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Cindy Sheehan Aide Claims Levees Dynamited To Protect Rich
Sweetness & Light ^ | September 12, 2005 | N/A

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":

Andrea Garland
Get Your Act On! (getyouracton.com)
254.640.8441

Also 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 r

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.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: campfruitbag; cindysheehan; conspiracytheory; katrina; leveeplot; moonbats; morethorazineplease
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Some important information:

Thanks to everyone for your generous donations of money and supplies. We wish we had the time to thank each and every one of you individually, but please know that we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts, as do the people of New Orleans. Our government has failed us - or worse - but the people are stepping up. Please keep spreading the word and encouraging others to send donations - our relief efforts will be going on for weeks, if not months, and we will keep getting supplies and getting them to the places needed the most.

You can always donate online via Paypal at http://www.getyouracton.com.

Some people have asked for a physical address to send money to, so here are two places you can do this. Our good friend Ward Reilly, who will act as our Baton Rouge liason and staging ground, can cash checks for us (we will not have access to bank machines in New Orleans to cash checks!). The best and easiest thing to do is send a check or money order made out to Ward Reilly and note on the check that it is for Get Your Act On.

Please send to:

Ward Reilly
645 Kimbo Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Checks and money orders can also be sent to my sister in Philadelphia - they can cash checks for us and paypal us the money. So you can also send donations to:

Rachel Garland
824 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

http://tinyurl.com/drgpl

Again, Ward Reilly is the guy who lied for years, claiming he was a Vietnam Combat Veteran.

They will milk the Katrina cow as long as they can.


61 posted on 09/12/2005 1:06:57 PM PDT by Sam Hill
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To: Quilla

But I'm guessing for the obvious reason. The higher the elevation in NO, the more valuable the property. Kind of a chicken or egg argument.


62 posted on 09/12/2005 1:07:55 PM PDT by kinghorse
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To: Sam Hill

The first thing that glared at me was that Sheehan now has an AIDE.


63 posted on 09/12/2005 1:09:17 PM PDT by GretchenM (Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
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To: Sam Hill

Apparently, it worked because in today's USA Today, there's an article that the 26 estates of the wealthiest New Orleanians are virtually unscathed by wind or water damage. Of course, it could also be that the old white men who built these lovely homes in the nineteeth century, knew that one did not build below sea level.
Incidentally, the people in the "Uptown" (really!) section of NO evacuated to tough places such as Aspen, but they helicoptered a Houston-based private security company in to protect their property and there was NO looting. Now that's the way to handle a hurricane.


64 posted on 09/12/2005 1:09:58 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Bar-Face
Not me! It reminds me of the scene in Airplane ll, when they were talking about blowing the computer "Hal".

This reminds me of a story about a penguin that was driving down the road and his car broke down and he took it to the shop, and the mechanic said it would take a little while to check out, so the penguin goes for a walk and decides to get an ice cream cone, and he comes waddling back into the garage, and the mechanic says, "you blew a seal", and the penguin wipes his lip and says "naw, I was just eating some ice cream."

65 posted on 09/12/2005 1:11:20 PM PDT by johnb838 (Pray for Mississippi, Alabama, and for the repose of the soul of New Orleans.)
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To: syriacus
OJ?

Ungh... Yes please, thank you.

66 posted on 09/12/2005 1:12:10 PM PDT by johnb838 (Pray for Mississippi, Alabama, and for the repose of the soul of New Orleans.)
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To: kinghorse

Thanks kinghorse.


67 posted on 09/12/2005 1:12:18 PM PDT by Quilla
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To: Sam Hill

LOL! These people are REALLY insane!!


68 posted on 09/12/2005 1:12:49 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (PRAY FOR THE HURRICANE VICTIMS AND RESCUE WORKERS!)
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To: Sam Hill
This rumor was going around the flooded areas last week.
69 posted on 09/12/2005 1:12:49 PM PDT by jordan8
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To: kittymyrib

They COULD consider raising the parts of the city that they're going to rebuild. Do you think that would be too expensive? It wasn't too expensive to allow it to sink.


70 posted on 09/12/2005 1:14:37 PM PDT by johnb838 (Pray for Mississippi, Alabama, and for the repose of the soul of New Orleans.)
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To: Sam Hill
OK< Here's my BS theory, The Dims blew up the levees and then wouldn't let help into NO until the evidence was covered in water, just to smear the Pres. See, I can do it too!
71 posted on 09/12/2005 1:15:18 PM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: Sam Hill
I am never surprised with any whacked out claims the moonbats come out with....but, I am momentarily speechless at this moment because I am ROFLMAO!!!!
72 posted on 09/12/2005 1:16:31 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 ( Heaven on Earth is where the nearest Starbucks is 60 miles away.)
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To: Sam Hill

Big mistake!Who is she blaming?When the levees broke the federal government had not even arrived yet!I think she thought she would be able to blame Bush but "no cigar"!


73 posted on 09/12/2005 1:20:23 PM PDT by INSENSITIVE GUY
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To: TexasCajun
"Halliburton Hurricane Generator"

Don't you mean HRHG? Haliburton Racist Hurricane Generator.

74 posted on 09/12/2005 1:22:00 PM PDT by RoseyT
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To: RebelBanker

Har!


75 posted on 09/12/2005 1:24:42 PM PDT by Rebelbase ("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
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To: syriacus

UDT Porpoises, no doubt


76 posted on 09/12/2005 1:31:59 PM PDT by Eastbound
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To: DogBarkTree

You're a bad man! You're a VERY bad man !!!


77 posted on 09/12/2005 1:32:18 PM PDT by Armigerous ( Non permitte illegitimi te carborundum- "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
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To: Sam Hill

Cindy Sheehan and her ilk are barf bags looking for a place to happen!


78 posted on 09/12/2005 1:32:32 PM PDT by Fruit of the Spirit
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To: crazyhorse691

I love these mootbat theories. I think the more they get out, the more rational democrats (a few really do exist) see that the far left is nuts.

One of my liberal co-workers who last week was completely convinced that the problems in New Orleans were totally the fault of the Bush Administration (she even told me what a do-nothing our president is)has now done a 180. Today she informed me that all of the problems were caused by an idiotic mayor and a totally incompetent governor and that the feds were not responsible. So, at least she has been paying attention. Leftoid stories like this will turn off her and other "thinking" libs.


79 posted on 09/12/2005 1:33:10 PM PDT by TX Conservative
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To: RoseyT
Don't you mean HRHG? Haliburton Racist Hurricane Generator

You forgot to include "Dick Chaney's former company". That is a mandstory MSN directive.

80 posted on 09/12/2005 1:33:28 PM PDT by River_Wrangler (You can't be lost if you don't care where you're at !)
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