Vanity: Public Apology From Me To FReepers

[onyx eyes]

My apology to FReepers for my thread titled "Freepers Are Freaking Me Out.

It was just the high emotions and intensity of the scenes unfolding before us during the last week.

Now, I have a second-hand account of life in the Superdome that has given me pause. To stop and reflect. I still have sympathy and compassion for the people of NO but realize things are not always what they seem on the surface.

[onyx eyes]

The account from my sister's co-worker who went on a 30th wedding anniversary trip to New Orleans is chilling and brings out the fact that the local New Orleans gov. did nothing but send/direct people to a place to shelter the storm and had not brought and did not bring any provisions for the stranded to get by on. Did not make any arrangements to safeguard the people at all, in fact.

I am going to get the account from her in an email hopefully tomorrow.

[RushCrush]

Ummm, I missed your first post and I feel like I've missed something from your 2nd. Perhaps.... content?

[ladyinred]

I read your thread, and I am glad you have calmed down some. The heat of the moment has gotten to us all many times! No apology needed!

[Congressman Billybob]

Thank you. All's good in this community.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Tide of Lies Swamps NY Times: Employees Riot and Steal Office Supplies"

[tomkat]

Freepers Are Freaking Me Out

Hell, some of the folks in here have been doin' that to me for years !
Didn't know we're supposed to apologize - musta missed that memo... 

;-)

[Michael Goldsberry]

Looks like your emotions ran away with you. No problem.

[tet68]

I must have missed it, can't have been anything that serious if you haven't been banned yet.

[socal_parrot]

It's a tough time for the vitims and their friends and family. It's a stressful time for everyone. No apology needed!

Candy would be nice, though.

Welcome back.

[bvw]

The alarmists on FR before Katrina were right. And the alarmists over the past few days have been right as well. The locals, the officials and police in NO and LA, behaved with criminal incompetence. And their caterwauling now bespeaks their fear of being found out and held to account. Too bad the MSM treats those criminal crybabies as golden throated warblers. Hopefully MSM is going down along with those they'd protect.

[Pure Country]

A little while ago, I heard that the starting cops pay in NO is $16,000. No wonder they were looting. Can you imagine even being a LEO in NO, let alone making that kind of money?

[Echo Talon]

The heat of the moment has gotten lots of people tossed from FR one of them puts posts on my blog...read his postings here If a mod would like to review this, maybe he could be reinstated on probation...

[Travis McGee]

I hope that sooner or later the MSM discovers that New Orleans did have a written emergency plan to cover the evacuation of the poor, but that the idiot mayor of New Orleans ignored it, and allowed the evacuation buses to be ruined by the flood, forgotten.

The city leaders had at least two full days to use these hundreds of buses to evac the poor, exactly as their own emergency management plan called for.

Here's the southeast Louisiana evac plan supplement, most recently revised in 2000. Go to page 13, read paragraph 5. It states:

5. The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating.

[bvw]

Reminds me of Mexico, where except for the uniform and gun, seems some of the cops had essentially nothing except the can of beans and two eggs that was their lunch. The job was worth it for the uniform. For the clothes, for the shirt and pants and shoes.

[onyx eyes]

thank you for that. And thank all of you.

[onyx]

No problem cuz. :)

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT

[Rokke]

Don't feel like you are alone. I think a lot of eyes are going to be opened in the upcoming weeks. Its just that most people won't have the class to do what you've just done.

[Mike Darancette]

did nothing but send/direct people to a place to shelter the storm and had not brought and did not bring any provisions for the stranded

The people were told to bring their own water, food for 4 days and stuff to be comfortable on a camp out.

Imagine!

[onyx eyes]

"The people were told to bring their own water, food for 4 days and stuff to be comfortable on a camp out.

Imagine!"

thanks for the info Mike. Welll....I'm not going to say what I am thinking.....

[Choose Ye This Day]

after a mod got involved on behalf of some pretty contentious pests and made me call him or her a thumbsucker.

Whatever happened to personal responsibility? He "made me" do it?