FEMA Interviews...FEMA

[ace diamond]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
I say fly them to California. Hog tie them and stake them down in the path of a brush fire and let nature take her course.

that would not work. besides i like the way i said it better.......twisted sister pun and all!

[ace diamond]

they would be rescued before anything happened to them. also, mostly the fires are just about out now.

[BITEYOASS]

Originally posted by ace diamond
they would be rescued before anything happened to them. also, mostly the fires are just about out now.

Hope everyone makes a full recovery, but for those who bought McMansions in those areas, sucks to be them! LOL

[ace diamond]

fuck 'em........rich assholes!
fucking snobs!

[BITEYOASS]

Hopefully Duke (or should I say Dick) Cunningham's house burnt down also.

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
Hope everyone makes a full recovery, but for those who bought McMansions in those areas, sucks to be them! LOL

Maybe not. When you are stuck with a McMansion you paid too much for and can sell for what you paid for it, fire insurance can make up for that bitch. A lot of people are going to get out of shitty real estate deals with their home owners insurance. Maybe it was the home owners who set the fires in the first place.

[Guitar Shark]

FEMA PR chief loses new job after fake news briefing

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/29/fema.newser/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The man who oversaw public affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency when it held a fake news conference last week will no longer be taking over as head of public relations for the director of national intelligence.

Pat Philbin, FEMA's external affairs director, was scheduled to become director of public affairs for National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell on Monday. It was not immediately clear whether he offered his resignation or was fired just as he was set to begin the job.

As of Sunday, officials only said that they were aware of concerns.

But Monday, the director of national intelligence office issued this statement: "We do not normally comment on personnel matters. However, we can confirm that Mr. Philbin is not, nor is he scheduled to be, the director of public affairs for the office of the director of national intelligence."

FEMA Director David Paulison said Philbin sent him an e-mail in which he took full responsibility for last week's staging of the news conference.

FEMA, part of the Department of Homeland Security, called a news conference Tuesday in Washington on the agency's handling of the California wildfires.

The agency said no media representatives showed up because the conference was announced at the last minute. Instead, reporters called in on a phone line but couldn't ask questions

The agency released a video of the conference with FEMA employees asking less than hard-hitting questions.

Deputy Director Harvey Johnson, who was fielding questions, gave no indication at the time that staff members were asking the questions. Watch what happened at FEMA's fake news conference »

He later apologized, calling the fake briefing an "error in judgment."

"I am calling to apologize and say it will not happen again," Paulison said in a phone call to CNN.

He said rules are changing to prevent any reoccurrence. Reporters will be given at least an hour's warning before a press conference and those calling in will be able to ask questions in the future, he said.

Paulison said he is continuing to investigate. He said he understands that FEMA officials did not plan to ask questions and did so only when reporters failed to appear.

Disciplinary action is being taken against some FEMA employees, he said.

Another official said that reprimands have been issued and more may be coming.

Johnson "really didn't have an awareness" of what was taking place, according to Paulison. The FEMA director said Johnson wasn't familiar with everyone in the press office and did not recognize staffers asking questions.

"He just feels sick about it," Paulison said. "He feels his credibility has been hurt."

However, reporters noted that Johnson called on at least one person by name.

FEMA generally received high marks for its response to the California wildfires after fierce criticism over its handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but Paulison said he was sure the conference flap has had a bad effect on morale.

"The last two years of planning for a major disaster fell in place," Paulison said. "Things were working as they were supposed to ... and that just killed everything you tried to have happen."

The head of homeland security also has blasted the fake news briefing and said those behind it showed "extraordinarily poor judgment."

"I think it was one of the dumbest and most inappropriate things I've ever seen since I've been in government," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Saturday.

The White House said it was unaware of the briefing beforehand.

"It is not a practice that we would employ here at the White House," said press secretary Dana Perino. "We certainly don't condone it."

[LoungeMachine]

Philbin?

Any relation to Regis?

LMAO

[FORD]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Philbin?

Any relation to Regis?

LMAO

We'll know the answer to that if "Too Much Cappucino" Perino fills in for Kelly Ripa the next time she pops out another littler of puppies.