This Will NOT Be Reported in Your Local Catholic Newspaper......
Immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the Catholic Church was complaining that government officials, in passing out monetary aid, should not bother checking anyone's residency status. This was seen in a Sept 20, 2005 Catholic News Service article titled, "Give Katrina Aid Regardless of Residency Status, Says Bishop."
Well......lo and behold, government audits are now showing that $1 - $1.5 billion of aid money has been misused.
A CNN June 14 article titled, "FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Hurricane Cards Bought Jewelry, Erotica," reported:
"FEMA provided housing assistance to people who were not displaced, including at least 1,000 prison inmates, and also provided rental assistance to people who were simultaneously living in free hotel rooms."
"Aid applications contained bogus addresses. In one case, FEMA paid nearly $2,360 to a man whose allegedly damaged property was in a cemetery."
"FEMA paid $20,000 to a Louisiana prisoner who listed a post office box as his damaged property."
Other more amusing purchases with this government aid were:
"A $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters (a restaurant chain where the waitresses dress like sluts)."
"$300 worth of 'Girls Gone Wild' videos."
"$600 was spent in a strip club."
And so on. You can rest assured the Catholic Church hopes American taxpayers forget what Rome was saying last September. (But I didn't forget.)
The Catholic Church – always "compassionate" with OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY! Please fervently beseech Christ daily to protect the USA from – the Roman Catholic Church.
Well......lo and behold, government audits are now showing that $1 - $1.5 billion of aid money has been misused.
A CNN June 14 article titled, "FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Hurricane Cards Bought Jewelry, Erotica," reported:
"FEMA provided housing assistance to people who were not displaced, including at least 1,000 prison inmates, and also provided rental assistance to people who were simultaneously living in free hotel rooms."
"Aid applications contained bogus addresses. In one case, FEMA paid nearly $2,360 to a man whose allegedly damaged property was in a cemetery."
"FEMA paid $20,000 to a Louisiana prisoner who listed a post office box as his damaged property."
Other more amusing purchases with this government aid were:
"A $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters (a restaurant chain where the waitresses dress like sluts)."
"$300 worth of 'Girls Gone Wild' videos."
"$600 was spent in a strip club."
And so on. You can rest assured the Catholic Church hopes American taxpayers forget what Rome was saying last September. (But I didn't forget.)
The Catholic Church – always "compassionate" with OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY! Please fervently beseech Christ daily to protect the USA from – the Roman Catholic Church.
posted by Robt. B. at 4:14 AM
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