Posted on 10/16/2009 6:29:31 AM PDT by rrstar96
Making his first visit to Louisiana since becoming the nation's 44th chief executive, President Barack Obama told a spirited crowd at the University of New Orleans on Thursday that he will help build a stronger Gulf Coast than the one Hurricane Katrina and broken levees wrecked four years ago.
"I promise you this -- whether it's me coming down here or my Cabinet or other members of my administration -- we will not forget about New Orleans," Obama said. "We are going to keep on working. . . . Together, we will rebuild this region, and we will build it stronger than before."
Obama also used the four-hour visit, which included a stop at the Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward, to praise the city's spirit and its example for rest of the nation.
"I remember four years ago, right after the storm, a lot of people felt forgotten," he told hundreds of youngsters at the school. But now, he said, the campus represents progress in a neighborhood that became a symbol of the destruction.
At UNO, Obama added: "It is always an inspiration to spend time with the men and women who have reminded the rest of us what it means to persevere in the face of tragedy and rebuild in the face of ruin. . . . That's the story of this recovery, your unbending resilience. That doesn't start in Washington, that starts right here."
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Pelican State ping
The totally dependent, helpless and lazy moochers from New Orleans can’t do anything on their own. It’s been 4 years and they still have their hand out wanting freebies. What a disgrace.
New Orleans literally stinks. I think it is the swamps, the decay, the immmorality, at what point does one decide the city is no longer able to be rebuilt...when it sinks another 5 ft. below sea level?
Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... I did not see much spirit in the local TV shots.
..sound familiar?
Uh, he might want to start with Chicago.
How about the World Trade Center?
Again, 9/11 was a very, very high profile situation.
8 years after the event, we have no replacement buildings, we just have a hole in the ground, because the government can't get the job done.
Hey! I have an idea! Why don't we hand over the Auto industry, the Insurance industry, the Banking industry, the Energy industry, and the Healthcare industry to the government!
That'll work -- right?
I wonder how much more taxpayer money NOLA will be receiving here in the near future
It’s been 4 years and they’re still waiting for someone to help them? I would think that the $70 Billion we sent to repair the $40 Billion in damage would have been enough. Apparently it wasn’t enough to cover the 400% graft and corruption charge.
Together, we will rebuild this region, and we will build it stronger than before.”
Yeah Yeah Yeah...your predessor did more than you will ever do you pretentious blowhard.
Why would Mr. Obama send his cabinet members instead of his czars? Just wondering.
The totally dependent, helpless and lazy moochers from New Orleans can’t do anything on their own. It’s been 4 years and they still have their hand out wanting freebies.
That is precisely what he is praising.
Lemme guess.....He inherited this disaster, right?
Why was all this garbage unable to get out of New Orleans when warned, and yet all that same garbage made it to the inuguration?
aw c’mon!~ enough is enough! we’ve spent over a half million dollars for every man, woman and brat in NOLA, and it STILL ain’t enough?????
I visited NO before Kat and even THEN it was a third world country where no one seemed to understand the meaning of building codes - they were/are sitting ducks and continue to be badly served by the govt they elected...suckas indeed...
“...then we’ll make sure ACORN is up and running and covering your sorry a**es...”
Looter-man be saying, “this is not a crime, but rather an opportunity in the 9th ward.” Thanks for posting that pic and common sense leads me to beleive that “Looter-man “ would be a better President than the empty suit odumbo.
Cordially,
NSNR
The sorry part of it all was Jindal was there to meet with Obama to talk about coastal restoration, Louisiana Medicaid funding, and funding for New Orleans' Charity Hospital.
Wonder what became of that?
Those who were willing to rebuild New Orleans already have rebuilt as much as they could stand to do. The rest of the unwilling, want someone else to come and do it all for them while they sit and watch, or remain in Houston and sack that unfortunate city for all it's worth.
The crowd loved him.sure they did .these are the same poeple who didn’t know enough or care enough to get the hell out of nola when a cat5 was nearing the coast......and they are still whining about the gov. not doing enough....time for them to put their big boy pants on and get to work...the neighboring states Miss and Ala..are getting it done .....without the crying the blues!.sickening lazy people!!
The only reason Obama is in New Orleans is to make sure Acorn has kept all the taxpayer money safe for him.
After which he flew to SF and spent more time with Leftist fat cats raising money then he did in NO.
Lemme guess.....He inherited this disaster, right?
You know it was Bushs fault.
“We are going to keep on working. . . . Together, we will rebuild this region, and we will build it stronger than before.”
So, Apply your Commie tactics, regiment the non-workers there! Each with a basket on his back. Line them up, fill each basket with dirt and raise the 9th Ward about 10 feet above river level! then build!
Each basket of dirt hauled equals a certain ammount of food credits! So many credits equals one meal. That’s the commie way! Just ask MAO!
zer0 is fishing for votes, huh? Why didn’t he go over to Mississippi, too?
“No We Can’t”
Give World Trade Project to Trump and be done with it.
I use to love walking down to World trade center.
HA....yeah...just like Obomba “rebuilt” Chicago....uh huh.
My feelings on Trump are somewhat mixed, but I recall that a few years ago a recording of him lambasting politicians came out. I believe it was on the topic of new construction for the UN. He just tore them apart on the waste and fraud that was obvious. Like him or not, that guy does know how to get things done.
Another reason was Obama wanted to lay off the cost of the trip to the taxpayers. If he'd flown straight to SF, the DNC would have had to foot the bill.
Conveniently omitting the fact that over 250,000 Louisianans were taken in and cared for by surrounding states...for months.
Results Trump intentions.
He did rebuild Wollman Skating rink after the city of NY bungled it for 6 years depriving New Yorkers of a beautiful skating rink.
Trump said let me have a crack at it. He proposed a budget and time frame.
He completed the project under budget and ahead of schedule and today, 20+ years later, People are able to skate at a terrific place, in Central Park.
I skated there about 9 years ago. Fun!
Oh bama couldn’t tell the truth even if it was pumped onto his teleprompter. If truth came rolling down his prompter, he would choke on it, unable to read it outloud. Barry is giving educated black people a bad rap.
Keep talking Pinocchio Barry.....
“Whataya mean, ‘WE’, ‘bammy?”
That would imply that the residents would be involved in some of the “work”.
Ain’t gonna happen. If it ain’t handed to ‘em without any effort on their part, they don’t want it.
Only a leftist would be enthused about building below sea level.
And with a populace that is 60% illiterate, bummer has found his natural constituency.
The guy simply cannot resist telling lies. He must get a kick out of making promises that he knows he will never keep.
Interesting to see the difference between New Orleans and Cancun. Cancun was up and running within a year with new hotels, palm trees and roads. These people are not on the public dole and thus the city was rebuilt so they could go back to work.
In Nov. of 2005 we went to Playa del Carmen for a trip we had booked prior to Wilma. We were in amazement at the state of the hotel, there were a few trees missing but beyond that (and the ride seeing the devastation along the highway from the Cancun airport)the hotel was beautiful! Compare that to the lazy slugs in La. waiting for government help-how sad.
Then they can live like Kings.
It would be alot cheaper than throwing more money at N O.
Compare that to Fargo, North Dakota, where they rebuilt beautifully after the terrible floods of the Red River.
WE'd be safer.
Well, at least NOLA got FOUR hours of Dear Leader’s precious time. General McCrystal got TWENTYFIVE MINUTES! He’s in a much tougher fight, BTW.
And how much time did the leftists in San Fran get from our Usurper in Chief?
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