http://www.votetoimpeach.org/

There are some very troubling developments regarding the collecting of
bodies in NOLA. The company hired to do the collection is Kenyon
International. Kenyon International is owned by SCI, a major Bush
contributor. SCI was involved in a scandal called “Funeralgate” wherein
thousands of
bodies were improperly and fraudulently disposed of in mass graves of in
violation of numerous State and Federal laws on numreous occasions. Rather
than prosecute the company, the then Governor George W Bush and and his
campaign manager and future FEMA director Joe Allbaugh seemingly helped the
company engage in a coverup. Both Bush and Allbaugh were named as defendants
in a lawsuit regarding the issue.

The fact FEMA and the Bush Administration seem to be intent on blocking
media coverage of the collection of bodies, and unsubstantiated rumours of
“mishandling” of bodies in NOLA already circulating should lead to great
concern among the public. Is the Government planning to cover up the number
of dead in NOLA as they covered up the Abu Ghraib scandal?

One thing is certain: reporters for the Dallas times caught Police and
National Guardsmen red handed in this video
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/photography/2005/katrina_video/straydogs.html
telling the media they were rounding up dogs to be collected by the ASPCA
and other animal groups, when in fact they were caught “exterminating” them
on camera. If the government will lie about that, what else will they lie
about?

The American people deserve to know the truth. The collection of American
bodies should not be farmed out to a Bush political crony, one which he
seemingly helped cover up the “mishandling” of bodies…a felony. SCI’s
criminal practice of “mishandling” bodies should preclude it from engaging
in or profiting from the recovery of American bodies anywhere, but
particularly in NOLA…the outcome of the investigation is too important to
leave to a company with such a tainted past, particulary one that is so
incestuously connected to George W Bush, and particularly when the Bush
administration has so much to lose from an accurate body count.

The US media must be allowed to report on a crucial element of one of the
gravest governmental crises in American history. Congress should demand that
Kenyon International be FIRED immediately from any and all recovery efforts
in NOLA, and send an independent oversight group to be present in NOLA and
the surrounding area during the body recovery to insure the American people
are not being duped. These are not hanging chads, these are American
citizens.The present leadership within FEMA and the Bush administrationhave
proven themselves unworthy of American trust.

Following is a list of links detailing some very disturbing allegations of
criminal activity directly involving GW Bush, Joe Allbaugh, and the company
entrusted by the American people to recover the dead abandoned by the Bush
administration after hurricane Katrina…are you listening America?

Please dont just read this info, do something about it!

Contact Congress and the National Media to launch a formal inquiry, help
disseminate this info on the blogs. Its time to bring back accountbility to
our government.

Permission to use this post for any reason is granted Universally without
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http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/10-26-03/discussion.cgi.163.html

http://www.kenyoninternational.com/kenyoninternatio.html

http://maverick.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/8/1269/39920

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/09/08/bush_cohorts_profiteering_at_all_levels.php

http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2005/09/what_is_it_agai.html

http://www.hereinreality.com/funeralgate.htm

http://www.americanpolitics.com/20020304Baker.html

http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/10-26-03/discussion.cgi.163.html

The purpose served is much more than simple sensationalism.

The deceased in NO are props, useful corpses for inflaming ill will against George Bush. They were happy to use Casey Sheehan as such a useful corpse, but for them, this is much much better.

I don’t think they should publish photos of the dead… How would you feel if you find out via a photo that someone you love is dead? Additionally, what purpose do the photos serve? Sensationalism. That’s it, plain and simple. It doesn’t help anyone. It can only hurt. You guys all want to cry foul, and proclaim that your free speech is being stepped on. Well, let it be stepped on. These people need help, and taking photos of dead bodies does no such thing.

Unfortunately, black lives aren’t as important as black votes to the Dems and never have been. Doubt me? Who gets sold out when it comes to giving blacks a choice and a chance at better education, impoverished blacks or the teacher unions? Who gets sold out when it comes to flood protection, impoverished blacks or the environmentalists? Who gets sold out when it comes to illegal aliens that undercut the labor market, impoverished blacks, or the immigrant lobby? Well, that’s easy… who has more money, impoverished blacks or the special interests? All that’s left for the poor blacks are scraps of public assistance.

