God bless our President and our Nation! Today I was trying to figure out the amount of money that New Orleans would recieve for the Emergency Relief Aid alone??? I understand that there are other States involved... ( Mississippi and Alabama) I am just wondering how many people were affected all together by Katrina? I am also wondering how much Fed. Money will be forked over after the " Relief Money"? Are the "relief funds" seperate from the actual funds that will be given to rebuild? I guess what I am saying that 60 billion dollars sounds like a great deal for temporary relief aid! At what point do these victims pitch in and help themselves?... Sorry if that sounds insensitive! That is not my intension!

I have another question! How many of these individuals owned their homes? AND how many had flood insurance?...

You know, Zsa Zsa, you'll be accused of insensitivity whether it's your intention or not. You'll also be a racist, a fascist, a nazi, and blah, blah, blah.


Congressman Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia, one of the brave eleven who voted "nay" on the last "emergency" hurricane relief appropriation, said:

"The more than $60 billion Congress will have allocated after this legislation passes is enough to give every family of four affected by the hurricane a cash payment of $120,000, and yet none of that $60 billion will be spent to actually rebuild anything in New Orleans, Mississippi, or Alabama." (emphasis mine)

I guarantee you he's already been accused of insensitivity, etc.


Arizona's Congressman Jeff Flake, another of the Gang of Eleven, said:

“Today Congress appropriated another $50 billion in hurricane relief, and it’s just a start.  That's an average contribution of more than $600 from every household in America.  Congress has the responsibility to cut spending elsewhere if we are going to commit this amount of money.” (emphasis mine again)

He's clearly another insensitive guy!



These eleven Republicans, unique in their courage to stand up for their convictions (and yours and my wallets!), weren't objecting to the expenditures per se, but rather the typical, knee-jerk reaction of throwing huge sums of money at a situation with absolutely no oversight or accountability.



Kind of makes you think all those other Representatives with a capital R after their name are really just RINOs (Republicans in name only) doesn't it?

I really care about these people and have been giving money and clothes and school supplies etc.
I really believe in helping people who are in need! I am just saying that the Fed. Gov. should not enable these victims to the point that they are forever depending on the help of the Fed. Gov.
It is like when my husband and I first were married! We really did live basically on love! (so to speak) Our income I suppose was virtually at poverty level...BUT we were great because we had each other! We didn't have the Fed. assistance and we were still just fine!

I guess what I am saying is that able bodied people need to be encouraged to prosper and become productive self reliant citizens and not depend on the Fed. Gov. to support them forever!... I don't think I am any of those things you say I will be accused of!...I believe if you are continually given everything you don't appreciate it as much as when you earn it!... Does that make me a NAZI...???

Bush should have responded faster.