Looking for certain quote by "brownie" re: ice for beers?

[freeplessinseattle]

anyone remember this from his hearing soon after Katrina? he said something along the lines of "why did those people need ice to keep their beer and pepsi cold". I know I remember reading this, it sounds so absurd but he is a total pr---.

*btw, I did search but didn't find anything and am too impatient to wait for advanced search to be available again.

[hatrack]

1. I don't think this was Brownie - this was a debunked winger email

I'm fairly certain on this, because the bit on "beer and pepsi" rang a bell.

FWIW . . .

[freeplessinseattle]

2. no, it was in an article with quotes from the hearing

I even think Ney of all people was putting him through the wringer at the time.

[BrotherBuzz]

4. Congressman Taylor put him through the wringer

Congressman Taylor: I think we’re having a really serious disconnect and I think I’m really beginning to realize why you were removed from this job. What else was that ice used for?

Michael Brown: Ice should be used for life-saving to keep baby formula fresh and for medications. That’s what FEMA…

Congressman Taylor: How about keeping the dead corpse from rotting in the…

Michael Brown: You can’t use it to keep hamburger meat fresh because you can’t cook the hamburger meat. That’s why we say have provisions for two or three days of non-perishable items. I think that it is wrong for the federal government to be in the ice business providing ice to keep beer and a Diet Coke cool.

[freeplessinseattle]

6. Thank you!! what a jerk

now I'm pissed off all over again. but thank you, seriously.

[sandnsea]

8. So shocking

I read it at the time and couldn't believe my own eyeballs. If that had been a Democrat, it would have played 100 times a day.

[BrotherBuzz]

10. "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job,"

That's the other line that should have been played over, and over again.

[BrewerJohn]

3. Here it is

One source from Google. The ice part is near the bottom of the page.
http://www.semp.us/biots/biot_282.html

[uppityperson]

5. "What else is ice used for?" "I I I..."

to keep people alive you idiot, not just to keep hamburger fresh (but they couldn't cook it anyway!). It was HOT there you moran. "Have you ever been through a hurricane?" "no". To keep bodies from rotting too, but more important to keep people cool enough to continue to be alive.

[Stephanie]

9. remember that little baby outside the Superdome with, overheated

May karma smite Michael Brown

[uppityperson]

11. And that thin old woman in the wheelchair?

I wonder if she would have survived a while more.

[freeplessinseattle]

7. wonderful, thank you google master!

damn that guy has to be one of the biggest creeps in this admin, which is no easy task.