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New Orleans Levees
Vw Holds Its National Meeting in New Orleans
In the news: More than two hundred fifty Volkswagen of American Inc. corporate and field employees will gather in New Orleans beginning Tuesday, January 16 through Thursday, January 18 for the company's National Field Meeting. Volkswagen employees will also help rebuild the city's public school music programs by donating Volkswagen-branded musical instruments such as guitars. They will also help in renovating a music classroom destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
According to Matthias Seidl, Chief Operating Officer for the Volkswagen brand, "We chose New Orleans because it has always been a great place for business and entertainment. There is a correlation between the city and our company. We've both made progress the past year as Volkswagen sales are up 4.9 percent, while New Orleans has made vast improvements in rebuilding and re-establishing itself as an epicenter of culture and entertainment. The Volkswagen brand has long been recognized for its ties to music and art, and we look forward to bringing New Orleans back to its creative roots." Seidl is also responsible for Volkswagen's field organization.
Last Tuesday, January 16, forty employees of Volkswagen have rebuilt the music room at the Lafayette Academy on South Carrollton Ave. Armed with their personal supplies and materials donated by Home Depot the forty volunteer employees has given the charter elementary/middle school's music room a new coat of paint, a number of storage cabinets, and a music-themed wall mural. Volkswagen for its part will donate fifty-six First Act guitars to the Tipitina's Foundation. The thirteen public high schools in the city will be provided with four guitars each.
Representatives and student interns from the Tipitina's Foundation are going to accept the guitars on behalf of the schools at an even that will be held on January 16, 2007, Thursday at Tipitina's French Quarter. The highlight of the said event will include a special performance bythe students together with popular local artist-Theresa Anderson.
And here is what Bill Taylor, Executive Director of the Tiptina's Foundation has to say, "We welcome Volkswagen to New Orleans and appreciate their contributions to rebuilding the city's musical foundations."
Volkswagen's National Field Meeting brings together more than 250 employees who work everyday as liaisons between Volkswagen of America, Inc.'s headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan and the nearly 600 US dealers. The annual meeting is a venue for Volkswagen to discuss its 2007 business strategy.
About Volkswagen
Volkswagen AG, manufacturer of quality VW inner tie rod, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It is the world's fourth largest car producer after GM, Toyota and Ford. Volkswagen means "people's car" in German. It has a tagline written in German "Aus Liebe zum Automobil" which when translated would mean "For the love of the car" - or, "For Love of the People's Cars."
James Russel grew up in Los Angeles and is 35 years old. He works as a marketing analyst for a supplier of automotive parts in the United States. On his spare time, he loves to spruce up his vehicle. Article Source: ArticlesBase.com
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WHO OWNS THE NEW ORLEANS LEVEES?
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What is missing from this Conservative bias "News"report?
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The earliest official report of a New Orleans levee breach came at 8:30 a.m., hours after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. Word of the possible breach surfaced at the White House less than three hours later, at 11:13 a.m.
In all, 28 federal, state and local agencies reported levee failures on Aug. 29, according to a time line of e-mails, situation updates and weather reports that Senate Democrats say raise questions about whether the government moved quickly enough to rescue storm victims from massive flooding.
The documents were released in advance of a Senate hearing Friday at which Michael Brown, the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was set to testify.
Brown is widely considered the public face of the government's sluggish response to Katrina. But he signaled earlier this week that he was prepared to discuss his storm communications with Bu$h and other top White House officials ? a possible signal that his testimony would assign blame elsewhere.
The White House has barred some top advisers and staffers from answering Senate investigators' questions about the administration's response, saying that certain discussions and documents must remain confidential. But Brown, who quit FEMA shortly after the storm and left the federal payroll Nov. 2, is no longer covered by that confidentiality protection.
White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the president and his top aides were fully aware of the massive flooding ? and less concerned whether it was caused by levee breaches, over toppings or failed pumps, all three of which were being reported at the time.
"We knew there was flooding and that's why the No. 1 effort in those early hours was on search and rescue, and saving life and limb," Duffy said.
Shortly after the disaster, Bush said, "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." He later said his comment was meant to suggest that there had been a false sense of relief that the levees had held when the storm passed, only to break a few hours later.
The Bush administration has said it knew definitively early Tuesday, Aug. 30, the day after the storm, that the levees had been breached, based on an Army Corps of Engineers assessment.
Democrats said the documents showed there was little excuse for the tardy federal response.
"The first communication came at 8:30 a.m.," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. "So it is inexplicable to me how those responsible for the federal response could have woken up Tuesday morning unaware of this obviously catastrophic situation."
The first internal White House communication about levee failures came at 11:13 a.m. on Aug. 29 in a "Katrina Spot Report" by the White House Homeland Security Council.
"Flooding is significant throughout the region and a levee in New Orleans has reportedly been breached sending 6-8 feet of water throughout the 9th ward area of the city," the internal report said.
Hint, just listened to a town meeting on radio, there they said "the Government does not have the legal power to order a mandatory evacuation" I clearly read on "miserable failure" site that FEMA has the power to take all assets and enter your home. They also can arrest you on the spot, No charge, no lawyer. Where is the truth?
Another hint, there are 1,242 letters written to the Federals, some are about the poor condition of the levees. According to Michael Brown. All long before Katrina.
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bush cut money to fix new orleans levees?
when was money cut to fix leeves?
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what do you think about The New Orleans Levee System?
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could the government be using the weather as a weapon to attack its own people?
chemtrails from high altitude aircraft (New Orleans Levee)
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