Feds crack down on anti-FEMA t-shirts

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Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:58:23 -0800

Re: Feds crack down on anti-FEMA t-shirts: Soon, six men from

FEMA had him surrounded. They issued him a $75 ticket and threatened

to arrest him.

 

 

thank, R

 

> hey how bout this.......

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> > Feds crack down on anti-FEMA t-shirts

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> http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/03/man_ticketed_fo.php

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> > The Federal Emergency Management Agency is the favorite punching

bag of New Orleans. And it's understandable, as FEMA stood down while

Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,300 people and laid waste to tens

of thousands of homes.

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> > Now the hated agency is ticketing folks for giving away t-shirts

that mock FEMA.

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> > George Barisich, president of the United Commercial Fisherman's

Association, is among those left homeless and unemployed. Last fall he

started selling t-shirts that read " Flooded by Katrina! Forgotten by

FEMA! What's Next, Mr. Bush? " for fun and profit.

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> > Last month, on February 1, Barisich was in line with fellow

hurricane victims to pick up canned food from a charity's tent. He

gave one of his t-shirts to the man standing next to him.

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> > Soon, six men from FEMA had him surrounded. They issued him a $75

ticket and threatened to arrest him.

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> > They alleged that Barisich had violated a law banning the sale of

goods on federally owned property.

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> > " If we ignored this violation, you could have potentially 20 to 30

people standing out in front of the [FEMA] center, obstructing

things, " says Dean Boyd, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman.

" We've got a duty and a job under the law. "

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> > In his defense, Barisich says he didn't sell the shirt. He gave it

away.

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> > " I've tried to work with them, " he says of the federal government.

" But some of the rules they've got down here are unbelievable. For

God's sake, everybody knows George. They're pushing the buttons a

little bit too far. "

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> > His family lost 14 of their 17 homes in the area, he lost three of

his boats and his oyster beds are beyond repair. He will be fighting

the ticket.

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> > " If you do something wrong, you pay for it. If you didn't, you

don't ever say you did. "

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> > http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/03/man_ticketed_fo.php