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Brian, I read the link from the private citizen who responds to disasters with aid. His account of how FEMA stopped, well, tried to stop, his private aid group in the Florida Keys after a hurricane. It's all about MONEY! FEMA has "Preferred Vendors" for disaster relief. These "Preferred Vendors" get lots of money from FEMA and the "Preferred Vendors" kickback money to the FEMA bureaucrats.

Does it all make sense to you now?

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IT made sense long before...I like verification from trusted sources before I go shooting my keyboard off.

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Brian, Just ask why the seagulls are following the smell.

"Why douche?" You came up with a great punch line on that question. Back in Seattle in the 1980s, I had a girlfriend who kept her douche bag on a shelf over the toilet. Every time I took a whizz, I looked at that thing.

It didn't help my libido.

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One of the more memorable ones...My partner laughed himself out of his chair on that one. John immediately punched into a break. Bob was still laughing when we came back 3 min later!

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And let's not forget, although it is never reported on, all those people in Hawaii who lost everything too. This is insane. Out of money? OMG I heard an interview this morning on a local radio station with a lady who lived in the appalachian area. She filled out the form for the generous $750 check and was denied. She said everyone she knows who has applied has been denied. Just horrible.

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Good work by Not The Bee. Abysmally low-IQ, low-ethics tactics coming from FEMA and its cronies.

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Domenic, Read the link in the Not the Bee by the private guy who gave aid in the Florida Keys. It's all about kickback money from Preferred Vendors.

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Saw it before I saw the Not The Bee article. That's why I made sure to write "FEMA and its cronies" :-)

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DCS, Do you think the FEMA cronies are syndicated crime?

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I'm an anarchist. I think the entire government is crime.

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DCS, Yeah, but I'm talking about the "Preferred Donors" who supply the overpriced aid to victims (eventually) and the kickbacks to FEMA.

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Of course! They're knowingly participating in the crime. At the very least the cronies are accessories to the crime, if not the masterminds who suggested such an arrangement.

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https://x.com/ryantyre/status/1841583311782568064

Above is the link to the story on X by the private aid provider. Read the "Full Story."

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Well, these are Trump voters after all…

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