Weatherlawyer wrote:

Brown, who for many became a symbol of government failures in the
natural disaster that claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people,
rejected accusations that he was too inexperienced for the job.

``I've overseen over 150 presidentially declared disasters. I know what
I'm doing, and I think I do a pretty darn good job of it,'' Brown said.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlates...305703,00.html

What 150 presidentially declared disasters?

Does he mean this sort of thing:

By Aaron C. Davis / Mercury News

NEW ORLEANS - Across the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, thousands upon
thousands of blue tarps are being nailed to wind-damaged roofs, a
visible sign of government assistance.

The blue sheeting -- a godsend to residents whose homes are threatened
by rain -- is rapidly becoming the largest roofing project in the
nation's history.

But it isn't coming cheap.

Knight Ridder has found that a lack of oversight, generous contracting
deals and poor planning mean that government agencies are paying as
much as 10 times what the temporary fix would normally cost. The
government is paying contractors an average of $2,480 for less than two
hours of work to cover each damaged roof -- even though it's also
giving them endless supplies of blue sheeting for free.

Weatherlawyer wrote:
Weatherlawyer wrote:

Brown, who for many became a symbol of government failures in the
natural disaster that claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people,
rejected accusations that he was too inexperienced for the job.

``I've overseen over 150 presidentially declared disasters. I know what
I'm doing, and I think I do a pretty darn good job of it,'' Brown said.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlates...305703,00.html

What 150 presidentially declared disasters?

Does he mean this sort of thing:

By Aaron C. Davis / Mercury News

NEW ORLEANS - Across the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, thousands upon
thousands of blue tarps are being nailed to wind-damaged roofs, a
visible sign of government assistance.

The blue sheeting -- a godsend to residents whose homes are threatened
by rain -- is rapidly becoming the largest roofing project in the
nation's history.

But it isn't coming cheap.

Knight Ridder has found that a lack of oversight, generous contracting
deals and poor planning mean that government agencies are paying as
much as 10 times what the temporary fix would normally cost. The
government is paying contractors an average of $2,480 for less than two
hours of work to cover each damaged roof -- even though it's also
giving them endless supplies of blue sheeting for free.

With all the disasters, all the incompetence and all the corruption the
USA still has heart enugh to give generously to other parts of the
earth when yet more disaster strikes. All this whilst fighting two wars
and helping Israel maintain a series of costly concentration camps for
Palastinans.

Well done!

I had wondered what would happen if disaster struck a place like
Pakistan and the USA ws seized up due to internal disorganisation.

Then it happened.

You people have got a lot of heart

(but not a lot of brain.)

The moon told me a lot of bad czjd was coming down. I wonder why God
never told GW:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4467

Still his heart is in the right place. What, I wonder, would it take to
send his body to join it?

You feed a President bananas you get slip ups and a lot of yellow pooie
skidmarks:

Auditors had warned months before Hurricane Katrina that FEMA's
internal procedures for handling people and equipment dispatched to
disasters were lacking. In an unsettling parallel, government auditors
have been saying that Homeland Security has failed to live up to its
cybersecurity responsibilities and may be "unprepared" for emergencies.

http://news.com.com/U.S.+cybersecuri...?tag=nefd.lede

How far from New Oreleans is Maine BTW?