Posted on 09/09/2005 9:59:49 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Some in the black community are beginning to question what happened to the black leadership during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, especially in the city of New Orleans.
While a few black leaders, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Congressional Black Caucus, have singled out the president for blame, others say Mayor C. Ray Nagin, who is black, is responsible for the dismal response to the flooding that stranded thousands in the city's poorest sections.
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"Two thousand buss number comes not from fish bowl city proper, but within greater NO metropolitan area, all surrounding parrishs et al. Gov Blanco commandeered every buss in LA once the warm brown matter hit the rotating blades."
Ah, thanks for the clarification on that. When did Blanco commandeer the buses?
It was sometime after (with heavy on the after) Nagin did his scream for 500 Greyhounds.
Jesse Jackson was at an important meeting with Pres Chavez when he could have been in NOLA advocating for poor Blacks stuck in the city with a known number 5 hurricane bearing down.
Save me,Save me,I've been downtrodden,Jesse help me,Al help me,all my Democrat's help me,I'm no scapegoat,or is I?
He will do it,I gaurantee.Go figure.
I remember our church doing a study on the book of First Peter, a few years ago. In the preparation for the study (which took 3 years of church services), I found out what that statement really meant. (Nero fiddled while Rome burned)
Apparently, Nero had a fetish for destroying things, so he could rebuild them. Eventually, that led to his burning of Rome. Well, many of the Roman citizens were none too happy about that, and demanded answers. Nero needed a scapegoat on which to hang the blame for the city's destruction. What group, either hated or perceived to be hated, could be made to blame for something that they did not do?
Were it today, it would be Republicans. Back then, it was the Christians. Nero blamed followers of Christ for the burning of Rome, and that led to some of the most horrific persecution, torture and death to ever be inflicted upon a people at that time.
One of the more brutal practices was to take a Christian, dip him in pitch (oil), set him in Nero's garden, and light him on fire...the light would illuminate the Emperor's garden. This, by the way, was the original meaning of the term "Roman candle".
It was more and worse than that. In the midst of such horrendous, undeserved suffering, it would seem natural not to go broadcasting that you were one of those Christians...probably wouldn't want to act like one, either, humanly speaking. It was in that context that Peter encouraged believers that they were indeed chosen by God, that they had a great hope, a great inheritance, even though they were going through great trials.
I know it's a little off thread, but the term "Nero fiddled while Rome burned" brought back that memory. Do with it as you will.
The city would only be out the cost of fuel and might have been able to rely on volunteer drivers recruited by the mayor through public announcement on TV and radio.
Ah yes!....the hammer hits the nail......
Graphic alert: Post #10.
"The truth is, black people died not because of President Bush or racism, they died because of their unhealthy dependence on the government and the incompetence of Mayor Ray Nagin and Governor Kathleen Blanco," he said."
If you want to make people angry, lie to them. If you want to make them absolutely livid, then tell 'em the truth.
Time for an independent investigation - Hillary is exactly right.
The Giuliani Commission - has a nice ring to it, eh?
Great analogy - "Nero fiddled while Rome burned"
Sorry about what you saw. Seems like crises bring out the best and the worst of people. I'm glad you left DUh other boat and came over here!!
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We keep hearing about the school buses. But doesn't New Orleans have a mass transit system like other big cities? I have lived in Cleveland, Ohio and Houston, Texas both cities have them so it would follow so does New Orleans. How many more buses could have been utilized there?
Considering the statewide plan called for requisitioning transport from local entities like school districts and transit authorities there were probably over 1,000 buses that could have been used to evacuate New Orleans. I can't understand why voluntary evacuations using those buses couldn't have been started 48 hours before the storm hit land.
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