Katrina Clean-Up

I'll try to make it quick.

"Five former officers sentenced in Katrina killings; Judge lambastes US prosecutors’ handling of case Says plea deals tied court’s hands" by Cain Burdeau and Michael Kunzelman  |  Associated Press, April 05, 2012

NEW ORLEANS - Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, with the judge lashing out at prosecutors for two hours on their handling of the case.

Police shot six people at the Danziger Bridge on Sept. 4, 2005, killing two, less than a week after Katrina made landfall. To make the shootings appear justified, officers conspired to plant a gun, fabricate witnesses, and falsify reports.  

See: Southern Sweep: A Gulf of Lies

We will get to the Gulf in a moment.

The case became the centerpiece of the Justice Department’s push to clean up the troubled New Orleans Police Department....

Twenty current or former New Orleans police officers have been charged in a series of Justice Department probes, most of which center on actions during the aftermath of Katrina. Eleven of those officers were charged in the Danziger Bridge case, which stunned a city with a long history of police corruption....  

Police corruption? In AmeriKa?

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At least the government gave 'em a place to stay:

"Trailer makers OK $14.8m Katrina victims’ deal; Settlement to end claims shelters let off toxic fumes" by Michael Kunzelman  |  Associated Press, April 18, 2012

NEW ORLEANS - Nearly two dozen companies that manufactured government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to pay $14.8 million in a proposed class-action settlement of claims that the temporary shelters exposed occupants to hazardous fumes.
 
Are you sure they are not looking to kill us all?

Plaintiffs’ lawyer Gerald Meunier said Tuesday that the agreement could benefit tens of thousands of Gulf Coast residents who lived in travel trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

Meunier said 21 trailer makers or their insurers will pay to resolve the claims without any admission of wrongdoing.

A court filing Friday asks US District Judge Kurt Engelhardt to give his preliminary approval to the deal, which would be the largest mass settlement of claims over formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers so far. The chemical, commonly found in building materials, can cause breathing problems and is classified as a carcinogen....

The proposed settlement does not involve the federal government and does not resolve all pending claims against other companies that provided FEMA with travel trailers after Katrina....

Government tests on hundreds of trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi found formaldehyde levels that were, on average, about five times what people are exposed to in most modern homes. FEMA downplayed formaldehyde risks for months before those test results were announced in February 2008. 

Related:

FEMA Knew Katrina Trailers Were Poisonous

FEMA Seeks Immunity for Willful Negligence and Poisoning of Americans


The AmeriKan media obfuscations and false narratives are making me sick.

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Also see: More FEMA Failures

MSM's FEMA Fart 

And they think we can't smell it.  

Something else that stinks in that general vicinity:

"Gulf oil spill panel critical of congressional inaction" by Matthew Daly  |  Associated Press, April 18, 2012

WASHINGTON - A presidential commission that investigated the Gulf oil spill blasted Congress for inaction Tuesday as it issued a report card on industry and government response to the massive BP oil spill.... 

See: Southern Sweep: A Gulf of Lies

Congress received a “D’’ from the seven former commissioners, who have reunited to press for action to improve drilling safety.  

Also see: Hot Air From Harvard

Must have come from the Gulf after the EPA postponed rules on emissions from oil and gas wells.  

"Congress’s lack of action stands in contrast to both the Obama administration and the oil industry, which have both made important safety advances, former senator Bob Graham of Florida, a Democrat who cochaired the presidential commission, and other commissioners said. The administration received a “B’’ grade while the oil industry received a “C-plus.’’ 

A partisan presidential commission distributing propaganda in the form of an inane and insulting "report card."

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The report card came as the conservation group Oceana issued its own report card calling the response to the spill “woefully inadequate.’’ The group gave Congress an “F.’’

They all get that, and so does the AmeriKan media.

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Related: Small plane sinks into Gulf; no signal from pilot

Also see: Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists

I think that complete and total omission in my corporate newspaper deserves an F, don't you?  ]

Let's face it, folks, the AmeriKan media has been misleading and minimizing the situation from the start.

And why we are on the subject of oil:
 
Obama seeking to curb oil prices

He's really got some nerve after jacking the price up for Israel.  

Related: After 4-Month Surge, Gas Prices Start Falling

Yeah, tell me the price of that stuff isn't being manipulated.