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This from a poster on afterdowningstreet.org:

Calling on 50 Million Americans to contact CONYERS
Submitted by Magenta The Col... on Mon, 2008-11-10 20:12.
Magenta The Color of Common Ground United We Stand Divided We Fall
http://timetounite.org All the best to you the best to you! Anne M Toomey John Strekal

"Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation ... It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is thus shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Robert F Kennedy University of Cape Town, South Africa N.U.S.A.S. " Day of Affirmation" Speech June 6th, 1966

"We did not anticipate the breeching of the levees"

President Bush lied to me!

U.S. 305,193,642 Estimated US Population
World 6,724,527,109
05:59 GMT (EST+5) Sep 19, 2008
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division

What fraction are you and yours?

Majority Rules Here in the USA

Voter Reform did not take place!

I am asking 50 Million Americans to contact

John Conyers- Chairman
United States House of Representatives
Committee on the Judiciciary
2138 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
p/202-225-3951
judiciary.house.gov

To open impeachment hearings now!
while President Bush and VIce President Cheney still hold office.

The goal now to establish a public record of the violations of law and the violations of international
law that have occurred.

Accountability will take place!

Don't let them get away with the constitution.

Thank-you for your work!

Please Contact John Conyers and ask along with me
why isn't President Bush being impeached and tried for perjury,

"We did not anticipate the breeching of the levees"

President Bush lied to me!

http://democrats.senate.gov/newsroom

Senator Clinton renewed her call for an independent commission modeled after the September 11th Commission to investigate the failures by government that left thousands of Americans stranded in the Gulf Coast.
“In the four years between the two events, the Bush administration promised the American people that they were doing everything they could to plan, prepare and prevent another tragedy, be it a terrorist attack, natural disaster or other unexpected crisis. In the aftermath of Katrina where thousands were left behind, we now know that wasn’t the case," said Senator Reid
“Our Federal Government’s most important mission is to protect our homeland and American citizens,” said Senator Salazar. “Four years after 9/11, it is in excusable that our Nation failed in fulfilling its mission

What Has Homeland Security Cost? An Assessment: 2001-2005
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci13-2.pdf
Bart Hobijn and Erick Sager

We estimate that homeland security spending climbed
from $56.0 billion in 2001 to $99.5 billion in 2005.As a frac-
tion of nominal GDP,these dollar amounts translate into a rise
from 0.55 percent in 2001 to 0.80 percent in 2005.Increases in
federal government spending account for $34.2 billion of the
$43.5 billion rise in spending,while the remaining $9.4 billion
is attributable to increases in private sector resources de-
voted to homeland security.
These numbers point to a relatively small increase in the
share of resources targeted to homeland security in the post
9/11 period. Given this modest increase—as well as the
robust economic performance of the U.S. economy since
2001—we conclude that the broader economic impact of
higher security spending has been very limited.
Composition of Homeland Security Outlays, 2005
Defending against
catastrophic threats
(15%)
Protecting critical
infrastructure
and key assets
(34%)
Domestic
counterterrorism
(8%)
Emergency
preparedness
and response
(11%)
Border and
transportation
security
(31%)
Intelligence
and warning
(1%) Other
(0%)
To put these figures in a historical context,we turn to esti-
mates from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that
shed light on homeland security spending in the years before
and after 2001.According to the GAO estimates reported in
Hobijn (2002),federal homeland security spending made up
about 0.1 percent of GDP in the 1996-2001 period.This share
increased to 0.35 percent in 2002 and has remained relatively
stable since.

Senators Collins and Lieberman have released a bipartisan, 737 page, report titled; “Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared.” The report, which was passed by the full Committee today, is the result of a seven-month investigation into the Hurricane Katrina disaster of 2005. At the heart of the report are 86 findings that focus on failures at all levels of government to plan, prepare and execute appropriate, timely, and effective mitigation and relief efforts for the Hurricane Katrina disaster;

Posted September 15, 2008 11:00 AM
This is from the Houston Chronicle:

It didn't take long for the finger-pointing to begin.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency came under fire Sunday as emergency workers were left undernourished and dozens of trucks of water and food had yet to be set up at distribution centers around Houston and surrounding communities.

And no sooner had the agency -- widely condemned for its glacial response to suffering after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 -- drawn sharp criticism as its leaders and spokesmen began to say it was someone else's fault.

Earlier in the day, a FEMA spokesman said delays in setting up staging points to hand out needed provisions had been caused by blocked roads.

By the evening, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said it was the fault of state officials who handed his department the "unexpected challenge" of having to prepare distribution points in addition to delivering supplies.

Taking sides

State officials said that was a local responsibility, which came as a surprise to Houston Mayor Bill White and Harris County Judge Ed Emmett.

"If I could have known something 18 hours ago, we could have made plans to pick up something a lot quicker, that's a fact," White said.

But he added: "Whatever the little drama was is only a matter of hours, not days."

Emmett agreed, calling the flap "much ado about nothing." The state could not set up the centers because it was overwhelmed in other areas, he said.

Several local and federal elected officials from opposing parties had a different take.

"I disagree with the leadership of the state in not participating in the (point of distribution) program going on tonight," said state Sen. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston. "I saw it in lines today at Galena Park. People are frustrated, they're scared, they're upset."

U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Houston, said he was told before the storm by FEMA officials that there was food and water already staged at the Ellington Air National Guard base.

"Now it's on the way? That doesn't make any sense to me," he said. "I don't know what happened ... The storm's been over for 30 hours.

"I hope some heads will roll in this," he said later, adding that the efforts of local mayors, judges and emergency responders should be applauded.

U.S. Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, said he was "outraged" at the agency because first responders at two staging areas are without food and water.

Impeach Bush and Cheney

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United We Stand Divided We Fall How Far?