While so much of the south has prospered, NO has lagged behind in every aspect… jobs, education, crime… and the folks who feel that most are impoverished blacks in NO. Now who is to blame for that? Bush or the corrupt Dem politicians that have had a chokehold over Louisiana politics for the past half century?

The local response in this disaster is just what you’d expect. Garbage in, garbage out. Failure to follow their own plan, failure to evacuate, failure to learn the lessons of Georges and Ivan, failure to staff a large enough police force, failure to harden communications equipment (backup power?), failure to act quickly, failure to let relief organizations operate. Failure followed by finger pointing. What did everyone expect? Really, what did everyone expect would happen?

But at the same time, lets not forget something crucial. We don’t know how many died and more importantly, WHEN they died. I suspect (and pray) that when the last chapter is written in this disaster — after St. Bernard and E. NO are finally drained — we will find that the vast majority of deaths were from people who perished during the storm. And although the City might have been able to do better at evacuating people, they surely wouldn’t have gotten everyone.

Why do I suspect this?

Because people just don’t die of thirst and starvation in 48 or 72 hours, and all but the very weak can easily last 96 or more. Does anyone remember how long Teri Schiavo lingered? Nine… ten… eleven days?

No, when the bodies are found, I believe that the vast majority will have died during the storm. This is tragic, and some of it may have been prevented, but the storm itself will be the sole producing cause of most. And I believe that Ray Nagin will be ashamed to look at himself in the mirror for the rest of his life when he realizes that he might have been able to save even five, ten or dozens of those folks had he gotten them out of the way of the storm. But he didn’t even try.

“In 1995, the Washington Monthly wrote about FEMA’s miraculous turnaround after its abysmal performance dealing with Hurricane Andrew. In that story was this tidbit from Jeffrey Itell, who conducted a massive study of FEMA’s operations, which uncovered that FEMA had extensive powers according to the Stafford Act that, to everyone’s detriment, it was not exercising:

We found that without state requests, FEMA could assess the catastrophic area, assess what assistance the state needed, start mobilizing that relief, present its recommendations to the governor, and, if necessary … get in the governor’s face to force the issue of accepting federal help.

This should all still apply — unless the Department of Homeland Security nullified these common-sense FEMA powers when it subsumed the agency a couple years ago. (If it did, DHS has a lot of explaining to do.) ”

See: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/thedebate/2005/09/facts_and_rumor.html

Here is something I found within two minutes of my post. It is from Powerlineblog
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The city of New Orleans followed “virtually no aspect of its own emergency management plan” during the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina, reports the Washington Times. New Orleans also ignored various federal guidelines, including the one stating that the Superdome was not a safe shelter and the one stating that school buses be used to evacuate residents. So the biggest mistake the federal government made here was probably that it forgot to tell the mayor and the governor to follow the plan. It reminds me of former Redskin coach Norv Turner’s comment after quarterback Gus Frerotte injured himself by head-butting a wall following a touchdown — “I forgot to coach him not to do that.”

The article also confirms that FEMA was in New Orleans as the storm approached working with the Louisiana National Guard, which delivered seven trailers of food and water to the Superdome on August 29 (Monday) and another seven trailers the following day.

“You really don’t know what you say.

Hell, I admit neither do I.

I am motivated by the destruction of my city.

What are you motivate by?”

