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Landrieu Slams FEMA

Landrieu Slams FEMA

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NOLA.com: Times-Picayune Breaking News Weblog Sept 3 Landrieu slams FEMA – Offers of help ignored, photo op rather than action Emphasis mine U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., Saturday accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency of failing to accept offers that would have eased post-hurricane problems in New Orleans — including a plan for the Forest Service to douse fires in the city with aircraft used to fight fire. On Friday, Landrieu asked President Bush to appoint a cabinet-level official to…

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Charity Navigator

Charity Navigator

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Charity Navigator – How You Can Help The Victims Of Hurricane Katrina Guide to Intelligent Giving – ranks the charities and gives advice about how citizens can help the victims of Katrina. Again – write to Halliburton and the other members of Bu$hCo – pressure them for our money back. Write to gas and oil companies, and urge them to give back at least 80% of profits during this crisis. Report gauging.

Satire and Anger

Satire and Anger

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The satirists are at work already. The court jesters tell truth to King George. Responding to Hurricane Katrina: President’s Remarks Announcing Extremely Belated Launch of “Operation Bureaucratic Clusterf**k” – whitehouse.org In The Wake Of Hurricane Katrina, George W. Bush Addresses Trent Lotts Loss – Unconfirmed Sources President Bush To Survey New Orleans Destruction Using Google Earth – The Daily Farce Bush Missing 404 error – Mad Kane Bush Offers New Orleans Back to the French – Soup Yet Hurricane Bin…

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With a little help

With a little help

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A roundup from some of my reads. An Etherealgirl’s Adventures in Cyberland has been following opinion and news on New Orleans and is just as miserable and angry as I am. She points to the Time Photo Essay, and some of the coverage at Daily Kos (see the video from Hannity and Colmes – “Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera were livid about the situation in NOLA as they appeared on H&C. When Hannity tried his usual spin job and said…

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Open letter to Bill Clinton

Open letter to Bill Clinton

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Dear President Clinton, I have always respected you, but I am disappointed with you today. Please stop ministering to King George. This country needs you in a completely different way. You can still be a leader. By the way, this buddying up isn’t helping Hillary’s chances for a presidential run, believe me. You can’t be all things to all people, and it’s time for our leaders to start showing some spine. This administration has undone all the good you did…

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Repeal Estate Tax – now??

Repeal Estate Tax – now??

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They are rushing the aid… to millionaires and billionaires. Frist is pushing to pass a repeal of the Estate Tax – now! These are the priorities for the Bush Administration and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist – to move ahead on starving our economy even more. If passed, it would shift about $1.5 billion a week from the federal treasury into the pockets of the heirs to the nation’s biggest fortunes. We must fight Sen. Frist’s proposal to repeal the…

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