[Sometimes A River]

Shoot.

To.

Kill.

Now.

[MattinNJ]

It's time to drop the 82nd and the 101st in.

[Rosenkreutz]

This is amazing... what kind of people have taken over down there? They're sniping at the medical convoys too...

[MarkeyD]

says displaced tourists are "walking in that direction and they are getting preyed upon."

Why would tourists still be there?

[msnimje]

My question is this, has the crime rate risen in NO the past few days or is this how it is on a typical day there and we just do not hear about it on the National News?

[Dumpster Baby]

It's time for Operation Delta Storm in Gulf War III.

However, I just heard a National Guard commander on tv say "we don't shoot people for stealing televisions in this country".

[RobRoy]

The last thread on this got pulled. Reason: pulled.

Am I in before the pull>

[clee1]

He also gave the go-ahead for them to march across a bridge to a dry area of the city and look for whatever relief they could find.

IOW, every person for themselves. Our utter incompetence has doomed thousands.

Demoncrap twit.

[nicmarlo]

sad ping.

[EggsAckley]

".....15-thousand people are trapped in the city's convention center. And he says some are being raped and beaten."

Just when you think the news couldn't get any worse..........

[wideawake]

"Beaten back"?

Fire a few slugs into the ones in the front.

What happened to common sense?

[Williams]

Uh, there are people criticizing President Bush, and the statements in this article are from the "leadership" of the city? The quotes make zero sense. Tourists are able to walk there to be raped, but eleven member police teams were "beaten back???" thirty feet from the entrance??? did they have guns? And there were 8 of these teams? Now the solution is to let the victims in there walk out and "seek whatever relief they can find." Does this make sense to anyone else???

[HangnJudge]

Have they declared Marshall law yet?

Military cannot engage in USA city with
police powers until Marshall law has been declared
by the Governor of Louisiana
( my understanding )

[HairOfTheDog]

This bunch at the convention center have really grabbed my heart. The pictures and stories from there are desperate. I sure pray for swift aid for them.

[uncitizen]

he says some are being raped and beaten

You must understand this is out of pure desperation. The "long hot summer" heat, as well as lack of basic human necessities are to blame. Oh, and Global Warming and the Iraq War. All of this is Bush's fault.

[tomahawk]

Send in FEDERAL forces now, Delta Team if necessary.

This Sh*t has got to stop NOW.

[truthkeeper]

We are in the middle of witnessing some sort of national insanity. God help us all.

[mikegi]

Battle of New Orleans?

[livius]

There was an earlier report today about a Spanish MP (Member of Parliament) trapped there who had managed to call his family in Spain. I guess you could say his vacation in NO had gone really, really bad.

He said there was no authority, everything was out of control. I don't know if this is true, because I haven't seen it anywhere else, but it doesn't sound unlikely.

[presently no screen name]

fyi