They Really Dropped the Ball.. - Page 31

amber · #**451** 09-07-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

http://www.nola.com/weblogs/print.ss...int076556.html
Bush visit halts food delivery
By Michelle Krupa
Staff writer

Three tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent City Connection bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was halted because of President Bush’s visit to New Orleans, officials said.

The provisions, secured by U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, and state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, baked in the afternoon sun as Bush surveyed damage across southeast Louisiana five days after Katrina made landfall as a Category 4 storm, said Melancon’s chief of staff, Casey O’Shea.

“We had arrangements to airlift food by helicopter to these folks, and now the food is sitting in trucks because they won’t let helicopters fly,” O’Shea said Friday afternoon.

The food was expected to be in the hands of storm survivors after the president left the devastated region Friday night, he said.

Aaaaaand it just keeps getting better.

SuzeQuze · #**452** 09-07-2005, 02:34 PM

FEMA lost all the records for who in NO was on foodstamps. I hate that "org". Brownie and Bushie have a special place in hell all their own.

dissention · #**453** 09-07-2005, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

FEMA lost all the records for who in NO was on foodstamps. I hate that "org". Brownie and Bushie have a special place in hell all their own.

Oh, not to worry, silly! They're all getting debit cards with two grand on them. Them poor colored people are rich now!

strandinthewind · #**454** 09-07-2005, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Oh, not to worry, silly! They're all getting debit cards with two grand on them. Them poor colored people are rich now!

Well, the debit cards are a good thing

Sorry, if I misundertood the implication.

dissention · #**455** 09-07-2005, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Well, the debit cards are a good thing

Sorry, if I misundertood the implication.

Give them three acres and a mule or two and they'll be all set.

Something about it reeks to me. Homeland Security is "organizing" it. It'll be interesting to see what the fine print is and how these cards actually go down.

strandinthewind · #**456** 09-07-2005, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Give them three acres and a mule or two and they'll be all set.

Something about it reeks to me. Homeland Security is "organizing" it. It'll be interesting to see what the fine print is and how these cards actually go down.

I guess I saw it as a good thing because of the help cash can provide. But, I agree, let's see the fine print.

Livia · #**457** 09-07-2005, 03:01 PM

Police looting vid - in case it hasn't been posted already and/or you haven't seen it yet. It's both amusing AND appalling!

http://www.zippyvideos.com/891102377...n-walmart/400k

amber · #**458** 09-07-2005, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Something about it reeks to me. Homeland Security is "organizing" it. It'll be interesting to see what the fine print is and how these cards actually go down.

What do you mean? The people here get cards instead of paper food stamps.

Or are you just questioning that they will actually get these cards? Or some other point that I missed?

estranged4life · #**459** 09-07-2005, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Good christ. These nutjobs are down there trying to recruit people and spread the word of Hubbard.

Assists operate on the principle that one tends to withdraw mentally or spiritually from an injured area. Only by restoring communication with this area can one bring the spiritual element into healing, thereby greatly speeding the healing process. Assists are used to alleviate stress and physical aches and pains, or to orient a confused or distraught individual to his present environment. Assists are not "massages." They are techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard to alleviate the spiritual component of physical pain, shock and emotional trauma.
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but my local news (Channel 5 KOCO Oklahoma City) has been down there since 2 days before the hurricane reached shore (They showed some unbelievable footage of the storm surge that looked as deadly as anything I have ever seen Mother nature produce) and the scientologists were there even then hocking their "massages".

The bad thing channel 5 showed were children receiving these "assists".

dissention · #**460** 09-07-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

What do you mean? The people here get cards instead of paper food stamps.

Or are you just questioning that they will actually get these cards? Or some other point that I missed?

I'm questioning how these cards are going to go down and be distributed, considering that it's the federal government issuing them. I'd like to see the fine print, because it's pretty much a guarantee that these won't be issued with no strings attached.

dissention · #**461** 09-07-2005, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

but my local news (Channel 5 KOCO Oklahoma City) has been down there since 2 days before the hurricane reached shore (They showed some unbelievable footage of the storm surge that looked as deadly as anything I have ever seen Mother nature produce) and the scientologists were there even then hocking their "massages".

The bad thing channel 5 showed were children receiving these "assists".

Gawd, it's sickening. How those ****tards can see this as a business opportunity is a mystery to me.

estranged4life · #**462** 09-07-2005, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

What do you mean? The people here get cards instead of paper food stamps.

Or are you just questioning that they will actually get these cards? Or some other point that I missed?

you get a card (Instead of the old paper food stamps) that looks identical to a credit/debit card, And you can view how much of a balance is left once you make your purchase.

Again my local news last night showed a NOLA citizen, who has been contacting FEMA for help...To no avail., He did not even know about the cards until the journalist told him, his reply was simple & to the point:

"How are the citizens supposed to find out anything from them (FEMA) when they dont even have a clue..."

amber · #**463** 09-07-2005, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I'm questioning how these cards are going to go down and be distributed, considering that it's the federal government issuing them. I'd like to see the fine print, because it's pretty much a guarantee that these won't be issued with no strings attached.

well, if they are already food stamp recipients, I don't see huge problems. I actually think they will be no strings. But you are right, we'll see.

dissention · #**464** 09-07-2005, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

you get a card (Instead of the old paper food stamps) that looks identical to a credit/debit card, And you can view how much of a balance is left once you make your purchase.

Again my local news last night showed a NOLA citizen, who has been contacting FEMA for help...To no avail., He did not even know about the cards until the journalist told him, his reply was simple & to the point:

"How are the citizens supposed to find out anything from them (FEMA) when they dont even have a clue..."

It's recently been reported that FEMA lost all public assistance records for LA. How they managed that is a mystery.

estranged4life · #**465** 09-07-2005, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Gawd, it's sickening. How those ****tards can see this as a business opportunity is a mystery to me.

religion is a business...And a f**ktarded one too (That's why I havent been to a church, on my own accord for over 17 years...Aint planning on changing it. Oh, And I am NOT condemning all religions and/or churches, Just the ones that are in my area, The ones I call the "hypocrite brigades".)

Speaking of crap locally, I saw a piece on channel 5 where a certain town here in Oklahoma is concerned with the possible of influx of the citizens of NOLA to their town (Who will be staying at a local rescue mission) bringing in "trouble makers & drug dealers who may burn the town down"...Utter & unbelievably asscracking B.S.!!!!