Posted on 09/06/2005 9:05:14 AM PDT by defconw
You know where to find Rush.
BTW New Orleans had a corrupt Sewerage and Water Board.
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2001
WWW.USDOJ.GOV: WASTEWATER TREATMENT COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Aqua Alliance, a water treatment company, admitted its role in bribing New Orleans Water and Sewer Board member Katherine Maraldo in return for favorable business treatment, the Justice Department announced today.
Also
Payoffs involved in S&WB process, feds say. Executive accused of taking kickbacks, Sunday, May 15, 2005
A corporate partnership that considered bidding to manage New Orleans' water and sewer operations was secretly paying business executive Gilbert Jackson $1,500 a month because Jackson -- whose employer, the engineering firm Camp Dresser & McKee, was helping draw up the bid specifications -- told company representatives that doing so would help them win the contract, federal prosecutors contend.
1I love you, LORD; you are my strength.
2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.He is my shield, the strength of my salvation, and my stronghold.
3I will call on the LORD, who is worthy of praise,for he saves me from my enemies.
4The ropes of death surrounded me;the floods of destruction swept over me.
5The grave* wrapped its ropes around me;death itself stared me in the face.
6But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary;my cry reached his ears.
7Then the earth quaked and trembled;the foundations of the mountains shook;they quaked because of his anger.
8Smoke poured from his nostrils;fierce flames leaped from his mouth;glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9He opened the heavens and came down;dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
10Mounted on a mighty angel,* he flew,soaring on the wings of the wind.
11He shrouded himself in darkness,veiling his approach with dense rain clouds.
12The brilliance of his presence broke through the clouds,raining down hail and burning coals.
13The LORD thundered from heaven;the Most High gave a mighty shout.*
14He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies;his lightning flashed, and they were greatly confused.
15Then at your command, O LORD,at the blast of your breath, the bottom of the sea could be seen,and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.
16He reached down from heaven and rescued me;he drew me out of deep waters.
17He delivered me from my powerful enemies,from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
18They attacked me at a moment when I was weakest,but the LORD upheld me.
19He led me to a place of safety;he rescued me because he delights in me.
20The LORD rewarded me for doing right;he compensated me because of my innocence.
21For I have kept the ways of the LORD;I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
22For all his laws are constantly before me;I have never abandoned his principles.
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Jack Ass Sean Penn needed to be rescued.
I missed most of it too! I thought it was gonna be interesting, I'll post it, then- poof Rummy was gone! I hadn't had the tv on before that. sigh
Too bad Sean's little dingy went down, he was on a mission to get those people prophylactics.
I can't believe how easy it would have been to avoid it-- they should've pat down everybody and had metal detectors out front... It's so darn simple. Instead they allowed thugs armed to the teeth to terrorize captive families and international tourists.... fabulous!!!
DITTOES RUSH.
What type do you recommend they should have used ... battery operated or hand-cranked?
Before the storm.. or don't you get it...
If there hadn't been a week of media/democRat attacks on President Bush, sean penn wouldn't have gone anywhere near NO after the flood. Just like if gore had been President (shudder) in 02 and there was a spine in the administration that pushed war with iraq, penn wouldn't have gone to Iraq to meet with hussein, because it was a democrat in office. It's that simple. I'm more and more feeling that all this garbage the past week will serve to really hurt more southern and Mid-West democrats in Nov, '06, because so many people will be mad at them for using this horrible disaster for political gain, instead of helping all the people that needed it.
Gilligan has died, cancer.
Also one would think that a city the size of New Orleans could afford a few generators! For crying out loud, these bozos can't even get the small things right.
What? Who the actor that played Gilligan?
Exactly. It is really hard to imagine a bigger failure-- they didn't do anything right.
How much money have the Feds sunk into Louisiana over the years?
I can't help but think there will be a huge backlash over this. It's really getting to be in your face time now. I really despise those rats even more.
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