FEMA Directing Donations To Rev. Pat Robertson

[flyarm]

is this what * was refering to today that "faith based organizations" were helping with the rescue...well shoot me all to hell...or please shoot them all to hell ..now isn't soon enough!!
fly


http://www.sploid.com/news/2005/09/01/fema-directing-donations-to-rev-pat-robertson-123509.php

FEMA Directing Donations To Rev. Pat Robertson

09/01/05 02:45 PM Eastern

snip:

SPLOID EXCLUSIVE: FEMA is directing Katrina donations to none other than the Rev. Pat Robertson …

Millions of Americans and people around the world have rushed to donate money to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which is shaping up to be one of the worst U.S. disasters in history, if not the worst.

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is the lead federal agency in the rescue & recovery operation at work in New Orleans and the Mississippi gulf coast.

FEMA has released to the media and on its Web site a list of suggested charities to help the storm’s hundreds of thousands of victims. The Red Cross is first on the list.

The Rev. Pat Robertson’s “Operation Blessing” is next on the list.

“It’s an outrage,” said privacy watchdog Bill Scannell, who alerted Sploid to the FEMA / Robertson scam. “Operation f**cking Blessing? And it’s right underneath the Red Cross link!”

snip:

noted that Operation Blessing’s board of directors is dominated by the televanglist and his family.


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Robertson’s shell organizations have already collected more than $25 million from the federal government under various “faith based” federal-handout programs. And with millions of distraught citizens looking to FEMA for help in finding reputable organizations to help Katrina survivors, Robertson stands to profit magnificently from the horror that has fallen on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

[tk2kewl]

1. i couldn't find this on the FEMA site

I don't doubt it, but was it pulled? did anyone get a screen-grab?

[skooooo]

2. I'm not giving money to any organization..

I wish there was some way to get hooked up with someone one-on-one so you knew who you were helping.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

3. I had a cousin in dire straits once...

He lives in Va.
He called and tried to get some help from Pat but was told by an operator that they only help people in the Va Beach area.
I don't trust the bastard.

[bballny]

4. How much woulld Pat

skim off the top?

[nine23]

5. In case you haven't noticed, CNN is as well...

When they go to commercial, their top three charities are the Red Cross, Operation Blessing, and that other "harvest" one (sorry 'bout that, I'm not American...)