Where is that thread about FEMA giving money to hurricane victims in 2004

[Beaverhausen]

I saw it yesterday and can't find it today. can someone help me?

thanks!

[Beaverhausen]

1. kick. please- I am searching and can't find it

I think it was even on the greatest page...where did it go????

[pnorman]

2. Here's one I posted on my union BBS yesterday:

"You Can't Govern if You Don't Believe in Government"
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It's not that these conservatives are incompetent or stupid. When their interests are at stake, they can be very efficient. Consider when Hurricane Charley hit Jeb Bush's state - a year earlier than Katrina - on the second weekend of August, 2004, just months before the elections. The White House website notes:

As of noon Monday , in response to Hurricane Frances, FEMA and other Federal response agencies have taken the following actions:

-- About one hundred trucks of water and 280 trucks of ice are present or will arrive in the Jacksonville staging area today. 900,000 Meals-Ready-to-Eat are on site in Jacksonville, ready to be distributed.

-- Over 7,000 cases of food (e.g., vegetables, fruits, cheese, ham, and turkey) are scheduled to arrive in Winter Haven today. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) are on the ground and setting up comfort stations. FEMA community relations personnel will coordinate with DMATs to assist victims. -- Urban Search and Rescue Teams are completing reconnaissance missions in coordination with state officials.

-- FEMA is coordinating with the Department of Energy and the state to ensure that necessary fuel supplies can be distributed throughout the state, with a special focus on hospitals and other emergency facilities that are running on generators.
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All of this aid was vitally important to Bush family political fortunes in the upcoming election of 2004. Disaster relief checks were in the mail within a week. In just the first thirteen days after Hurricane Charley hit Florida, the White House web site notes that the Bush administration had succeeded in:

-- Registering approximately 136,000 assistance applicants

-- Approving over 13,500 applications for more than $59 million in housing assistance

-- Establishing 12 disaster recovery centers, which have assisted nearly 19,000 disaster victims

-- Deploying medical teams that have seen nearly 3,000 patients

-- Disbursing 1.2 million liters of water, 8.1 million pounds of ice, and 2 million meals and snacks

-- Delivering over 20,000 rolls of plastic sheeting and nearly 170 generators

-- Treating more than 2,900 individuals through FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, supporting damaged hospitals

That, of course, was for a Republican State, with a Republican governor, the crony brother of the President. Republicans needed to act like they cared about governing, because they wanted people to vote for them three months later.
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http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0906-21.htm
(I'm assuming that I'm not under such tight rules when excerpting from groups like Common Dreams)

pnorman

[Beaverhausen]

3. thanks- did you post that in a thread?

if so, can you give me a link? I need a more "mainstream" source than commondreams. thanks!!!

[seafan]

4. Here it is, in all its glory. Please help get this out ASAP.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4726149#4727261

[Beaverhausen]

5. wow! thanks

good links there.

[seafan]

6. You're welcome! We need to hammer this to Congress and MSM.

WE are the media now.