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Superdome evacuation suspended after shots fired at choppers
per Foxnews on air

Posted on 09/01/2005 5:40:42 AM PDT by shadowman99

Looter are armed gang situation worsening.


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bushfault; ghettologic; incompetence; katrina; katrinafailures; neworleans
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To: the Deejay; texasbluebell

There is a ship there, and it's helicopter was shot at while trying to evacuate those with medical needs.

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:HKRxCbyW0T4J:www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/30/katrina.recovery/+hospital+Comfort+heads+to+New+Orleans&hl=en


"The Navy said the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan was off the Louisiana coast and that its helicopters were already flying relief missions.

The ship, which resembles a small aircraft carrier, can produce large quantities of fresh water and is equipped with 600 hospital beds."


761 posted on 09/01/2005 11:13:35 AM PDT by freema (Ready to Rock AND Roll)
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To: All

Perhaps this has already been mentioned, but I'm of the opiinion that every bank in NO should to be completely destroyed before the criminal element there can get into them.


762 posted on 09/01/2005 11:14:06 AM PDT by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: freema
But yesterday, the captain of the USS Bataan,
said they'd be there on the 3rd.
763 posted on 09/01/2005 11:16:35 AM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: bocopar

I read the column, and am hoping that you get attention from the national mainstream media. I care so much about people of all backgrounds, for we all have the same emotions, desires, and love for our families and friends in our hearts.

What has been done to the black community in the name of "liberal compassion" is neither liberal nor compassionate. How many lives, hopes, and dreams have been destroyed by this evil set of lies foisted on blacks, and supported by the MSM, who really ought to know better.

I do not blame individual blacks for such self-defeating behaviors, for had I been born one, and fed such garbage, I do not believe I would behave much better.

If this post offends anyone, I am truly sorry. It is only my total frustration and emotional pain at seeing the devastation in NO. These poor people! I am helpless to do anything but pray for their souls... they do not deserve this nightmare.


764 posted on 09/01/2005 11:17:02 AM PDT by jacquej
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To: the Deejay

Well isn't that weird?! The CNN article is from the 30th!
I should say, that I assume that was their helicopter....
Where you hear that? Don't tell me it was CNN, either : )


765 posted on 09/01/2005 11:20:14 AM PDT by freema (Ready to Rock AND Roll)
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To: freema

I believe I heard him speaking
via phone to FOX.


766 posted on 09/01/2005 11:22:58 AM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: the Deejay
(Even liberal) CNN...at least on their website (2:25 p.m. Eastern), is now using the "A" word.

They are calling it "ANARCHY"

767 posted on 09/01/2005 11:25:14 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (USA should be studied by StateDept. as a "Foreign Country". Then will see OUR insurgents and chaos.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I beat CNN to the punch....
I said, "ANARCHY" the second
guns & ammo was taken from
the shops.


768 posted on 09/01/2005 11:28:24 AM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: WNYLibertarian
"Also the media is reporting the people don't know where they are going, how hard is it to get a guy in there with a bullhorn to tell these people whats going on, whats so difficult about getting an electrician in there to hook up the PA system to the generators"

Have you ever had any experience trying to get the herd to shut up and listen to important information? Especially panicked, tube watchers.

769 posted on 09/01/2005 11:31:57 AM PDT by Dust in the Wind (I've got peace like a river. . .)
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To: silverleaf
NO has become Baghdad without the IED's.

If they had them, they'd use them.

770 posted on 09/01/2005 11:45:39 AM PDT by anymouse
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname

Prediction: they'll do both... in the same press conference.


771 posted on 09/01/2005 12:04:35 PM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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To: King Prout

Lessons learned for the next time:

1) Martial law at the outset.

2) No looting. No exceptions.

3) Even BEFORE the expected hurricane hits, carriers with helicopters and other rescue ships will be ON THE WAY, and will wait just outside the storm zone.

