We Want Back Down
http://http//www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/washington/19cong.html?ex=1196053200&en=2aa4ede6f8483c6e&ei=5065&partner=MYWAYDemocrats Say They Won’t Back Down on War
By
DAVID M. HERSZENHORNPublished: November 19, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 — Democrats in Congress failed once again Friday to shift President Bush’s war strategy in Iraq, but insisted that they would not let up. Their explanation for their latest foiled effort seemed to boil down to a simple question: “What else are we supposed to do?”
FEMA what a Joke!!!!!!
FEMA Trailer Dwellers Seek Toxin Tests
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A group of hurricane victims wants a federal judge to order air quality tests in their government-issued trailers after the Federal Emergency Management Agency postponed its plans to check for hazardous fumes.
Federal scientists were scheduled to start testing for levels of formaldehyde in Mississippi trailers Nov. 2, but FEMA said it needed more time to prepare.
Formaldehyde, a common preservative and embalming fluid, sometimes is found in building materials used in manufactured homes. It can cause respiratory problems and has been classified as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and as a probable carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Attorneys for trailer occupants in Louisiana claim FEMA's delay in testing the trailers is jeopardizing the health of thousands of Gulf Coast residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Without the court's intervention, "FEMA will continue to delay, and this national public health emergency will continue unabated," the storm victims' attorneys wrote in court papers filed Friday.
"It's important to understand what the level of exposure is, particularly in regard to children," said Roy Rodney Jr., a New Orleans attorney who filed the motion for an injunction. "Children are the most at risk, more so than adults."
U.S. District Judge Kurt Englehardt didn't immediately rule on the request.
Hundreds of Gulf Coast residents are suing trailer manufacturers for allegedly providing FEMA with poorly constructed units contaminated by formaldehyde. Several of those federal lawsuits in Louisiana were consolidated Oct. 24 and transferred to Englehardt, who scheduled a Jan. 18 initial hearing.
FEMA spokesman Michael Widomski, who would not comment on the litigation, said a date to start the air quality tests has not been set. The agency continues to work with scientist from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, he said.
The storm victims' request for an injunction also asks FEMA to immediately comply with any trailer occupant's request to move out of a unit and into alternative housing.
In Louisiana and Mississippi, more than 48,000 FEMA trailers were occupied this month by victims of the 2005 hurricanes. Reacting to residents' health concerns, FEMA has moved hundreds of families in both states out of trailers and into apartments, hotel rooms or other temporary housing.
FEMA also has temporarily suspended the sale of its used trailers and says the units won't be used to shelter victims of future disasters until the safety concerns are resolved
Mike Huckabee Surging In Iowa
The Former Governor in Arkansas has closed within a few points of Romney In Iowa WOW! . The Republican side of things are getting very interesting this could be the death of Fred Thompson I believe if Huckabee wins are finishes second that I think would give him huge momentum heading to South Carolina and the rest of the South. If Fred Thompson can't win South Carolina he is done.
Rasmussen will release new polling data on Iowaat 10 AM ET: Clinton's lead down to four points (from 11 in previous poll); Among voters who are certain to participate, it's a three-way: Clinton 26% Obama 26% Edwards 26%... This info is from the Drudge Report. I believe since the last debate she has done herself some damage especially with driver license to Illegals issue.
We are back
After several months of being off the Bunker is back in action.
