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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: Izzy Dunne
Rogue
Come on you know what he meant. red rascal. it's the new name of Baton Rouge since the evacuaee's moved in.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:37:59 PM PDT
by
rineaux
(hardcore)
To: rightalien
Real gangstas don't eat quiche.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:39:17 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: TomGuy
More appropriate: Democratic Sen. John Kerry, husband to billionairess Tarezzzzza Heinz (sometimes Kerry)...How about a little fine-tuning:
More appropriate: blew-his-trust-fund-long-ago Democratic Sen. John Kerry, husband to billionairess Tarezzzzza Heinz (sometimes Kerry)...
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:39:21 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: rightalien
It just struck me! You know how sometimes you wonder about something for a long time and then - BAM!! - you figure it out?
OK, I've never understood John Kerry and Teresa Heinz being together. I mean really, why would Kerry want to be with Heinz and why would Heinz want to be with Kerry? Can you imagine looking down at that crazy broad when she's nekkid or her looking up at a drooling Lurch panting away? (sorry for the mental pictures)
This thread explains it! John Kerry never uses his own money or anything else he has. He scabs off others. I now understand! Whenever John Kerry screws Teresa Heinz he uses someone else's penis.
Like Ross Perot used to say, "it's soo simple"...
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:41:08 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime what do freedom fighters fight?)
To: rightalien
Sadly John was detained in Cambodia while he single handedly buried millions killed by Pol Pot.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:41:15 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: rightalien
When he found out he was late, he diverted to Galveston, Texas. Kerry was quoted as saying, "The victims of the 1900 storm need all the help I can give them."
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:42:25 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Warning.... Contents under pressure....If you don't like what I say, don't read it !)
To: weegee
27
posted on
09/12/2005 2:42:26 PM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
To: rightalien
When does the caviar and cigars arrive?
No wait....that was diverted to him.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:42:33 PM PDT
by
Colonial Warrior
("Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive.")
To: rightalien
kerry paid for nothing and took credit for everything ... just your typical communist mentality
To: peyton randolph
Did he loan Sean Penn the leaky dingy?
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:44:39 PM PDT
by
weegee
(The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
He was withholding any aid to New Orleans while the insurgent citizens there raided the city in a manner similar to Genghis Khan.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:46:03 PM PDT
by
weegee
(The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
To: weegee
32
posted on
09/12/2005 2:46:57 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Warning.... Contents under pressure....If you don't like what I say, don't read it !)
To: rightalien
That's been already been done, rushing in personal items for those in need at one's
own expense (and donations), courtesy of Master P, aka Percy Miller, and his
teamrescueone. Instead of whining and blaming, this NOLA native put his money where his mouth is and there are surely others reaching out to help, too, just like him without the photo op that Kerry generated for himself.
Not an original bone in his lanky body. What a poser. Wait till it's 'safer' then rush down like the cavalry at the 11th hour with 'aid' Mr. Ketchup Millions didn't even buy.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:47:08 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
To: hiramknight
Better not see Boondocks today.
Blames Bush for the dead and then asks why was it that people hated Kerry again? Waterskiing.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:47:33 PM PDT
by
weegee
(The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
John Kerry == Doofus Can't.
Decades in congress with no sponsorship of any significant legislation. In retrospect, that's a good thing I suppose.
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:48:52 PM PDT
by
weegee
(The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
To: rightalien
"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."
In other words, he "hitchhiked" a ride for a tour and photo-op, eh?"
To: weegee
well he did contribute to raising taxes in Massachusetts
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posted on
09/12/2005 2:52:16 PM PDT
by
vigilante2
(I'm part of the right wing conspiracy)
To: weegee
the leaky dingy? How did Bill Clinton's medical records become part of this thread? :-)
38
posted on
09/12/2005 2:52:25 PM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
To: weegee
39
posted on
09/12/2005 2:57:58 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Warning.... Contents under pressure....If you don't like what I say, don't read it !)
To: rightalien
What? Tarezzzzza couldn't spare a few bottles of Ketchup?
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posted on
09/12/2005 3:01:01 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
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