Report: U.S. Turned Away Foreign Aid Offered After Hurricane Katrina

May 1, 2007

  • May 1, 2007 at 7:13 am
    Realist says:
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    Realist are you on crack? I could really care less about Kuwait\’s offerings of aid but if they have strings attached that we don\’t necessarily agree with then Rice should come out and state them instead of just reaffirming her stupidity by basically saying she was shocked and dumbfounded and had no idea what to do. In my opinion we should level the middle east with napalm leaving only Israel to stand. A nice beautiful sheet of glass.

  • May 1, 2007 at 9:13 am
    ad says:
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    And how is this related to insurance?

    Rosie, you should love this article bashing the U.S.A.

  • May 1, 2007 at 1:48 am
    Anti Brownie says:
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    Way to go Brownie-heckeva job!

  • May 1, 2007 at 1:59 am
    Realist says:
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    Another example of how bureaucracy destroys America. The government should be ashamed but unfortunately it will probably never change. I always enjoy when Rice comes out and reminds us that she is worthless and just a drain on tax payers.

  • May 1, 2007 at 2:08 am
    ACE says:
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    What\’s the \”reason\” why the U.S. turned down so much of the aid that was offered?? One of the biggest natural disasters in U.S. History (if not, THE BIGGEST) and we\’re turning down aid plus not using aid that was received??

    Fistly, there are a ton of other countries with a lot less infrastructure than the U.S. who have been able to receive aid and use it wisely & timely. And all Rice can say is that \”the U.S. is not used to receiving aid from outside sources.\”?? What a load of incompetent B.S.

    Secondly, will most countries who offered the aid, take it as a \”snub\” that what they offered was not accepted. So, next time there won\’t be any offer at all. How much worse can the whole Katrina disaster get….when the U.S. can\’t even accept the aid or use the aid that was given. Very sad, and very comical at the same time.

    But, why would the U.S. turn down aid when so much was / and still is needed??

  • May 1, 2007 at 2:23 am
    mad says:
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    Our tax dollars at work, refusing aid?

    Are we too proud to take a handout when we need it the most?

    This is total BS

  • May 1, 2007 at 2:35 am
    Are we so much different? says:
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    We sure know how to wave our flag around the world and point fingers at how other countries are corrupt, but those fingers should be turned around and pointed at ourselves! Appears we are not any different than the rest of the world. Love my country, afraid of my government!

  • May 1, 2007 at 2:38 am
    Linda says:
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    I have got to agree with ACE. What a load of crap.

  • May 1, 2007 at 2:43 am
    You\'ve got to be kidding me says:
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    I think this relates to insurance due to the fact that the MILLIONS of dollars offered by the other countries could have put those who were most severely affected by the storms back into permenant housing regardless of whether there was FLOOD insurance on their property or not – instead of suing everyone over symantics

    It would have probably taken 7-10 days to get the cruise ships to the coast to provide housing instead of \”extra expense\” under an insurance policy – or having hundreds of modular homes sitting vacant so the government could spend money for storage

    The thought of having businesses restored sooner to reduce LOBI claims escapes the mental midgets in the US government

    The offer of oil would have stabalized our gasoline prices

    The money would have gone to hire individuals from across the country to put up homes and clear debris and restore order to these areas – some of which are still dealing with the devistation

    The government is a joke – God forbid if a hurricane hits the northeast – One can only imagine the social, economic and property damage that will result

    Someone on the Hill needs to wake up and realize that we arent the deep pocket for the world when it comes to finanical aide –

    Are we that arrogant that we support so many other countries – it would be beneath us to accept a helping hand from others?

  • May 1, 2007 at 2:49 am
    B. Obama says:
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    Nepotism, Incompetence combined with Ignorance and Complete Stupidity on a scale that dwarfs the imagination.



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