First, let me say this. I chose to use your post because it was the last one before mine when I started typing. Just the luck of the draw.
Second, you’re right. You don’t know what you say. I DO know what I say. I spend a lot of time looking for facts on the internet, because the MSM is not worth the powder to blow it up. If you bother to do your own research, you will find that the MSM (for the most part) is an arm of the Democratic party. Have you ever heard the phrase “lying by omission”?
This is the largest disaster in our history. I see the left screaming about how FEMA and Bush are to blame and that they are incompetent, blah, blah, blah… GEORGE BUSH DID NOT DESTROY YOUR CITY – A HURRICANE DID. MAYOR NAGIN AND GOVERNOR BLANCO WERE ALMOST CRIMINALLY UNPREPARED. THIS IS NOT DISPUTABLE BY ANY SANE PERSON.
What I DON’T see is one single FACT to back up these charges that the lefties have leveled. I have been all over the blogs, and can’t find one single person who will give me a reply to the question – “Just what exactly did FEMA do wrong?” I’ve asked you, and you haven’t given me a reply, either. I don’t care where you grew up, or how much you love N.O., or even how beautiful it is. That’s not what I asked. I want to hear some FACTS, not left wing propaganda or, “I CARE more than you do.”
The left, as usual, is playing to ignorance. They are even climbing on the backs of the dead in your beloved city for fund raising. This whole thing is a big pile of BS, and the people pushing it are counting on the ignorance of you and others like you. If you really have a masters in statistics, you should be smart enough to ask the same questions I do, and demand FACTS, not bulls**t. And without FACTS, it IS BS.
What is my motivation? I am pissed off that such a pile of dung could be whipped up with no FACTS to support it, and that so many people are absolutely clueless as to what is involved in a disaster of this magnitude. This is NOT comparable to a dog peeing on your living room rug. There is no power on earth that could make everything right overnight for the millions upon millions of people who’s lives have been totally destroyed by Katrina. The fact that sleazy little worms like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are trying to make political hay out of this JUST REALLY PISSES ME OFF! You can hate Bush all you want, but how about a fact or two to convince me that FEMA or Bush did anything wrong? Why don’t YOU ask this same question, and see if you get an answer? Besides some general blather about Bush being incompetent or a stupid chimp, you won’t get one. Insist on some FACTS, and you might find out all by yourself why I am so upset..

The military that was needed to accompany FEMA, (most cities do not NEED the military to accompany the FEMA rescuers) that at first was not allowed in to do so.

The largest military evacuation the world has ever seen moved with the precision and efficiency that is only seen within the military. With men like Lt. General Russel Honore, 1st Army Commander and Army Brigadier General Mark Graham in charge, law and order was quickly restored, and an endless line of helicopters and boats began removing the stranded people.

How did Bush FINALLY get the Governor’s permission to allow the military to do it’s job. That is the question. Or didn’t he.

At that time, there was enough food to last a couple of days. There was electricity. AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SUPERDOME SURVIVED THE HURRICAN. It also survived the flood, except it was surrounded by water. THAT’S NOT WHAT KILLED PEOPLE. After the electricity went off, the backup generators kicked in, giving at least a dim light. The food and water ran out on Wed, the same day the toilets gave out.

Bush declared a state of emergency on Sat, FEMA required 72 to 96 hours to be in high gear. If FEMA hadn’t been so incompetent, that means that FEMA should have been operative at the Superdome and Convention Center no later than Wednesday, when the supplies that were laid in had run out. Had FEMA been there when they were supposed to, when they had promised they would, the ensuing chaos wouldn’t have happened. THAT’S WHEN THE UNNECESSARY DEATHS OCCURRED, when FEMA didn’t arrive when they were supposed to. The first airdrops of food and water didn’t start arriving until late Friday, and there was only a little bit dropped. The larger quantities of supplies didn’t arrive until Gen Honore (bless his heart, the man is amazing) arrived on Saturday.

Why don’t you check Florida’s emergency evacuation plan. It says “Get your self out”, just like NO’s. It says, “if you can’t get out, go to a shelter”, just like NO’s plan. That NO had food and water for even a couple of days was out of the norm. Some FL plans say if you have special needs, transportation TO A SHELTER will be provided IF you pre-register and are pre-qualitied, and so does NO’s. Every plan I saw said bring your food as you will not be fed at the shelter. That NO had food and water for even a couple of days was out of the norm. Some plans say if you’re special needs, you better darn well make sure you have your own plan on how to get to a shelter.

You’re being dishonest when you keep insisting it was the NO Mayor’s responsibility to evacuate everyone to points outside of the city when you know damned well that it’s not in the city’s evacuation plan, and besides, it’s a logistical impossibility. I’ve been in the international logistics business for 26 years, and I know what’s involved in getting things from point A to point B.

Think about this, if you can. Once the buses rolled in to NO and they started evacuating the Superdome and the Convention Center. it took several days to move all those people out, about 35000 people in all. Now just imagine having to pick people up from many many points throughout the city, 100,000 of them. Even if they had started on Saturday, they wouldn’t have made a dent in getting people out of NO before the outer bands of the hurricane hit. AND, the buses would have unnecessarily added to the severe traffic congestion they were already experiencing. As I said, it’s a logistical impossibility, and that’s why it’s not in the emergency plan to do it. IT CAN’T BE DONE.

