Posted on 09/08/2005 7:31:48 AM PDT by blogblogginaway
Katrina Evacuees and MoveOn members March on White House Thu Sep 08 2005 10:17:28 ET
PRESS RELEASE:
*****Excellent Visuals - Signs reading***** "Shame" and "Help Hurricane Victims" MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
ADVISORY FOR CONTACT: Trevor Fitzgibbon, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 Kawana Lloyd, Alex Howe,
Rally At White House Thursday at 1:00 pm
Katrina Evacuees to Tell President Bush His Administration Let Them Down
Request Meeting with President to Demand Accountability
Why Was Federal Funding Cut For Levee Maintenance?
Washington, DC -- Hurricane Katrina evacuees flew into the nation's capital to tell President Bush to stop blaming local officials for his mistakes and acknowledge that budget cuts and indifference by his administration led to the disaster in New Orleans and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
They intend to ask him why he diverted over 40% of federal funding between 2001-2005 away from New Orleans. Hundreds are expected to rally in front of the White House at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday.
"The President of the United States and his appointees let us down," said Christine Mayfield, a New Orleans public school teacher and mother of three who was dislocated and now is staying in North Carolina.
The evacuees are also seeking a meeting with Rep. Henry Waxman, the ranking Democrat on the Government Oversight Committee.
According to Rep. Waxman, "the budget of the Corps of Engineers for construction projects in New Orleans district was cut by over 40% between 2001 and 2005, apparently to free up funds for the war in Iraq and homeland security projects. In 2004, for the first time in 37 years, the Corps halted all work on the New Orleans levee system."
New Orleans native Michelle Augillard, one of the evacuees, was working toward her Masters degree at the University of New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit. Now, she is staying with a friend in Houston, trying to pick up the pieces of her life, along with her family. Both Michelle and Christine will appear at the rally.
"It is inhumane to have treated citizens of the United States like we were treated," she said. "
Members of MoveOn.org Political Action are scheduled to hand-deliver thousands of petition signatures to the White House after the rally. The petition says, "President Bush should stop blaming the victims of Hurricane Katrina and get to work helping them."
Who: Katrina Evacuees and MoveOn members
What: Protest outside the White House in support of Hurricane Victims
When: 1 PM EDT, Thursday, September 8th
Where: Pennsylvania Avenue NW. In front of the White House. (Metro: Red Line: Farragut North. Blue-Orange Line: Farragut West or McPherson Square)
*****Excellent Visuals - Signs reading****
"Shame" and "Help Hurricane Victims"
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psssst, hey moron.org, the truth is out. We all know it wasn't Bush's fault. You are, as usual, standing on quicksand and only preaching to your own choir.
Instead of helping the people, this is what move on does?
Go to Washington instead volunteering to help the victims of the hurricane.....makes sense to me.
sarcasm/off
What will they play through the PA for this rally - "When the Levee Breaks"?
Barf alert!
They seek permission to set up temporary housing facilities in his nostrils.
I fail to see how rallying in Washington, hundred of miles away, is going to help her put her life together. I would have thought she would have a lot more to do these days. I notice that she's getting her MA degree. Further evidence that higher education is not the place for clear and moral thought.
When the rest of tax-paying citizens see that everyone from Hurricane Katrina is getting $2K spending cards and see this woman flying to DC to damage the president, they are going to begin to question the expanded role of government to these people--and why they're having to pay for it. Not bright, lady.
You know, if these a$$clowns expended as much energy on saving lives and rebuilding as on bitching, they could be in New Orleans celebrating this very day. But NOOOOOOOO.....it's so much easier to whine.....
it seems the naacp and move are doing more thing together.
http://www.naacp.org/news/2005/2005-09-03.html
Shouldn't the evacuees be trying to find jobs? housing? their children? that little old lady in the wheel chair? cleaning up?
Just another congregation at the big (whitey) house. Wonder what color these guys will be, asian? phillipino? Hey! I'm Just Sayin'....!
More of John Faux Kerry's "veterans" are coming out? Maybe they will toss medals over the fence. I seriously doubt any survivors are in D.C. with LoseOn.org crowd.
Oh geez. I just want to cry. Tears of joy streaming down my face because this is just a gift.
Who is behind all this, i.e., who is paying for these airline tickets? Just follow the money and we will all know who is instigating this.
Anyone have the figure on how much of Soros' money, moveon has donated to the Red Cross or any other charities?
Says it all right there. So, the evacuees themselves flew into DC? What a bunch of bunk. Someone flew them there...someone with a purely political motivation. End of story.
Heads up on D.C. protest.
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