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John Kerry's Katrina Aid Arrives Late
NewsMax.com ^
| Sept. 12, 2005
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 09/12/2005 2:27:31 PM PDT by rightalien
Billionaire Democratic Sen. John Kerry has finally sent his own aid package to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans more than two weeks after the storm hit - and a week after most of the city had been successfully evacuated by the Bush administration.
Kerry traveled to New Orleans on Monday aboard a UPS Boeing 757 loaded with 5,000 bottles of baby formula, 5,000 pairs of sneakers and an array of cleaning supplies, the Associated Press said. "Everything that any of us can do is so welcome, and it provides just a little bit of help at an extraordinary time," the Massachusetts Democrat told the AP.
But rather than pay for the aid using his wife's ketchup fortune - which the Los Angeles Times estimated last year at over a billion dollars - Kerry's aid package was donated by Boston's Children's Hospital, the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans and the New Balance sneaker company.
UPS donated the plane, the flight crew and fuel, trucks and drivers to transport the goods to Logan International Airport and then to disperse them to Baton Rogue and Lafayette, La.
It's not clear what, if anything, Sen. Kerry paid for.
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To: rightalien
It's not clear what, if anything, Sen. Kerry paid for. He was planning on being affable, what more would anyone want.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:29:26 PM PDT
by
evolved_rage
(Zot away!!!!)
To: rightalien
Another photo oops from John Kerry?
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:29:50 PM PDT
by
weegee
(The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
To: rightalien
Just like he behaved on 9/11 - stunned silence 'til he was told how to react.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:31:40 PM PDT
by
mombonn
(¡Viva Bush/Cheney!)
To: rightalien
"Kerry traveled to New Orleans on Monday aboard a UPS Boeing 757 loaded with 5,000 bottles of Chateau Rothschild , 5,000 pairs of Birkenstocks and an array of poodle grooming accessories, the Associated Press said. "Everything that any of us can do with our Gold Cards is so welcome, and it provides just a little bit of help at an extraordinary time," the Massachusetts Democrat told the AP. "
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:32:03 PM PDT
by
keithtoo
(Howard Dean's Democratic Party: Traitors, Haters, and Vacillators)
To: rightalien
Just think, in two years he will have been stuck in the Superdome with all the "poor folks" and watched his shanty get flooded because of Bush's incompetence.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:32:06 PM PDT
by
fat city
("The nation that controls magnetism controls the world.")
To: rightalien
Billionaire Democratic Sen. John Kerry
Poor wording.
More appropriate: Democratic Sen. John Kerry, husband to billionairess Tarezzzzza Heinz (sometimes Kerry)...
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:32:10 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: rightalien
I've heard it said that Kerry throws nickels around like they were manhole covers.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:32:17 PM PDT
by
Jaxter
("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
To: rightalien
Baton Rogue and Lafayette, La. Baton Rogue, eh?
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:32:18 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: rightalien
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:32:37 PM PDT
by
Armigerous
( Non permitte illegitimi te carborundum- "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
To: rightalien
Typical Democrat -- giving away resources provided by other people.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:32:45 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
To: rightalien
Who the heck's left in NO to use this stuff?
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:32:48 PM PDT
by
Puddleglum
(Thank God the Boston blowhard lost)
To: rightalien
If you haven't heard, he was in Vietnam.
To: rightalien
It's not clear what, if anything, Sen. Kerry paid for."No man works as hard for his money than the one who marries it."
BWAHAHAHAHAAA!!!
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:33:29 PM PDT
by
quark
To: Puddleglum
The occasional crackhead.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:33:51 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
To: rightalien
John Kerry took two weeks to arrange his flight plan.
Imagine what would've happened if he'd been in charge of the relief, recover, and rescue...
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:34:06 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: evolved_rage
like Dick Gregory, Sen. Kerry is a genuine American hero, and his being there should just be enough for the evacuees formerly known as refugees ;)
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:35:40 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: Jaxter
Hey no stealing the words of a Great American about another Great American to describe a clueless fop.
To: rightalien
My hero!
It's stories like this that makes me think I voted for the wrong guy.......NOT!!!!
To: rightalien
Why he took the effort to get on the plabe, and
spend al the time flying there, and then,...
oh, Herculean of efforts...he lifted his arm,
and waved for the cameras!
And he didn't even get any frequent flyer miles
for it!...oh, the sacrifice... :o)
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