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The Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Hein calls Pam's House Blend:
"a leading source of radical homosexual propaganda, anti-Christian bigotry, and radical transgender advocacy."

He is "praying that Pam Spaulding will "turn away from her wicked and sinful promotion of homosexual behavior." (CCLM's web site, 10/15/07)


Ex-gay "Christian" activist James Hartline on Pam:
"I have been mocked over and over again by ungodly and unprincipled anti-christian lesbians."
(from "Six Years In Sodom: From The Journal Of James Hartline," 9/4/2006, written from the "homosexual stronghold" of Hillcrest in San Diego).

"Pam is a 'twisted lesbian sister' and an 'embittered lesbian' of the 'self-imposed gutteral experiences of the gay ghetto.'" -- 9/5/2008



Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth Against Homosexuality heartily endorses the Blend, calling Pam:

A "vicious anti-Christian lesbian activist."
(Concerned Women for America's radio show [9:15], 1/25/07)

"A nutty lesbian blogger."
(MassResistance radio show [16:25], 2/3/07)


Pam's House Blend always seems to find these sick f*cks. The area of the country she is in? The home state of her wife? I know, they are everywhere. Pam just does such a great job of bringing them out into the light.
--Impeach Bush


who monitors yours Bevis ?? Just thought I would drop you a line,so the rest of your life is not wasted.
--"Joe"

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Katrina, two years later

by: Pam Spaulding

Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 09:00:00 AM EDT


The French Quarter, relatively untouched by hurricane Katrina, is bustling, and businesses are being courted to New Orleans, but a good deal of the rest of the city and the Gulf region remain devastated. Awash in corruption, cronyism and incompetence, the reconstruction effort is a mess. Billions of money designated to the effort is not getting to those in need -- 42% of funds set aside for rebuilding and relief has not even been spent. The federal H2B "guestworker" visa program was set up for employers to hire people for the rebuilding effort. Because of the lack of oversight, abuse of workers, kidnapping and even modern-day slavery is occuring on the Gulf Coast.

To get a true sense of what it is like two years later, go to Voices from the Gulf from ColorofChange.org -- unvarnished video perspectives from the region.

The Institute for Southern Studies has published Blueprint for Gulf Renewal: The Katrina Crisis and a Community Agenda for Action.

On September 15, 2005, President Bush pledged that our nation would "do what it takes, and stay as long as it takes," to rebuild the Gulf Coast. Yet over 60,000 people are still in "temporary" FEMA trailers, and houses, hospitals and schools across the region remain shuttered. For thousands of people, the Katrina recovery has failed.

The study, published in collaboration with Oxfam America and the Jewish Funds for Justice, looks at 80 statistical indicators and draws on interviews with more than 40 Gulf Coast leaders to identify roadblocks to recovery, and ways federal leaders can tackle critical needs in the region like housing, jobs and coastal protection.

The study also features "Where did the Katrina money go?" -- an in-depth analysis of federal Katrina spending since 2005. The Institute reveals that, out of the $116 billion in Katrina funds allocated, less than 30% has gone towards long-term rebuilding -- and less than half of that 30% has been spent, much less reached those most in need.
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Location of Disaster
We all know that if the disaster had occured in, let's say, Crawford, TX or Colorado Springs, CO, everything would have been rebuilt within a month!

Love the picture.

Where's it from?

And as for the story... :sigh:  I have yet to figure out why everyone isn't framing this as one of the biggest issues facing our nation.  It's two years on, and I still get numb thinking about it.



Me too.
It's very moving.  I picture her as a grandmother and no one wants that sort of disaster to happen around their grandparents.  Being wrapped in the flag just adds to it.  She, and the rest of New Orleans, were let down by our government.  Very sad.

My America includes LGBT families.

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Picture
IRC, she was one of the people waiting at the Superdome for help.

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Bush sees roses
What a disgusting human being.  Bush hails progress during his visit:
"This town's coming back," he said after visiting with educators and students at the school in the hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward. "This town is better today than it was yesterday and it's going to be better tomorrow than it is today."

How can he show his face there?

I know I'm always one of the blenders to call foul on ad hominem attacks, but Bush's deliberately oblivious denial of the wreckage from Katrina is just evil.

Electricity's for light bulbs!


Bush sees progress everywhere,
  Replace 'town' with 'Iraq',

  "This Iraq's coming back," he said after visiting with educators and students at the school in the hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward. "This Iraq is better today than it was yesterday and it's going to be better tomorrow than it is today."

  Think about it, Who is the New Orleans General Patreus?

 

If I make sense? it was quite by accident.


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"heckuva job"
is definitely on the long list of horrors Bush will be remembered for.

Electricity's for light bulbs!

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