Our good old boy system

I know this is posted all over bluggeryland, but I had to post a few of these quotes from a Bloomberg article. These are from Michael Brown, former incompetent FEMA director (now back to being simply a mediocre human, though well-paid I'm sure), and his emails during the post-Katrina mess.

"If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire you'll really vomit,'' Brown wrote to colleagues the morning of Aug. 29, the day the storm hit the Gulf Coast. "I am a fashion god.''...

In other e-mails, Brown searched for someone to care for his dog at his home and recommended former colleagues to defend him in a potentially negative story about his past management of the International Arabian Horse Association.

Brown wrote "do you know of anyone who dog sits?'' in an e-mail to his assistant on Aug. 30. "If you know of any responsible kids, let me know.''

In another, he asked a friend to "make the connection'' so that ex-colleagues could defend his past work for reporters.