Posted on 08/31/2005 5:33:35 PM PDT by Syco
Just announced on WWLTV. The Mayor of New Orleans has just declared martial law to deal with the looters. No Miranda Rights, etc.
Remember the mantra: Texas, Dome, everything's OK. And DON'T DRINK THE WATER.
"Yep. My take is that the local pols, many black, were
horrified at the prospect of some white Guard troops
plinking looters (who are mostly black)."
Yesterday and today have been looking at the photos at Yahoo!. Of the 5 looting photos I have archived, none of them shows a single white person looting among the blacks. I'm sure there are some whites looting, but 99% of the looting is done by black thugs.
Lock and load. Be prepared.
Bumping both of your posts!
"but...who's gonna enforce it?"
It's outta control, for sure.
Until the National Guard is firmly in place,
and possibly some force applied, I don't see
it getting much better.
"New Orleans, LA meet Mogadishu, Somalia."
That's good, bourbon.
That's exactly what I've been thinking...
Most of the reporters, similarly, would look with askance at the killing of any of their fellow Democrats.
It's not that all of the looters are Democrats but they voted Kerry/Edwards (or someone else voted in their name).
HOW LOOTING WAS HINDERED.
One thing to be strictly guarded against in those days of destruction was the outbreak of lawlessness. A city as large as San Francisco is sure to hold a large number of the brigands of civilization, a horde who need to be kept under strict discipline at all times, and especially when calamity lets down for the time being the bars of the law, at which time many of the usually law- abiding would join their ranks if any license were allowed. The authorities made haste to guard against this and certain other dangers, Mayor Schmitz issuing on Wednesday the following proclamation:
"The Federal troops, the members of the regular police force and special police officers have been authorized to kill any and all persons engaged in looting or in the commission of any other crime.
"I have directed all the gas and electric lighting companies not to turn on gas or electricity until I order them to do so. You may, therefore, expect the city to remain in darkness for an indefinite time.
"I request all citizens to remain at home from darkness until daylight every night until order is restored.
"I warn all citizens of the danger of fire from damaged or destroyed chimneys, broken or leaking gas pipes or fixtures or any like causes."
He also ordered that no lights should be used in the houses and no fires built in the houses until the chimneys had been inspected and repaired.
There was need of vigilance in this direction, for the vandals were quickly at work. Routed out from their dens along the wharves, the rats of the waterfront, the drifters on the back eddy of civilization, crawled out intent on plunder. Early in the day a policeman caught one of these men creeping through the window of a small bank on Montgomery Street and shot him dead. But the police were kept too busy at other necessary duties to devote much time to these wretches, and for a time many of them plundered at will, though some of them met with quick and sure retribution.
STORIES BY SIGHTSEERS.
One onlooker says: "Were it not for the fact that the soldiers in charge of the city do not hesitate in shooting down the ghouls the lawless element would predominate. Not alone do the soldiers execute the law. On Wednesday afternoon, in front of the Palace Hotel, a crowd of workers in the mines discovered a miscreant in the act of robbing a corpse of its jewels. Without delay he was seized, a rope obtained, and he was strung up to a beam that was left standing in the ruined entrance of the hotel. No sooner had he been hoisted up and a hitch taken in the rope than one of his fellow-criminals was captured. Stopping only to obtain a few yards of hemp, a knot was quickly tied, and the wretch was soon adorning the hotel entrance by the side of the other dastard.
"These are the only two instances I saw, but I heard of many that were seen by others. The soldiers do all they can, and while the unspeakable crime of robbing the dead is undoubtedly being practiced, it would be many times as prevalent were it not for the constant vigilance on all sides, as well as the summary justice."
Another observer tells of an instance of this summary justice that came under his eyes:
"At the corner of Market and Third Streets on Wednesday I saw a man attempting to cut the fingers from the hand of a dead woman in order to secure the rings which adorned the stiffened fingers. Three soldiers witnessed the deed at the same time and ordered the man to throw up his hands. Instead of obeying the command he drew a revolver from his pocket and began to fire at his pursuer without warning. The three soldiers, reinforced by half a dozen uniformed patrolmen, raised their rifles to their shoulders and fired. With the first shots the man fell, and when the soldiers went to the body to dump it into an alley nine bullets were found to have entered it." The warning this severity gave was accentuated in one instance in a most effective manner. On a pile of bricks, stones and rubbish was thrown the body of a man shot through the heart, and on his chest was pinned this placard:
"Take warning!"
http://www.fdungan.com/frisco.htm
After private homes are vandalized...can't believe they didn't see this coming...they just let the animals run wild...pathetic!!!
There is a lot of sense in that suggestion. Get Rudy.
Let me ask you something. How about the PLAN of the project dwellers? Do they not have some responsibility to save themselves? Or do they just sit and wait for someone, somewhere to come and save them? At what point do people decide they need to make their own plan for survival? I'm talking about walking out if necessary. Pushing the elderly in a wagon, if necessary. These are people who have NEVER had a plan. They didn't need one. There was always someone who would do it for them. Until now. Refugees?? I don't think so.
(I wonder if the socially sensitive cameraman handed him an armload and said, "Here, hold this.")
under a declaration of emergency or war ... the president can do just about anything he wants.
Glad to know that you agree that President Lincoln was justified in how he dealt with the rebels.
"They" are just doing the looting the Mexicans won't do.
May I suggest: You ought to calm down. Observations on activities a thousand miles from me tend to make me feel separate, distinct and secure. It's only because I can't save them
Allow me my observations. Oftentimes, these are accurate.
I see exactly what you mean and I agreed with you 100% until today. Bear with me here: They were told to evacuate BEFORE the hurricane. They didn't for many different reasons,poverty and ignorance being foremost, but they made it through the hurricane just fine. It was the stupid levees that made them need to move. Then when they DID try to walk out by the thousands, they ended up on an interstate highway in 95 degree weather with no water, no food and no shelter. That's what I'm upset about.
The saddest part is that this scumbag will probably survive at the expense of others.
These are people who have been taught passivity as a strategy all their lives. They wait for someone else to come along, not only with a plan, but to make everything all right for them. And then they get annoyed when it's not up to their expectations.
Why do you not see any pictures of them - the ones that are strong and healthy, such as the looters - out trying to help their neighbors?
I can see why some of them didn't have much of a plan, because I get the impression that the city officials dragged their heels and didn't really give that much urgency to the evacuation order until too late in the game. But those who are still in the city could certainly pitch in and help now - something I haven't seen at all, in any of the coverage of this. Maybe it just hasn't been covered - or maybe it didn't happen.
Huge LOL!
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