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FEMA detainment camps?

I just finished reading a very surreal account from a survivor of Hurricane Katrina. This person and his family was bussed to a camp miles away from any functioning infrastructure, away from any cellular phone service covereage and placed in a FEMA camp divided into bunks designated for males and females.

Perhaps most shockingly, he was told that they were not allowed to leave FOR FIVE MONTHS. Given that we already know Halliburton has been given almost $400 million by the Department of Homeland Security to build "detention camps" in America, could this FEMA prison camp be a sign of things to come?

Is this a dress rehersal for Bush's New America under Martial Law? Decide for yourself.
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"I just got back from a FEMA Detainment Camp"

Excerpt from article ...

We then started lugging in our food products. The foods I had purchased were mainly snacks, but my mother - God bless her soul - had gone all out with fresh vegetables, fruits, canned goods, breakfast cereals, rice, and pancake fixings. That's when we got the next message: They will not be able to use the kitchen.

Excuse me? I asked incredulously.

FEMA will not allow any of the kitchen facilities in any of the cabins to be used by the occupants due to fire hazards. FEMA will deliver meals to the cabins. The refugees will be given two meals per day by FEMA. They will not be able to cook. In fact, the "host" goes on to explain, some churches had already enquired about whether they could come in on weekends and fix meals for the people staying in their cabin. FEMA won't allow it because there could be a situation where one cabin gets steaks and another gets hot dogs - and...

it could cause a riot.

It gets worse.

He then precedes to tell us that some churches had already enquired into whether they could send a van or bus on Sundays to pick up any occupants of their cabins who might be interested in attending church. FEMA will not allow this. The occupants of the camp cannot leave the camp for any reason. If they leave the camp they may never return. They will be issued FEMA identification cards and "a sum of money" and they will remain within the camp for the next 5 months.

My son looks at me and mumbles "Welcome to Krakow."
Read the rest of the story (pictures included) ...

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