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  •  important story (4.00 / 11)

    Thanks.  This story needs to get out.  Don't they have better things to do with the limited federal resources than indict someone who was part of the solution?

    by zzmarkzz on Tue Feb 28, 2006 at 10:56:41 AM PDT

    •  Complain to Gov. Haley Barbour (4.00 / 4)

      This sorry excuse for a public servant should receive an avalanche of complaints.  Shame on him.

      You can't email Gov. Barbour via his website, though you CAN fill out a form to request his appearance (or his wife's) at a public event ("Do you need a copy of the Governor's biography?".)

      You can, however, phone and/or write snail mail:

      1-877-405-0733

      Governor Haley Barbour
      P.O. Box 139 Jackson, MS 39205
      Phone: 601.359.3150 Fax: 601.359.3741
       

      by superba on Tue Feb 28, 2006 at 12:59:51 PM PDT

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    •  It was all about control, not solutions (4.00 / 9)

      Every report about FEMA at the time indicates they ignored rescue and problem solving in favor of crowd control and resource control. They diverted or turned back other rescue efforts while holding back their own resources. They had lots of plans for control, but apparently few plans for using their own resources to achieve a result.
      You are right, this story needs to get out because it tells the whole story in a nutshell; anybody can understand it; and it carries the story of incompetence to its ridiculous extreme. The Katrina disaster must be kept in the public eye.

      Democrats: Members of the Democratic Party working to advance democracy; Republicons: Members of the Republicanist Party working to advance Republicanism

      by word is bond on Tue Feb 28, 2006 at 01:00:08 PM PDT

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    •  Petition now being circulated (4.00 / 5)

      Debbie Burt, assistant superintendent of the Forrest County School District, suggested launching a letter-writing campaign to U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton, who brought the charges against McGee. And many said they planned to converge at the courthouse whenever the sheriff's hearing is scheduled.

      source


      Perhaps this may be of interest to some of you:
      Dunn Lampton
      United States Attorney
      Southern District of Mississippi

      188 East Capitol Street
      One Jackson Place, Suite 500
      Jackson, Mississippi 39201

      Phone: 601-965-4480
      Fax: 601-965-4409
      email: dunn.lampton@usdoj.gov

      I'm dropping my letter off at the office personally tomorrow.

      Perhaps you'd like to fax, email or call? :)

      [-8.13,-8.15]

      by shlemazl on Tue Feb 28, 2006 at 01:01:07 PM PDT

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    •  There's a poll (none / 1)

      Register your opinion on the local TV poll.

      http://www.wdam.com/

      The age of journalism as the fourth estate has passed. We blog to survive.

      by enough on Tue Feb 28, 2006 at 04:39:47 PM PDT

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    •  Can We Get This FP'd... (none / 0)

      ...So it will get picked up by the RSS Feeds?

      THAT will get it noticed!

      No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. ~Edward R. Murrow

      by mlkisler on Tue Feb 28, 2006 at 09:59:57 PM PDT

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      •  What's an RSS feed? (none / 0)

        Only heard of it once before.  Accidentally stumbled across a diary of mine with that designation, but never saw it again, and don't know what it is.

        Since you seem to know something about it, would you be so kind as to explain something about what it is?

        John McCain voted against health care for kids.

        by Land of Enchantment on Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 07:45:28 AM PDT

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