Corps of Engineers
~Editilla say Hell Yeah! Howdy Doody!~
WANTED! For levee burrowing and other mischief!
~Pierce McDonnell
Individuals hoping to share in whatever compensation the corps may be ordered to pay must, by Aug. 31, send the corps what's called a Form 95 signaling their intent to sue the agency. Copies of the required notice, called an SF Form 95, can be downloaded from the corps of engineers' New Orleans office Web site, www.mvn.usace.army.mil/ and from www.katrinajustice.com.
~Editilla no'tellas~We gotta watch these people!
--And it turns out always must remember to save the pages of Corps Web sites that may have vital information --as they are prone to view their own data as evidence against them and delete it from public view on the website which the public funded.
Also, Gentle'rillas should realize this is already happening with the Private Public Relations Firms contracted by the Corps with Public Money to Spin their story, to wit: here, where this Firm erased ad copy spooged testimonial quotes from Corps officers on the efficacy of their PR training --less than a week after these quotes had ended up in this article.
"How these [public relations] professionals can transform masters of techno-babble into credible spokespersons so quickly and smoothly is an amazing thing to behold," says Kevin Quinn, Chief Public Affairs Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District.That statement says it all but has now been erased from that company's website. And now they think those words are gone? HA! M'M'M'W'W'AHAHAHA ...Silly Corps!
But you can see some of their other business with this company here. Remember, the Corps of Engineers will Lie to the questioning tax-payer. The Corps will flat-out lie to us about our levees and then send out a Press Officer actually named PO Cephus? Get outta heah! Where do they get these jokers? They have proven that they will lie and now that they will erase whatever data they used from their websites. The Corps can only shoot us this shit as long as we allow it, as long as we accept their tactic of only addressing the public through a Spokesperson.
BTW-Gentle'rillas can just, at least, hit these buttons on anything the Corps of Engneers says from now on: Ctrl/Alt/Print Screen (together) and save their words before they get the chance to erase them from the Internet.
And these Public Relations Firms --who obviously read da'Ladda (wink'wink;) or anything having to do with their clients: the Corps -- should realize that their own employees will work for the highest bidder too or sometimes even for nothing, just to blow a big whistle or settle the score [my email contact in da'profile]
[will also leave coded advert in personals section of Village Voice, under Men seeking Esprit de Corps:
"Alas we are but as rats on a sinking ship
arriving too late to save a drowning witch."]
Hey, how about this? We could stop accepting the words of their PR Fuckmooks? And we can begin to call out their local ASCE Appeasers, who cowardly continue to refuse to answer for Nameless annonymous attacks on Nola bloggers and others opposed to the Corps of Engineers Bull Shit~as if this is some sort of playground club scene, where those with the most popular friends win over consensus reality? There is another Fat Lady on the way and we simply do not need any more misdirection from the Corps of Engineers, their ASCE Lackeys or their friends. We need answers. Real answers and we need them now. The 17th Street Canal Levee Breach Repair Is Leaking. Right Now.
Since the Corps PR Karassholes keep carping on
The F Word: Funding, I want to know how much money the Corps is paying these creep Spin'filtraitors...and how much would it cost us to get them to tell us the true story instead? Like hire these Hos to work for We the People instead of the Riders of the Corps.
I mean, after establishing the nature of one's profession it is always then only a matter of price, eh?
How much money has Congress funded the Corps to hire these expensive PR Firms?
Silly'rilla Tax Payers want to know.
In the meantime, while our own 17th Street Canal Levee Beach Repair is LEAKING, the Corps and FEMA are telling small towns across the country this bit of Anti-Trust News, as noted on Thursdays Ladder in this article:
~In order to get the levees certified, owners can either hire professional engineers or try to talk the state's congressional delegation into persuading the Corps of Engineers to do the certification(???), which would be good for five to 10 years, according to Nancy Steinberger, regional hydraulic engineer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency office in Denver.Sooo the Corps and FEMA are putting out the word that other engineering firms--if you can find one-- are afraid of potential liability for their work while the Corps has been ruled Not Liable for its work? Sooo, anyone wanting safe flood control will just have to suck up (in two years) to the Corps to do the work? Is the Corps and by extension ASCE the only game in town in American Civil Engineering? If so then we need more than ever to establish the 8/29 Commission. Hell, this may even fall under the jurisdiction of the RICO Act, though much less a confederacy of dunces than a syndicato of price-fixing engineering contractors.
Steinberger told board members that only a small number of engineering firms nationwide are certifying levees because of the fear of getting sued if a dike breaks. She said there is no provision yet for an extension of the two-year limit to get certified, despite the shortage of firms doing the work.
That is the game here as I see it: on one side of these failing levees you have us, the witnesses to and victims of the crimes, the American Tax-Payer, while on the other side of these failing levees you have them, the perps who committed this crime, and their minions who profit from enabling this criminal behavior to continue.
We have "right" on our side, but not time.
They have all the time in the world and friends in high places, but are as wrong as Hell. Congress said so. They said so. Judge Duvall said so with extreme prejudice. Hurricane Season Says So. I stuck my arms into their leaking levees and I say so. Lemme'tolyaz...
The ExQuixotic Corps is Baaaaaad Gris Gris!
What faith one may find in a rising tide to float all boats is more than breached by bad engineering and lying public relations spin, as such blind penance will be crucified on the flooded streets of New Orleans again!
(s)Coping with Titan <-(Corps Spokesman Gerald Galloway's Company) and the Corps
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Like a cat chasing its tail~slabbed
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Based in New Orleans for the summer of 2008
~Julie Dermansky
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Peach Crisp 1 cup sugar or less, depending on the sweetness of the peaches
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granola without dried fruit — don’t leave this out as this is the “crisp” part
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
3 lbs. peaches, peeled and sliced 3/4-inch thick
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
Accompaniment: vanilla-bean ice cream
Preheat oven to 375° F.
Stir together sugar, flour, granola, spices and salt in a bowl, then work in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture forms small clumps.
Spread peaches in a lightly buttered 13-by-9-inch (2-1/2- to 3-quart) baking dish. Toss peaches with juice and top with crumb mixture.
Bake in middle of oven until topping is golden and peaches are tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool slightly and serve warm.
Makes 6 servings.Summer fun at Montreal Jazzfest~John Swenson
