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FEMA sends Joplin money to East Coast after Irene (FEMA another political arm of the Democrat Party)
google ^ | 8/29/2011 | ap

Posted on 08/29/2011 9:16:01 AM PDT by tobyhill

Some federal money pledged to tornado-ravaged Joplin and other disaster sites is being diverted to help victims of Hurricane Irene.

Bob Josephson of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday that FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund is running low. He says individual aid to victims of the May 22 tornado that destroyed about one-third of Joplin will continue, but money for long-term public repair and rebuilding projects will be used for immediate disaster relief on the East Coast.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fema; hurricaneirene; joplin; joplintornado
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1 posted on 08/29/2011 9:16:02 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Political payback bump


2 posted on 08/29/2011 9:17:18 AM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: tobyhill

You have got to be kidding...


3 posted on 08/29/2011 9:17:47 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: tobyhill

Obama hates middle-America. Bible thumpers and what-not.


4 posted on 08/29/2011 9:19:55 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: subterfuge

Truer words were neverspoken.


5 posted on 08/29/2011 9:20:55 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: tobyhill

Good gawd. We’re still trying to rebuild in AL as well.


6 posted on 08/29/2011 9:22:29 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Mr. Weiner...Don' t Tweet your meat. It's too late to delete!)
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To: subterfuge
Obama hates middle-America. Bible thumpers and what-not.

See: Tennessee (Nashville area flooding) and Kentucky (ice storm)...

Zero isn't fit to kiss the boots of the self-sufficient...

7 posted on 08/29/2011 9:25:00 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: tobyhill

The first thing that came to my mind when I heard this was. . .is Federal money still flowing to New Orleans?


8 posted on 08/29/2011 9:26:47 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: tobyhill

Hey, they got all that TwoifbyTea from Rush, so what’s the prob?


9 posted on 08/29/2011 9:27:16 AM PDT by supremedoctrine (No need for a tagline, but here it is anyway..........)
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To: tobyhill

Joplin will survive. The Libs on the East Coast, probably not unless they get some “Obama Stash”.


10 posted on 08/29/2011 9:28:18 AM PDT by radioone (Don't let the media pick our nominee. "Palin 2012")
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To: who knows what evil?

Nobody hears about Minot North Dakota.

My parents were up there from Bismark every weekend for almost two months helping to clean up flood damage.


11 posted on 08/29/2011 9:28:33 AM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: MEGoody
New Orleans is a FEMA permanent welfare city.
12 posted on 08/29/2011 9:29:19 AM PDT by tobyhill (A Democrat that doesn't lie would be a lie)
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To: Domandred
Nobody hears about Minot North Dakota.

What did they do to p*ss God off? /s

13 posted on 08/29/2011 9:29:24 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Domandred

Good point...I recall seeing a number of stunning pics of Interstate 29 under water a few months back...


14 posted on 08/29/2011 9:31:27 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: tobyhill

FEMA should be disbanded period.


15 posted on 08/29/2011 9:31:27 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: dfwgator
Last year Obama and FEMA denied assistance to Texas for Tropical Storm Hermine that killed 8 people in Texas.
16 posted on 08/29/2011 9:31:32 AM PDT by tobyhill (A Democrat that doesn't lie would be a lie)
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To: radioone

You’re right, Joplin will survive.


17 posted on 08/29/2011 9:32:33 AM PDT by tobyhill (A Democrat that doesn't lie would be a lie)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

That’ll teach you not to vote for The Won.

I bet NC gets most of it.


18 posted on 08/29/2011 9:33:46 AM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep...clowns will eat me.)
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To: cripplecreek

Yep. Eliminate this political arm of the Democrat Party.


19 posted on 08/29/2011 9:33:50 AM PDT by tobyhill (A Democrat that doesn't lie would be a lie)
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To: tobyhill

a perfect example of why disaster relief should be handled at the state and local level


20 posted on 08/29/2011 9:35:52 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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