And now, from the "shoot me now, this isn't really happening" department, we have ex-FEMA dork Michael Brown being paid an extra consulting fee to explain how he fucked up the evacuation.

Hey I got an idea, how 'bout we get him to tell us that before we fire him. Sheesh!

Brown serving as consultant to FEMA
By Ed Henry for CNN.

A congressional panel on Tuesday is expected to
scrutinize the decision to keep ousted Federal Emergency Management
Agency chief Michael Brown on the federal payroll.

Brown told congressional investigators Monday that he is being paid as a consultant to help FEMA assess what went wrong in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina, according to a senior official familiar with the
meeting...

Brown's comments were made to investigators for Rep. Tom Davis,
R-Virginia. Davis leads a House select committee probing the federal,
state and local response to Katrina, and Brown is scheduled to appear
before the panel Tuesday in a highly anticipated appearance...

A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA's parent
agency, said last week that Brown would be paid for about a month for
"transitional purposes." The spokesman, Russ Knocke, said he did not
know how much Brown was being paid.

Brown's 2004 salary was $145,600, according to the Plum Book, a
congressional reference guide to executive branch salaries.

Here is the full text of the entire article in case the link goes bad:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/27/brown.fema/index.html

Brown serving as consultant to FEMA

Ousted chief says he should have pushed for federal troops
From Ed Henry CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A congressional panel on Tuesday is expected to
scrutinize the decision to keep ousted Federal Emergency Management
Agency chief Michael Brown on the federal payroll.

Brown told congressional investigators Monday that he is being paid as a
consultant to help FEMA assess what went wrong in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina, according to a senior official familiar with the
meeting.

Brown also said he wished he had pushed more forcefully -- and earlier
-- for federal troops to be brought in to restore order in New Orleans,
the official told CNN.

Brown's comments were made to investigators for Rep. Tom Davis,
R-Virginia. Davis leads a House select committee probing the federal,
state and local response to Katrina, and Brown is scheduled to appear
before the panel Tuesday in a highly anticipated appearance.

Congressional aides told CNN that given all of the questions already
raised about Brown's qualifications for the FEMA job, the decision to
keep him on the payroll for about a month will be examined at Tuesday's
hearing.

Brown resigned September 12 after two weeks of intense criticism of
FEMA's response to Katrina, which killed more than 1,000 when it struck
near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line August 29.

The storm devastated Mississippi beach towns and left most of New
Orleans flooded when the city's protective levees failed at several
points.

A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA's parent
agency, said last week that Brown would be paid for about a month for
"transitional purposes." The spokesman, Russ Knocke, said he did not
know how much Brown was being paid.

Brown's 2004 salary was $145,600, according to the Plum Book, a
congressional reference guide to executive branch salaries.