We’ll all heard of Hurricane Katrina, but what is actually the BIGGEST that’s ever been recorded?
Hurricanes over the US, I mean.

Thanks.

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What could they do before Hurricane Katrina?
How could the people in New Orleans make Hurricane Katrina from being so bad because they knew about it before it happened?

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i dont really understand what it is. like what are the governments and what do they have to do with Hurricane Katrina.

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Does anybody know how long they are allowed to fly on a average week and how long they flew during Hurricane Katrina?

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I am writing an essay about Hurricane Katrina for my US Gov’t class and I have become so confused on the actual "role" that the fed should have played (not what people think they should have done).

Any help?

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1 A. 5.204
1 B. 5.27
1 C. 9.42

2 A. 9.175
2 B. 9.162
2 C.16.565

For anyone who hasn’t recognized the significance of the simple numeric comparisons above, Question 1 reflects BLS U3 unemployment data, as many I suspect have already recognized, for A. William Jefferson Clinton over 96 months (1/1993‒12/2000); B. George Walker Bush over 96 months (1/2001‒12/2008); C. Barack Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro for 26 months (2/2009‒3/2011).

Since by now, most recognize U6 BLS data as what’s supposed to be the government’s most reflective figure reporting “real unemployment”, Question 2 is similar but with U6 numbers reported all the way to thousandths of a percent. So, using this more realistic and potentially more honest figure, once again the unemployment figures calculated by the Department of Labor and released through the Bureau of Labor Statistics show almost identical figures across eight years (96 months) of the Clinton and Bush Administrations, with Clinton’s figures actually coming in higher than Bush’s by 13 one thousandths of a percent. Then there’s U6 data from the current economic disaster attributed solely to Democrats thanks to their super majority. Answer C., which is obviously the dramatically larger figure, is an average of U6 data over 26 months of Obama’s [non] leadership (2/2009-3/2011). The 16.565 BLS real unemployment figure for this President reflects an 80.5% increase over Clinton’s rates and marginally more at 80.8% higher rate of real unemployment than Americans were forced to endure under Bush.

Perhaps what makes the figures even more amazing were the two unprecedented disasters the Bush Administration endured that were more costly to the country in terms of job losses than any other President has had to deal with over uncontrollable externally caused events. While Hurricane Katrina was the most devastating natural disaster occurring on American soil in history and the costliest by all accounts at more than 125 billion, that differed from the strategic attack and destruction of the Twin Towers along with costly, major damage to the Pentagon, which was anything but natural. The attack, which led to visible, raucous celebrations across much of the Muslim world, led to a direct response by determined leadership to address Muslim terrorists’ reign in Afghanistan and Iraq, and may have played a small role in the supposedly humanitarian armed conflict the current Administration has added as a third, apparently mostly nation building front.

Does it surprise some in the Y!A community to learn that until the first Democratic budget put in place by Pelosi and crew in 2007, President Bush had significantly more favorable economic and unemployment data, in spite of the two disasters, than his predecessor? The initial Democratic budget was in force as of July 2007, and far from uncoincidentally, the economy started showing signs of stress and a distinct downturn by the end of the budget year’s second quarter. With the second Pelosi led budget, the economy was in full retreat, and Bush’s unemployment and economic record would be reduced to a virtual draw statistically over the eight years, incorporating fully 96 months of data, while our prior two Presidents held office.

Okay, time to fess up. How many got the answers right, and how many of you knew what they were regarding ahead of any explanation? While it would seem inconceivable that anyone with an IQ of 80-90 or better should miss the simple comparative figures, we’re shown thousands of times daily by one group in Politics that either IQ or, where that’s not the determining factor, some measure of honesty is in short supply.

Anyone else up for change that more than a handful of liberal elite and illuminati can believe in? Please don’t tell me there are holdouts suggesting positive change is expected any longer under the left’s darling and MSM’s Chosen One.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20110322/bs_ibd_ibd/566770

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-charts

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/110750/recovery-evident-mainly-statisticians?mod=bb-budgeting

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm

Since you were willing to suggest several more measures which you wanted to see, Arjay, I’ll willingly comply with information that might be seen as valuable to all.

