Posted on 09/12/2005 12:34:24 PM PDT by Sam Hill
A member of Cindy Sheehan's legal team and Veterans For Peace fundraiser, Andrea Garland, claims the New Orleans levees were dynamited to protect "the rich part of town." And that the subsequent flooding was the result of officials using "too much dynamite":
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254.640.8441Also heard that part of the reason our house flooded is they dynamited part of the levee after the first section broke - they did this to prevent Uptown (the rich part of town) from being flooded. Apparently they used too much dynamite, thus flooding part of the Bywater. So now I know who is responsible for flooding my house - not Katrina, but our government.
This outrageous claim has been heavily promoted by the Howard Dean paid shill site, the Daily Kos, here and here and probably elsewhere on that un-navigable site.
This story has also been picked up by self-proclaimed "American hero," Dick Gregory, as reported in this recorded interview from the CNS with the unfunny man:
"It (Hurricane Katrina) didn't hit, it went down the Gulf," Gregory said. "And nobody is asking, if it missed, where's this damn water coming from? Who shut them pumps off and who's going to investigate those two barges with dynamite on them that hit that levee," he said in reference to the failure of the city's levees and water pumps, which were intended to protect the city from flooding.
Andrea Garland stands to gain financially from promulgating such a tale. Ms. Garland is working closely with the VFP and their point man, Ward Reilly, in their scam to raise funds on the back of Katrina victims. (Discussed here and here.)
Ward Reilly, left, of Baton Rouge, La., and Andrea Garland, right, of New Orleans, light candles at their camp site on the side of the road near the ranch of President Bush, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, in Crawford, Texas. The two are members of Cindy Sheehan's legal counsel and have been camping at the site with her. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Of course, Cindy Sheehan herself is also deeply involved in the VFP's boondoggle, which they call Camp Casey III. The VFP's fraudulent activity has also been vouchsafed for and heavily promoted by Michael Moore, as well as many leftwing organs, including the Howard Dean paid shills at the Daily Kos.
Authorities are investigating the VFP's Katrina relief claims. Apparently some actions have been taken to stop their fraudulent activities. As even Andrea herself almost reports.
are these kooks listening to Rush parodies as fact?!!!
Rush did a joke about this a few days back!
(the leftists would say roberts personally blew up the dykes!)
Bush's fault! (Just kidding, don't hurt me)
I welcome these stories. The crazier these people sound, the less attention they're going to get from normal people, regardless of what the media try to do.
This reminds me of the line from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" when they blow up a safe in one of their early robber period and they use to much dynamite and as money rains down, there is the lind, "Do you think we used a little too much dynamite, Butch?"
We have found the comic relief to the horror of Hurricane Katrina.
These people. They're insane.
Just what a simple grieving mother needs. Legal counsel.
"I welcome these stories. The crazier these people sound, the less attention they're going to get from normal people, regardless of what the media try to do."
Andrea and Wade and Cindy are using these stories and their bogus claims of helping Katrina victims and supporting the Red Cross to raise TENS OF THOUSANDS of dollars for their hate-America campaign.
This is all about putting money into their pockets.
Of course they were. The rich folk's always behind it.
Sounds like Cindy's smoking some wacky weed.
That would certainly prove they're all certifiably nuts.
This is another Dan Rather-type analysis: fake but accurate.
Des Moines, Phoenix, Omaha, Fort Wayne, Denver - you could be next!
As long as "protection" means "covered with water."
Anyone that understands the New Orleans geography and its levees has to smile at such a stupid accusation. The 9th Ward was one of the first areas to flood and this was before the 17th Street break. This area does include mostly lower income people. The 9th ward also flooded during Betsy. There was an accusation after Betsy that the 9th Ward was purposefully flooded to save N.O. That same accusation was levelled again this time based on suspicion and not facts. But that claim at least is possible.
The 17th street canal was a completely separate breakage that happened as we know after the hurricane. There was no reason to dynamite it once the hurricane danger passed plus there is no way to selectively dynamite that canal and just affect poor people. The claim reflects ignorance and stupidity.
Trying to remain relevant is such a chore.
I just heard via my tin-foil transceiver that prior to blowing up the levees, Bush sabotaged the air-conditioning units on the city buses, thus rendering the buses unfit to comfortably evacuate the residents and thus keep them in their homes so that he could drown them.
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