'Heckuva job' Brownie dishes Bush admin dirt

Aside from "warning that the nation is even 'less-prepared' for this year's hurricane season," according to Roxanne Roberts' and Amy Argetinger's column, Bush's ex-FEMA buddy unloaded in a Playboy interview.

Still, I wonder why he didn't do this sooner? I mean, it's not like any publication with deep pockets wouldn't have forked over a bundle...

· On Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.), accusing him in a hearing of not comprehending the devastation: "For that little twerp to claim I didn't understand death and suffering -- he can just bite me, for all I care."

· On President Bush saying the levee breaches were unexpected: "He doesn't have an incredible command of the English language."

· On DHS boss Michael Chertoff ordering him out of the field: "I am so mad at myself for not saying 'screw you.' "

· On Bush calling him "Brownie": "It's typical of the president. He's a cheerleader . . . How many people in the world do you think have ever called me Brownie? . . . When he used that nickname, a lot of people in the media went, Is he an insider?"

· On his much-mocked prior job with the International Arabian Horse Association: "Dealing with horses' asses taught me how to deal with the federal government."