Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Hey, Brownie's replacement is the duct tape guy!
I kid you not!
Yes, history repeats itself. The first time as black farce; the second time as ... black farce.
But shouldn't it be duck tape?
As in duck pit?
As in lame duck pit?
If President George W. Bush thought appointment of new Federal Emergency Management Agency director David Paulison would end criticism of the agency’s questionable leadership he could find that thought buried under a mountain of duct tape.
Many career FEMA professionals consider Paulison a laughing stock because of his role in the “great duct tape controversy” of 2003.
It was then that Paulison, as director of FEMA’s preparedness division, recommended that Americans stock up on “plastic sheeting and duct tape” to prepare themselves for a possible biological, chemical or nuclear attack by terrorists.
Medical experts, emergency professionals and terrorism experts ridiculed Paulison’s suggestions as “absurd” and “useless,” saying such precautions would be useless and would also give Americans a false sense of security.
Nonetheless, sales of duct tape and plastic sheeting soared for the next few days.
(via Capitol Hill Blue)
Yes, history repeats itself. The first time as black farce; the second time as ... black farce.
But shouldn't it be duck tape?
As in duck pit?
As in lame duck pit?
