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  Five people killed by New Orleans police !

  by Simon in

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  just on a news flash.

  what the hell is going on?

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  Breaking News: AP: Gunmen who fired on canal repairmen killed by police
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  Five people killed by New Orleans police !

  by Simon in

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  just on a news flash.

  what the hell is going on?

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  Actually...

  > BREAKING NEWS

  AP: Army Corps of Engineers says its contractors were not killed by police, but gunmen who fired at them were killed. More soon.

  I agree, we should all simmer down and wait for the details...
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  Letter To US Prez in Sunday's New Orleans' Times-Picayune

  by bisous in

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  our opinions: an open letter to the president dear mr. president:.

  we heard you loud and clear friday when you visited our devastated city and the gulf coast and said, "what is not working, were going to make it right.".

  please forgive us if we wait to see proof of your promise before believing you.

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  OUR OPINIONS: An open letter to the President Dear Mr. President:
  
  We heard you loud and clear Friday when you visited our devastated city and the Gulf Coast and said, "What is not working, we’re going to make it right."
  Please forgive us if we wait to see proof of your promise before believing you. But we have good reason for our skepticism.
  Bienville built New Orleans where he built it for one main reason: It’s accessible. The city between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain was easy to reach in 1718.
  How much easier it is to access in 2005 now that there are interstates and bridges, airports and helipads, cruise ships, barges, buses and diesel-powered trucks.
  Despite the city’s multiple points of entry, our nation’s bureaucrats spent days after last week’s hurricane wringing their hands, lamenting the fact that they could neither rescue the city’s stranded victims nor bring them food, water and medical supplies.
  Meanwhile there were journalists, including some who work for The Times-Picayune, going in and out of the city via the Crescent City Connection. On Thursday morning, that crew saw a caravan of 13 Wal-Mart tractor trailers headed into town to bring food, water and supplies to a dying city.
  Television reporters were doing live reports from downtown New Orleans streets. Harry Connick Jr. brought in some aid Thursday, and his efforts were the focus of a "Today" show story Friday morning.
  Yet, the people trained to protect our nation, the people whose job it is to quickly bring in aid were absent. Those who should have been deploying troops were singing a sad song about how our city was impossible to reach.
  We’re angry, Mr. President, and we’ll be angry long after our beloved city and surrounding parishes have been pumped dry. Our people deserved rescuing. Many who could have been were not. That’s to the government’s shame.
  Mayor Ray Nagin did the right thing Sunday when he allowed those with no other alternative to seek shelter from the storm inside the Louisiana Superdome. We still don’t know what the death toll is, but one thing is certain: Had the Superdome not been opened, the city’s death toll would have been higher. The toll may even have been exponentially higher. It was clear to us by late morning Monday that many people inside the Superdome would not be returning home. It should have been clear to our government, Mr. President. So why weren’t they evacuated out of the city immediately? We learned seven years ago, when Hurricane Georges threatened, that the Dome isn’t suitable as a long-term shelter. So what did state and national officials think would happen to tens of thousands of people trapped inside with no air conditioning, overflowing toilets and dwindling amounts of food, water and other essentials?
  State Rep. Karen Carter was right Friday when she said the city didn’t have but two urgent needs: "Buses! And gas!" Every official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be fired, Director Michael Brown especially. In a nationally televised interview Thursday night, he said his agency hadn’t known until that day that thousands of storm victims were stranded at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. He gave another nationally televised interview the next morning and said, "We’ve provided food to the people at the Convention Center so that they’ve gotten at least one, if not two meals, every single day."
  Lies don’t get more bald-faced than that, Mr. President.
  Yet, when you met with Mr. Brown Friday morning, you told him, "You’re doing a heck of a job."
  That’s unbelievable.
  There were thousands of people at the Convention Center because the riverfront is high ground. The fact that so many people had reached there on foot is proof that rescue vehicles could have gotten there, too.
  We, who are from New Orleans, are no less American than those who live on the Great Plains or along the Atlantic Seaboard. We’re no less important than those from the Pacific Northwest or Appalachia. Our people deserved to be rescued.
  No expense should have been spared. No excuses should have been voiced. Especially not one as preposterous as the claim that New Orleans couldn’t be reached.
  Mr. President, we sincerely hope you fulfill your promise to make our beloved communities work right once again.
  When you do, we will be the first to applaud.
  Edited to add source link: http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tporleans/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tporleans/archives/2005_09.html
  
  
  
  
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  What about the Audubon Zoo?

  by Valis in

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  i can't find anything on the zoo and whether the animals came though unscathed or are suffering.

  i did read in a message board many of the animals from the aquarium downtown had been relocated, but what ofthe zoo animals?

  i love the new orleans zoo and it pains me to think all those animals dead, suffering, starving, etc..

