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I concur!

LOL I needed that! I have yet to follow up on who's aid we have turned down so feel free to post that info if found. I'm just curious which Countries we have tuned down. Tony, you seem to be as bitter as me so hook up the info. I wonder if those Countries have anything in common. Katrina aid: US accepts nearly $1 billion from some 95 nations September 08, 2005 01:03 IST The United States has accepted offers of nearly US$ 1 billion in assistance from some 95 countries in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. Katrina necessitates Singh-Bush meeting Other offers, while not rejected, remain in limbo while needs are evaluated. "The worst thing is to take things and let them sit on the ground and rot," said Harry K Thomas Jr, the department's executive secretary. Mumbai to Katrina: Blame it on yourself? However, an offer from Iran of 20 million barrels of crude oil if US sanctions are lifted is being rejected because it is conditional, Thomas said at a news conference. The State Department, in a summary of foreign assistance received or expected to be received, listed four countries as having made contributions that were accepted. Water's Wrath They were: India, $5 million in cash; South Korea, $30 million in cash and also supplies; Japan, $200,000 in cash, $844,000 in relief supplies, private donations of up to $1.5 million; Germany, MRE food packages, high-speed pumps and forensic experts. In sifting through the offers from the four corners of the world "the greatest challenge is to match the generous offers with the needs of the American people," he said.

I wasn't even talking to you smart guy. My point is this is not a time to politicize any issue. There are people suffering in our Gulf region and yet so many here still find time to politicize these sad times. IT SICKENS ME. PERIOD. POINT. BLANK. I'm a bitter man right now.

Do any of you actually believe Fidel Castro cares for the victims in our Gulf region? If so....say so.

Yeah some hear have gained massive negative points in my books. It sickens me so much you don't even know. Eric, stop while you're ahead bro!

Werd! My reply to Castro would have been: "Castro, really want to help us? LIBERATE YOUR PEOPLE! What right? They have no rights the last time I checked. Have fun riding "The hate bush wagon". That's a fucked up mentality!

I personally blame the sales person who actually allowed the sale to take place knowing those cards are meant for life saving essentials. You cry for daddy's (FED's) help and when given, you bite the hand that feeds you. Classic! I will admit that this does not classicy ALL as idiots. Their are bad apples in every batch. http://www.cofcc.org/ Lavish tastes of card-carrying lowlifes Profiteering ghouls have been using debit cards distributed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina - intended to buy essentials for evacuated families - in luxury-goods stores as far away as Atlanta. "We've seen three of the cards," said a senior employee of the Louis Vuitton store at the Lenox Square Mall in affluent Buckhead, who asked not to be named. "Two I'm certain have purchased; one actually asked if she could use it in the store. This has been since Saturday." The distinctive white cards were distributed by the Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and carry a value of up to $2,000. "It doesn't say anything on the card other than alcohol, tobacco and firearms cannot be purchased with it," the store employee told me. "There's nothing legally that prevents us from taking it, unfortunately. Other than morally, it's wrong." The source told me that the two women who had made purchases with the card each bought a signature monogrammed Louis Vuitton handbag in the $800 range. "They didn't look destitute by any stretch. You would never have said, 'They must be one of the evacuees.' … The one that I dealt with yesterday was 20. She'll be 21 next month." The source described the reaction of other store-keepers in the mall - which includes luxury brands Ferragamo, Burberry, Judith Leiber and Neiman Marcus - as "outrage." "It doesn't say anywhere on there, but it would have to be a good amount to be shopping in here," the source said with a dark chuckle.

Their offer was a way of laughing at us. We should have welcomed all their doctors. After all I am sure 9 out of 10 of those doctors would have ended staying here in the US for good.

Tony Montana

That's what she said!

Anyone see the game last night? Did you notice this? 'THE BIG BOO' CROWD HISSES KANYE WEST Fri Sep 09 2005 10:30:28 ET The chart topping hip hop rapper star who used a network hurricane fundraiser to charge "George Bush doesn't care about black people" was loudly and lustily booed during last night's NFL kickoff show. The appearance of Kanye West, who was beamed into the Boston stadium via remote from Los Angeles, received a strongly negative response from the crowd. "The boos were thunderous and lasted for much of his number," reports the BOSTON GLOBE. Developing... http://www.drudgereport.com/flash9nfl.htm

Anything to help these victims. I also have a very rare 12" house remix of U2's "City Of Blinding Lights" (White Label) that I will be auctioning off for the same benefit. I told myself I would never get rid of this vinyl but I feel like this is the time to sacrafice a bit. I will post this one up after this first auction has ended. Artist: U2 Title: City Of Blinding Lights (House Remixes) Format: Double sided 12" Vinyl Label: Unknown (White) Sample Here

