Duct Tape Man to the Rescue!
According to Keith Olbermann, the New FEMA boss is 'Duct Tape Man'. Oh, LAME.
In another gesture symbolizing the continued confusion of the federal response, the man President Bush immediately named to succeed “Brownie,” proves to have been the same FEMA official who, two-and-a-half years ago, suggested that Americans stock up on duct tape to protect against a biological or chemical terrorist attack.
David Paulison, then the government's Fire Administrator, joined with the then-head of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, on February 10th, 2003, to say that duct tape and plastic sheeting should be part of any home's "survival kit" in preparation for a terrorist attack. That set off a run on duct tape at stores, and widespread criticism of the administration. It might have been the first time after 9/11 that a large number of Americans wondered if the government really knew what it was talking about when it came to disaster preparedness.
I was a manager at Home Depot when the whole Duct Tape Hysteria thing first came about - I still have nightmares of terrified soccer moms fighting over the last roll of plastic sheeting and $8 a roll foil tape, because the regular duct tape had sold out hours ago. I definitely remember thinking, "wow, our government has NO FUCKING CLUE what it's telling us, do they?"
And now, this is the new guy in charge of FEMA. We might have been better off with the Arabian horse judge.
In another gesture symbolizing the continued confusion of the federal response, the man President Bush immediately named to succeed “Brownie,” proves to have been the same FEMA official who, two-and-a-half years ago, suggested that Americans stock up on duct tape to protect against a biological or chemical terrorist attack.
David Paulison, then the government's Fire Administrator, joined with the then-head of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, on February 10th, 2003, to say that duct tape and plastic sheeting should be part of any home's "survival kit" in preparation for a terrorist attack. That set off a run on duct tape at stores, and widespread criticism of the administration. It might have been the first time after 9/11 that a large number of Americans wondered if the government really knew what it was talking about when it came to disaster preparedness.
I was a manager at Home Depot when the whole Duct Tape Hysteria thing first came about - I still have nightmares of terrified soccer moms fighting over the last roll of plastic sheeting and $8 a roll foil tape, because the regular duct tape had sold out hours ago. I definitely remember thinking, "wow, our government has NO FUCKING CLUE what it's telling us, do they?"
And now, this is the new guy in charge of FEMA. We might have been better off with the Arabian horse judge.