You’re trying so hard to pin this FEMA disaster on Nagin, and it’s starting to look ridiculous. MS had the same slow, sorry response from FEMA, and Nagin didn’t have anything to do with that. But we did see how well FEMA could respond last year in FL, but then, they were motivated to do so.

At least I know you can take a good statistics joke.

Heh.

FEMA help was requested before the hurricane hit….

Talking with you is very scary. You can’t seem to comprehend the simplest concept.

One last time…the power would be deferred to the military.

FEMA IS NOT in any way [military] or the MARITAL LAW SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEFERRING TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Correlations need something called observations to be calculated, which means something called error will be applied.

Don’t have data on the population of Wisconsin.

However, I can tell you a lot about the major cause of spinal cord injury in children, or about cardiovascular disease in infatnts…..sorry. …

I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed learning that you are a statistics major. NOW WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS.

Assuming that I have 8 cops on video looting various Wal Marts, stealing shoes and helping others to loot (say, hundreds), and assuming I don’t have cameras all over New Orleans, but only at the Wal Marts, and assuming I have 27 new adherents to the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, please correlate the ratio of both:

a) the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod effectiveness over 10 years in ensuring that new members are not also looting policemen (thus, giving us some insight into their “religious teachings” so that we may “judge the validity of their claims”)

or

b) the effectiveness of the Police chief of New Orleans to hire honest cops.

Extra Points: Explain why New Orleans, given the explosive growth in the last 10 years of the population of Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod members, has so many murders per capita, almost exclusively among the black population, with blacks overhhelmingly being both the victims and the perpetrators.

Is it because there are so few blacks in Wisconsin?

You really don’t know what you say.

Hell, I admit neither do I.

I am motivated by the destruction of my city.

What are you motivate by?

Asking Jennifer to quit making her points stifles the debate.

We don’t want that.

We want to ask questions, probe who had responsibility to do what in this crisis, and to make sure that the debacle that is New Orleans today never happens again.

So, let Jennifer ask her questions. Let her make her points. There is absolutely no reason to bash her.

We should encourage this debate. Not stifle it.

Only good can come from it.

A correlation between the number of cops looting WalMart (overstated, according to my cousin) and the members of a church? What would you measure to test that??? How many times you read the Bible? Is that a count or just a yes/no question? Are the answers multinormial,?

Quit while you are ahead. You are only making my point for me. On second thought, don’t quit. Keep showing that you have absolutely no idea what the facts are. The most amusing part is your charge of FEMA screwing everything up. How about an example? Do you even know what FEMA stands for, or what it is they do? Or are you just going by what people who are as ignorant as you have said? As much as we all wish it, neither the government nor George Bush possesses a magic wand. no matter what you were taught in school. I mean, where does one start trying to explain anything to one as clueless as you? You do, however, get a gold star for CARING, and that’s all that really counts in this world, right?. Don’t feel bad, though. You have a lot of company. As a final thought, I also find it amusing to see that you presume to know ANYTHING about me, much less how I have personally responded to this catastrophe. I guess that way you can dismiss what I say because I just don’t CARE as much as you do. Thank you for making my post look like a prophecy.

As a person of faith, I would encourage you to read the Bible.

There is much in it that would benefit you.

Now you have me wondering about the statistical correlation of New Orleans cops looting Wal Marts following the greatest natural disaster the United States has ever known, to the rise in the number of adherents of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

Makes me wonder whether those Winsconsin Lutherans are really committed to change in New Orleans or not.

I’m just sayin’.

As for prayer? I am no longer Catholic but I am very spiritual. I pray for those stranded and I pray for stength and leadership.

I am mad because you are dtracting from that./

The graphic you linked to suggests that the vast majority of residents of Orleans Parish claimed no religious affiliation in the year 2000.

I was however, amazed at the explosive growth of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod – up 29%!

Not casting aspersions or anything, but, WHOWOULDATHUNKIT? You know, this being Louisiana and all – and NOT WISCONSIN!

While you may be sick of hearing from me, I am nor avoiding the discussion…just fyi

And please be careful with the term “natives.”

In South Louisiana, that word has a connotation that you might want to avoid in Atlanta.