Sunday, March 05, 2006

No Bush Criticism Allowed in New Orleans

Print Story: FEMA critic's shirt gets him tangled up in ticket on Yahoo! News:

"George Barisich, president of the United Commercial Fisherman's Association, has been selling anti-FEMA T-shirts since last fall, a reflection of his frustration with the federal government's response to the storm that left him homeless and unemployed.

But on Feb. 1, when he handed a shirt to a fellow Katrina victim as he was picking up canned goods at a charity's relief tent, Barisich found himself in trouble with the government.

He was cited by a group of Homeland Security officials for selling a T-shirt on federal property - in this case, near a FEMA center in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart in Chalmette, La.

Barisich, 49, says he didn't sell the shirt, which said: 'Flooded by Katrina! Forgotten by FEMA! What's Next, Mr. Bush?' He says he gave it away."

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