modom wrote:

> On 24 Sep 2005 15:24:05 -0700, "itsjoannotjoann"
> > wrote:
>
> A lot of stupid, racist crap.
>
> modom

I agree, people see what they want to see. The south is famous for its
'poor white trash' who are getting as much help as they apply for. But
many 'poor folk' are very proud and won't ask for help.

All the way out here in california people are pretending to be
'survivors' & 'refugees' to get FEMA funds. An announcement was made
about an office opening where people could go and apply if they had made
it out to california and the lines were so long they had to get police
in to control the crowds and try to sort out the real from the fakes.
Course then it went to the other extreme and real survivors were being
asked for identity papers and proofs they could not provide.

I was shocked the other day when i was at the bank and an old lady was
arguing with a bank officer, she knew her mothers maiden name, social
security number and b'day & pin number but they would not let her access
her s.s. funds cause there was too much fraud going on. She was
claiming to be an refugee that only just got out without any of her
papers and asking for a service that had been provided to me on a number
of occasions when i had lost a wallet and that with no questions asked.

Of course Halliburton just got some 70 - 80 million dollars in
government 'bonuses' for its work in Iraq. Its not enough that they got
the contracts to do the reconstruction and got paid for it but to get
these millions as a 'bonus' just really irks me.
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JL