Word: fema
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...Quinn had wanted to find workers, all he had to do was go to the fourth floor of his own Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel," says Saket Soni of the New Orleans Workers Center, explaining that Quinn's application was approved while unemployed Katrina victims were living off FEMA vouchers in his hotels...
...Gulf Coast that I saw was one where the wealthy slowly rebuild, while the poor (who overwhelmingly are racial minorities) watch helplessly from their makeshift FEMA trailers—their own solution to the housing crisis that still exists. This is a land where wealthy speculators purchase coastal land at upwards of one million dollars an acre, and where—just a few miles away—public housing recipients fend off efforts by local and state officials to dislodge them from their homes. This is a place where redeveloped casinos—opened only months after Katrina?...
Everyone’s favorite: The Onion. Even if you are unfamiliar with this venerable publication, you probably can become vaguely familiar with its bent simply from the title. The burning satire newspaper on the cover has a humorous headline about everyone’s second favorite: FEMA. Although you probably can’t read it from where you sit now, one of the other articles on the cover reads, “Nation’s Lack Of Preparedness Blamed On Cub Scouts.” It goes without saying that if we can’t make...
Nobody is claiming that the CDC has become another governmental basket case like FEMA--at least not yet. Indeed, the speed with which this past summer's outbreak of lethal food poisoning was traced to spinach tainted by runoff from a particular herd of cows in California is testimony to the CDC's continuing expertise. But the bad publicity comes at the worst possible time for the agency and its director. Congress is wrapping up its final budget for 2007, and the Administration is starting to draw up a preliminary budget for 2008. If lawmakers believe that Gerberding is floundering...
...strange thing happened last night. I had a knock on my door. A kid says, 'Trick or treat!' I said, 'Aren't you late?' He said, 'No, I'm dressed as a FEMA worker.'" JAY LENO...