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WHO BLEW IT?
For Amusement Purposes Only
Compiled by Peter Fredson
September 14, 2005
Today I watched a bog entitled: “Who Blew It?” It was in reference to the Katrina hurricane, trying to impartially assess blame for incompetence and inattention to various persons and governmental organizations. It jogged a memory of about 10 years ago to the “big blow” of the time.
There was a dalliance between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinski which caused arteries to pop in Republican (…)

Dear America,
As a friend of the family I can’t sit back and watch you do this to yourself without saying something. Consider this a long distance intervention.
Your man is no good. He treats you like crap, lies to you, abuses you, bullies you, exploits you, takes your money. As a friend I want to tell you that you deserve better. You deserve a person that treats you with respect, cares about your welfare, and your children’s welfare, but that’s not George and it never will be.
Do you (…)

Bush on response: Blame me
BY CRAIG GORDON WASHINGTON BUREAU. Staff writer Deborah Barfield Berry contributed to this story.
September 14, 2005
WASHINGTON - With a rare but simple declaration - "I take responsibility" - President George W. Bush said for the first time yesterday that he would bear the blame for mistakes in the widely criticized federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
More than two weeks after Katrina hit, Bush also suggested that the response called into question the (…)

The President President Says He’s Responsible in Storm Lapses
Sign In to E-Mail This Printer-Friendly Reprints By ELISABETH BUMILLER and RICHARD W. STEVENSON Published: September 14, 2005 WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 - President Bush said on Tuesday that he bore responsibility for any failures of the federal government in its response to Hurricane Katrina and suggested that he was unsure whether the country was adequately prepared for another catastrophic storm or terrorist attack.
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I just heard on MSNBC that AP issued a statement that Congressman Jefferson was in NO on Sept. 1, Friday, to check on his constituents. Oh and he took a large military truck and some soldiers to his house to check on it. Seems he loaded a whole lot of things from his house onto the truck that he wished to take out as he left. There were helicopters buzzing overhead all of the time in case he needed help(?). Just wondering if anyone else has heard this and am also wondering what Congressman (…)

Charlie Cray is the director of The Center for Corporate Policy in Washington, D.C., and co-author of The People’s Buisness: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy (Berrett-Koehler, 2004).
Some of the same crony contractors who cleaned up in Iraq are beginning to sign big contracts with FEMA. Moreover, the same inexperience and bureaucratic ineptitude that handicapped the agency’s initial response threatens to convert the agency into “an oversized entitlement program,” as former (…)

Top Red Cross official Bush appointee, donor
New information surrounding relief efforts by the American Red Cross in New Orleans raises questions about whether the organization provided adequate relief and whether funds are actually being directed to Katrina victims, RAW STORY has found.
Previous investigations have shown that the Red Cross mishandled its 9/11 fund, attempting to divert more than half into a "war fund" before Congress intervened, and moved $10 million from a fund in 1989 (…)

Senator Byrd on Tuesday called for a national debate on America’s priorities. "I call upon the leaders of this country to come together and to work together to repair our storm- ravaged Gulf Coast and help salvage the lives of its victims, but more than that. I call upon the Congress to inventory our homeland with an eye to the future," Byrd told his colleagues. His prepared remarks are below.
Chapter 3, Verses 1-8 of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible begins, “To everything there is a (…)

Nonpartisan congressional research report finds Louisiana governor took necessary steps
John Byrne
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a report Tuesday afternoon asserting that Louisiana governor Katherine Blanco took the necessary and timely steps needed to secure disaster relief from the federal government, RAW STORY has learned.
The report, which comes after a request by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) to review the law and legal accountability relating to Federal action in (…)

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End of the World Cocktail
Gather together in an overcrowded stadium: * 250,000 poor people and their immediate belongings * 100,000 pounds of spoiling meat and dairy products * 12,000 bags of rotting garbage * 5000 dirty plastic diapers * 5 clueless officials
Broil under medium heat, stirring occasionally with looted automatic rifles.
Add to steaming mixture::
* 50,000 gallons oil and industrial sludge * 5000 gallons raw sewage with E.coli * 1000 (…)