Federal Funding For Katrina “Victims”: Paying for Lapdances & Liquor
But just don’t call them “refugees”.
Boston Herald reports: “Hurricane Katrina evacuees hastily handed $2,000 in federal relief money last month have been living it up on Cape Cod, blowing cash on booze and strippers, a Herald investigation has found.”
Why does this sound like old news?
Herald reporters witnessed blatant public drinking at a Falmouth strip mall by Katrina victims living at taxpayer expense at Camp Edwards on Otis Air Force Base. And strippers at Zachary’s nightclub in Mashpee, a few miles from the Bourne base, report giving lap dances to several evacuees.
“They were tipping me $5 a pop,” said a Zachary’s dancer named Angel. “I told them I felt bad taking their money. But I still took it.”
And why not? She’s the only one working.
UPDATE:
Should be no surprise, really. As Oblogatory Anecdotes concludes: “You can take the poeple out of New Orleans, but you can’t take New Orleans out of the poeple!”
And Independent Sources showcases a hurricane survival kit, “New Orleans style”
That explains it.
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October 18th, 2005 at 7:34 pm
More Katrina Refugee Hijinks!
You can take the poeple out of New Orleans, but you can’t take New Orleans out of the poeple!
Here is yet another story about some of the Katrina refugees, sorry “temporarily displaced Mardi Gras revelers” partying up on our dime. Not to mention …
October 18th, 2005 at 11:51 pm
[...] Perhaps we’re too quick to judge. A commenter at California Conservative offers “You can take the people out of New Orleans, but you can’t take the New Orleans out of the people!” Let’s hope nothing happens to Las Vegas. Salt Lake City would never be the same. [...]
October 19th, 2005 at 7:05 am
Oh, gag! How disgusting.
February 15th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
[...] That’s a lot of lap dances. [...]
February 15th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
[...] That’s a lot of lap dances. [...]