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  • Amphibious HumVees
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Does anyone have information on all the flood enabled Humvees which used to be in Louisianna and Mississippi. Apparently they were all shipped to Iraq and were criticised over there as being defficient in protecting against roadside bombs.
    Floods in the desert? Well I’ve got an open mind there.
    The question of the Humvees will be very important as its has a ring to it which is easy for Mr Average to grasp.
    Real facts and figures required or links.

  • Bush Wanted These People To Die
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    President’s photo-op may fool you, but not me
    by Jennifer Monroe
    NEW ORLEANS, LA — (OfficialWire) — 09/04/05 — More than five days after it should have happened, thousands of storm victims in New Orleans and the surrounding area are finally being bused and airlifted to safety.
    Because the Bush administration does not want to admit the truth, the public isn’t being told how many people were killed by Hurricane Katrina’s floods and how many more American citizens succumbed waiting to be (…)

  • America Stripped Bare: Privilege vs. Survival (See Kanye)
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Support the People of New Orleans: Sept. 7 National Day of Emergency Action
    Join a protest on September 7 see below for details of protests in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle - or organize one in your community or on your campus. List your event on the A.N.S.W.E.R. website! www.pephost.org/Sept7localaction
    What is taking place today in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is a crisis rarely seen in this country. It has provoked an outpouring of concern for the (…)

  • No planning no plans no readiness just rhetoric
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The purpose of the war on terror is to eliminate extremism. Invading and occupying another country Ie. iraq breeds this extremism. There we’nt as many terrorists in iraq until we occupied there country and caused this instabhility.
    Bush manipulated us into this war through 9-11 and othe scary facts which turned out to be untrue. Even though bush planned to go to war through his whole election and presidency it seems the simplist things keep getting screwed up. Not enough troops, no (…)

  • On BBC: Northern Command was in position, waiting for Presidential orders
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This was on the episode of BBC World News which played on a local (Philadelphia area) PBS station at 6:00 am this morning. I can’t find a stream or transcript online. It’s sitting on my TIVO right now marked do not delete but I have no way to put it onto my hard drive and no place to serve it from anyway. If you do have a recording of it, it starts about 9 minutes in. I’ve done a hand written transcript, the spelling and punctuation are mine. The bolding is also mine to emphasize what I (…)

  • Why did FEMA reject offers of aid from other countries?
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON - In a dramatic turnabout, the United States is now on the receiving end of help from around the world as some two dozen countries offer post-hurricane assistance.
    Venezuela, a target of frequent criticism by the Bush administration, offered humanitarian aid and fuel. Venezuela’s Citgo Petroleum Corp. pledged a $1 million donation for hurricane aid.
    With offers from the four corners of the globe pouring in, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided “no offer that can (…)

  • Why won’t the National Guard and Homeland Security allow the Red Cross to help in New Orleans?
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans? Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders. The state Homeland Security Department had requested—and continues to request—that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the (…)

  • Sen. Landrieu: Bush brought rescue resources for staged photo op, and then removed it.
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., issued the following statement this afternoon regarding her call yesterday for President Bush to appoint a cabinet-level official to oversee Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts within 24 hours.
    Sen. Landrieu said:
    “Yesterday, I was hoping President Bush would come away from his tour of the regional devastation triggered by Hurricane Katrina with a new understanding for the magnitude of the suffering and for the abject failures of the current (…)

  • Mothers March on Washington to End War on Iraq: Join Up!
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Peace camp heads to White House
    by RICHARD LUSCOMBE IN MIAMI
    AN ANTI-IRAQ war protester who set up a peace camp outside the Texas ranch of the United States president, George Bush, takes her campaign on the road today as she pursues him back to Washington.
    Cindy Sheehan, whose soldier son, Casey, was killed in an ambush in Sadr City in April 2004, will embark on a bus tour that will end with a 24-hour vigil and anti-war march in the American capital on 24 September.
    It promises to (…)

  • Bush’s Criminal Ignorance: "I don’t think anyone could have anticipated the breach of the levees."
    4 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by James Blitz
    On Good Morning America Bush said:
    "I don’t think anyone could have anticipated the breach of the levees."
    BUllSHit! The simple truth is that the breach of the levees had been a prime concern as Katrina approached. This statement proves beyond doubt that George W. Bush doesn’t know what the **** is happening. This ignorance is worthy of impeachment.
    Sure, I could go on and on for a lengthy article, but I’m not. Have you heard the phrase, "Stop the Presses!"
    Now is (…)