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"If you take a look at his bio before his stellar work as FEMA administrator, you'll find that he was a lawyer for that horse trading association. Now, I am sure you'll agree that neither work as a counsel or a horse association counsel qualifies him as head of a disaster management agency."

I must have missed that part of his bio. Could you please post it?

I did read this part of his bio about his experience prior to taking over the leadership at FEMA:

Previously, Mr. Brown served as FEMA's Deputy Director and the agency's General Counsel. Shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Mr. Brown served on the President's Consequence Management Principal's Committee, which acted as the White House's policy coordination group for the federal domestic response to the attacks. Later, the President asked him to head the Consequence Management Working Group to identify and resolve key issues regarding the federal response plan. In August 2002, President Bush appointed him to the Transition Planning Office for the new Department of Homeland Security, serving as the transition leader for the EP&R Division.

Prior to joining FEMA, Mr. Brown practiced law in Colorado and Oklahoma, where he served as a bar examiner on ethics and professional responsibility for the Oklahoma Supreme Court and as a hearing examiner for the Colorado Supreme Court. He had been appointed as a special prosecutor in police disciplinary matters. While attending law school he was appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee of the Oklahoma Legislature as the Finance Committee Staff Director, where he oversaw state fiscal issues. His background in state and local government also includes serving as an assistant city manager with emergency services oversight and as a city councilman.

Mr. Brown was also an adjunct professor of law for the Oklahoma City University."

That sounds pretty impressive to me. Which part did you not like?

I must have missed that part of his bio. Could you please post it?

It appears that FEMA is so ashamed of its director's background that it completely skips over an entire decade in his bio. From 1991 until 2001 he was commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association, a position he was forced to resign from.

From an article in the conservative Boston Herald: ``We do disciplinary actions, certification of (show trial) judges. We hold classes to train people to become judges and stewards. And we keep records,'' explained a spokeswoman for the IAHA commissioner's office. ``This was his full-time job . . . for 11 years,'' she added.

Arabian horses? Doh! I guess he got appointed to head FEMA because they thought he would be tough on Arabs!

Previously, Mr. Brown served as FEMA's Deputy Director and the agency's General Counsel. Shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Mr. Brown served on the President's Consequence Management Principal's Committee, which acted as the White House's policy coordination group for the federal domestic response to the attacks. Later, the President asked him to head the Consequence Management Working Group to identify and resolve key issues regarding the federal response plan.
That does sound like he has an extensive FEMA background. But it is less so when you discover that all of this took place within the space of just one year. He was named General Counsel in February, Chairman of the Consequences Management Working Group in September, and Deputy Director in December.