Through the first 26 months of seasonally adjusted U3 figures, former President Clinton managed a rate of 6.43%. Among his ways of addressing unemployment early in his Administration was overseeing sweeping changes for who would be considered and included as unemployed in 1994. That was when the first calculations for U6 unemployment were made, because no one assigned to statistical analysis within the BLS felt it was acceptable to simply remove as many of the unemployed as U3 was designed to do without having some statistical measure that would include most of the unfortunate individuals without jobs or income.

During a comparable 26 month period upon taking office, President George Walker Bush managed a respectable 5.30% rate, which was the best of the three Presidents by far. Since no other President has had two such
horrific domestic disasters to deal with, it’s probably also worth mentioning that ahead of September 11, 2001, there was not a single month where unemployment was calculated above 5%, but the climb was steady for most of two years in the immediate aftermath before starting a recognizable and encouraging decline. Two of President Bush’s three years of unemployment in the mid 4% range came after a solid economic recovery during 2006 and 2007. And 2005 was hardly anything to sneeze at with an annual U3 rate of 5.08%. There was not a single month above 6% unemployment until midway into the first quarter of the second Democratic budget put into place under Pelosi. When the news media hammered the economy in print and across the airwaves, and by the time every major source had begun to predict Obama would be elected President, public sentiment was shaken and the decline was sharp. The first figure to reach the mid 6% range was released just days before the election at a 6.6% rate. During th
horrific domestic disasters to deal with, it’s probably also worth mentioning that ahead of September 11, 2001, there was not a single month where unemployment was calculated above 5%, but the climb was steady for most of two years in the immediate aftermath before starting a recognizable and encouraging decline. Two of President Bush’s three years of unemployment in the mid 4% range came after a solid economic recovery during 2006 and 2007. And 2005 was hardly anything to sneeze at with an annual U3 rate of 5.08%. There was not a single month above 6% unemployment until midway into the first quarter of the second Democratic budget put into place under Pelosi. When the news media hammered the economy in print and across the airwaves, and by the time every major source had begun to predict Obama would be elected President, public sentiment was shaken and the decline was sharp. The first figure to reach the mid 6% range was released just days before the election at a 6.6% rate. During th
President’s waning days in office as a lame duck with a hostile opposition party Congress, the second Democratic budget took its toll with successive U3 figures of 6.8% and 7.3%, ahead of the final shared month, which could be attributable to one or the other of the two Presidents, or both, at 7.8%.

Since 7.8% would be by far and away the lowest, and least embarrassing unemployment figure during Obama’s Presidency through nine quarters (2 1/4 years for the math challenged), I’m sure Dems and the rest of the country would love to see such respectable single digit numbers again, which were considerably below Obama’s 26 month average at 9.42%. At least the slow build-up after Obama took office saved his average from double figures, which the economy limped to during the third quarter of 2009 for the first time since unemployment statistics were changed specifically to hide the real extent of the problem under Clinton in ’94. Using U6 calculations, the dark final quarter of 2009 topped 17
% real unemployment, according to BLS statistics for the first time on record, before reaching 18% in January 2010 and averaging just shy of that figure for the quarter.

There’s little question the Democratic budgets enacted July 1, 2007, and then July 1,2008 took a significant toll on the economy. So too did the liberal press hammering away at consumer sentiment, which served Democrats well in the election held during November, 2008, but not so well afterward. Few with any ability to reason or assess the political climate had confidence in the inexperienced newcomer who would alternately try to press his personal socialist agenda and policy initiatives, with allowing remarkably unobstructed legislation from the Democratic Supermajority in Congress to hammer a weary public with increasing debt and skyrocketing unemployment. You didn’t think the public would be entirely unaware come November 4, 2010, did you? Most of the public believes the bloodletting will continue full force when th
the next critical elections take place in 2012.

Since you had questions about comparing apples to apples, so to speak, to address comparable 26 month periods unemployment rates turned in under each President, I’m glad to be able to post a direct answer. It was hardly an unreasonable request.

