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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps you have missed the news reports but there
are so many people there helping I am surprised they aren't crowding each other
out! It is another wonderful example of the goodness of people for those in deep
trouble. I must confess that I also would be concerned for the organization of
two people who have not done this before. An established group such as the Red
Cross would be better to me however, I am sure there will be those who will send
money to them. </FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joanopyr@earthlink.net href="mailto:joanopyr@earthlink.net">Joan
Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Immediate Aid to
New Orleans</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>"War Room" is written by Tim Grieve and published on Salon.com.
I'm forwarding this without permission. Also, at the risk of being shouted off
2020, Michael Moore (<A
href="http://www.michaelmoore.com">www.michaelmoore.com</A>) has an email up
today about how to get supplies to New Orleans immediately. Forget FEMA. Cindy
Sheehan -- remember her? -- has moved Camp Casey from Crawford, Texas to the
edge of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. From there, she and her volunteers
are distributing aid directly to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Moore has
an address on his website for sending supplies to a local food bank/volunteer
aid organization, where Sheehan and her crew pick them up for distribution.
You can also donate money to Volunteers for Peace via PayPal, and they'll use
it to buy supplies from whatever regional stores are still standing.
<BR><BR>What's needed? Bottled water. Pedialyte. Diapers. Canned vegetables.
School supplies.<BR><BR>Joan Opyr/Auntie
Establishment<BR>www.auntie-establishment.com<BR><BR>>From
Salon:<BR><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Georgia><?bigger><?x-tad-bigger>The
"blame game"? You can play along at home<BR><BR><?/x-tad-bigger><?/bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Georgia><?bigger>While
insisting that now is no time for playing the "blame game," the president's
supporters are busy blaming state and local officials for the inadequate
response to Hurricane Katrina. They've claimed that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen
Blanco didn't declare a state of emergency. <?color><?param 0000,3333,9999>She
did,<?/color> on Aug. 26, when the president was still on vacation. And
they've claimed that Blanco was slow to ask for federal help. In fact, Blanco <?color><?param 0000,3333,9999>wrote a letter<?/color> to the president on
Aug. 28 in which she said that an "effective response" to Katrina's
destruction would be "beyond the capabilities of the state and affected local
governments" and requested federal help to "save lives" and "protect
property."<BR><BR>The president was on vacation then, too.<BR><BR>But FEMA
Director Michael Brown wasn't, and he got right to work. More or less.
Internal FEMA documents show that Brown waited
<?color><?param 0000,3333,9999>five hours<?/color> after Katrina struck land
on Aug. 29 before he asked Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to
send 1,000 department employees to the Gulf Coast. And even then, he suggested
that Homeland Security employees should have a couple of days to get
themselves in place.<BR><BR>Once in place, the Homeland Security employees
would, among other things, "convey a positive image" of the government's
response to the hurricane, Brown told Chertoff.<BR><BR><B><?x-tad-smaller>--
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