Tons of British aid donated to help Hurricane Katrina victims to be BURNED

[420inTN]

EXCLUSIVE: UP IN FLAMES
Tons of British aid donated to help Hurricane Katrina victims to be BURNED by Americans

From Ryan Parry, US Correspondent in New York

HUNDREDS of tons of British food aid shipped to America for starving Hurricane Katrina survivors is to be burned.

US red tape is stopping it from reaching hungry evacuees.

Instead tons of the badly needed Nato ration packs, the same as those eaten by British troops in Iraq, has been condemned as unfit for human consumption.

And unless the bureaucratic mess is cleared up soon it could be sent for incineration.

more, full story here (it's about the fourth story down, no direct link available)

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. the reason? The canard taht we are the essential

nation cannot be sustained if our refugees (live with it, that and IDP are the correct terms), see foreign help and that food is substantial proof, this is politics

[merh]

2. Bastards!

:argh: :mad: :grr:

Bastards!!!!!!!!!!!

[merwin]

3. <self delete>

[tocqueville]

4. this of course makes the US very popular abroad...

plenty of similar stories of refused help have gone round in Europe, different for different countries, different aid, but basically the same...

not to talk about the refused emergency rescue, which has probably costed hundreds of lives...

this lives in peoples memory. It's going to be interesting to see the European reaction the next time a disaster happens in the US...

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. They'll offer the help again

and some will work again 'round the feds... don't ask many questions please, but this is driving me nuts

[benburch]

12. I am going around the bend on this one.

I am seeing red and ready to, well, I can't say. Hi, Agent Mike! :hi:

[IndyOp]

32. I thought Agent Mark was on duty today?!?!

Hi Mark/Mike! :hi:

[benburch]

33. They NEVER remember to send me the schedule changes.

Sorry, Mark! :hi:

[Pooka Fey]

38. Thank you Europe for your generous aid, and next time...

until we have removed this usurper from the White House, please do everything you can to deal directly with the local City and State governments of the affected regions. Remember that our Secretary of State, when the offers of aid were pouring in to her office from all over the world and New Orleanians were drowning, was in New York City buying a pair $7000.00 shoes. Would a legitimately elected President murder by negligence thousands of Americans by allowing them to drown while he eats cake and plays air guitar?

[Old and In the Way]

6. Trying to isolate Americans and make us depenent on those that

control the aid. What an insult to the people of Britain. I cannot believe the arrogance of this misadministration.

[oasis]

7. Rove can't have photos of evacuess eating food provided by foreigners.

He'd rather have more pix of evacuees with Louis Vouitton bags.

[TahitiNut]

8. Obviously, the corporation with the FEMA contract got its way.

After all, can't have that "free stuff" taking away their market, right? :argh: :banghead:

[htuttle]

21. Exactly

That's why they've been turning away ALL material aid, and only accepting money. The Bush Mob is making money on this catastrophe. They always get their vig.

Worse than Nero. Seriously, look it up. These people are WAY worse than Nero's government.

[newscott]

9. Well would you want to eat fish and chips in newspaper

or kippers? :sarcasm:

[GregW]

13. Or spotted dick

Or bubbles and squeak
Or toad in the hole
Or black pudding
Or white pudding
Or ....

:D

[Wilber_Stool]

15. It's probably

haggis.

[mcscajun]

20. Nah...it's Spam

[htuttle]

23. ...but I LIKE Spam!

[KittyWampus]

27. long as there is NO VEGEMITE!

[Crunchy Frog]

34. How about steak and kidney pie?

I got food poisoning from that once.

[GregW]

40. HEY! HEY! HEY!

You can knock Spam ... but lay off my precious Vegemite!

The axle grease nectar of the gods.

[mcscajun]

31. Link

http://www.detritus.org/spam/skit.html

[Up2Late]

10. Now, I have officially heard it all.

:wtf: :banghead: :mad:

[benburch]

11. I can think a better use for that pyre.

But prudence dictates I not voice it.

[loudsue]

36. I'll hold that silent thought with you, benburch....

Maybe thoughts really DO create reality!! :) We can hope!

:kick::kick::kick:

[Maple]

14. Also being discussed in GD

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4821569

[Delphinus]

16. I'm glad it's getting press!

I hope some of the MSM latch onto it and that the Dems pick it up and run too.

[Spazito]

17. Well, this sends a strong message that the next time the US

is in need forget looking for outside aid. Once bitten, twice shy. The bush admin is burning the bridges for everyone in the United States by their incredibly gross behavior.