So let’s summarize here for the three Presidents listed above in what was supposed to be a fun way of calling attention to real statistics that the public might benefit from being more aware of.

President Clinton’s 26 month U3 average 1993 to the first quarter of 1995: 6.43%
President Bush’s 26 month U3 average 2001 thru the first quarter of 2003: 5.30%
President Obama’s 26 month U3 average 2009 to the first quarter of 2011: 9.42%

Guess you didn’t have a lot of fun with the mini IQ test did you, Arjay? None of us would have anticipated such hard and fast BLS statistics being an easy thing to swallow for liberal Democrats. How could it be? But thanks for giving it a shot.
I’d be pleased to address some of your concerns, as well, Troy. I’ll include a link which points out the job losses under Obama in 2009 being the highest since World War II at 4 million. The rate of increase in job losses year over year more than doubled in 2009 under Obama at 54.3%, while President Bush’s toughest year came in with a 26.5% rise in unemployment across 2008. That data came from BLS Series Report 20101008124546, unadjusted unemployment U6 aggregate rate.

On a quarterly basis during 2008, through the first three quarters (Jan.- Sept.), the economic downturn showed losses under "W" at an average of 208,000 per month. Not quite the 750,000 per month you suggested. In fact during all of 2008, there were a total of two months where job losses exceeded 660,000. Obama’s figures, like with every other economic indicator, dropped like a lead weight from the first part of 2009. His Administration experienced job losses at a rate of 418,000 per month over the same period in 2010,…
with 3,759,000 Americans displaced from January through September. Data for comparison was taken from BLS Series Report 20101029014334, Seasonal unemployment level in thousands.

http://www.mrc.org/bmi/articles/2010/Obama_Presides_Over_Most_Jobs_Lost_Since_.html

I trust you’re able to follow whose economy took a bit of a downturn into modest recession, in comparison to employment and economic figures under Obama that fell immediately into the deepest depression the American economy has seen since the end of the roaring 20′s limped into the 1930′s.

The DOW Jones averages are another item altogether, but your data is disappointingly confused, again, Troy. After reaching unprecedented heights with impressive monthly gains across 2006 and 2007, which remained above 13,000 for much of 2007, the DOW reached its pinnacle when it topped 14,000 in October, 2007. During October 2008, just weeks before the election, the DOW stood at 10,850.06.
with 3,759,000 Americans displaced from January through September. Data for comparison was taken from BLS Series Report 20101029014334, Seasonal unemployment level in thousands.

http://www.mrc.org/bmi/articles/2010/Obama_Presides_Over_Most_Jobs_Lost_Since_.html

I trust you’re able to follow whose economy took a bit of a downturn into modest recession, in comparison to employment and economic figures under Obama that fell immediately into the deepest depression the American economy has seen since the end of the roaring 20′s limped into the 1930′s.

The DOW Jones averages are another item altogether, but your data is disappointingly confused, again, Troy. After reaching unprecedented heights with impressive monthly gains across 2006 and 2007, which remained above 13,000 for much of 2007, the DOW reached its pinnacle when it topped 14,000 in October, 2007. During October 2008, just weeks before the election, the DOW stood at 10,850.06.
With obvious concern over who was about to take leadership, the market fell to 9034.69 as of January 2, 2009. On February 27, 2009, just five weeks into Obama’s Presidency, the DOW had tanked to 7062.93. But it got worse. During the early part of March, the financial market was absolutely devastated with financial institutions and careers on the ropes when the DOW sank to 1996-97 levels at 6626.94.

Just so we get this right, your concerns about a stock market at 7000 under Bush was totally incorrect, but within weeks of Obama taking his place in the Oval Office that’s precisely what we had. Just under two months into the Anointed One’s Presidency, the DOW Jones average had fallen off the table having lost 27% of its value and devastating America’s wealth like no one had seen, once again, since the Great Depression. Perhaps you should do a little more research, Troy, before confusing who was, and is, responsible for the economy that’s brought back a term not used for 80 years.

