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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (136514)	9/2/2005 11:56:33 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 793903

Message 21664498 To: Rock_nj who wrote (57166) 9/2/2005 9:25:30 AM From: Rande Is of 57167 OT> My wife in Nashville is working today to assist families living in their cars, who have evacuated Louisiana and Mississippi . . . some of which having nothing to go back to. . .and I am coordinating a grassroots relief effort to address their immediate needs from my office in Ohio. By handing the families gift cards to Wal-Mart, Freds, etc., they can buy whatever food, clothing, pharmacies, etc, they need. Gas cards and a special discount card, good for free meals at area restaurants, car services, showers, supplies, etc. will no doubt be most appreciated. We hope to make this a model for other communities of the South. I will be asking friends and neighbors to direct donations to a PayPal account (info@viewresearch.com) available to my wife. She will make sure it gets directly into the hands that need it most by personally handing them an envelope containing the gift cards, special area card and cash. Message 21664431 From Rande Is . . . HOME --

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (136514)	9/2/2005 12:00:32 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 793903

Mary Landrieu continues Bush bashing 9/2/05 \| Every one of her interviews is prefaced by pointing out the Administration should have "shored up our beaches, built better roads, invested in New Orleans infrastructure", etc. Question to Mary - You've been in D.C. longer than Pres. Bush - Why didn't you persuade the Clinton administration to make all these expenditures? That shouldn't have been hard to do, with you being such an effective and influential Democrat Senator.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (136514)	9/2/2005 10:32:02 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793903

Singer Kanye West Insults President Bush at NBC Disaster Relief Special Juice News Daily ^ \| 9/2/08 \| Juice News Daily Kanye West Ruins Relief Show At a Red Cross benefit shown on NBC for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief, singer Kanye West launched a vicious attack on President Bush, stating that "George Bush doesn't care about black people." (JND) - In a selfish and unprofessional move, Kanye West used a Red Cross benefit to benefit his own personal platform Friday night during the NBC Hurricane Katrina Relief program. In a disgusting display, West strayed from his prepared script to offer an overflow of hatred from his mouth, taking the spotlight off of the matter at hand, turning the relief program into his own personal soapbox. Just before being cut-off by NBC executives, West stated: "George Bush doesn't care about black people." West appeared on-screen with comedian Mike Myers, who was obviously shaken by West's remarks. At one point Myers attempted to put an end to the tirade. NBC beat him to the punch, cutting to a shot of actor Chris Tucker. Other comments by West: "They're saying black families are looting and white families are just looking for food...they're giving the (Army) permission to shoot us..."

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (136514)	9/2/2005 10:34:12 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793903

Jesse Jackson hits out at Bush, suggests race behind New Orleans' plight afp on Yahoo ^ \| 9/2/05 BATON ROUGE, United States (AFP) - Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson fired off a fierce attack on President George W. Bush over Hurricane Katrina and claimed black people were being locked out of top relief roles. Jackson raised the sensitive issue of race, simmering below the surface in New Orleans, even before the hurricane tragedy, pointing out that many of those trapped in the city by the storm were poor and black. "There is a historical indifference to the pain of poor people, and black people ... we seem to adjust more easily to black pain." Jackson spoke after leading a bus convoy into New Orleans to rescue 450 students trapped at Xavier University, and said he had been shocked by scenes of pain among refugees trying to flee the city. "We reach out today for our president to lead from the ground, not the air," Jackson said, as Bush toured hurricane hit areas by foot and by helicopter after admitting government relief efforts so far were "not acceptable." Jackson said 120,000 people in New Orleans make less than 8,000 dollars a year. "They are poor people, black people for the most part without private transportation, many of them are old and sick." And he also criticized the role given to former presidents George Bush senior and Bill Clinton as coordinators for a fund raising effort following the Katrina tragedy, similar to their role as tsunami fund raisers. "Why are there no African Americans in that circle?" Jackson asked. "How can blacks be left out of the leadership and trapped into the suffering?" Jackson also found time to throw political barbs Bush's way, claiming the president's policies had given the top five percent of Americans a tax cut and a "five billion dollar a month war in Iraq" while federal officials had neglected flood control systems in New Orleans. "When the 9/11 tragedy struck us, the president was there in two days, on the ground embracing police and firemen. When the tsunami struck, he immediately mobilized world opinion. "The UN relief effort for the tsunami was superior to the US effort for New Orleans and Louisiana. For American citizens, we deserve better." Bush earlier on Friday rejected claims that expenditure or use of troops in Iraq had been partly to blame for what critics say was a sluggish, initial response by the US government to the Hurricane Katrina crisis. "We've got plenty of resources to do both," Bush said, and also predicted that "the great city of New Orleans will rise again." "I'm going to fly out of here in a minute, but I want you to know that I'm not going to forget what I've seen. I understand the devastation requires more than one day's attention," Bush said at New Orleans airport. "It's going to require the attention of this country for a long period of time. This is one of the worst natural disasters we have faced, with national consequences. And therefore, there will be a national response," he said.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (136514)	9/2/2005 10:40:46 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 793903

the guy who has his website going as the storm hit and afterwards had this to say to Jesse Jackson: Thursday, September 1st, 2005 5:24 pm Jesse Jackson Dear Sir: Respectfully, I submit that you should shut the hell up. Looting and lawlessness IS the problem. The National Guard choppers are BEING SHOT AT. The NOPD are BEING SHOT AT. You want to focus on the levee? So do they, but check this out: THEY CAN'T UNTIL THE MOB STOPS ATTACKING THE RESCUE OPERATION. I know you're looking at this situation with concern for the racial implications of the deterioration of civilization out here, but this is bigger than whether people are going to be racists after this is over. This is about rescuing the masses i.e. life and death. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and blame your stupid comments on your lack of knowledge of the situation. Don't prove me a fool for doing so. Regards, Michael Barnett