[ItsOurTimeNow]

I hope it's not due to looters shooting at them.

Several freepers predicted that yesterday.

[PhiKapMom]

This was just reported on CNN as FEMA was making the announcement at their press conference. Too dangerous to be using boats to rescue people. Cannot believe the hoodlums have gotten FEMA to stop Search and Rescue missions.

[wideawake]

This is a nightmare.

[bahblahbah]

Bush needs to come out and say we aren't f'n around here and all looters will be shot on spot. This is absolutely embarrassing. This just shows how much of a moral chaos this country is in.

[Thrusher]

This is horrid.

[Thrusher]

"Escape from New Orleans"

[bored at work]

unbelievable!

[nicmarlo]

Prayers that sanity and calm are restored....it will take a miracle just for that, it seems.

[Reactionary]

The looters need to be shot dead so that people can be saved. As to whether or not the political will exists to do what should be done, that is questionable.

[MNJohnnie]

Shoot the looters. Turn the Patriots loose. Time for the gloves to come off.

4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Welcome to the Patriot Brigade, Fort Polk Louisiana "Forged for War"

[socal_parrot]

It's starting to look more like a John Carpenter movie by the hour.

Prayers for the vast majority law abiding citizens of the Gulf Coast who truly need help.

[rintense]

Armed US military personnel will be there within 24 hours with orders to protect relief crews- and shoot to kill. Guarantee it.

[Alberta's Child]

On a related note, boat rescue operations in an urban flood zone are always considered inherently dangerous due to the unknown hazards underneath the murky waters that can damage these rescue boats.

[TAdams8591]

Thanks to the armed gangs, more people will die.

[Hoodlum91]

There have been sporadic reports of people being carjacked and "boatjacked". Mostly rumors, but it seems now that some of the rumors are now proving true.

[msnimje]

People who need to be rescued are going to die because of looters.
They should be tried for manslaughter or some serious Federal offense and put in jail for life (if not killed in the act.)

[oyez]

Why not pass out pieces of rope so they can hang them selves?

For what it is worth, I fail to understand why the residents fight off their rescuers. Are they protecting thier narcotics and loot? Do they intend to set the city up for their own kingdom of anarchy?

[HereInTheHeartland]

We need to be air dropping kits to these people.
The kits should contain water bottles, food, baby formula, and a handgun with plenty of ammunition.

[pageonetoo]

Mr Bush, a short call to Camp Lejeune is requested, right now!

Set the Marines on the ground, inside AAV's, locked and loaded...

[Fido969]

Where is the sense of shame? Where is the outrage? Where do these cretins come from, and how did they get this way?

This is a cancer on our society.