Comments on: FEMA Strikes Back http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FEMA still handing out Katrina cash inappropriately - Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6511 FEMA still handing out Katrina cash inappropriately - Homeland Stupidity Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:02:09 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6511 [...] FEMA says that it has implemented fraud prevention controls, but GAO’s investigation shows that they were ineffective. GAO had not received recoupment notices for any of its five undercover registrations, and recently received yet another $3,200 check for rental assistance on a nonexistent property. “The stringent controls instituted this past year by FEMA will dramatically improve safeguards and help eliminate processing errors and fraudulent abuse,” Pat Philbin, an agency spokesman, said in a written statement. [...] [...] FEMA says that it has implemented fraud prevention controls, but GAO’s investigation shows that they were ineffective. GAO had not received recoupment notices for any of its five undercover registrations, and recently received yet another $3,200 check for rental assistance on a nonexistent property. “The stringent controls instituted this past year by FEMA will dramatically improve safeguards and help eliminate processing errors and fraudulent abuse,” Pat Philbin, an agency spokesman, said in a written statement. [...]

]]> By: regina rochear http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6510 regina rochear Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:59:53 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6510 anyway if anyone has a good apeal letter outline or knows what they need to see other than my heart on a platter & the apeal letter written in blood ,,post it please I need to get some kind of funds to get the hell out of this cesspoole of waste & destruction ,New Orleans is absolutely horrible now & no place for a female,granted I could probley kick 1/2 of these hornballs asses if it canme down to a me or u situation type deal,but damn,I want to leave Tulane closed its doors 2 the locals,we are too poor so much for my 2 years wasted at the University College anyway if anyone has a good apeal letter outline or
knows what they need to see other than my heart on a platter
& the apeal letter written in blood ,,post it please
I need to get some kind of funds to get the hell out of this cesspoole of waste & destruction ,New Orleans is absolutely horrible now & no place for a female,granted I
could probley kick 1/2 of these hornballs asses if it canme down to a me or u situation type deal,but damn,I want to leave
Tulane closed its doors 2 the locals,we are too poor
so much for my 2 years wasted at the University College

]]> By: regina rochear http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6509 regina rochear Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:49:55 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6509 asbestos,the water stinks a toxic smell,I have no car no income,preety much a prisoner in my house because everytime I walk outside "mamisota""wouhoo""yeah baby" the hoots & hollars & sexual harrasment is endless,theres no way in hell I will be waiting at a bus stop,don't have money to take a cab,which theres no where 2 go anyway,the "FEMA Inspector"(an elderly blk.Lady w/a garage sale 35mm camera walked through my house,(11 months after)aimlessly snapped a photo of the Kitchen mold chlorax couldn't scrub off & left,,to her I was living better than she ever has, never mind the fact I wked my ass off cleaning that place ,& to her those 1.99 bamboo sunmats from Walgreen, I had as window shades were probley fancy,ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh,I could just screammmm,,especially just thinking of how hard I had to work in the past to furnish my place & all the shit I've had to put up with,,Wking the past 6yrs in Bourbon street strip clubs ,I lived a stylish/comfortable lifestlye now I have nothing but a fucked up knee & bad back & tiny disability check with medicaid & medicare that does not pay for shit!!!oh I forgot I have my 1.99 bamboo walgreen shades & a $4500 bill from FEMA ,which will probley turn in to jail time because I have ADHD & BIPOLAR ,&,will probley never send the letter in because I want to bitch moan groan & complain on this comment post asbestos,the water stinks a toxic smell,I have no car
no income,preety much a prisoner in my house because everytime I walk outside “mamisota”"wouhoo”"yeah baby”
the hoots & hollars & sexual harrasment is endless,theres no way in hell I will be waiting at a bus stop,don’t have money to take a cab,which theres no where 2 go anyway,the “FEMA Inspector”(an elderly blk.Lady w/a garage sale 35mm camera
walked through my house,(11 months after)aimlessly snapped
a photo of the Kitchen mold chlorax couldn’t scrub off
& left,,to her I was living better than she ever has,
never mind the fact I wked my ass off cleaning that place ,&
to her those 1.99 bamboo sunmats from Walgreen, I had as window shades were probley fancy,ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh,I could just screammmm,,especially just thinking of how hard I had to work in the past to furnish my place & all the shit I’ve had to put up with,,Wking the past 6yrs in Bourbon street
strip clubs ,I lived a stylish/comfortable lifestlye
now I have nothing but a fucked up knee & bad back & tiny disability check with medicaid & medicare that does not pay for shit!!!oh I forgot I have my 1.99 bamboo walgreen shades & a $4500 bill from FEMA ,which will probley turn in to jail time because I have ADHD & BIPOLAR ,&,will probley never send the letter in because I want to bitch moan groan & complain on this comment post

