Fraud is common when you give away billions. Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top $2 billion. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, and at least one sex change operation.


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MARK TWAIN
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts th...
MARK TWAIN
Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income...
MARK ZANDI
Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the fe...
MARK KENNEDY
There really isn't anything more refreshing then iced Coke out of the old-school glass bottles.
MARK ZUPAN
Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew f...
MARK LAWRENCE
Of all the various kinds of sexual intercourse, this has the least to recommend it. As an amusement,...
MARK TWAIN
Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of t...
MARK TWAIN
I brag on the Democratic Party. We're libertarian on social issues, it's live and let live. ...
MARK UDALL
I am quite amazed how, when people earn lots of money, they think they have to spend it on things th...
MARK HADDON
Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
MARK TWAIN
Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.
MARK TWAIN
We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks, if we agree with him.
MARK TWAIN
As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected.
MARK RUTTE
He was a psychotic. He was a borderline psychotic. He was a terrific, sensational actor, with a magi...
MARK RYDELL
I've been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it an...
MARK MCGWIRE
O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover th...
MARK TWAIN
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.
MARK TWAIN
Happiness ain't a thing in itself --it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so,...
MARK TWAIN
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to...
MARK TWAIN