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  I don't know anything about the zoo...but I was listening to NPR yesterday, they devoted the day to broadcasting about the Hurricane aftermath and a woman called in who was a carriage driver in the French Quarter. She was very upset about the mules that pull the carriages and how she hasn't heard anything and can't get through. She was asking the host about how to get hay to the mules.

  He was like, ummm, lady I realize you care about the mules and all since you work with them, but there are thousands of people who haven't been reached yet and that is who we are focused on helping ... her words kind of faded away ... oh yeah, I understand ...

  It was a very awkward moment.
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  Why do people hate Americans?

  by dorayakii in

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  maybe the correct word is not "hate", but "distain" or "dislike"... .

  many people were against the war in iraq and dilike president bush, has this had a baring on how people view americans?

  when america flexes its military muscles how do you feel?

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  OMG I laughed so hard I snorted !!! My dog thinks I have lost my marbles!!!

  too funny, ballistic!
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  Chief Justice Rehnquist has died

  by Elsewhere in

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  looks like the moderate / liberal population is screwed.

  "jesus loves you" george is about to put two new people in the supreme court.. .

  http://www.cnn.com/2005/law/09/03/rehnquist.obit/index.htmlchief justice rehnquist has died.

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  In terms of the court, I agree ... Rehnquist was a conservative, far to the right judge and it will be hard to affect the makeup of the court further in that direction with his replacement.

  Where that balance can and likely will be affected is with the O'Connor replacement.

  In any event, despite extreme differences with his opinions I do respect the fact that he devoted his life to civil service and his principles.
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  I pay $1200 / month gasoline

  by DannyBloem in

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  sorry for this post out of frustration...... danny.

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  Jeez, that's crazy! why so much? what do you drive? how far? is driving your job?
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  Why do people hate Americans?

  by dorayakii in

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  maybe the correct word is not "hate", but "distain" or "dislike"... .

  many people were against the war in iraq and dilike president bush, has this had a baring on how people view americans?

  when america flexes its military muscles how do you feel?

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  I haven't experienced these greeters since I don't patronize WalMart. I do love the greeting and farewells one experiences throughout the villages of France. It is so genteel to enter a small shop, exchange the "Bonjour Madame" or "Bonjour Monsieur" and upon exiting exchange our "Mercis". It left such a pleasant imprint upon me returning home from my first visit. And despite what has been said here, my one-on-one experiences in France each year (including 2005) have not been hate-filled. The French are eager to have robust discussions regarding their impressions of America and our leaders ... but they retain their love of Americans.

  They just don't adopt a fawning Oh Thank God You Saved Our Country We Are Forever In Your Debt mentality that some Americans think is their due. They don't feel they owe some permanent servitude to our government and decisions.
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  Anyone know how to offer housing to the N.O. victims?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  i mean, we live hundreds of miles north.

  but we have room for a couple people here.

  is there a website or email address that one can make the offer of free lodging until these people can get back on thier feet.. as far as that goes, is there anyone on this board that could use that kind of help?.

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  craigslist.com or craigslist.org - post on the housing site.... tons of people in towns all over the US are posting lodging for evacuees there.
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  A Link for the Liberal Loudmouths

  by Shining One in

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  http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20050902/cm_csm/ekatrina .

  read it and see that the pres actually was on the ball and had the machinery turned on and ready to operate.

  if a dummy like clinton (gore or kerry as well) had been in charge, who knows what would have happened!

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  Chrissy~

  FEMA and other federal and state agencies completed a mock exercise using "Hurricane Pam", modeled to create a disaster that was in alignment with Hurricane Katrina, including storm topped levees, etc.

  This exercise was completed in 2004 and resulted in many findings which were to meant to ensure the New Orleans area was well prepared for such an event.

  Edited to add link to description and results of this exercise : http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=13051