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New Orleans to be emptied for next storm: officials
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 3/28/06 | Ned Randolph

Posted on 03/28/2006 8:10:05 PM PST by NormsRevenge

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To: Petronski

LOL. Ancient Chinese proverb says, "It is better to be master of the obvious than master of a home filled with eels."


21 posted on 03/28/2006 8:20:52 PM PST by defenderSD (¤¤ Wishing, hoping, and praying that Saddam will not nuke us is not a national security policy.)
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To: NormsRevenge
"Today the population stands around 200,000 to 225,000 people in New Orleans," said Orleans Parish Homeland Security Advisor Terry Ebbert. "Our goal is to ensure that we create an environment where it makes more sense to leave than to stay..."

"A gaffe occurs not when a politician lies, but when he tells the truth."--Michael Kinsley

22 posted on 03/28/2006 8:24:47 PM PST by RichInOC (New Orleans has survived just about every disaster thrown at it, except possibly bad government.)
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To: LdSentinal
But Blanco will remain an idiot for the next storm.

Yeah..but she will be at both of LSU's final four showings next week..even take credit for it..her tireless work..yawn

23 posted on 03/28/2006 8:29:19 PM PST by BerniesFriend
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To: defenderSD

but but but ray told them to stay in there homes. he said if they absolutely had to leave the superdome would be opened as a last resort. He said all of this on 8/27/06 at 10:45AM CST.


24 posted on 03/28/2006 8:31:32 PM PST by Jaded (The truthshall set you free, but lying to yourself turns you French.)
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To: Jaded

there homes = their homes

that picture of ray adversely affected my brain function.


25 posted on 03/28/2006 8:32:19 PM PST by Jaded (The truthshall set you free, but lying to yourself turns you French.)
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To: NormsRevenge; ntnychik; devolve; PhilDragoo; Smartass
Just ride the schoolbuses out.......


26 posted on 03/28/2006 8:33:55 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Now that we have learned that "chocolate" mixed with salt water makes some really crappy cocoa, this might be a good idea.


27 posted on 03/28/2006 8:39:26 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Sacrificing unity and national identity for "diversity" and "multiculturalism" is a really dumb idea)
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To: NormsRevenge
thousands struggled to survive after ignoring evacuation orders

Ignoring? That's right, blame the victims. Most of the people who ended up at the Superdome and Convention Center had no way to get out of the city when the long overdue evacuation order was finally given. Many were residents of poor neighborhoods where few people had working vehicles, not to mention that gasoline supplies were running out by the time. And of course the 1000+ school buses that could have taken everyone to safety were kept parked in their lots (except for the one that young Jabbar Gibson "liberated" shortly after the storm).

I hope the people have learned their lesson, that relying on government to save you is a very bad plan. However, for officials of the same government which has been encouraging and bribing them to be government-dependent for decades, to then turn around and blame them for government's miserable failure in a major emergency, is an obscene level of hypocrisy.

28 posted on 03/28/2006 8:43:24 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: NormsRevenge

The 1200 school buses are ready and waiting to evacuate NO citizens.....still waiting. Maybe they will get a chance next time....if the election goes right!!


29 posted on 03/28/2006 8:51:05 PM PST by HardStarboard
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30 posted on 03/28/2006 8:54:38 PM PST by burzum (A single reprimand does more for a man of intelligence than a hundred lashes for a fool.--Prov 17:10)
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To: potlatch


New Orleans is a swamp best given to the gators.


The IQ level would soar.








31 posted on 03/28/2006 9:13:39 PM PST by devolve ( upload to free imagehosts Photobucket & Imagecave)
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To: NormsRevenge
They should have
built this city,
built this city,
built this city on rock and roll...

then they wouldnt have any of these problems.

32 posted on 03/28/2006 9:32:51 PM PST by SquirrelKing (Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.)
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To: devolve

We have 38 thousand refugee children enrolled in Texas schools. Texas has spent 350 million dollars on the NO refugees and Congress does not want to re-emburse.

They said the kids are all 2 or 3 years behind and thousands could be held back because they can't pass the Texas Assessment Knowledge Skills tests! TAKS, can't go on till you pass it.


33 posted on 03/28/2006 9:34:32 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch

Yes, the fact that LA children of all colors were so far behind Texas's rather dismal students certainly didn't get much msm coverage, did it? And it wasn't for lack of trying...Texas schools even ran extra tutoring sessions after school to try to get these children half-way up to speed, to no avail.


34 posted on 03/28/2006 9:41:27 PM PST by kittymyrib
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To: kittymyrib

If Texas's schools have dismal ratings it is because of all the illegals enrolled and all the hispanic dropouts. My children in my city all received decent schooling.


35 posted on 03/28/2006 9:57:09 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: defenderSD

Yup.

Too bad the MSM continues to blame the President of the United States for the incompetence of city and state leadership.

Louisiana is a fool's paradise only because of the leadership and the racist idiots who voted for it.

Otherwise, I would have no problem with living here.


36 posted on 03/28/2006 10:32:23 PM PST by Emmet Fitzhume ("It is better to be alone than in bad company.")
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To: NormsRevenge; potlatch; devolve; PhilDragoo; Smartass

It will be interesting to learn the unintended consequences of this decision. There will always be someone who misses the last bus out, or who has special needs and no communication. Their deaths will be blamed on someone. Pres. Bush won't be president past Jan. 2009, so we'll need a new scapegoat. Last August, NOLA tried to dissuade people from using the Superdome by calling it shelter of last resort and not having sufficient supplies. Look what happened.


37 posted on 03/29/2006 10:20:41 PM PST by ntnychik
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