<p>“not that it makes any difference to me”</p>
<p>He’s probably aware of your indifference and figured it wouldn’t be worth the effort without you mini.</p>
<p>Well, I’m done with this thread. It is obvious we will not be changing one another’s mind. As I said, I am not a New Orleans resident or Louisiana voter. But as a citizen, I am concerned about my own local and state government and about the performance of the federal government. Some seem far more complacent about the level of competence exhibited by FEMA and DHS than I am prepared to be.</p>
<p>Me, too. At least the press is asking the questions we are asking, at least some republicans are asking, at the the rest of the world is asking</p>
<p>I can only hope this is a huge wakeup call to our nation and its citizens that we are not prepared</p>
<p>In some ways, keeping the national guard members in Iraq, while their neighbors, families and friends suffer from a disaster of the type that they had volunteered to help, reminds me of the Mohawk Valley Farmers that were kept in Fort William Henry by the British to fight the French. When they finally returned to the disasters at home they were not happy…and a change of government came about.</p>
<p>“not that it makes any difference to me”</p>
<p>He’s probably aware of your indifference and figured it wouldn’t be worth the effort without you mini."</p>
<p>I’m glad that he thinks so highly of me, even if not of the victims. (To be fair, even thinking about doing so would be a job of one of his “handlers”.)</p>
<p>“and a change of government came about.”
Mr. B articulates for many here what this is really all about. Yes, a good place to stop.</p>
<p>CITYGIRLSMOM - all I see is you quoting others - not true facts in many respects -rants/raves/articles/ect…well you have quite a few facts that are definitlely off the wall in that you are not backing them up with the real explanations many times - just making a blanket post that is very easily misinturpreted - and you just love to incite people here in this board by all the '‘i know all’ attitude that you just are sooo proud of.</p>
<p>BUT YOU HAVE POSTED SOME VERY MISLEADING INFORMATION!!! - You have posted above that the first medical supplies to arrive …</p>
<p>‘’‘’‘’‘’‘After the authorities in Baton Rouge had prepared a field hospital for victims of the storm, Fema sent its first batch of supplies, all of which were designed for use against chemical attack – including drugs such as Cipro, which is designed for use against anthrax.
“We called them up and asked them, ‘Why did you send that?’, and they said that’s what it says in the book,” said a Baton Rouge official.-MailGuardian online’‘’‘’‘’‘’</p>
<p>It would be nice of you to then look up and inform your readers that CIPRO is used for MANY infections - not just anthrax - but for that pneumonia, wound infection, etc… that is occurring/potentially occuring as a result of this hurricane and exposure or injuries that many people are experiencing - this is not an inappropriate supply to arrive - so when you quoute something - at least be able to back it up - misinformed people can be as dangerous as uninformed people.</p>
<p>Facts on NO flood control spending and the Core of Engineers. Too long to post. Read it and get off the soapboxes.</p>
<p><a href=“U.S. Department of Defense”>U.S. Department of Defense;
<p>Exactly, Barrons.
Another piece that I read some days ago, involved official transcripts of hearings in D.C. that took place a few years ago. Apparently, a lot of the projects are lobbied for, just to get jobs and money into the States, and while these are being discussed in Congress, there are Environmental groups screaming outside, about the damage to wetlands, and the future problems that commercialization of these lands will be causing. So, it’s protect the low-lying areas, no, wait, protect the egret, no, wait, flooding raises the land with silt deposits, no, wait, straighten the river.
I’m sue it’s all a lot more complex than all of us genius hindsighters think we know.
