Sept. 11 Image For Kids Causes Furor(FEMA Pulls Coloring Book From Web Site)

[JonLP24]

Source: WKMG Orlando

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has come under fire for a controversial Sept. 11 image that was placed in a disaster-preparedness coloring book for children.

The book shows children various disasters, including hurricanes and floods, but one of the pages displayed an illustration of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York. One of the towers has smoke and fire coming out of it, while an airplane is shown heading toward the other tower.

FEMA pulled the coloring book from its Web site on Tuesday after receiving complaints from parents.

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[Ian David]

1. I'm gonna guess it was put there before January 2009. n/t

[CJCRANE]

4. Exactly.

It doesn't say when the book was created.

I wonder if it's just a coincidence that these Sept 11th PR blunders are coming out now...

[TwilightZone]

5. I saw a claim in one article that it's been on the site for six years.

So, yes, it's exactly what you think. :)

[Mari333]

2. wtf

[Ohio Joe]

3. ummm

You have got to be shitting me...

[snowdays]

6. says here that FEMA is preparing a statement..................

I did a google search and found this.

But it is not clear when Fema posted it on their site.



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/04/29/2009-04-29_fema_pulls_a_scary_thing_happened_kids_coloring_book_which_depicts_911_scene_of_.html

................In response to a call from The Daily News, a FEMA spokesman said they were preparing an explanation.

The coloring book was dreamed up by the emergency response team in largely rural Freeborn County, Minn. - after it was ravaged by a tornado, said Rose Olmsted, a county official.

"It was developed to help children make some sense after a disaster," said Olmsted. "I have a letter from FEMA in 2003 applauding us for the coloring book."

At the time, the agency was run by Michael Brown, who became infamous when former President Bush praised him for doing a "heckuva job" even as New Orleans was drowning.

Olmsted said the coloring book was handed out to thousands of kids over the years - in the U.S. and as far away as Australia - to help them cope...........

[CJCRANE]

8. Good catch n/t

[Ohio Joe]

10. No surprise

The depravity of repugs knows no bounds.

[tanyev]

21. Oh, great, Brownie strikes again.

[Sabriel]

7. "Can I borrow your orange crayon?"

"I need it for the flames on the north tower."

What next...Auschwitz paper dolls?

[Bluebear]

20. +1

[MinneapolisMatt]

9. WHAT THE HELL?

UGH!

[seemslikeadream]

11. "I feel like it was happening in the world and kids saw it," she said. "It is life."

sorry sweetie the kids using that coloring book weren't even born yet

[rocktivity]

12. And less than three days after their Air Force One photo op...

:banghead:
rocktivity

[Spazito]

14. Ummm, it is from the Bush 'era' NOT from the Obama Administration

it was the Obama Administration that has removed it.

[rocktivity]

15. I stand corrected

I should have written, "after THE Air Force One photo op." It was the bad timing I was referring to.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Spazito]

16. Ahhh, got it! n/t

[yardwork]

18. The timing is no coincidence. It's been there for 6 years and nobody noticed.

Now all of a sudden it's an outrage. We'll be seeing a LOT more of this kind of thing as the sick Repugs and their media try to blame everything on Obama.

[Snazzy]

13. 9/11 page

[EmeraldCityGrl]

17. The coloring book was originally created to keep

Bush busy during the day when he wasn't riding his bike.

[Generator]

19. It was a primer of his accomplishments