]]> By: regina rochear http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6508 regina rochear Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:30:31 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6508 When I got that letter I flipped out,my job is a personal job that I've had to do 2 survive,I a an exotic dancer aka stripper ,entertainer,performer,on Bourbon Street,at Hustler& its hard freakin work,&,FEMA ,wants me to go in that hell hole & take my clothes off &fight greasy construction guys paws off me,while being propositioned for "sexo" so I can pay them back ,HELL NO!!Bourbon street sucks now,I don't have a job, my house is falling apart,no property loss $$ because the guy roomate I had got it all & no duplicate household which is bullshit ,2 weeks prior Katrina I had just moved in that place,hell I didn't get to move back to this dump til may my power wasn't on til febuary,&,now the house is splitting up the walls & most of the roof is laying around the house When I got that letter I flipped out,my job is a personal
job that I’ve had to do 2 survive,I a an exotic dancer aka stripper ,entertainer,performer,on Bourbon Street,at Hustler& its hard freakin work,&,FEMA ,wants me to go in that hell hole
& take my clothes off &fight greasy construction guys paws
off me,while being propositioned for “sexo” so I can pay them back ,HELL NO!!Bourbon street sucks now,I don’t have a job,
my house is falling apart,no property loss $$ because the
guy roomate I had got it all & no duplicate household
which is bullshit ,2 weeks prior Katrina I had just moved in that place,hell I didn’t get to move back to this dump til may
my power wasn’t on til febuary,&,now the house is splitting up the walls & most of the roof is laying around the house

]]> By: regina rochear http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6507 regina rochear Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:18:58 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6507 I recieved one of those letters when I was still living in a hotel via FEMA ,I previously provided recites for every last penny ,its still a horrible cloud above my head, what sucks is the money they want back , went to pay for a hotel that would accept accept 5 (4 wk old kittens)& the mama cat,& belive me it wasnt the ritz,it was the adventurer ,Inglewood,california a nightmare,whats really horrible is that FEMA had the city blocked off so no one could get in,I appreciate the funds but they wasted so much of my time & treated us like animals at "FEMA city",in general the workers are nice (mostly) its the organization & Leaders that CAN BESSAME COOLO,IN OTHER WORDS KISS MY ASS !!!! I recieved one of those letters when I was still living in a hotel via FEMA ,I previously provided recites for every last penny ,its still a horrible cloud above my head,
what sucks is the money they want back ,
went to pay for a hotel that would accept
accept 5 (4 wk old kittens)& the mama cat,& belive me
it wasnt the ritz,it was the adventurer ,Inglewood,california
a nightmare,whats really horrible is that FEMA had the city blocked off so no one could get in,I appreciate the funds
but they wasted so much of my time & treated us like animals at “FEMA city”,in general the workers are nice (mostly)
its the organization & Leaders that CAN BESSAME COOLO,IN OTHER WORDS KISS MY ASS !!!!

]]> By: florida richardson http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6506 florida richardson Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:10:47 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6506 Dear Fema, After presenting every insurance check,Which did not cover all my damages, zeroxing every bill,every puschase,showing you people were the money went, you all still are comming at honest folk Now i get a bill for 4,600.00 i gave you copies, what did you the do with the copies? I,am sending more copies. I do no have any money,Iam still eating can soup working day and night trying to fix my house,Idid not buy tatoos or get masssges or buy designer condoms,I did the right things,my home is more important than selfish vanities cut me some slack. Dear Fema,
After presenting every insurance check,Which did not cover all my
damages, zeroxing every bill,every puschase,showing you people
were the money went, you all still are comming at honest folk
Now i get a bill for 4,600.00
i gave you copies, what did you the do with the copies? I,am
sending more copies. I do no have any money,Iam still eating can soup
working day and night trying to fix my house,Idid not buy tatoos or
get masssges or buy designer condoms,I did the right things,my home
is more important than selfish vanities cut me some slack.

]]> By: Citizen journalist 1, MSM 0 - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6505 Citizen journalist 1, MSM 0 - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:51:59 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6505 [...] Back on March 17, I posted a story about FEMA going after people who received duplicate or fraudulent Hurricane Katrina disaster payments. It was a followup to a February 13 story on the Government Accountability Office’s report on people defrauding FEMA. And despite their having access to the same sources I do — and a whole lot more — it’s taken the mainstream media until today to get a story out. [...] [...] Back on March 17, I posted a story about FEMA going after people who received duplicate or fraudulent Hurricane Katrina disaster payments. It was a followup to a February 13 story on the Government Accountability Office’s report on people defrauding FEMA. And despite their having access to the same sources I do — and a whole lot more — it’s taken the mainstream media until today to get a story out. [...]

]]> By: Ned Harrison http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6504 Ned Harrison Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:41:49 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6504 How like the Feds. "Oops! We changed our minds. You're not eligable for this disaster assistance we offered you, after all, so we'll retroactively make it a loan, and call the note due now." If I, as a private individual, made a grant for disaster relief, I don't get any of it back if I changed my mind later. Unless they made false statements when filing their claim or receiving their assistance, anyone who got money ftrom the Fed should be alowed to keep it. We should go after the bunglers we handed it out, instead. How like the Feds. “Oops! We changed our minds. You’re not eligable for this disaster assistance we offered you, after all, so we’ll retroactively make it a loan, and call the note due now.”

If I, as a private individual, made a grant for disaster relief, I don’t get any of it back if I changed my mind later. Unless they made false statements when filing their claim or receiving their assistance, anyone who got money ftrom the Fed should be alowed to keep it. We should go after the bunglers we handed it out, instead.

]]> By: tj http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6503 tj Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:37:17 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/03/17/fema-strikes-back/#comment-6503 that's ridiculous. i'm not a fan of just throwing money at a problem and hoping that fixes it. but it's too late ... you've already done the damage. they can't honestly think the people in that region are in any position to just pay back that kind of money ... from MONTHS ago. jeeez. that’s ridiculous. i’m not a fan of just throwing money at a problem and hoping that fixes it. but it’s too late … you’ve already done the damage. they can’t honestly think the people in that region are in any position to just pay back that kind of money … from MONTHS ago. jeeez.

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