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To: GraceZ who wrote (175130)	1/5/2009 2:23:23 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans By E&P Staff editorandpublisher.com ( Did this strike a chord with you Grace? ) Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working very well for them." The former First Lady's remarks were aired this evening on American Public Media's "Marketplace" program. She was part of a group in Houston today at the Astrodome that included her husband and former President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her son, the current president, to head fundraising efforts for the recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were also present. In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston." Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."

To: GraceZ who wrote (175130)	1/5/2009 10:22:46 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

There are free TV programs, usually on basic cable and/or PBS, that show many home maintenence and improvements, often step by step. Not to mention the public library, or all the tubes on the internet. Or, they could ask thier friends for help, assuming they have at least some friends who work for a living. Of course, if a person ocasionally acquires new skills by using various free and cheap resources, they often tend not to stay poor, unless they are living in a really depressed rural area.