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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:13 AM
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Katrina was an acid test for FEMA and the OHS...
and they failed. Miserably. Horribly.

And they had plenty of advance notice for this tragedy. Years, in fact. And several days for this specific threat. Can you imagine what the situation would have been if there HADN'T been any advance notice? If a major American city were suddenly wiped out by some huge calamity and no one saw it coming? I know you can imagine this scenario, because the response by the government would be no different from the response in this instance.

The Bush Administration needs to be brought up on charges for their misappropriation of taxpayer funds. Where did all that money go? To a color-coded "terror alert system"? I could have set that stupid thing up for FREE!
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:15 AM
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1. Poor stewardship of public funds is impeachable. n/t
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:17 AM
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4. This never would have happened under Democratic control.
Democrats understand public service. It is honorable and self-sacrificing. Self-sacrifice is not something that Republicans do well.
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:19 AM
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7. Democrats never would have wasted public funds on trying to rebuild Iraq.
It would have been an international effort with real cooperation. Instead, we are footing the bill ourselves so as best to loot our own treasury to the likes of KBR.

When the looting of America is over, the whole country will look like New Orleans.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:30 AM
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9. Why are Republican's perceptions so far from reality?
These people went where no man should ever go, and dragged the rest of us down with them.
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:34 AM
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11. It's all a partisan game to them.
There's no right or wrong. Only their way and the highway. And their way clearly doesn't work.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:16 AM
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2. 29 billion spent by DHS. Where are those Hawaii convention pics?


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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:18 AM
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5. Thank you for reminding us of that
:mad:
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:19 AM
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6. I never saw that picture
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:32 AM
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10. oh dear.
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mshasta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:16 AM
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3. is just sick...
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Ripley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:19 AM
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8. Acid test?
Yep. I think all those dog fuckers in DC are tripping on some bad blotter. And in their delusional world...Katrina was a God-send.

Civil War in America is coming.
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