You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried

Sept. 26, 2005
6:44 p.m.

(CBS Rita Blog) — CBS News correspondent Gloria Borger reports that Michael Brown, who recently resigned as the head of the FEMA, has been rehired by the agency as a consultant to evaluate it's response following Hurricane Katrina.

Right about now we should expect Incitatus to canter up and take a dump at a cabinet meeting. Okay, probably not--some cowboys are afraid of horses. Manure, it seems, they have no problem with.

Wait, what's this?

AP

Brown tells aides he should have sought military help sooner

— Former FEMA director Michael Brown said Monday he should have sought faster help from the Pentagon after Hurricane Katrina hit, and blamed state and local officials for failing to order an immediate evacuation of New Orleans, congressional aides of both parties said.

Brown is continuing to work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency at full pay, with his Sept. 12 resignation not taking effect for two more weeks, said Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke.

During that time, Brown will advise the department on "some of his views on his experience with Katrina," as he transitions out of his job, Knocke said....

50-50 odds it's longer than two weeks. Geez, performing an autopsy on yourself? What a cherry job. Guess it beats policing after Arabian Horses.

[hat tip to Lost and crew]