Audio Interview with New Orleans Mayor

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<p>I couldn’t access the text? Well worth pasting in full, nsm. I heard the speech in full. He asked that everyone write their congressman and senator and administration to express their outrage. I have taken him up on that suggestion.</p>

<p>You could re-title this thread to “Treated Like Animals”. Americans should have been outraged that those thousands were made to stand in the rain for hours and hours BEFORE going into an unairconditioned Superdome. That was the beginning of the inhumane treatment.</p>

<p>Shame on us all.</p>

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<p>The audio is simply an audio transcript, not a written one. Here, though, is a story on the interview.</p>

<p>"NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) – As his city skidded deeper into chaos, New Orleans’ embattled mayor accused federal officials of dragging their feet while people are dying in deplorable conditions.</p>

<p>Mayor Ray Nagin’s voice cracked with anger and anguish Thursday night in an interview with New Orleans radio station WWL-AM. (Hear the mayor tell feds to ‘get off their asses’ – 12:09.)</p>

<p>“We’re getting reports and calls that [are] breaking my heart from people saying, ‘I’ve been in my attic. I can’t take it anymore. The water is up to my neck. I don’t think I can hold out.’ And that’s happening as we speak.” (Transcript of radio interview with Nagin)</p>

<p>Nagin said the time has long passed for federal authorities to act on their promises. </p>

<p>“You mean to tell me that a place where you probably have thousands of people that have died and thousands more that are dying every day, that we can’t figure out a way to authorize the resources that we need? Come on man,” he said. </p>

<p>“I need reinforcements,” he pleaded. "I need troops, man. I need 500 buses, man. This is a national disaster. " <a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.nagin/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.nagin/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I heard him on the radio today. I’m ready to vote him into the presidency. I hope America is listening.</p>

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<p>He sure did a good job using all his resources to get people out of town before the storm–see busses sitting under water.</p>

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<p>And that crack police dept. What a great leader.</p>

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<p>Barrons: You called NO a cesspool of humanity…you have no crediblity whatsoever and your opinions should be disregarded because you called human beings garbage</p>

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<p>Less talk, more action is needed from ALL levels of government. This guy pales in comparison to Rudy.</p>