The Nerve!

So his mistake was not realizing that it was everyone else's fault sooner?

Brown appeared before a special congressional panel set up by House Republican leaders to investigate the catastrophe.

'My biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional,' two days before the storm hit, Brown said.

Brown, who for many became a symbol of government failures in the natural disaster that claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people, rejected criticism that he was inexperienced.

'I've overseen over 150 presidentially declared disasters. I know what I'm doing, and I think I do a pretty darn good job of it,' he said.

Brown resigned earlier this month after being removed by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff from on-site responsibility. He will remain on the FEMA payroll for two more weeks, advising the agency, said Russ Knocke, spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.

What an arrogant SOB!