FEMA chief Michael Brown has been widely excoriated for his pathetically and tragically inept response to Katrina. But lest you think he came to the job unequipped to lead the nation’s emergency-response efforts, Kate Hale, former Miami-Dade emergency management chief, points out that his previous experience as a commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association has come in handy:

“He’s done a hell of a job, because I’m not aware of any Arabian horses being killed in this storm,” she told Knight-Ridder.