLY! That is what I thought. He's still the FEMA head perhaps
with additional responsibilities and the guy replacing him works for him now.
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Pithy Cherub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:44 PM
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22. Bush loves the heavy albatrosses he keeps hanging around his
really red neck. :eyes:
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:46 PM
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24. God forbid, he would actually fire someone!
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:46 PM
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23. If he can't run the operation on the ground
What makes them think he can handle the big picture stuff?

Moreover, if he continues on as head of FEMA, are any of us safe when the next disaster hits?

Bizarre and irrational move, Bushie.

Everyone else: KEEP PUSHING!!! Call your Congresspeople - get Brown out. Lives depend on it!!!
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:48 PM
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25. Only in the Bush administration, if you fail, you're promoted, like Condi.
http://downingstreetmemo.com/
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