Tuesday, January 6, 2009
They were shocked, appalled and outraged!
When I showed them how many things the contractor butchered and how many things have been done two and three times and the level of ridiculousness of some of the things I've had to do over and over, they were disgusted. They were appalled that I have piles of insulation, drywall, flooring, lighting, etc. that have been sitting there for two years that I can't install. They could not understand why the building inspectors were giving me such a hard time. My mama says it's because I don't have any money to bribe them with. I don't know if that's the case or if it's just a case of God Complex they all have. I dunno, maybe they all have little You-Know-Whats and it bolsters their tiny egos to have control of so many people's lives....maybe they've been bullies all their lives. Who friggen knows?
What I do know is that they live part time in Florida and part time in Michigan and they are going back to tell everyone, INCLUDING elected officials what they saw here. They confirmed that the propaganda machine has been lying to everyone, saying everything here is all ok now. Well, it's NOT.
Some of the things that have been done here were absolutely the most STUPID things you can imagine. I can tell you with all certainty that more money was wasted than actually reached the hands of the people who needed the help. Arbitrary formulas were developed that made little sense. Nowhere was the fact that prices for just about every phase of building and rebuilding skyrocketed factored in. Damage percentages were set artificially low so that *there would be enough to go around*, resulting in billions in *excess*. An *excess* that the Governor of this state has been trying to funnel into other projects like road repair and Port expansion for over a year.
I have written to everyone I can think of. The Governor ignored it. My local Congressman ignored it other than to send someone to my camper to see if I had killed myself. My Senators did at least pay lip service by sending me a recap of what money I had received....like I didn't KNOW THAT and then said if they could be of any MORE help, just let them know. That horrendous noise you hear is my teeth grinding. I wrote to Shepard Smith, Fox newsman who is FROM Mississippi. He ignored it, too. Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, the same. Newspapers, the same, except for one online. I was interviewed by the owner but I never saw it on the site. I did a website about it. I tried to get awareness of this out into the world. I am still trying to do that.
But you know, it's hard for Congress to take things like this seriously, when there are so many other much more pressing issues, like the 1.7 million a day they have to pump into Iraq or trying to get time off to go to football games. Google Cliff Stearns Football Break to see what I mean, if I talk much about that right now, I may start foaming at the mouth and end up being shot by the game warden......
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