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A famous example of price gouging was hurricane Katrina, where some gas stations were charging more for gasoline than before the storm. That they would do this makes perfect sense. The demand for gasoline jumped dramatically while the gas station’s prospects for new supply were the same, or in many cases, lower. By charging more for gas, gas stations could ensure that they would have enough gasoline remaining until they were resupplied.

If they charged the pre-disaster price, they would quickly run out of gas, and no gas would be available at any price.

Why would responding to market conditions be in any way immoral? Isn’t the availability of gas (or any product) at some price better than having no gas at all?
aeriol7: that a fixed number supplied by you is sufficient to describe all market conditions is amusing

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How long did the coast guard pilot fly during hurricane Katrina?
Does anybody know how long they are allowed to fly on a average week and how long they flew during Hurricane Katrina?

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I heard hurricane katrina, Ike and other names. How people comes up with the names? Why they have to name every hurricane?

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Hurricane Katrina came ashore 2 years ago and completely leveled our home. All that is left is a slab. It is still a residential area and are considering donating the property for a family to rebuild a home there. We have bought a new home and do not wish to hold on to this property. What would be the best thing to do. Sell, Donate or just sit on the property for a long term investment?

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if you remember back in ’05, after hurricane katrina the gas prices shot up to an unheard of .19. did this have a domino effect to our current situation?

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I’m looking to find out who represented the views of those who were involved with hurricane katrina? Whether that be the state representative or the district representative for those involved?
Thanks!

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1. State whether each of the following events will result in a movement along the demand curve for McDonald’s Big Mac hamburgers or whether it will cause the curve to shift. If the demand curve shifts, indicate whether it will shift to the left or to the right and draw a graph to illustrate the shift.
a. The price of Burger King’s Whopper hamburger declines.
b. McDonald’s distributes coupons for $ 1.00 off the purchase of a Big Mac.
c. Because of a shortage of potatoes, the price of French fries increases.
d. KFC raises the price of a bucket of fried chicken.
e. The U. S. economy enters a period of rapid growth in incomes.

2. Briefly explain whether each of the following state-ments describes a change in supply or a change in the quantity supplied.
a. To take advantage of high prices for snow shovels during a very snowy winter, Alexander Shovels, Inc., decides to increase output.
b. The success of Red Bull leads more firms to begin producing energy drinks.
c. In the six months following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, production of oil in the Gulf of Mexico declined by 25 percent.

3. In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith discussed what has come to be known as the “ diamond and water paradox”:

Nothing is more useful than water: but it will purchase scarce anything; scarce any-thing can be had in exchange for it. A dia-mond, on the contrary, has scarce any value in use; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it.

Graph the market for diamonds and the market for water. Show how it is possible for the price of water to be much lower than the price of diamonds, even though the demand for water is much greater than the demand for diamonds.

4. As oil prices rose during 2006, the demand for alter-native fuels increased. Ethanol, one alternative fuel, is made from corn. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the price of tortillas, which are made from corn, also rose during 2006: “ The price spike [ in tortillas] is part of a ripple effect from the ethanol boom.”
a. Draw a demand and supply graph for the corn market and use it to show the effect on this market of an increase in the demand for ethanol. Be sure to indicate the equilibrium price and quantity before and after the increase in the demand for ethanol.
b. Draw a demand and supply graph for the tortilla market and use it to show the effect on this market of an increase in the price of corn. Once again, be sure to indicate the equilibrium price and quantity before and after the increase in the demand for ethanol.
c. During 2009, the demand for gasoline had fallen, lowering its price. The demand for ethanol had declined as well. Ethanol producers, though, were asking the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) to raise the allowable amount of ethanol in gasoline blends from 10 percent to 15 percent. If the EPA were to agree to this proposal, what would be the likely effect on tortilla prices?

5. David Surdam, an economist at Loyola University of Chicago, made the following observation about the world cotton market at the beginning of the Civil War:

As the supply of American- grown raw cotton decreased and the price of raw cotton increased, there would be a movement along the supply curve of non- American raw cotton suppliers, and the quantity supplied by these producers would increase.

