After the Storm: The good, the bad, the let's-shoot-them-now

WSJ.com OPINION JOURNAL ^ | Thursday, September 1, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT | Peggy Noonan

[rodguy911]

Bingo, Blanco is the problem. Those looters and anarchists hiding out in NO did not come out of a vacuum. They were there all the time and with the legendary corruption throughout La. nothing that happens there surprises me. What you are witnessing in NO are simply problems that were glossed over and never solved.

[rodguy911]

All that is true but from her(blanco's) standpoint by waiting, it allowed the MSM/rat press to place the blame on GW, remember it's always Bush's fault.Compassionate lot, the rats.

[libstripper]

So true. The astounding thing about the flooded neighborhoods is how many submerged cars there are. Those cars are mostly on the streets or in parking lots, showing the were fully functional before the flood came. None of them should have been there. Instead, the people living in those neighborhoods should have gotten in those cars and driven out of town ahead of the storm, as President Bush was the first to urge. Sadly, it looks like the large majority of people caught in the city could have left if they had chosen, but voluntarily chose not to and did not receive the leadership from the DemonRats they elected that they needed to receive.

[beyond the sea]

That's so right! Peggy needs to read a book.

[beyond the sea]

Guardsman to male looter:

"May a water moccasin climb up your baggy low-hanging shorts."

[Eaker]

Good point.

Added to the list.

[ChinaThreat]

New Orleans deserves what they voted in.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[ArrogantBustard]

9) The squemish should prethink if they will shoot goblins or give up their families lives to them. I can skip step 9.

The squeamish should take a few armed self defense courses, from decent instructor(s), and de-squeam themselves.

It worked wonders for Mrs. Bustard.

Goblins need to be shot. Repeatedly. The poor things are suffering from LDD (Lead Deficiency Disorder) and require immediate treatment.

[LizardQueen]

WWRD - "What Would Rudy Do?" :lol:

LQ

[rodguy911]

When FNC showed the video of NO police officers casually strolling down the ailes of a closed retail store, pushing a grocery cart and participating in the looting. to me that said a lot about the state of law enforcement in NO "before" the storm.

[Travis McGee]

The pictures of a hundred flooded and ruined school buses is emblematic of the lack of planning.

[Salvation]

Glad to see this comment in her column:

Mississippi's Gov. Haley Barbour came closest to the Giuliani model. We are friendly acquaintances; I knew him years ago when he was a political operative in Washington. I'm frankly surprised he's turned into a leader, but he has. From the beginning of the hurricane drama Mr. Barbour came close to Mr. Giuliani's specificity. In news conferences he laid out with breadth and precision the facts of the Mississippi coastal devastation. He had to keep telling the press and the public that there would be more dead than they understood, a delicate thing to have to do. He did it with candor and transparency but no defeat. He had command of what facts were known. His face was shocked and sad, but he never looked beaten; he referred on "Larry King Live" to the rebuilding of the coast as if it were a foregone conclusion but one that will take massive work. He seemed straight, unillusioned, human. Watch Mr. Barbour. If he continues like this, he's going to become a significant national figure.

[chgomac]

Bravo! "All the nation's universities should agree"....

We are still learning how massive this disaster is....every organization, every church & temple, every organization based on nationality, each civic club, every union and every profession should step up with offers such as yours. This is our chance to live the old saying "Charity begins at home" and forgive me for playing on JFK's phrase, but we must

"ask not what the government/officials are doing for these fellow citizens: ask what you can do to help"

[Tolik]

Nailed It!

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[LS]

I sent an e-mail to our president earlier today (haven't heard back) but just to "ping" him also called our local newshound/reporterette and said she should quiz him over this!!

[kalee]

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[baseballmom]

Following up on your post that all organizations, religious, academic, etc should be helping our citizens on the Gulf;

Part of an email I rec'd this morning.

The Window
on August 31, 2005
A Catholic Look at Society, Culture and Politics



Deal W. Hudson

In This Issue:

Katrina Devastates Dioceses on Gulf Coast

The path of Katrina left devastation and loss of life over three states. The recovery operation will be the largest in the history of our nation.

The same will be true for our Church, facing the challenge of rebuilding the Catholic infrastructure along the Gulf Coast.

In an extraordinary measure, three inland dioceses in Mississippi and Louisiana are "adopting" the three dioceses most directly affected by the storm. The Diocese of Baton Rouge has adopted the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the Diocese of Jackson the Diocese of Biloxi, and the Diocese of Lafayette the Diocese of Homa-Thibodaux.

In addition to office space, the adopted dioceses will receive office equipment, computers, telephones, housing, and the help of local diocesan staff.

Archbishop Hughes of New Orleans has already set up a chancery in an empty elementary school in Baton Rouge. He expects to be there at least four months.

Today a communication went out to all the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Baton Rouge to be prepared to double their class size. They are planning to take in the students from the Diocese of New Orleans. They are also offering housing to displaced families.

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[RobRoy]

"" There seems to be some confusion in terms of terminology on TV. People with no food and water who are walking into supermarkets and taking food and water off the shelves are not criminal, they are sane. They are not looters, they are people who are attempting to survive; they are taking the basics of survival off shelves in stores where there isn't even anyone at the cash register. ""

My wife and I were talking about this earlier today and that is exactly how we see it. Those with TV's, etc.? Well, that is a different matter.

[BayouCoyote]

She is not cut out for this job.

Well said, she has been and will continue to be a failure of a governor. She courted Fidel Castro when GW said sanction's should stay, and he insisted they should be increased, but Block-O still traveled to Cuba to dine with the dictator. Socialists have a tendency to gravitate towards each other. She's a disgrace of a person..she will continue to fail..and people will continue to die b/c of her failures. Mary Landreau is of the same cut...worthless meat. They cry b/c their voter base is lost, that's all.

Then there's Sister senators brother, Mitch Landreau, the Lt.Gov. He put his office renovation 1st ahead of all other emergency spending, to the tune of 1 million dollars.
Corrupt, criminal and absolute failures of leaders b/c of the voting block that's now lost in NO.

ESAD to the LA DNC!