padding your resume?

[DaveE]

Careful what you put in those resumes boys, it may come back to bite you.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1103003,00.html

[IROC]

That's great. It seems his "embellishments" have caught up with him.

Mike

[DaveE]

He swears he was there and no one remembers him.

[Hugh R]

Both parties sicken me. Arrogant, elitist, bastards.

[MotoSook]

The Associated Press
Published September 9, 2005, 12:39 PM CDT


WASHINGTON -- Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, The Associated Press has learned.

Brown is being sent back to Washington from Baton Rouge, where he was the primary official overseeing the federal government's response to the disaster, according to two federal officials who declined to be identified before the announcement.

Brown will be replaced by Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen, who was overseeing New Orleans relief and rescue efforts.

Brown has been under fire because of the administration's slow response to the magnitude of the hurricane. On Thursday, questions were raised about whether he padded his resume to highlight his previous emergency management background.

Less than an hour before Brown's removal came to light, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Brown had not resigned and the president had not asked for his resignation.

McClellan did not directly answer a question about whether the president had full confidence in Brown.

"We appreciate all those who are working round the clock, and that's the way I would answer it," he said.

[widebody911]

I guess he didn't get any 'brownie' points for that...

[jyl]

Originally posted by DaveE
Careful what you put in those resumes boys, it may come back to bite you.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1103003,00.html

This is hilarious and sad at the same time. I'll quote a couple bits.

"Before joining FEMA, his only previous stint in emergency management, according to his bio posted on FEMA's website, was "serving as an assistant city manager with emergency services oversight." The White House press release from 2001 stated that Brown worked for the city of Edmond, Okla., from 1975 to 1978 "overseeing the emergency services division." In fact, according to Claudia Deakins, head of public relations for the city of Edmond, Brown was an "assistant to the city manager" from 1977 to 1980, not a manager himself, and had no authority over other employees. "The assistant is more like an intern," she told TIME. "Department heads did not report to him." Brown did do a good job at his humble position, however, according to his boss. "Yes. Mike Brown worked for me. He was my administrative assistant. He was a student at Central State University," recalls former city manager Bill Dashner. "Mike used to handle a lot of details. Every now and again I'd ask him to write me a speech. He was very loyal. He was always on time. He always had on a suit and a starched white shirt."

[snip]

Under the "honors and awards" section of his profile at FindLaw.com — which is information on the legal website provided by lawyers or their offices—he lists "Outstanding Political Science Professor, Central State University". However, Brown "wasn't a professor here, he was only a student here," says Charles Johnson, News Bureau Director in the University Relations office at the University of Central Oklahoma (formerly named Central State University). "He may have been an adjunct instructor," says Johnson, but that title is very different from that of "professor."

[snip]

Brown states that from 1983 to the present he has been director of the Oklahoma Christian Home, a nursing home in Edmond. But an administrator with the Home told TIME that Brown is "not a person that anyone here is familiar with." She says there was a board of directors until a couple of years ago, but she couldn't find anyone who recalled him being on it. According to FEMA's Andrews, Brown said "he's never claimed to be the director of the home. He was on the board of directors, or governors of the nursing home." However, a veteran employee at the center since 1981 says Brown "was never director here, was never on the board of directors, was never executive director. He was never here in any capacity. I never heard his name mentioned here."

[snip]

The FindLaw profile for Brown was amended on Thursday to remove a reference to his tenure at the International Arabian Horse Association, which has become a contested point.

"

Of course, some people here on OT have staunchly defended Brown as well-qualified, and I'm sure we'll hear from them soon.

[Kevin Taylor]

They ought to make him help collect bodies in New Orleans.

K.T.
1973 911 E 2.4 MFI
1983 911 SC
1965 Devin "D" - 1967 912 Power Plant

[widebody911]

Originally posted by jyl
Of course, some people here on OT have staunchly defended Brown as well-qualified, and I'm sure we'll hear from them soon.

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[Neilk]

Originally posted by jyl
This is hilarious and sad at the same time. I'll quote a couple bits
[snip]

The FindLaw profile for Brown was amended on Thursday to remove a reference to his tenure at the International Arabian Horse Association, which has become a contested point.

"[/i]

So he had nothing to do with IAHA? So what has he done for real? Something about being a TV reporter? How much did he raise for Bush?