Brownie's Still Doing a Heck of a Job -- And You're Paying His Salary

Former FEMA head Michael Brown (left) is not only still on the job -- his contract has been extended by 30 days.

Mr Brown resigned after FEMA's massive failures in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. New testimony bfore Congress indicates that Mr Brown ignored repeated warnings about levee breaches and flooding for as long as 17 hours before responding. The delay made it impossible to relieve or resuce tens of thousands of people later trapped by rising flood waters at the Superdome and the city's convention center.

After resigning, Mr Brown was allowed to stay on at FEMA for 30 days as a consultant -- drawing his $148,000 a year salary. Now, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says Mr Brown is still needed to help FEMA investigate what went wrong. (Newsday)