Vicious Rants of an Angry Yellow Man

Michael Brown resigned as the head of FEMA. This was expected as someone had to take the fall for the Bush administration. The appointment of Brown in the first place raises the question of what we value more: merit or ideology.

Although it is difficult to know whether anyone else in Brown's place would have made a significant difference in the outcome, it is not arguable that Brown was unqualified for the job. His resume indicated no experience in emergency service to prepare him for the highest position in this field in the country. This is like being surgeon general without going to medical school. I am against afffirmative action base on race or gender. I am also against rich kids getting into top schools because of "legacy". Hello, Mr. President. I am against people getting top jobs based on connections, which is clearly the case here. As a close friend of mine say: " there is no affirmative action in choosing airline pilots." Well, the lives at stake here is more than on an airplane and no nepotism should be allowed. Merit must be the only consideration in appointing or promoting someone to an important position.

While Bush is responsible for this meritless appointment, he is not the only one at fault. Brown must have gone through a confirmation hearing in the Congress. Didn't anyone realize he did not merit this position? The Democrats are gung-ho about challenging John Robert's nomination to the Supreme Court because of his ideology. There is no question about Robert's merit, he is obviously qualified. So we will be spending days questioning an intelligent man about his ideology which will only be truly revealed after he has been on the Court. I wish that they had spent a fraction of that time when Brown's nomination came up. Of course we know that would never have happened because both Democrats and Republicans are more worried about ideology than merit.