Illustrate this observation with one demand and sup-ply graph for the market for American- grown cotton and another demand and supply graph for the mar-ket for non- American cotton. Make sure your graphs clearly show ( 1) the initial equilibrium before the decrease in the supply of American- grown cotton and ( 2) the final equilibrium. Also clearly show any shifts in the demand and supply curves for each market.

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Here in Ohio we’ve had tornado warnings pretty much all evening.
Earlier a tornado touched down in the county next to mine. On the news they kept telling people to find shelter, and to be cautious.

Then i was thinking… i am totally unprepared for a natural disaster. I don’t have any type of supplies, or emergency situation knowledge… then i started thinking about my pets. What would happen to them if something serious happened. Like during hurricane Katrina, many pets died, and were separated from their owners.

So i was wondering, do any of you have a plan for a natural disaster? What would happen to your pets?
Like in a tornado, would you have shelter space that your family and your pets could fit in?
Or in your natural disaster supplies do you have supplies for your pets as well?

do you have any place to take them if something happened?

If you had to evacuate your homes would you refuse to leave with out them? (some people did this during hurricane katrina) Or would you leave them and hope for the best?

Just curious… because its something i never really thought about.
"Oh and by the way, where in ohio are the tornado warnings because i’m also located in ohio, near the cincinnati area…"
Well the tornado touched down in Fairfield, i live in Pickaway county, and we had warnings.
I’m not sure what all countys had warnings.
@Fuzzy Liberal -My grandma lives in a mobile home to, and when ever we get tornado warngings she hides in her hallway with her cats.

I live in a twin syle town home, and i have no type of shelter. So i’d have to go in the bathtub or my downstairs closet…but i highly doubt that they’d be able to hold myself and my pets.
So i’ve been pretty worried about a natural disaster.

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I am doing an English/science project and we have to do natural disasters and I want to do A hurricane but I don’t want to do Hurricane Katrina.

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yes or no answers
1. is elvis burried at graceland?
2. is paul mccartney alive?
3. was the assasination of jfk the work of basically one man?
4. did man land on the moon?
5. is bigfoot a fake?
6. is nessy a fake?
7. were the twin towers’ destruction due to terrorist flying airplanes into them?
8. was hurricane katrina, and the route it took a natural occurance?
9. are gas prices high because of opec, taxes, or supply and demand?
10. are you conserative politically?

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I was wondering what is a good camera/film that works good for darkroom use?

And a good place to order all my darkroom supplies.

I used to just buy it at a local store but I’ve recently moved and can’t find any photography supply store.

I’m pretty new to photography,and darkroom use,I only used mine for about a month before hurricane katrina came about and destroyed my house :/

Any help or advice on places to order and good cameras and film or any advice offering help with darkroom use and tips would be nice (:

Thanks in advance

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When the price of oil rose above adter hurricane katrina it was due to oil refineries being knocked off-line in the guld of mexico. Those have long ago been repaired. Oil companies cannot say supply and demand justifies the cost and also claim a billion profit over the course of 3 months. Some profit, yes, but not billion. Bush enjoys wars and war mongering so why is he so slow to attack the big oil companies? Does any investor realize that the United States gets the bulk of their oil from Canada and not from Venezuela or Saudi Arabia or the Middle East? What is the cost coming from Canada? Nowhere near as much as from those 2 countries. When i shop for groceries or a new car I go for the best prices. Why don’t American investors continue to do the same by investing more in the Canadian oil? I think bush needs to re-align his war on terror and start attacking (financially or other) the big oil companies. What are your opinions and answers to resolve this crisis?

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american consumers have no idea the cost financially or mentally that farmers endure every year with the weather and rising cost of fuel ,fertilizer labor,chemicals and seed. nobody forces us to do it year after year with chance of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars overnight in a freeze, hailstorm or hurricane katrina that hit us in 2005 ,but we must be able to make a profit to stay in business and grain prices are where they need to be for that to happen. we can continue to provide a safe abundant supply of food for america, but we can’t grow food below the cost of production without government support if prices fall back to lows we’ve been seeing for 20 years. if american farmers can’t stay in business then our food will have to be imported in from other countries and if your one of those people who likes imported oil, then your really going to love imported food.