This kind of behavior is only adds to the already VERY negative feelings with regard to the United States, as long as bush and the repubs are in power, by the rest of the world, imo.

[meganmonkey]

18. Why? Because bushco crony contractors won't make a profit of of it

These fuckheads are sabotaging EVERYTHING to make sure that Halliburton et al get their cut.

They're sabotaging nonprofits, forein aid....

:grr:

[bananas]

19. direct link

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16147117%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=exclusive%2d%2d58%2d%2dup%2din%2dflames-name_page.html

[420inTN]

22. Thanks

I couldn't figure out how to get a direct link. Everything I tried resulted in the "Exclusives" page.

[fedsron2us]

26. In the UK these ration packs retail at £9.99

which is about $17-18 at todays exchange rates.

http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop/877/shopscr408.html

So 400,000 of them would be worth between $6-7 million dollars. They last for years so if the US government does not want them why do they simply not send them back. I am quite sure there are people in Britain who could use them.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. we destroy oyster beds and fishing for a decade

by pumping billions of gallons of sewage, heavy metals, pesticides, without treatment,
but
we burn perfectly good food because of politics?

And we wonder why people hate us?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

25. On Oberman - to be destroyed because of MAD COW!

seriously.. that's what she said - they contain beef from Britian, might be tainted with MAD COW Disease!

booga booga! be very afraid!

[BrightKnight]

30. 100% BSE tested in UK. What % do we test? - n/t

[ikri]

39. That's got to be the lamest excuse yet

British Beef is rigorously tested for BSE these days and you can almost guarantee that there is 0% chance of infected beef entering the food chain. Besides, farmers over here stopped feeding dead sheep to the cows years ago.

Just tell the truth about this. The US is going to destroy this food because it was donated.

Next time the UK does something for the US we'll be sure to include an invoice.

[progressoid]

28. God, can we get any dumber?

[BamaBecky]

29. We are such stupid idiots! Is anyone sane left in Washington?n/t

[strategery blunder]

35. Marie Antoinette strikes again

Let the hurricane survivors eat cake, because Lord knows that they should be thankful Katrina came so they could get free stuff.:sarcasm:

[Wordie]

37. But, but...Bush spent MILLIONS to clear UP all the red tape!!! n/t

[JPZenger]

41. Millions in Donated British Food Being Incinerated

From the British newspaper the Mirror. Millions of dollars worth of food donated by Britain for Katrina relief is about to be incinerated by the Feds because of some U.S. Dept. of Agriculture regulations. This is the same food the British serve to their troops (MRE-type meals apparently).

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/20/32525/3772

[Spinzonner]

42. Can't we just feed it to FEMA appointees to check if it's OK ?

[SteppingRazor]

43. Isn't it cruel and unusual punishment...

To serve hurricane victims British food, and British MREs at that? I mean, really! This stuff should be incinerated on Constitutional grounds :evilgrin:

[wtmusic]

44. Mad cow

is the only possible explanation.

[Nihil]

48. Aye ...

... reckon there's definitely one in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture ..


(PS: Smart people don't eat American beef ... the British & German cows
are tested - the American ones are "assumed to be perfectly healthy" ...
yeah, right ...)

[buff2]

45. If these bastards keep it up

We will end up with NO ONE on our side. That is a waste,if they are doing that.That would be a horrible thing to do.

[calico1]

46. I never knew that the Brits were not human.

This is one of the reasons for destroying the food. "Not fit for human consumption." So not only do they reject the help but also insult the British. Nice touch.

[benburch]

47. duplicate

Was posted yestetday

[sasha031]

52. it's plane incompetence

their would be nothing wrong with British food, the people themselves are very generous. this adm just loves to make enemy's

[Daphne08]

49. This is just ridiculous!

:mad:

[DakotaDemocrat]

50. Ahh, our government at work....

Burn donated food...
Undercut prevailing wages to rebuild...
No-bid contracts...
Mis-buttoned shirts...

[Ruby Romaine]

51. why take free food when it can be bought from Halliburton w/our tax $?

[Verve]

53. The Brits are stereotypically known for lousy food, but this is downright

RUDE!

It's what you can expect from Bushco!

[On Par]

55. Anyone Have the U.K. Mirror Link?????

[Imagevision]

54. Bush: I'm not satisfied with the results????????!!!!!!.....

can't believe this guy is going to walk away after 8 years without being impeached or charged with war crimes!!

[paineinthearse]

56. Rep. Cynthia McKinney - "when will the incompetence end?"

Rep. Cynthia McKinney on the House floor just ripped the FDA.

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4836997&mesg_id=4836997