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Emerging scandal? Senator Nelson (D-Fl) calls for CPSC chief Nancy Nord to resign
wptv Channel 5 ^ | 04-06-09 | wptv.com

Posted on 04/06/2009 10:42:58 PM PDT by prismsinc

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Gov. Charlie Crist isn't declaring a state of emergency over the use of Chinese drywall in Florida just yet, but he is asking for federal help to study the controversial building material. The drywall, imported from China during the building boom of 2002 to 2006, has been blamed for foul odors, corroded copper pipes and wires, and respiratory problems.

On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D- Boca Raton, asked Crist to make the emergency declaration for Florida, where thousands of homes may have been impacted by the material, so residents could get funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to obtain safe walls.

(Excerpt) Read more at wptv.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: china; crist; drywall; fl; florida; madeinchina; nord; wexler
Watch this story closely, everyone. I saw Nelson running his mouth about this chinese drywall on TV news locally. It was clear to me that he was throwing Nancy Nord under the bus, but I wanted to know why. Something's fishy here. I think Nelson's covering his tracks.
1 posted on 04/06/2009 10:42:58 PM PDT by prismsinc
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To: prismsinc

Agree. . .more than a ‘few weird notes here’.


2 posted on 04/06/2009 10:47:46 PM PDT by cricket (NOOOOOOO to Serfdom. . .)
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To: prismsinc

The title of your post doesn’t match the title at the link.


3 posted on 04/06/2009 10:49:15 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: prismsinc

These people are nothing but crooks.


4 posted on 04/06/2009 10:50:12 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: smoothsailing

My “headline”. The news station’s website. They don’t have the story that was shown on TV 11 o’clock news on the website.


5 posted on 04/06/2009 10:51:07 PM PDT by prismsinc (A.K.A. "The Terminator"!)
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To: prismsinc

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Chinese where using the ground-up bones of prisoners in the drywall.


6 posted on 04/06/2009 10:52:55 PM PDT by kik5150
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To: prismsinc
OK. It was confusing, but then my wife tells me I'm easily confused! :-)
7 posted on 04/06/2009 10:54:07 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Yeah. There’s something here, I don’t know what it is yet.

Nelson has become notorious for ignoring emails and phone calls, yet this bum makes time to bash Nancy Nord on local TV. Him and Wexler are in on this together. Did they take lobby money from the Chinese drywall suppliers?

I don’t trust these bums for one second on ANYTHING.


8 posted on 04/06/2009 11:07:45 PM PDT by prismsinc (A.K.A. "The Terminator"!)
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To: prismsinc

Just another “government solution” to a problem that could be worked out locally and economically.


9 posted on 04/07/2009 12:36:17 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I'm SO glad I no longer belong to the party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: kik5150

Amazing how many problems are sent to the U.S. in Chinese imports. You would think we are already at war with them...
although I am sure it would be worse if we were.

We would not be getting just poison baby food, poison tooth paste, poisoned pet food, lead paint on baby toys, etc if we were. Nope all those things are just trial runs.

The real bad stuff they will put in shipping containers would be much, much worse.


10 posted on 04/07/2009 1:13:52 AM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
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To: prismsinc

Nelson is a retard with a good old boy accent and schtick. He is seriously dumb

Crist is a gay man without a soul. You wonder why he even bothers doing anything since he believes in nothing. This POS pimps for the Seminoles and their rip-off tax deals. An empty suit

If I were Florida governor I would park state police cruisers outside the entrance of all Seminole casinos and checking IDs until this band of semi-indigenous thieves agreed to an equitable state tax rate of at least 25%. The horse tracks here pay 65%


11 posted on 04/07/2009 1:26:58 AM PDT by dennisw (0gabe our very own Kenyan subprime president)
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To: prismsinc

Let’s see,
Gov. Crist=RINO turd
Senator Nelson=piece of crap lib dem. Was head of the space committee and wanted to go to space on our dime. Accomplishments? NOne.
Robert Wexler+a piece of crap equal to chuckie schumer.
Gotta love my Floriduh politicians.


12 posted on 04/07/2009 3:11:08 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Joe Boucher

I’ll raise you my Corrine Brown....


13 posted on 04/07/2009 3:55:57 AM PDT by Quick Shot
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You let me throw in my congress critter Alcee Hastings, the 1st federal judge impeached by the congress since Reconstruction of the Civil War. Bribe taking and corruption. He let off a big drug dealer for a few dollars.
You take him too and it is a deal.
How hard would it be to take Ms. Brown out in to the everglades and duct tape her to a palm tree?


14 posted on 04/07/2009 4:20:31 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Quick Shot

..and see you Alan Grayson.

Still- there seem to be two things going on here. The drywall is a problem- but everything the Chinese export to us is suspect anyway. More interesting is why Nelson is trying to cover himself.


15 posted on 04/07/2009 4:26:23 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom
More interesting is why Nelson is trying to cover himself.

Probably because the Cuban and Mexican illegals who were working for construction companies he owned were dying off from handling the drywall. So he knew this long before it affected the public, but, why let some really cheap drywall go to waste? Besides, illegals are a dime a dozen.

(the foregoing is speculation, maybe)

16 posted on 04/07/2009 5:03:17 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: UCANSEE2; SE Mom

Yes. Right now, the two faces attached to this are Wexler and Nelson. Nelson was definitely scape-goating Nancy Nord openly, saying the Administration needs to fire her.

I’m sure there’s been no official hearings to determine who’s responsible for this. This woman, competent or not, is being run over. Does anybody here know anything factual about her?


17 posted on 04/07/2009 7:22:55 AM PDT by prismsinc (A.K.A. "The Terminator"!)
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