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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 10K a day who wrote (4953)	9/10/2005 2:47:24 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 9838

start with a "B"....end with an "H"??? CC

To: 10K a day who wrote (4953)	9/12/2005 3:28:47 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 9838

Another factual example of 'Economic Apartheid' ...enforced by the Republicans: *************************************************** VERY INTERESTING TO COMPARE THESE TWO DISASTER RELIEF FUND PROGRAMS: --->> 11 days after 9/11, Pres Bush approved a victim payout plan... ...5000 families (mostly already rich white folk) split 7 billion dollars... ...on that day (9/22/2001), it was announced the average payment would be about $1.5 million, tax free after deductions for life insurance and other possible benefits.... --------------------- --->> And now, 11 days after the Katrina first made landfall, the New Orleans payout plan has also been announced... ...Katrina victims (adults only) to get $2K debit cards 12:20 PM EDT on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 By DEVLIN BARRETT / Associated Press msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON ? The federal government plans to begin doling out debit cards worth $2,000 each to adult victims of Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press has learned... ...FEMA officials said the program is aimed at those most in need, so not all families that fled their homes will be eligible... ...Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski, a Republican, said he had concerns about the potential for abuse. ?That?s a lot of money. The question is how do you separate the needy from those who just want a $2,000 handout,? he said... ---------------------------------------------- New York Times June 16, 2004 911lawhelp.org After Weighing Cost of Lives, 9/11 Fund Completes Its Task By DAVID W. CHEN Kenneth R. Feinberg, the administrator of the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund, reported to President Bush in the Oval Office yesterday. Nearly three years after establishing a fund to compensate the families of Sept. 11 victims, the federal government said yesterday that it had completed the task and that it would end up paying more than 5,000 families almost $7 billion. ...In an interview afterward, Mr. Feinberg said the president praised the program for giving the families the full compensation to which they were legally entitled. On Sept. 22, 2001, Congress created the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund without any financial cap...relatives of dead victims were told that the average payment would be about $1.5 million, tax free, after deductions for life insurance and other possible benefits. ======================================== ...At first glance, it appears the plans are just a bit different, but I don't think the repub's want us to strain our beautiful brains thinking about it...(And don't forget, fo da po folk from down south, it don't take dat much to keep 'em happy as pigs in slop - just ask 'Baba' Bush)... . . .