DJD, you're right, not just the wealthy had an opportunity to evacuate. When you get right down to it, really, of the people who ended up having to be rescued (or drowned), the majority had time to evacuate, they simply refused to do so. There were some who really had no chance, such as poor people with no vehicles who lived in areas where walking out would have meant walking 20 or 30 miles, or more. I mentioned the people in wealthy neighborhoods because that's who the video at Catfish Bob's link talked about. But the point I was trying to make is that the statement "if you didn't have a car you weren't allowed to leave the city" is - well there's no other word for it, it's a LIE made up by CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.
Another LIE. Obama has signed no such order. This comes from an Internet chain letter dating back to around September of '09. In case you ever want to read some facts, instead of paranoid conspiracy theories, here's a list of the executive orders President Obama DID sign in 2009: http://www.archives.gov/federal-regi...009-obama.html
Here's the TRUTH about it (emphasis mine):
"In April 2009, the U.S. Export-Import Bank, whose stated mission is "to assist in financing the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets," approved a preliminary commitment to lend at least $2 billion to Petrobras, Brazil's national oil company, to fund the purchase of equipment and services from American companies. The commitment was approved by the Export-Import Bank's bipartisan Board of Directors before any Obama appointees joined the agency."
Source: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/bar...ing_brazil.htm
There are plenty of other sites out there debunking this myth. Google it and pick one.





IMO, Oswald did not act alone. As far as the moon goes, I really don't have an opinion on that.
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