We need to pull together for our suffering bretheren, instead of ranting here with the constant questions.</p>
<p>FountainSiren said, "I personally cant help but think that some indiscriminate posters take unusual satisfaction in pointing towards human tragedies and political imbroglios from Crawford Texas, to Fulujah Iraq, to those afloat and dying in New Orleans, as it suits their anti-American hysteria.</p>
<p>These posts rarely take the tack of a lament or even a mournful critique but rather a finger-wagging I knew he/they was/were evil yeah, oh yeah! mentality. "</p>
<p>Don’t take any satisfaction at all. What I do feel is a hopelessness, despair and anger about the state of this country. If we are ready to pounce on anything Bush does wrong it is because we hope and pray that this country will finally wake up and never vote for a nightmare of a president like this again. We just hope more people will see what some of us saw a long time ago - reality. Why do you think his approval ratings have plummeted? Maybe because Americans are starting to see the grave consequences of some very poor decision making. Decision making that seems more predicated on obtaining and maintaining power than using it wisely.</p>
<p>People who defend the President for pay or as volunteers frequently attack those who point out what a lousy job he has done. This administration has a dark history of screwing up, not admitting to it or apologizing, but simply turning the story by blaming everyone else. This is how our allies in the South Pacific are seeing this story.</p>
<p>Found in the New Zealand Herald
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<p>You don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.</p>
<p>Maybe she was shopping for hipwaders–seriously *** is Cond Rice supposed to do in NO?? Her job has nothing to do with internal storm problems.</p>
<p>Who knew that New Zealand editorial writers followed CC threads with such interest?</p>
<p>Are you srue that article wasn’t written by a Guardian writer? The NZ Herald wouldn’t have reporting resources like that.</p>
<p>I don’t know what Condi’s previous job title encompassed–today she is on the defense for the admin saying she does not believe the situation can be attributed to race.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9179587/site/newsweek/[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9179587/site/newsweek/</a></p>
<p>pretty good article</p>
<p>ciao, I am done</p>
<p>Here’s an even better one:
<a href=“http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0509050119sep05,0,2233752.story?coll=chi-newsopinioncommentary-hed[/url]”>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0509050119sep05,0,2233752.story?coll=chi-newsopinioncommentary-hed</a></p>
<p>CGM,
The newsweek article you sited has false info in it regarding Blanco and when she declared a state of emergency. The Washington Post had the same misinformation which, surprise, came from the Bush administration. You can read about it on <a href=“http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/index-old.php[/url]”>http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/index-old.php</a></p>
<p>The facts of tha matter are that 5 days after the flooding hit everyone who wanted to be evacuated is out and in a safe setting, all the sick have been treated and moved to hospitals, the city has been secured, the levee repairs are likely to be completed today, most displaced kids will be starting school in the next week. Within another week many of the relocated will be moving to semi-permanent housing throughout the US that is more suitable for long-term settlement.</p>
<p>That’s a huge accomplishment in 5 days.</p>
<p>“I want to give you one last story and Ill shut up and let you tell me whatever you want to tell me. The guy who runs this building Im in, Emergency Management, hes responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home and every day she called him and said, Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming? and he said, Yeah, Mama, somebodys coming to get you. Somebodys coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebodys coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebodys coming to get you on Thursday. Somebodys coming to get you on Friday and she drowned Friday night. She drowned Friday night! [Sobbing] Nobodys coming to get us. Nobodys coming to get us. The Secretary has promised. Everybodys promised. Theyve had press conferences. Im sick of the press conferences. For gods sakes, just shut up and send us somebody.”</p>
<p>From Broussard- anecdotal sure, but it won’t be the only story like that coming out</p>
<p>She did ask for a state of emergency</p>
<p>I am sure there are errors in the article, but it really show the incompetency of the administration, especially in the aftermath</p>
<p>The test now will be whether the Administraton and the Democrats put together a plan to build 200,000 units of public housing, expand Medicaid services and vouchers for nursing home care, provide long-term unemployment benefits, transportation vouchers for people to get to work (if they can find it), increased funding for education, and job retraining. Basically what they did for 9-11 victims, but on a larger scale. My guess is that we’ll see virtually none of this - from either Democrats or Republicans. Instead, they’ll dither about what to do about New Orleans.</p>
<p>I do, however, think we’ll see a national day of prayer.</p>