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  • Summary: Bush Administration Negligence in New Orleans
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    (I’ve compiled, in one place, evidence from mainstream news sources and credible witnesses showing how bad the federal government’s response to the New Orleans disaster really is. This article will be updated daily to include the latest developments.
    I focus solely on the response to the flooding, which is separate and apart from the fact that the flood would not have occurred in the first place if the administration hadn’t slashed funding for levee repairs in order to fund its adventure (…)

  • FEMA, missing bodies, insurance fraud?
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    It looks like FEMA is flying out people to far away places (like Utah) and burning bodies in a flagrant attempt to depopulate the city for developers and deny insurance claims for survivors. It appears that they’ve done it before... during Hurricane Charley last year in Brother Jeb’s Florida. SEE:
    September 9, 2005 — "Dallas meeting plans reconstruction of New Orleans without poor African Americans." http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
    September 5, 2005 — FEMA has contacted a crematorium (…)

  • THE PRICE OF SECRECY
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By William Fisher
    During 2004, the Bush Administration issued more secret court orders, spent $148 creating new classified documents for every $1 spent releasing old ones, invoked the ‘state secrets’ privilege in court cases more frequently than ever before, and received 25 per cent more requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
    These are among the findings of a new “Secrecy Report Card” prepared by
    OpenTheGovernment.org, a coalition of organizations dedicated to (…)

  • FEMA Chief Brown Paid Millions to Fla. Residents Unaffected by ‘04 Hurricane to Help Bush Win Majori
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    FEMA Chief Brown Paid Millions to Fla. Residents Unaffected by ‘04 Hurricane to Help Bush Win Majority of Votes There
    By Jason Leopold
    Michael Brown, the embattled head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approved payments in excess of $31 million in taxpayer money to thousands of Florida residents who were unaffected by Hurricane Frances and three other hurricanes last year in an effort to help President Bush win a majority of votes in that state during his reelection campaign, (…)

  • Reps. Kucinich and Tubbs Jones Call On Bush To Hire Local Residents,Pay Living Wage to Rebuild NOLA
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Publisher’s note to congressional members....
    I am sure you mean well but do you really think Bush will read your letter and/or give a damn? The definition of Insanity is to continue doing the same thing expecting different results.
    You NEED to take this to the AMERICAN PEOPLE, who will then support you and demand justice for the people of New Orleans.
    What are you all thinking giving more money to FEMA? It is not about money, they turned away much needed resources because they are (…)

  • 75,000 Body Bags Ordered for Katrina Aftermath
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Modesto company to deliver more body bags to New Orleans The government’s order for another 50,000 will be filled by about eight firms
    By PATRICK GIBLIN BEE STAFF WRITER Last Updated: September 9, 2005, 04:24:14 AM PDT
    The federal government is trying to purchase an additional 50,000 body bags for use in the Hurricane Katrina cleanup and in Iraq, according to an official for a Modesto manufacturer.
    Previously, the Federal Emergency Management Administration purchased 25,000 body bags (…)

  • New Katrina Contracts Awarded; Include Fluor, Bechtel, Halliburton
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Once again, the same massive corporations that have screwed up the Iraq reconstruction, screwed up numerous US projects, and been fined for overcharges and wage and safety violations, have been rewarded by the Bush Administration.
    FEMA reports today that 5 of the nation’s major corporations have been contracted to “speed emergency housing relief” to the Gulf Coast. “Fluor Corp. of Aliso Viejo, Calif. heads up operations for the Housing Area Command. An engineering and construction firm, it (…)

  • Spinning Katrina
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Friday, September 02, 2005 Spinning Katrina I am listening right now to Bill O’Reilly, again defending the Bush Administration on what is being done about the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This guy should be fired and I am ashamed that he is a fellow American. This is a crisis of bibicial proportions, and O’Reilly, smug and cocky as ever, shows me that he is a friggin’’ racist in the worst way. He does not care to mention that the Bush administration cut their budget for flooding in June. (…)

  • Tell CNN’s Anderson Cooper to Keep Reporting the Truth
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    I believe that Anderson Cooper (CNN Reporter) was one of the first to actually be honest and actually report what is happening in New Orleans. We have a chance of persuading him and CNN to continue to report the truth! This is the proper function of the media.
    It is imperative that the MSM continue to tell the truth and report what really is happening! (…)

  • 10,000 holdouts remain in New Orleans
    9 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More stragglers seemed willing to flee the filthy water and stench of death Thursday as increasingly insistent rescuers made what may be their last peaceful pass through swamped New Orleans before using force.
    "Some are finally saying, `I’ve had enough," said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Michael Keegan. "They’re getting dehydrated. They are running out of food. There are human remains in different houses. The smells mess with your psyche."
    Across (…)