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FEMA credit cards got heavy workout in Katrina's wake
Yahoo... USA TODAY ^
| Nov 3,
| Jim Drinkard,
Posted on 11/03/2005 10:15:07 AM PST by george76
credit-card shopping spree
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dumbexcerpt; katrina; manoffewwords
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:15:08 AM PST
by
george76
To: george76
On the Saturday after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, a federal employee swooped into a Guitar Center store in Atlanta and snapped up audio mixers, wireless microphones, speakers and amplifiers, and paid the $17,039.10 bill with a government credit card.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:27:05 AM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: george76
Awww, come on. It's not like it was THEIR money.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:29:58 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: Owl_Eagle
Big deal. Federal employees spending other people's money.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
[/sarc]
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:31:37 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(...until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.)
To: Owl_Eagle
I guess now they can "touch those things." (/sarcasm)
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posted on
11/03/2005 11:28:59 AM PST
by
anymouse
To: Owl_Eagle
Hey, is that the looter guy?
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posted on
11/03/2005 12:52:49 PM PST
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: newgeezer
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posted on
11/03/2005 1:50:38 PM PST
by
WasDougsLamb
(Just my opinion.Go easy on me........)
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