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becca1223
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 Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: MoveOn: Sheehan who?, we've got NO Evacuees |
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| Quote: | Katrina Evacuees and MoveOn members March on White House
Thu Sep 08 2005 10:17:28 ET
PRESS RELEASE:
*****Excellent Visuals - Signs reading*****
"Shame" and "Help Hurricane Victims"
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
ADVISORY FOR CONTACT: Trevor Fitzgibbon, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 Kawana Lloyd, Alex Howe,
Rally At White House Thursday at 1:00 pm
Katrina Evacuees to Tell President Bush His Administration Let Them Down
Request Meeting with President to Demand Accountability
Why Was Federal Funding Cut For Levee Maintenance?
Washington, DC -- Hurricane Katrina evacuees flew into the nation's capital to tell President Bush to stop blaming local officials for his mistakes and acknowledge that budget cuts and indifference by his administration led to the disaster in New Orleans and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
They intend to ask him why he diverted over 40% of federal funding between 2001-2005 away from New Orleans. Hundreds are expected to rally in front of the White House at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday.
"The President of the United States and his appointees let us down," said Christine Mayfield, a New Orleans public school teacher and mother of three who was dislocated and now is staying in North Carolina.
The evacuees are also seeking a meeting with Rep. Henry Waxman, the ranking Democrat on the Government Oversight Committee.
According to Rep. Waxman, "the budget of the Corps of Engineers for construction projects in New Orleans district was cut by over 40% between 2001 and 2005, apparently to free up funds for the war in Iraq and homeland security projects. In 2004, for the first time in 37 years, the Corps halted all work on the New Orleans levee system."
New Orleans native Michelle Augillard, one of the evacuees, was working toward her Masters degree at the University of New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit. Now, she is staying with a friend in Houston, trying to pick up the pieces of her life, along with her family. Both Michelle and Christine will appear at the rally.
"It is inhumane to have treated citizens of the United States like we were treated," she said. "
Members of MoveOn.org Political Action are scheduled to hand-deliver thousands of petition signatures to the White House after the rally. The petition says, "President Bush should stop blaming the victims of Hurricane Katrina and get to work helping them."
Who: Katrina Evacuees and MoveOn members
What: Protest outside the White House in support of Hurricane Victims
When: 1 PM EDT, Thursday, September 8th
Where: Pennsylvania Avenue NW. In front of the White House. (Metro: Red Line: Farragut North. Blue-Orange Line: Farragut West or McPherson Square)
*****Excellent Visuals - Signs reading****
"Shame" and "Help Hurricane Victims"
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I B Squidly
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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I'ld let this group gather in that secured area of Pennsylvania Ave. Wait for Waxman to show up, lock the gates and roll the trucks from the Soylent Corp. Then they could be processed into Soylent Pink, a general purpose animal food for the abandoned pets of New Orleans.
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blue9t3
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 And if the dogs won't eat it, they can bag the crap and sell it as human garden compost! 
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