smirk hires the "funeralgate criminals" to process our dead

[donsu]

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_09_04.php#006496


Another question I'm hoping someone can provide more information on.

To assist with the recovery and disposition of the victims of Katrina, FEMA has hired Kenyon Worldwide Disaster Management,

a Houston-based company which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Service Corporation International (SCI), another Houston-based corporation, which bills itself as the "dominant leader in the North American death care industry."

SCI is not only closely associated with the president (which is not surprising since the company is based in Houston), they were also at the center of what is probably the best-known scandal during Bush's six years as governor of Texas: the so-called 'funeralgate' case.

What's more, Joe Allbaugh -- President Bush's Chief of Staff in Texas and later his first FEMA Director -- was the central figure in that scandal, or at least the guy whose job it was to take care of the mess SCI had gotten into.

The last we heard, you'll remember, now-lobbyist Allbaugh was in Lousiana "helping coordinate the private-sector response to the storm."
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criminals are tight, they cover each other's back with money

maybe americans CAN'T get angry because they are on mood pills

[Frustratedlady]

1. So, How Will That Affect the Count?

1) Will it go up to increase SCI's income?

2) Will it remain low to take the sting out of GW's poor performance? A "bonus" could always be given to make up the difference!

Will we EVER know the real total?

[leftchick]

8. guarenteed to fuck up th real numbers

gotta keep them down when they are US citizens ya know and not terrists.

[deek]

2. kick

.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. "death care industry": three words that should never be combined!

... not even in pairs! No "death care", "death industry", "care industry", or "death care industry".

"death care industry": three words that should never be combined!

[donsu]

4. agree - it's obscene

nt

[woodsprite]

5. One for you, one for me, two for you, one for me, three for you, one...n/t

[spinbaby]

6. So what happened in Funeralgate?

I've heard of it in sort of vague way...

[Imagevision]

7. Bush chose heads for 9-11 inquiry + 28 pages kept from public's eyes

The same will happen if Bush is involved in delegating who heads up Katrina investigation...this crap is getting so freegin old by now.

[bribri16]

9. Are they connected to the DeLay funeralgate scandal? n/t