4) Even BEFORE the hurricane hits, the national guard will be mobilized and stand ready just outside the storm zone.

5) Closed military bases will be designated as housing for evacuees.

6) All buses and other forms of transportation will be pressed into service (including mail trucks, ice-cream trucks, federal express, UPS, moving vans, etc.) to move people. All traffic will be one-way--OUT.

7) Those refusing the evacuation order will be told they will be considered criminals in violation of lawful orders, and treated as such. (That means jail time and big fines afterward, for anyone caught in an evacuation zone.)

8) All able-bodied evacuees will be put immediately to useful labor (filling sandbags, washing, cleaning, cooking, etc.), in order to free up others for rescue work, and to keep them busy at useful occuaptions.

9) Each city in the USA will receive a designated number of evacuees, to resettle. Evacuees will be cleared out of refugee centers and dispatched to these cities within days, if possible.


772 posted on 09/01/2005 12:54:18 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: NavyCanDo
You have got to be kidding! Good Lord this is getting awful. They need to start shooting back. Kill one thug and the message gets to thousands.

Back when this first started I'd say that is correct.
Now that they've gotten away with it for awhile they are more bold and it will take a few more to get shot to get the message.
Personally I say if you are looting you get shot. if you are shooting at police or rescuers you get shot.
773 posted on 09/01/2005 2:03:59 PM PDT by Cool Multiservice Soldier (Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency!)
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To: Petronski
Liberals have saddled all kinds of poor people with that attitude. And all kinds of kids have been sold that bill of goods about that culture. Ever met a "wigger?"
Beyond those observations, I agree with you.

I agree that kids of all races and classes have fallen into this but for some reason the thug/hip hop movement can't be touched. Somehow, it became protected as "black culture" Well it's not black culture and I think that many Blacks are offended that liberals treat it as such.

Sadly, Bill Cosby or other true friends of Blacks will never be called upon to do a commercial with Lee Iaccoca, but Snoop Dog has been, complete with a "pimped out" golf cart. Pimps, hoes and bit@hes, who wants that for their kids? White, black or other? Frankly, I would have liked to have seen Condi Rice or Clarence Thomas with Lee, but that wouldn't have sold cars, would it?

Speaking of Justice Thomas, has anyone heard from him? I think that I heard that he was going to be in the South during the Hurricane? I hope that I am mistaken.

And no, I have never heard the word wigger but I agree with the concept as I have known more than a few.

774 posted on 09/01/2005 2:05:05 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Diversity is divisive. E. Pluribus Unum)
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To: faithincowboys
"they should be shipped to Marin County, California"

ingenious, let all the 'blue' areas discover what 40+ years of absurd and dangerous liberal policies have wrought.... S.F., Beserkley, Cambridge MA, Boston, etc. should also be on the list to receive their share of thugs...... For any and all refugees actually willing to be law-abiding hard-working citizens, the 'red' states will welcome you with open arms and help you get back on your feet. All depraved misfits can try to 'blue' states.... you'll feel more at home....
775 posted on 09/01/2005 2:15:45 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Oh, how it would be to be able to pull the trigger on an Apache! Bing, bing, bing! Rot in hell, scum.


776 posted on 09/01/2005 2:22:43 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: freema
They couldn't evacuate when the mandatory evacuation was ordered because they didn't have a car.

Well, then, we'll have to ammend the welfare rules to give everyone a car!

777 posted on 09/01/2005 2:31:51 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Texas_Conservative2

You're right. That's what their there for. Use em. In fact many probably are chomping on the bit to play a part.

Red6


778 posted on 09/01/2005 2:34:21 PM PDT by Red6
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To: CondorFlight

Well stated!


779 posted on 09/01/2005 2:35:35 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Enchante

Marin County, Vermont and Chappaqua really need to show what big hearts they have right now.


780 posted on 09/01/2005 2:37:35 PM PDT by faithincowboys
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