Quote: Captain Sammitch said: I'm still hung up on the tastelessness of it...
Well that's your cross to bear then.
Better to suffer though tastlessness than through death though, i say.
What the E&P story pointed out was that yes, there are real consequences to the policies Republicans cheer and support.
and New Orleans and Mississippi unfortunately are reaping that which was sown by those policies and diversions of cash.
I could go on about the new bankrupcy law as well seeing as how some residents where I live are just now discovering that after landslides we suffered as a result of storms here, they are now going to be saddled with insurmountable debt which they won't be able to escape as a result of the new law. Ruined twice to appease the banking and creidt card lobby.
I'm sure the people down south will find out themselves soon enough....
Quote: Congress changed the law to discourage Americans from piling up debt, filing for bankruptcy and leaving banks holding the bag. But there are no exemptions for a small group that was never the intended target of the legislation: those who have been displaced by extraordinary circumstances.
In extreme cases, homeowners could find themselves fighting to keep the bank from seeking a court order to garnish their wages as a result of something they'd never considered and are not insured against — such as a landslide, flood or earthquake.
"There are no special exceptions for these people," said bankruptcy attorney Howard M. Ehrenberg. "Homeowners who have their finances in order and generally do not think about bankruptcy may find that after this kind of natural disaster they won't be eligible for relief."
In cases where FEMA does step in, it is usually in the form of low-interest loans that must be repaid
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I don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would .. try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile. - Condoleeza Rice
Barbara Bush: It's Good Enough for the Poor
To comfort the powerless and make the powerful uncomfortable.
