Archive for the 'FEMA' Category

What Storm?

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

 Paul Begala may be right. These guys would rather climb a tree to lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth.
Bush’s levee budget upsets Vitter
He says it undermines pledge of protection
Friday, February 02, 2007
By Bill Walsh
Washington bureau
WASHINGTON — President Bush is expected to shift $1.3 billion away from raising and armoring levees, installing […]

Could any of these trailers still be at the airport if the president really cared about the people?

Friday, July 28th, 2006

“SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Thursday, July 27, 2006 · Last updated 4:48 p.m. PT
Congressman, ex-FEMA chief Brown squabble
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

In this Feb. 24, 2006, file photo, some of more than 10,000 mobile homes are shown at the Hope, Ark., airport. Sen. Mark Pryor and Rep. Mike Ross, both D-Ark., said Thursday, July 27, 2006, that […]

The entire article below comes from a D.C. pal who saw it in FAIR–Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. He was right to say it was one of the scariest things he’s read about W’s regime.

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

‘Action Alert
FEMA a Disaster for Freedom of the Press
Katrina victims “not allowed” to talk to media, reporter told
7/21/06
The Federal Emergency Management Agency prohibits journalists from having unsupervised interviews with Hurricane Katrina victims who have been relocated to FEMA trailer parks, according to a report in the Baton Rouge Advocate (7/15/06).
“If a resident invites the media […]