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To: combjelly who wrote (250173)	9/7/2005 6:30:53 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1575420

re: I sincerely believe that the intent is to shut the department down. Apparently at some point, either candidate Bush or in a previous incarnation, expressed the opinion that FEMA was just another entitlement program. Useful enough, I suppose, when your brother's state, that also happens to be a pivotal one, is being pasted in an election year, but otherwise useless. Can't have those people getting money when life deals them a bad hand, it just makes them uppity. Better than they suffer... Regardless of the intent, that was the effect. And it usually follows...