Posted on 09/02/2005 9:02:58 PM PDT by Pete
CNN and MSNBC have had Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and others on all day claiming that the Federal response to the disaster has been slow because the victims are poor and black. The Congressional Black Caucus openly advocates that position and CNN and MSNBC are more than willing to carry their water. They have all slipped into madness.
It is more than an outrage. They are selling these lies to victims of the disaster and crushing their hope. So much so, that the people at the convention center are now convinced that they are being punished by the government because they are poor and black.
It should not even be necessary to say that these accusations are not only absurd but they defy reality. Here are some numbers:
* 40,000+ moved through New Orleans airport - 800 per hour
* 98,000 people from New Orleans are in shelters outside New Orleans and that does not include the 18,000 at the Astrodome.
* The Coast Guard has rescued more than 7,000 people from New Orleans, mostly by helicopter.
Clearly, help is already there. And that does not include all the efforts in the other affected areas - over 90,000 square miles.
Another thing. Everyone keeps saying it has taken 5 days. Wrong. On Monday night, every network was reporting that New Orleans had dodged a bullet. The levee broke some time Monday night/Tuesday morning. By noon on Tuesday it was clear to local media that there was a big problem. But the national news was unaware. So much so, that the anchorwoman on a local channel, WDSU, was literally screaming at CNN to stop reporting that everything was OK. It wasn't until late Tuesday that first real reports of the scope of the devastation hit the national networks. The Governor of LA didn't even ask for troops until Wednesday AM.
Within 24 hours of that call, the military was staged outside New Orleans and ready to enter. Within 24 hours!! That is an amazing accomplishment. Also keep in mind that it was reported that the trip from Baton Rouge to New Orleans had taken a news crew 13 hours immediately after the storm because they had to stop every 100 yards on the highway to clear trees and and debris.
However, even though the military was ready to go in, there was a problem - actually three.
First, the local and state officials had completely dropped the ball. When the Federal resources asked them where they were needed, the Mayor and the Governor not only didn't know, they had no plan.
Second, communication was completely down. The local officials had no plan for that either.
Third, New Orleans was a war zone. Again, the local officials had failed to enforce any laws early on and by Thursday, things were out of control. FEMA, the Red Cross and the Salvation Army were ready even before the military but could not go in because they could not guarantee the safety of their people. [FEMA had pre-positioned huge amounts of resources in the area even before Katrina hit.] Boats were being high-jacked. Ambulance and helicopters were being shot at.
But, by Friday, the Feds had mustered the resources to handled those problems as well. They did develop a plan and entered the city in large numbers on Friday morning - a mere 72 hours after the levee break and 48 hours after being requested - even with all the failures at the local level.
Now, having said all that, go back to the numbers. An incredible amount of work was done in the first days after the levee break even with all those obstacles.
I am so proud of all the men and women who have worked so hard to help their fellow Americans. For liberal leaders to use this tragedy for political gain by race baiting is not only outrageous, it is extremely offensive and I believe the networks promoting this idea will suffer in ratings. It is sickening. Worse than that, to suggest that the victims of the storm and flooding in New Orleans were neglected because of economic status or race is to SPIT in the faces of the brave souls who risked their very lives to pluck them from the deadly waters.
Now the N.O. (ahem) *Mayor* wants every friggin' thing under the sun, moon and stars.
He's looking GREAT as a contender for the covted "Incompatint moron of the year" award.
Good Grief!
BRAVO, well done, very good, factual and concise essay.
Sharpton, Jackson, and all the other race-mongers are going to be busted for their lies before this is all over, and their buds in the lamestream media are going to look as foolish as they did when they fawned over Cindy the Moonbat in Crawford.
I guess it would be a waste of time to try to explain to Al and Jesse that the rescue would have gone a lot faster if their homies weren't shooting at the rescuers.
This is the best analysis of what happened that I have seen, Thanks for posting it.
Yeah...NEWS FLASH..drop the f'in camera and HELP THEM!...do it yourself...gee, truck in all your equipment and stuff, how about packing some food in your news van?...clowns
Man, donate to somthing that is KNOWN, and LOCAL. I cannot stress "LOCAL" enough! (Not shouting at you but I suck as a typest, LOL!) And THANK-YOU for your help and concern for the folks down here.
Here's two things that I think are obvious from the television coverage:
1). The victims are mostly Black.
2). The rescuers are mostly white.
To me it becomes obvious that this is disaster of happenstance, not of racism. There is no doubt that poverty plays a role in who stayed in the city during the hurricane despite an evacuation order. But that is not the same as racism playing a role in the rescue.
Let's face it, once those people are rescued it will be months before New Orleans is inhabitable again (for anyone, not just blacks). Those white policeman and fireman will be out of a job once those people are rescued and they most likely will move elsewhere (this is not lost on the police and firemen, some of whom have already quit). Just as many of the Black victims will also relocate.
But those rescuers are staying and doing their jobs and rescuing the victims because they care. This nation cares and this race card crap needs to end. This will be the most expensive relief operation in our history. The fact that the majority of the money and effort will be directed at minorities should not be lost. We are a caring and decent people.
You have been reported, troll.
Well, I'd really like to comment on the rev. jessy, and his ______ (fill in the blank, FB al sharpton. Sh*t sturrers on the highest order... Just watch the MSM for the next week or so...
LOL! (saved it!)
Someone should tell him it's against the law to shout "Fire" in a theater.
Meanwhile, what does this comment from New Orleans's mayor C Ray Nagin (when he was still mayor-elect) mean?
The final major project of Mayor-elect Ray Nagin's private-sector career is a world-class restaurant located on the roof of the still-unnamed New Orleans Arena. The home of the New Orleans Brass, our ECHL professional hockey team, the Arena has part of the overall sports-venue culinary wasteland.*Mr Nagin served as the vice president and general manager for Cox Communications in south-east Louisiana.
[snip]Getting up to the restaurant is easy; just walk up to an employee of the New Orleans Arena when you arrive and say "Puck You!" and you will be shown to the private elevator going to the top of the building. It is unclear as to whether Mr. Nagin will continue the "Cox* Cable Car" project, which is a cable car line connecting the top of City Hall with the roof of the Arena. The original purpose of the line was to permit current (but not for long) Mayor Markey-Marc Morial to access the restaurant without having to go down on the street. "There's better than a 50-50 chance hizzoner would bump into a white person from Kenner if he had to go near the office buildings down in that neighborhood," Nagin says, "and we at Cox were happy to sponsor a mode of transportation more fitting the Mayor's station."
Thanks, we're getting more and more of this type of post, keep letting us know. We really appreciate everyone's help.
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