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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (700930)	9/9/2005 6:30:15 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

Sandy the Burglar was sentenced YESTERDAY--for stuffing official US Archive documents in his underwear and DESTROYING them. Obviously lefties approve of Sandy Burglar's actions. I would have given him life. I find it interesting that Sandy Burglar gets no jail time for stealing and destroying US Archive documents of interest in a current US Congress investigation-------------- While Martha Stewart gets jail time. Sandy Burglar represents criminal scum who infest the political landscape and feel to break any law to further their own sick agendas. Filth like Sandy Burglar, who exhibit their contempt for us and the US, are part of the reason Katrina had even worse effects than it needed to.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (700930)	9/9/2005 11:31:27 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

Katrina: Hillary Clinton says FEMA was more effective when her husband was president. The victims of Hurricane Floyd might venture a different opinion, and it wasn't FEMA that kept supplies from the Superdome. Investors Business Daily During a post-Katrina conference call with reporters, Sen. Clinton said, "Helping localities do what they needed to do to mitigate damage -- that philosophy governed FEMA during the Clinton administration. It obviously was rejected by this administration." Does that mean Clinton's FEMA was the model of government efficiency and effectiveness? Or was it closer to the DMV and post office? Just ask the tens of thousands of people left stranded up and down the Eastern Seaboard by Hurricane Floyd in 1999. "We're starting to move the trailers in," said then-FEMA director and current Hillary favorite James Lee Witt, nearly a month after Floyd first hit. "It's been so wet, it's been difficult to get things in there" -- an explanation that sounds familiar. Witt was also a guest on Jesse Jackson's CNN show, "Both Sides Now," in Floyd's aftermath. Jackson complained then that "bridges are overwhelmed, levees are overwhelmed, whole towns underwater. ... (It's) an awesome scene of tragedy." Gee, where have we heard that recently? Many have called for the head of FEMA Director Mike Brown. But Bill Clinton's choice to be Southwest Regional FEMA director in 1993 was even less qualified, earning his job handling disaster recovery of a different sort. Raymond "Buddy" Young, a former Arkansas state trooper, got his choice assignment after leading efforts to discredit other state troopers in the infamous Troopergate scandal. If a storm like Katrina struck the Big Easy back then, Young would've been in charge. Former House Speaker Tip O'Neill used to say all politics is local. Forgotten in the Katrina disaster and its aftermath is that so is most law enforcement and disaster preparedness. Why does Hillary think Houston's Astrodome was all set up to receive thousands of refugees? It was because Houston and Texas authorities planned for it to take thousands of refugees from Galveston, where a hurricane in 1900 killed 8,000 people. Totally clueless about their duties were officials at Louisiana's -- not Washington's -- Homeland Security Department. They blocked a convoy of Red Cross trucks filled with water, food, blankets and hygiene items to the New Orleans Superdome after Katrina struck because it would have encouraged refugees to stay there. The Red Cross Web site says: "The state Homeland Security Department had requested -- and continues to request -- that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane." The ARC was told its "presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city." On Aug. 27, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco was asked at a press conference what could be done to avert disaster. Her pathetic answer was, "We can pray hard that the intensity will weaken." That was Louisiana's disaster-recovery plan.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (700930)	9/10/2005 12:33:59 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

Volcker's report: Corruption incarnate -------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 10, 2005 The Tribune-Review pittsburghlive.com The latest update on the U.N.'s black-as-pitch oil-for-food program offers a concise assessment that's applicable to the world body as a whole: "illicit, unethical and corrupt." And though the Independent Inquiry Committee headed by Paul Volcker recommends "stronger executive leadership" and "more reliable controls" at Turtle Bay, it only wrist-slaps Kofi Annan for failing to adequately monitor the $64 billion program. Instead, the committee pats the secretary-general on the head for being "widely respected" as the chief diplomatic and political agent of the United Nations. Never mind Mr. Annan's changing accounts of what he knew of his son Kojo's dubious business dealings in Iraq. Or, for that matter, the elephant in the room: namely, the multimillion-dollar U.N. contract for inspections awarded to Kojo's former employer. So, after a year of inquiry the panel's multimillion-dollar probe reveals that the oil-for-food program wasn't a shining example of U.N. oversight. And while Executive Director Benon Sevan and another top official took the fall, Annan took bows over his "vindication." The report makes clear that the United Nations was ill-prepared to handle the far-ranging program. That assessment should appear as a Post-it note on each handout at next week's historic U.N. summit. Sadly, among the many stones left unturned by this investigation is the one under which Kofi Annan has been hiding his gross neglect.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (700930)	9/10/2005 12:36:55 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

Reasoning With Liberals, Stapling Jell-O To Your Shoe & Other Exercises In Futility

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (700930)	9/10/2005 1:45:04 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

Satan To Distance Self From Congressional Democrats In Rare Prime Time Speech politicaltherapy.blogspot.com

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (700930)	9/10/2005 2:09:24 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

Byrd Cites "Mixed Emotions," Recuses Self From Katrina Funding Complains of acid reflux resurgence Byrd: believes black people have their place, but that "place isn't New Orleans." Washington--Democratic Senator Robert Byrd (W-VA), recused himself today from voting on the 10.5 billion-aid bill to help rebuild the southern coast--primarily--the predominantly black city of New Orleans. "I am at a loss, " said Byrd, known also as the "conscience of the Senate." To see those plantation houses obliterated against the backdrop of the Strangefruit trees--it tears my heart out." Byrd, a former member of the KKK, said he could not "with a clear conscience and sound mind," actively fund a bill that could expedite the domiciled resettlement of African Americans. "It just aint right," he said. "If I aint gonna fight along side 'em, I aint gonna live next to them." Byrd noted that the upset has caused him "severe esophagal trauma," in the form of Acid Reflux Disease. "I'm just sick about this," he said. "I mean, look at all the bedding being trucked in by FEMA. What a waste of perfectly good sheets."