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Further Words From George W. Bush After He Said to FEMA Chief Michael Brown, ‘Brownie, You’re Doing a Heckuva Job.’

Perhaps Bush is beginning to regret picking a horse expert to heard FEMA.

Calvin Trillin

September 15, 2005

A qualified guy, I wish I had added. Your résumé’s super, even if padded. We wanted the best to lead FEMA’s forces, And who would know more than a man who knows horses? You saw that the storm was more than some showers, And sent off a memo in four or five hours. You found out that life in the Dome was not Super– And only a day after Anderson Cooper. A heckuva job! You know how to lead ’em We hope to award you the Medal of Freedom.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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