Dinner Defense

Poor Mike Brown: no wonder he wasn't up to, um, DOING HIS GODDAMNED JOB:

...on Aug. 31, [Regional FEMA Director Marty] Bahamonde frantically e-mailed Brown to tell him that thousands are evacuees were gathering in the streets with no food or water and that "estimates are many will die within hours."

"Sir, I know that you know the situation is past critical," Bahamonde wrote.

Less than three hours later, however, Brown's press secretary wrote colleagues to complain that the FEMA director needed more time to eat dinner at a Baton Rouge restaurant that evening. "He needs much more that (sic) 20 or 30 minutes," wrote Brown aide Sharon Worthy.

"We now have traffic to encounter to go to and from a location of his choise (sic), followed by wait service from the restaurant staff, eating, etc. Thank you."

By the way: the Louisiana E.O.P. has kitchen/eating area on site. Food was brought in daily (things like baked chicken, red or white beans and rice, etc.) and made available at NO cost to anyone in the building. Although, to respond to a one of Oyster's comments, there were no magaritas--only sodas, water, and Community Coffee. I'm sure to someone like Director Brown(nose), it must have looked horribly primitive.

To someone living off MRE's, on the other hand, it would've seemed like dinner in paradise.

Hope you like the foie gras...asshole.