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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 09:56 AM
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George refuses aid because his Dad did the same with Andrew!
Edited on Mon Sep-05-05 10:00 AM by dogday
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August 28, 1992:
WE NEED HELP. Relief effort collapsing due to United States inaction, Metro charges. Aid us now or more will die, Feds told. As Dade County's hurricane relief effort neared collapse Thursday, more than 1,500 airborne US soldiers were ordered into the county to cope with what is now being called the worst natural disaster in United States history. The move came after a day of bitter sniping among agencies that share responsibility for the relief effort.
United States aid official Wallace Stickler stated: "Andrew has caused more destruction and affected more people than any disaster America has ever had."

Dade County's Emergency Director pleaded for federal help, one angry voice among many that spoke in dire terms of needs unmet. Frustrated to the point of tears, Kate Hale said that the relief project was on the brink of collapse, a victim of incompetence and political games:
"Where the hell is the cavalry on this one? We need food! We need water! We need people! If we do not get more food into the south end in a very short period of time, we are going to have more casualties!

"We have a catastrophic disaster. We are hours away from more casualties. We are essentially the walking wounded. We have appealed through the State to the Federal Government. We've had a lot of people down here for press conferences. But Dade County is on its own. Dade County is being caught in the middle of something and we are being victimized.
"Quit playing like a bunch of kids and get us aid! Sort out your political games afterward!"

On the same day Hale made the desperate plea, Miami Herald staff writers Martin Merzer and Tom Fiedler wrote:
The question echoed through the debris Thursday: If we can do it for Bangladesh, for the Philippines, for the Kurds of northern Iraq, why in God's name can't we deliver basic necessities of life to the ravaged population of our own Gold Coast?"
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http://www.karenlyster.com/andrew.html

When you read this, it is just like Katrina. Bush Sr and Georgie both did the same thing to US citizens, read it and weep, the fucking bastards
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 10:04 AM
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1. Holy Pig Shit......Whats with these dudes??? They both don give a rats
ass for the common folk?? Seems like it...."Watch my drive"
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 10:10 AM
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3. Ask me if I think Georgie got his advice from Poppy.
and I will tell you no lies,

absolutely they don't care about human misery and suffering, unless it is their own...
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 10:10 AM
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2. I wonder how much help 1,500 soldiers could have done for NO on day 1
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 10:18 AM
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5. None. The entire resource of the US govt should have been on the move
already.

worst case. you send them home.
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 10:16 AM
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4. bush as president + democratic governor = you wait a week for help
w and jebbie and fema blasted into florida last year with a big show though even though the storms were not catastrophic. they were even on the ground handing out water for a photo op.

fema was even giving money to those that didnt deserve it.

watch and compare, feel the compassion.

Charley hit Florida Sept 5 2004. The Bush brothers were handing out food and water on Sept 8. 3 Days.

http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/3156.article

Feel it yet?
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 10:19 AM
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6. They don't care, everything is a freaking photo-op
to them. I read it in that article I posted and I saw it in NO, Mississippi and Alabama and just now with Florida.... Whew they are the lowest Bastards...............
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