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Hydric acid, also called Hydronium Hydroxide, is a colorless and odorless chemical compound found in water supplies around the world, most often in large reservoirs and water treatment facilities. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, a species shown to mutate DNA, denature proteins, disrupt cell membranes, and chemically alter critical neurotransmitters. The atomic components of Hydric acid are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerin and Ethyl Alcohol. Tests have shown that Styrofoam and plastic cups contain the highest concentrations of Hydric Acid, with plastic bottles taking a close second. Inhalation of the compound is known to cause death, or in some cases severe brain damage. Yet, no ones doing anything about it. Furthermore, Hydric Acid has been shown to have severe impact in the environment. Post hurricane Katrina, Hydric Acid was found to have caused great loss of life in New Orleans, with many deaths attributed to exposure of the compound alone.

Considering all this, do you think we should do something to better control the environmental impact caused by Hydric Acid?
Actually, I wanted to see if I could make someone giggle. An environmentalist friend of mine sent me it in a mail.

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Dear,
Hello! Our names are Jaritza , Elizuleyma , Sarahi, and Stephanny we are currently attending the eighth grade in the William C. McGinnis School. We understand that this is our last year in the William C. McGinnis, but if you approve this we would love that you continue it.We are writing to you to ask you if we could start an organization of helping those children in need. The money we raise would be donated to UNICEF. We would love to involve our school and out community to help.We speaked to our principal Mrs. Ana Maria Mascenik and she told us that she believes is a great idea, but we need your approval. Our main reasons why we would love to do this is because there are many children that don’t have any education, many children are starving, and many children don’t have any medical attention.
To begin with there are many children with no education in this world. More than forty-three million kids don’t have a school to go to just because of the wars. Their school has been destroyed. Other kids are not able to attend school because of their country’s poverty. Although we get an education, there are many kids out there that don’t get education. Studies show that more than twenty percent of the kids in country’s under poverty can’t even get to primary school. Why don’t we join together as a school and help change that.

Second, many children are starving. Nine hundred twenty three million people across the world are hungry. About sixteen million kids die each day, because of hunger related problems.That is about one child each five seconds. We would like to help those children that have pass through Natural Disaster, such as hurricane, tsunami, tornadoes, droughts, including others. Those children don’t have anything to eat because everything is gone. A good example of this is Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a big hurricane that pass through New Orleans, all those families didn’t have anything to eat. This shows you that not only do we need to help the world but also our country. Our country one of the richest country in the world, it needs help. Imagine the others.
Another reason is many children don’t have medical attention. Many children get sick in countries under poverty and don’t have the help needed to survive. Poverty creates ill-health because it forces people to live in environments that make them sick, without decent shelter, clean water or adequate sanitation. The environment the most people that are under poverty live is contaminated, their nutrient isn’t the best causing many diseases.The most common diseases are Cholera, Hepatitis A, AIDS, Malaria, polio, and the West Nile virus. These children need vaccines, and a lot of medical attention. They don’t have the money needed to care for their disease, they get really sick and die. We could help by donating money to get those vaccines to does children.
We have many ways how we could earn money, if you approve our idea. One of our ideas is having a bake sale. Another idea is having a candy gram sale. Besides that we could have a tug-o-war, were students of our school could pay to play. As it is getting warmer we could have a car wash where not only teacher and parents come but also other town residents.You are probably asking yourself if we have a name for our organization, but we don’t because we are waiting for your approval before we take any further directions.
In conclusion, lets help donate money to UNICEF, there are many kids that don’t have anything to eat. Even though we have an education, there are kids around the world that don’t. Instead of sitting here assuming other people would help them lets join and help them too. Do you think that we could make a change? We do! Please approve our idea. Thank You in advance.

