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As I always say at times like this, you can't make this stuff up. <br>
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I had just finished reading your comments on a GPCA press release on the wildfires and about to log off my America Online account when I saw the litte item pasted below: <br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Posted on AOL News, Wednesday, October 24, 2007. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<h1>Brownie to the Rescue<span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">When the nation is in need, there is one man who you can
count on to rush in and save the day. Be it a catastrophic hurricane, or a
devastating string of wildfires, wherever football stadiums overflow with
desperate residents, Michael Brown will let it be known that he is ready to
help. From the <em>Wall Street Journal's</em> <a href="http://mobile2.wsj.com/device/html_article.php?id=1&CALL_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.wsj.com%2Fwashwire%2F2007%2F10%2F23%2Fbrownie-youve-got-a-heck-of-a-job%2F">Washington
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<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Washington Wire was a little stunned to receive a press
release today hawking disgraced former Federal Emergency Management Agency
Director Micheal Brown as "available for interviews" to discuss the
wildfire crisis in Southern California.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Just in the nick of time, Brown is camera-ready, and
prepared to spill some of his expertise. Since leaving behind the <a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1103003,00.html">Arabian
horse </a>world, and a top post in the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/03/brown.fema.emails/">Federal Government</a>,
Brown has parlayed his disastrous Katrina performance into a new gig as
director of corporate strategy for <a href="http://www.cottoncompanies.com/">Cotton</a>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So, "Brownie" is actually cashing in on his infamy. That's amazing! As one who was more or less "ut out to pasture" at age fifty after twenty years as a computer programmer presumably because of "market forces," I am constantly amazed how these guys from the "Ruling Class" almost manage to bounce into a cushy niche no matter how badly they've f****d up. <br>
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