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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:22 PM
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Chertoff Warns Americans of 'Ugly Scene' in Katrina Aftermath
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-09-04-voa29.cfm

(here comes propaganda offensive re: dead bodies)


Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is warning Americans to be prepared for what he calls an "ugly scene" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The secretary's comments referred to the flooded city of New Orleans, where receding waters are revealing corpses of victims, which officials say could number in the thousands.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said there will be more grisly signs of Katrina's devastation in the days to come.

"I think we need to prepare the country for what's coming," Chertoff says. "What's going to happen when we de-water and remove the water from New Orleans is, we are going to uncover people who have died, maybe hiding in houses, got caught by the flood, people whose remains are going to be found in the streets. There is going to be pollution. It is going to be about as ugly a scene as you can imagine."

He spoke on "Fox News Sunday." His colleague, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, had no exact figures, but he told CNN he believes the death toll will at least be in the thousands.


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wellstone_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:25 PM
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1. can't figure out how to hide it all huh? bastard
"de-water" isn't a word you stupid fuck. "Drain" is the word you are over-reaching for right now.

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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:27 PM
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2. Hmmmm .."Ugly Scene"
Like tarring and feathering the whole bush cabinet and
locking them in stocks on the capital steps for the
public to throw rotten fruit at ???????????????

Hmmmm... i don't know if I'd call that an "ugly scene".
Messy.. perhaps
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hwmnbn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:27 PM
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3. Speaking of ugly.....
doesn't Chertoff look like the cryptkeeper?:scared:
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:28 PM
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4. Yeah, more of his ugly mug on the tv in the days ahead
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Independent_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:28 PM
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5. Hmmmm.... "Ugly Scene" you say?
I can't wait to find out what that "ugly scene" might be.
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ngGale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:31 PM
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6. Look in the mirror Chertoff ...
if you want to see ugly, and yours goes to the bone.
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:35 PM
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7. The draining will reveal one ugly scene. The Congressional hearings
yet another. And you, Helium Breath, will spend many, many uncomfortable days being grilled and then disgraced by the Senate.

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ObaMania Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:45 PM
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8. I hope Michael Moore can take a break from his healthcare movie and..
.. get a camera crew down there.

This would make one heck of a documentary. And yet another eye-opener from him!
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DELUSIONAL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 02:14 AM
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11. Michael Moore is one of the few documentary film directors
would could do this catastrophe justice.

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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:55 PM
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9. Now that the networks have explained it all to him.
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Tyranny_R_US Donating Member (988 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 10:56 PM
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10. We've had to look at his face for a few days I think we can take it :)
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