PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE NEED FEMA FUNDS...BP'S NOT DOING ENOUGH!!

PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE NEED FEMA FUNDS...BP'S NOT DOING ENOUGH!!

The Issue

President Obama:

We need help down here--NOW!!

BP's only paying certain types of "claims." Not everything falls within the realm of "claims." "Claims" are for already-incurred damages and losses. THIS JUST ISN'T GOING TO CUT IT!! THIS IS KATRINA ALL OVER AGAIN!!

Nobody is giving out contact info for BP. All routes of communication whether via the Coast Guard, FEMA, Halliburton, TransOcean, whoever, are routed back to  BP-contracted claims adjusters!

We ARE going to have hurricanes here this season. That's a CERTAINTY, not a MAYBE! Many citizens remained in New Orleans during Katrina because they didn't have money or means to get out.

There are citizens such as myself who are in ill health, and need to relocate NOW...BEFORE damage is done, not AFTER!

FEMA states BP is responsible and supposed to be paying "claims."

YOU NEED TO AUTHORIZE FEMA TO PAY AT-RISK CITIZENS WHO ARE WILLING TO RELOCATE FOR MOVING EXPENSES. THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK.

HELP US!! YOU KNOW CORPORATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY DON'T CARE ABOUT US, AND MANY OF US ARE REGULARLY MISTREATED BY OUR STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND JUDICIARY, AS WELL.

YOU NEED TO TAKE CHARGE OF THIS NOW!! IF YOU CAN BAIL OUT CROOKED BANKS, THEN YOU CAN BAIL OUT THIS COUNTRY'S MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS.

WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING BULLIED BY GREEDY CORPORATIONS AND CROOKED GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS WHO HATE THEIR JOBS AND RESENT THE CITIZENS THEY'RE PAID TO SERVE.

MANY OF US VOTED FOR YOU, AND THIS ISSUE IS CRUCIAL TO YOUR PRESIDENTIAL LEGACY AND POSSIBILITY OF RE-ELECTION.

HURRICANE SEASON STARTS NEXT TUESDAY, AND STORMS MOVE QUICKLY IN WATERS AS WARM AS OURS ARE ALREADY, SO UNLESS YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE, PROPERTY, VEHICLES, AND HIGHWAYS, COVERED IN OILY SLIME AND DEAD, TOXIC ANIMALS FLOATING IN FLOODED STREETS, PAY US MOVING EXPENSES AND LET US GET OUT NOW!

YOU CAN FINE, PENALIZE, AND TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST BP TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT LATER, BUT HELP THOSE OF US NOW WHO NEED TO RELOCATE.

This petition had 186 supporters

The Issue

President Obama:

We need help down here--NOW!!

BP's only paying certain types of "claims." Not everything falls within the realm of "claims." "Claims" are for already-incurred damages and losses. THIS JUST ISN'T GOING TO CUT IT!! THIS IS KATRINA ALL OVER AGAIN!!

Nobody is giving out contact info for BP. All routes of communication whether via the Coast Guard, FEMA, Halliburton, TransOcean, whoever, are routed back to  BP-contracted claims adjusters!

We ARE going to have hurricanes here this season. That's a CERTAINTY, not a MAYBE! Many citizens remained in New Orleans during Katrina because they didn't have money or means to get out.

There are citizens such as myself who are in ill health, and need to relocate NOW...BEFORE damage is done, not AFTER!

FEMA states BP is responsible and supposed to be paying "claims."

YOU NEED TO AUTHORIZE FEMA TO PAY AT-RISK CITIZENS WHO ARE WILLING TO RELOCATE FOR MOVING EXPENSES. THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK.

HELP US!! YOU KNOW CORPORATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY DON'T CARE ABOUT US, AND MANY OF US ARE REGULARLY MISTREATED BY OUR STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND JUDICIARY, AS WELL.

YOU NEED TO TAKE CHARGE OF THIS NOW!! IF YOU CAN BAIL OUT CROOKED BANKS, THEN YOU CAN BAIL OUT THIS COUNTRY'S MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS.

WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING BULLIED BY GREEDY CORPORATIONS AND CROOKED GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS WHO HATE THEIR JOBS AND RESENT THE CITIZENS THEY'RE PAID TO SERVE.

MANY OF US VOTED FOR YOU, AND THIS ISSUE IS CRUCIAL TO YOUR PRESIDENTIAL LEGACY AND POSSIBILITY OF RE-ELECTION.

HURRICANE SEASON STARTS NEXT TUESDAY, AND STORMS MOVE QUICKLY IN WATERS AS WARM AS OURS ARE ALREADY, SO UNLESS YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE, PROPERTY, VEHICLES, AND HIGHWAYS, COVERED IN OILY SLIME AND DEAD, TOXIC ANIMALS FLOATING IN FLOODED STREETS, PAY US MOVING EXPENSES AND LET US GET OUT NOW!

YOU CAN FINE, PENALIZE, AND TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST BP TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT LATER, BUT HELP THOSE OF US NOW WHO NEED TO RELOCATE.

The Decision Makers

Toby Odone
Toby Odone
BP Spokesperson
Mark Holstein
Mark Holstein
BP Legal Dept

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