Thursday, July 8, 2010

Ask Daddy

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

FEMA Workers Blow Disaster Funds!

FEMA Workers Blow Disaster Funds on Birthday Gift Cards

Via the Hirschen Left Coast Report/Newsmax

by James Hirschen

Employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency ran up more than $247,100 in “improper” expenses using FEMA credit cards — including $4,318 for two “Happy Birthday” gift cards.
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General examined purchases between October 2007 and June 2009 by FEMA employees who used “disaster-purchase” credit cards provided by the agency.
“Disaster purchase cards can be used only for disaster needs, using disaster funding, and are the preferred method to pay for disaster-related micro-purchases,” a report from the inspector general stated.
“With more effective internal controls, FEMA could have prevented more than $247,100 of improper purchases or detected them more quickly.”
Among the purchases deemed improper:
  • Two “Happy Birthday” gift cards, each for $2,159, were bought with funds designated for Hurricane Ike disaster relief operations in Texas.
  • 19 portable ceramic heaters were purchased for $1,098 with funds allocated for disaster relief efforts in Oklahoma. Homeland Security prohibits cardholders from buying personal convenience items such as heaters, according to the report.
  • 360 golf umbrellas costing $9,000 were bought with Hurricane Ike disaster relief funds. Similar umbrellas were available for half the price. At least 60 of the umbrellas were never used.
  • Cardholders spent more than $20,000 on software, printers, and other office supplies using funds designated for other purchases.
  • More than $2,800 was spent on purchases “that appeared to have been made by individuals other than the cardholders,” the report discloses.
Not surprisingly, the inspector general recommended that FEMA “increase oversight.”

Friday, July 2, 2010

"Brilliant" Democratic Orators

Recently, I got this email, and I thought I'd pass this one along!

Great Orators of the Democrat Party

 "One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson

 "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

 "The buck stops here." - Harry S. Truman

 "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy




 And, from today's genius Democrats...


 "It depends what your definition of 'Sex' is?'' - Bill Clinton

 "That Obama ... I would like to cut his NUTS off." - Jesse Jackson

 "Those rumors are false ... I believe in the sanctity of marriage." - John Edwards

 "I invented the Internet." - Al Gore

 "The next Person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my
 Rosary beads up their ASS." - Joe Biden

 " America is ... Is no longer, uh, what it ... It, uh, could be, uh, what it
 Was once was ... Uh, and I say to myself, 'uh, I don't want that future, uh,
 Uh for my children." - Barack Obama

 "I have campaigned in all 57 states." - Barack Obama (Quoted 2008)

 "You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006)

 "Paying taxes is voluntary." - Sen. Harry Reid

 "Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he." - Hillary Clinton (Quoted 1998)

 And the most recent gem of wisdom from the "Mother Moron":
 "We just have to pass the Healthcare Bill to see what's in it." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted March, 2010)

HOW LUCKY CAN WE BE - TO HAVE SUCH BRILLIANT MINDS IN CHARGE OF OUR ONCE GREAT COUNTRY?

 ''Life's tough ... it's even tougher if you're stupid.'' - John Wayne

Oh My!

Monday, June 28, 2010

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