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To: LindyBill who wrote (268763)	9/15/2008 3:16:08 PM
From: Oral Roberts	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

I love this guy:) Wall Street Seeks Disaster Declaration, FEMA Help by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace · 19 Comments (2008-09-15) — The Bush administration is said to be considering an appeal for a disaster declaration by officials at Lehman Brothers, AIG, Merrill Lynch and other Wall Street firms who said they need the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to intervene in the wake of a "Category 5 liquidity crisis." A White House spokesman said President Bush plans to fly over the region later this afternoon to view the devastation in person, and has assured Wall Street CEOs that the U.S. stands ready to rescue their firms from the "ravages of capitalism". National Guard helicopters have already plucked dozens of investment analysts and stock traders from Manhattan rooftops, and Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera has taken up a position at the front door of the Lehman Brothers building — his hair drenched in stock broker tears, his mustache buffeted by the gale-force winds that fleeing Lehman employees have stirred. FEMA, already stretched thin from back-to-back relief efforts along the Gulf Coast, nevertheless stands ready to provide mobile housing units and sacks of cash to buttress the cracked walls of America's financial markets. Meanwhile, churches and other non-profit organizations nationwide have sent out pleas for donations to care for the displaced brokers, traders and analysts, many of whom failed to heed warnings to get out before the disaster hit. scrappleface.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (268763)	9/15/2008 4:32:08 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793955

Another young man made a video recently. Reported from Rush. youtube.com Joe Cook is an Iraq war vet. Dear Mr. Obama: Having spent 12 months in the Iraq theater I can promise you, this was not a mistake. I witnessed firsthand the many sacrifices made by the people of Iraq. Those sacrifices were not mistakes. Iraqi people are just like us. They want a chance to live in a secure world, free from tyranny, free from terrorism, free to prosper, free to raise their children and pass on a future. Are they better off today than they were in 2002? You bet. I've seen many men sacrifice their lives for the Iraqi people. They died for a purpose, not a mistake. They died giving hope. They died promoting freedom. Do you rescue a fireman just as he's about to save a child? When you call the Iraqi war a mistake, you disrespect the service and the sacrifice of everyone who has died promoting freedom. Freedom carries with it a price. Because you do not understand nor appreciate these principles, sir, I am supporting Senator John McCain for president. He, too, made a huge sacrifice promoting freedom, because he understands the fundamental truth, freedom is always worth the price. That was Army Specialist Joe Cook, an Iraq war veteran, wounded by an IED in Iraq May 2007, lost his left foot and leg six inches below the knee. And you see him walking away after making his remarks here youtube.com