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McDowell Memo: What does the Fed Govt do for you in a natural energency like a tornado?

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https://www.kin.com/blog/what-is-femas-role-in-disaster-relief What Is FEMA's Role in Disaster Relief? Dec 13, 2017 FEMA  (Federal Emergency Management Agency) became a household name after Hurricane Katrina when the agency came under media scrutiny for its failure to respond to victims in a timely fashion. Hurricane Katrina is notorious for being one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in modern US history, with 1,833 lives lost and more than $108 billion in damage. FEMA was unprepared for Katrina. FEMA was formed under an executive order signed by President Jimmy Carter on April 1 st , 1979, with the mission to “lead America to prepare for, prevent, r...

McDowell Memo: Some Great Attorneys on both sides

Some Great Attorneys on both sides  Having been a life long follower of legal cases I have selected a few of my favorite attorneys from the pas to look at their lives and how the developed such skill and daring . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Rubin  Ellis Rubin was a great defender of lost causes and of gay rights , although mostly known as a Florida lawyer , he made  headlines across the country with many of his cases including suing the NFL  over the Black Out process.  Interesting fact is that he went ot Binghamton HS with Rod Serling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Spence      Gerry Spence - probably the greatest trial attorney of all time has not lost any case since 1969 and has not lost a trial by jury EVER , another defender of those cases that no one thinks has  a Chance such as Karen Silkwood, Rudy Ridge , etc.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Scheck  Barry Sch...

McDowell Memo: The CLinton Legacy

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William Jefferson Clinton , better known as Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd president of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. In 1978 Clinton became the youngest governor in the country when he was elected governor of Arkansas. What Were the Charges Behind Bill Clinton's Impeachment ... https://www.reference.com/history/ were - charges - behind-bill-clinton-s-impeachment -700df... What Were the Charges Behind Bill Clinton's Impeachment? The Starr Report, presented on Sept. 9,1998, presented 11 impeachable offenses. Bill Clinton was eventually charged because he "... willfully provided perjuries, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury," and made "... corrupt efforts to influence the testimony of witnesses and to impede the discovery of evidence ." The first of the possible offenses presented in the Starr Report was that President Clinton had lied under oath during the civil case when he denied an...