Sincerely,

P.S. The next page includes the students at our school that would also like this to happen.

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Some people criticize Bush for "not doing enough" during Hurricane Katrina, but doesn’t the president have a very busy agenda all the time? Plus, some people say Bush was supposed to land the plane in the flooded areas — how?
Also, wouldn’t that have prevented National Guard troops from getting the aid and perishables through that (limited) supply lines in the affected areas?

It’s kind of a big security deal if the President of the United States lands a plane somewhere dangerous… it would have been a clear distraction…

More importantly, didn’t the government already GIVE advance warning to the New Orleans residents to move out? 80% of the residents did, but of the few that refused to, why should the government be blamed for someone’s irresponsibility to follow directions?

To be fair, I feel the same way with Obama.
It’s BP who caused the spill, not the Federal government.
So how can he be blamed? Why are people saying it’s "Obama’s Katrina"?

Now, I’m not a fan of government so much, but how much can a single person do to fix everything??
Shouldn’t people be grateful at least that our shores aren’t covered with oil for a month already?

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We have been lied to for years and years, and it seems to get worse and worse. Our own government are the ones lying to it’s own people, and there is no reason for it.
In January, our governement SUPPOSEDLY lost 9 BILLION dollars of OUR money to rebuild IRAQ.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article720217.ece

Would it not make sense for the USA to rebuild Iraq itself, and not send BILLIONS of it’s taxpayers dollars to a corrupt governement? Meanwhile, the devistation in our OWN country from Hurricane Katrina has not been delt with, and that happened a long time ago.
Gas is up to record amounts, and it’s all because of the demand for gas, it has nothing to do with our own governement paying more for it. At the same time, we are using a very small percentage of our OWN gas and oil supply in Alaska. BUT, ask yourself this. . . In 1980, General Electric developed a VAN that ran soley off of water. We don’t even need gas. This govt is crap. Why do we take it?
Jewels, wow. Thank God I was born here, I do. The only thing is, I believe that We The People are being shat upon. Since you obviously love God too, did you know that the new dollar coin does NOT have ‘In God We Trust’ on it? Do you care? I do. I agree that this is a great country, but it is slipping into a terrorist nation, a Police State.
Move somewhere else? Is this what Jesus would say? lol.
It seems Slugger is right, we don’t care. As long as we can eat our McDonalds and watch Idol, we are fine. At least, the sheep are fine. But I’m not a sheep.
I wouldn’t run for president because I am not a lier, and could not live with myself if I were. I’m a free-thinker, a dreamer, and a lover of our true country, which is being pissed on, but oh yeah, that’s just rain.

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Since 2003, we have seen a gradual increase in the price of Gas at the pumps. Then, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina and Rita, the prices soared to phenomenally huge prices, both at the pump and wholesale per barrel. In some cases the prices were increasing by 200%. Simultaneously, many of the Oil companies where reporting record earnings, quarter after quarter. Every year it was a new excuse or team of reasons. From the war, surge, natural disaster, supply and demand, the last five years had surged the costs of fuel. Recently, throughout the Presidential campaigns, both parties and a sort of independent interests, such as T.Boone Pickens, had begun to address the huge transfers of wealth because of our dependency on foreign oil. Also, individuals like the former Vice President, Al Gore, and tons of environmental exposes showed how we could reverse the effects of Global warming with more conscious activities to reduce the use of fuel. More folks have been car-pooling, more new car purchasers have been buying more fuel efficient cars, and more car manufactures have been making more and more eco-friendly vehicles. Now, all of a sudden, the price of gas has dropped back to almost Pre-911 prices nationally. Do you think it’s just a coincidence. Do you feel the oil companies took part in price gouging and should use some of their record earnings to re-stabilizes the economy. Do you feel the economic slow down could be attributed to their actions; not solely, but contributory more than what is reported. Your thoughts

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I am doing a powerpoint on Hurricane Katrina, and I need to know what the government did during and over the first year to help? I know they should have done more, but I need to know what they did do, and also what else they could have done.
I have looked on google, and its too much info i just need a summary.

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