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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 02:35 PM Original message |
Feds to restrict volunteers at disasters |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. I Guess Our Money Is OK????n/t |
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dickbearton (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. And Chertoff and his Neocon Nazi's ln Homeland... |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. A neat way to keep potential witnesses out. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Excellent Cover For Black Ops! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yep, Blackwater will certainly be welcome.. |
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siri2k (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Right, too many people complained about the post-Katrina police state. |
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siri2k (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
84. Bush wants to prevent anyone from reporting rampant contractor abuse. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. DemocracyNow! Sept 12, 2005: Overkill: Feared Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans |
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Einsteinia (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
83. Exactly what I was thinking |
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djp2 (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No problematic photos of "workers" picking up the "pieces" |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
87. This is the problem when a government loses it's credibility. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. thumbs up! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Bingo. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
81. Ain't that the truth. But it's for OUR PROTECTION! (Never needed before, oddly enough.) |
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rabies1 (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
89. I 100% agree with you there. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
92. Oh...yeah. I hadn't thought of that. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Those groups of volunteers in New Orleans |
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onewholaughsatfools (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. let's not forget the country who entered N.O. first were Canadians |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Uh ... isn't the Repuke party the one which makes a big fuss |
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dickbearton (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Repuke party of hypocrites, lier's, and crooks. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Yes, remember poppy's thousand lights! We had better pray that |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. excellent point |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. I as supreme righteous being of the United States do hereby order |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. actually, having worked in emergency response, I can see |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. >had it not been for volunteers, |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I don't either |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
73. In some situations, untrained volunteers can get in the way. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. this country is ID crazy! good gawd! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Big Brother MUST haf his vay to monitor YOU!!! |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Oh, they mean the people who actually helped people and animals |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. As the feds take five or more days to get food and water to the victims... |
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colbertforpresident (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Interference |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. This really |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
86. You have to wonder how dumb they think we are |
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onewholaughsatfools (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. well facts bear her out, |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. So apparently theri Katrina response is just a prototype for what they have planned for Boston |
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dickbearton (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Sieg Heil! |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. So Now There Poor Response Was The Volunteer's Fault |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. k&r, need a couple more to get on Greatest Page for wider coverage |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. NEWS AND MESSAGE CONTROL |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. katrina was like this - force genocide - they blocked help from arriving |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nothing this admin does is actually for the good of the people. Any type of control they are trying |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. more info |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. No Office of Faith Based Rescue? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I know you're kidding, but there was an article about that... |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. What Kind Of BS Is This? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oh, yeah, this'll work wonders. |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. Wonder What The Penalty For Helping Will Be? |
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matt819 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. Never mind |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. this was de la Madrid's "response" to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake: |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yet another attempt to clamp down on public observation of events. Keep |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. No witnesses. |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. WTF?????? the death toll wasn't high enough for you in last disasters??? murdering f*ck nt |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. We need to work on this at the state level |
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tetedur (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. 500 people with boats went to N.O. and were turned around |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. This sounds like a flipping joke! |
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spirit of wine (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
47. Would The Pentagon Deem A Foreign Conflict |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. This is most frightening for.... |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. Geez, I can't believe this we need a new and moral liberal progressive gov. to deal with reality. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. Feds to restrict volunteers at disasters |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. Hmm reaching for that disaster manager's hat |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Plus it's so much better if the volunteers just go out and shop!!! |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. If there was a disaster in my neck of the woods |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. more 'heck of a job' Brownies... |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. I am in regular contact with relatives there, |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. After they way they handled Katrina.... |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. ..... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Bush is playing an Abmaj7 #11 #9 chord. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #57 |
77. There is a presidential seal even on his blasted guitar! |
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BDW1964 (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. Step Back |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 02:41 AM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Excellent post n/t |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #58 |
79. The problem is, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #58 |
82. Thanks for the other side |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
97. You have stats on that |
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badgervan (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
60. You Know.... |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
61. I don't believe this requirement for disaster zones is as bad as everyone here thinks it may be... |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. You have some excellent points.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
62. Making tough work more difficult?? Huh?? |
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BDW1964 (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 02:31 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. READ...it helps |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:19 AM Response to Reply #67 |
75. I apologize BDW1964.... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
64. The Bushites are really trying to destroy everything good about America, aren't they? |
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nvme (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
66. Anything coming from this administration is naturally subject to suspicion |
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BDW1964 (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 02:35 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Credentialing |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Your post reminds me of when I worked with people from |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
70. I remember watching a video of volunteers cooking and feeding the NO rescue workers |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
71. By all means, take away the only thing that made 9/11 in the least bit bearable. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
72. Only Loyal Bushies/Nazis. |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
74. Feds checking IDs at a disaster would require Feds to be there to begin with. |
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outofbounds (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
78. Great just great |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
80. Red Cross IN, Red Crescent OUT |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
85. So. MORE professionals standing around watching people die. |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
88. The professionals did such a great job in New Orleans and the Gulf it only makes sense to do this. |
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riona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
90. Oh come on - the volunteers usually get there first |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
93. As a volunteer first responder, I can see their point... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
94. "Federal government" = (*-controlled) FEMA |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
95. Easier to enforce Martial Law with less witnesses. |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
96. Wondered about the Flap at the 135 bridge...now I know. n/t |
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