Like most, this Katrina disaster has left me wondering what I could do to help the suffering victims in our Gulf region. I've dug up a very rare 2 x 12'' Vinyl LP from Sasha and together with eBay have set up an auction where 100% of the final sale price will support the American Red Cross. The transfer of funds is processed directly throuh eBay/Mission Fish. More details regarding this new eBay feature can be found here Nonprofit's Mission Statement The American Red Cross is a national network of nearly 900 field units, 1-million volunteers and 36,000 employees dedicated to saving lives and helping people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. All items sold to benefit the Red Cross after August 29th, 2005 will support the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, which will enable the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those who need help. Visit The eBay Auction Page Here

Police say they were following the state's disorderly conduct statute, a Class C misdemeanor that prohibits abusive, profane and vulgar language and obscene gestures in public areas. (first news to me) No filth flarn filth flarn filth!

It even taste good when you up chuck it! 4 real though, it's fuckin awesome.

Happy B day!

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Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 11:38 a.m. EDT Ray Nagin: School Buses Not Good Enough New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin garnered a ton of publicity with a profanity-laced interview he gave to WWL radio last Thursday, where he blasted President Bush and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco for not coming to rescue his city in time. However, Nagin's most newsworthy comments - where he explained why he didn't use hundreds of city school buses to evacuate his city's flood victims - went almost unnoticed. Turns out, Nagin turned his nose up at the yellow buses, demanding more comfortable Greyhound coaches instead. "I need 500 buses, man," he told WWL. "One of the briefings we had they were talking about getting, you know, public school bus drivers to come down here and bus people out of here." Nagin described his response: "I'm like - you've got to be kidding me. This is a natural disaster. Get every doggone Greyhound bus line in the country and get their asses moving to New Orleans." While Nagin was waiting for his Greyhound fleet, Katrina's floodwaters swamped his school buses, rendering them unusable.

A SAD STATE OF CORRUPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOOKING FOR A HAND OUT. Subject: Politics over duty This is a post from a fellow over in Merritt Is, FL, a reporter who's been researching what went on before the storm hit. I think all of Nagin's pomp and posturing is going to bite him hard in the near future as the lies and distortions of his interviews are coming to light. On Friday night before the storm hit Max Mayfield of the National Hurricane Center took the unprecedented action of calling Nagin and Blanco personally to plead with them to begin MANDATORY evacuation of NO and they said they'd take it under consideration. This was after the NOAA buoy 240 miles south had recorded 68' waves before it was destroyed. President Bush spent Friday afternoon and evening in meetings with his advisors and administrators drafting all of the paperwork required for a state to request federal assistance (and not be in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act or having to enact the Insurgency Act). Just before midnight Friday evening the President called Governor Blanco and pleaded with her to sign the request papers so the federal government and the military could legally begin mobilization and call up. He was told that they didn't think it necessary for the federal government to be involved yet. After the President's final call to the governor she held meetings with her staff to discuss the political ramifications of bringing federal forces. It was decided that if they allowed federal assistance it would make it look as if they had failed so it was agreed upon that the feds would not be invited in. Saturday before the storm hit the President again called Blanco and Nagin requesting they please sign the papers requesting federal assistance, that they declare the state an emergency area, and begin mandatory evacuation. After a personal plea from the President Nagin agreed to order an evacuation, but it would not be a full mandatory evacuation, and the governor still refused to sign the papers requesting and authorizing federal action. In frustration the President declared the area a national disaster area before the state of Louisiana did so he could legally begin some advanced preparations. Rumor has it that the President's legal advisers were looking into the ramifications of using the insurgency act to bypass the Constitutional requirement that a state request federal aid before the federal government can move into state with troops - but that had not been done since 1906 and the Constitutionality of it was called into question to use before the disaster. Throw in that over half the federal aid of the past decade to NO for levee construction, maintenance, and repair was diverted to fund a marina and support the gambling ships. Toss in the investigation that will look into why the emergency preparedness plan submitted to the federal government for funding and published on the city's website was never implemented and in fact may have been bogus for the purpose of gaining additional federal funding as we now learn that the organizations identified in the plan were never contacted or coordinating into any planning - though the document implies that they were. The suffering people of NO need to be asking some hard questions as do we all, but they better start with why Blanco refused to even sign the multi-state mutual aid pack activation documents until Wednesday which further delayed the legal deployment of National Guard from adjoining states. Or maybe ask why Nagin keeps harping that the President should have commandeered 500 Greyhound busses to help him when according to his own emergency plan and documents he claimed to have over 500 busses at his disposal to use between the local school busses and the city transportation busses - but he never raised a finger to prepare them or activate them. This is a sad time for all of us to see that a major city has all but been destroyed and thousands of people have died with hundreds of thousands more suffering, but it's certainly not a time for people to be pointing fingers and trying to find a bigger dog to blame for local corruption and incompetence. Pray to God for the survivors that they can start their lives anew as fast as possible and we learn from all the mistakes to avoid them in the future. And hopefully, the people of Louisiana will elect more competent people in the future.

Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 11:38 p.m. EDT Mayor Nagin: Gov. Blanco Delayed Rescue After days of blaming the federal officials for not responding quickly enough to the Hurricane Katrina crisis, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin praised President Bush on Monday - and charged that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco had delayed federal rescue efforts by 24-hours. "I'm so happy that the president came down here," Nagin said of Bush's Friday visit to Louisiana in an interview with CNN. "He came down and saw it, and he put a general on the field. His name is General Honore. And when he hit the field, we started to see action." But Nagin had harsh words for his state's leaders, telling CNN: "What the state was doing, I don't frigging know. But I tell you, I am pissed. It wasn't adequate." The New Orleans Democrat said he urged Bush to meet privately with Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco during the visit. The meeting took place aboard Air Force One, he said. After reviewing the crisis with Gov. Blanco, Bush summoned Nagin for a private chat - where, according to Nagin, Bush explained: "Mr. Mayor, I offered two options to the governor. I said . . . I was ready to move today. The governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision." Reacting to the governor's footdragging, Nagin lamented: "It would have been great if we could of left Air Force One, walked outside, and told the world that we had this all worked out." "It didn't happen, and more people died."

Isn't this concidered "Current Events" ? I don't find it funny. I find it sad. Alot easier to jump on the "hate bush" wagon than to actually research the chain of command. Local government are responsible for taking care of their citizens.....Mayor and Governor.........They ALWAYS get the first crack at taking care of their own state. They failed, not because they did not follow procedures but because they themselves actually became victims of Katrina......now "daddy",,,aka FEDS are taking care of it. In a nutshell, The Mayor and Governor ALWAYS get the first crack of taking care of their own states. Sad to see so many try and turn this around on our Commander and Chief. Both the Mayor and Governor had a plan prior to the storm hitting. The press specifically asked about the mayor's plan and he said "the plan was in place and that he was "grateful" for Washington declaring a state of emergency early in order to get the ball rolling on FEMA" ... The plan obviously did not work due to the strength of the storm. To "try" and now blame Bush is sad. The only way to know what to do and what not to do during such incidents is to actually experience the incident first hand. We can make all the preparations we want against mother nature but we will not know if our preparation worked or failed until we actually experience the threat. Either this is too difficult to accept or some here are just lazy and find blaming Bush easier than researching the facts. Those who want to blame Bush are just plain TA-TA-TA....people who don't fully understand the magnitude of this disaster. You know I love alot of you fuckers on this board but this really gets to my stomach to see so many try and politicize a natural disaster. Remember what happened: -Hurricane on the way -Gov,Sen and Mayor of New Orleans declare emergency and mandatory evacuation of all residents -All of those who cannot evacuate are to find their way to the superdome as a shelter. -THAT WAS THEIR PLAN! LOCAL STATES/CITIES ALL HAVE THEIR PLANS! -The hurricane hits, the city has massive damage, but the city is DRY and all news outlets say New Orleans dodged a bullet! -A day later, the levee break in 2 places. They don't really overflow, THEY BREAK! The whole in the levee grows bigger by the second. -Day 3, New Orleans underwater!! Coast Guard is rescuing who they can and survivors who are able, flock to Conv. Center and SuperDome -Both places have no resources, sanitation or order? -Looters are going crazy. People are going crazy. Shooting at rescue helicopters, police. -Thugs @ the Conv. Cntr and Superdome are raping young girls in bathrooms, many of the few white evacuees and some blacks @ the conv. center and superdome are beaten to death. -Day 4, Local gov't (of Louisiana, specifically New Orleans) emergency plan HAS FAILED!!! -Fed gov't already has Navy ships en route and Nat. Guard troops are getting together and formulating a plan. -Today, day 5, MASSIVE convoys of FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, etc...reach New Orleans and are currently being distributed to refugees (as of 1230 pm) via FEMA,,AKA- Fed. Gov't. President arrives in gulf state to survey ground zero of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi. -Massive aid and support pours in from around the country and the world!

Dr. Logic, you actualy sound educated. I like that! God forbid they the libs actually try and and help. It's easier to blame than to actually resolve. Thank God they are a dieing breed.