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Article #1024Re: Why was the cost of FEMA in the aftermath of the Columbia shuttle "disaster" $25B plus?
From: Jorge R. Frank
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:44
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:44
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ken_andor_kathy@yahoo.com (The Smiths) wrote in news:755eff52.0310141546.6f94f3de@posting.google.com: > The information related to us - by fox news, no less - was that the > bill for the shuttle disaster was $75B, and that FEMA had accounted > for $25B of that. I'd like to see a reference, then. Fox News has an archive of their news stories on their web site, and I found no article that supports such a figure. The AP, Washington Times, Newsday, Houston Chronicle, and many other sources cite a figure of $400 million, of which around $250 million was FEMA. > A friend of mine got some of that space junk for a song from a dealer > down in Texas. One of about 100 pieces that dude had, was what my > friend told me. And that dude had some friends.... it goes on and on. Better make sure the FBI doesn't find out. I'm sure your friend will thank you for ratting him out. > That song and dance the federal government gave us about the > volatility of the junk was just their way of TRYING to keep us small. I wouldn't bet on it. A little nitrogen tetroxide can ruin your whole day. -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101acf,c2a5717804a609ed X-Google-Attributes: gid101acf,public X-Google-Thread: 1141a2,c2a5717804a609ed X-Google-Attributes: gid1141a2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a148,c2a5717804a609ed X-Google-Attributes: gid10a148,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,c2a5717804a609ed X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-14 17:44:16 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.hal-pc.org!news.hal-pc.org!not-for-mail Newsgroups: triangle.general,sci.space.shuttle,alt.politics,dc.general Subject: Re: Why was the cost of FEMA in the aftermath of the Columbia shuttle "disaster" $25B plus? From: "Jorge R. Frank" <jrfrank@ibm-pc.borg> References: <755eff52.0310121056.49b67194@posting.google.com> <Xns9412909F9DD4jrfrank@216.39.221.8> <755eff52.0310141546.6f94f3de@posting.google.com> Organization: Houston Area League of PC Users Message-ID: <Xns9414C8AC56539jrfrank@216.39.221.8> User-Agent: Xnews/05.08.12 Date: 15 Oct 2003 00:44:14 GMT Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.139.10.55 X-Trace: 1066178654 news.hal-pc.org 96755 jrfrank/66.139.10.55:2917 X-Complaints-To: abuse@hal-pc.org