Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII

Various ^ | 1 September 2005 | Various

[Will_Zurmacht]

i know it's late and i'm cranky, but i'm wondering why we are going to be forced to rebuild the place that should by all common sense be underwater?....

I know we will, it's the American way and all, but I can just see this turning into a massive boondoggle, a Marshall Plan for New Orleans, fake sincerity concerts, donation scams/drives, slick attorney fueled lawsuit bonanzas, dim-bulb celebs "feeling" peoples pain on Oprah, The MSM tracing the cause of the problem to George W. Bush, the whole friggin mess.....
and it will all end up a movie of the week and we will be back to that Aruban kid....or the "Next Big Story"

Also, the thuggery has soured me on the whole mess, and thats sad because the vast majority of folks down work hard and play by the rules and they have lost everything.

they are victims twice over, once by the hurricane, secondly by the thug elements in our midsts.
And I have no doubt that similar devestation visited on any other major US city would likely produce the same results....hell, a certain segment of society wants to burn the city down when the "team" wins the "big game", so why am I so suprised at all of this?

sorry, venting, simply disgusted...man i'm getting cranky

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Reminds me of a song. B I N G O, and Bingo was his name-O

[Thud]

The most effective short-term Japanese-generated relief effort for the Kobe survivors was organized by the Yakuza.

[Howlin]

I think I got it.......LOL.

[lawdog]

...and she won't. Her ineptitude and timidity are apparent.

[AggieMom x 3]

One glimmer of hope is that most people from South Louisiana are attached to that region with an umbilical cord that will not easily be cut. I guarantee you that most of them will choose to return there to live under whatever conditions necessary. Especially those of the criminal class. Laws in Texas are way tougher.

[Deo volente]

Well, it's getting late here.

Are there any "Blame Bush" polls that need FReeping tonight?

I got a brand new eMac just raring to go!

[PureSolace]

Did they quit letting y'all buy guns in SD?

actually, on a serious note... I taked to my brother today. (He's in Baton Rouge.) Said he went to top off his supply of shotgun shells... but Wal-Mart stopped selling ammo and guns because of the situation. And he said the pawn shops in the area had been broken into and robbed. Looks like the problems of New Orleans is spilling over into the neighboring cities.

I'm getting tired of this culture of poverty and violence. When will it end?

[Arizona Carolyn]

Speaking of the Astrodome....someone is set up a web blog from there. I think Freepers might find this a good site to bookmark... make some interesting reading:

http://blogs.chron.com/domeblog/

[BurbankKarl]

those were the pictures you posted....he took them

[Ramius]

I won't deny that the local leadership has been weak. But that shouldn't matter as much as is has.

I can't really fathom being in such a catastrophe without jumping in and doing *something* to get involved to help, if I had any ability at all to do so.

But what we have is THOUSANDS of people that are *perfectly* able to be part of the SOLUTION instead of just another part of the problem. But yet they don't.

I'm not so much angry about it as I am baffled.

Where are the MEN?

[Krodg]

I believe my daughter said killed, but I won't be able to verify until morning. She was scared and asking for prayers...I got a little emotional.

I'll get clarification from her and the name of the trucking company in the morning.

[Bubbette]

Yes, and who was Governor? Oh, yeah a Bush! This might have been mentioned before but I'm playing catch-up. After watching Scarborough and the other shows showing the horrid conditions at the Convention Center and screaming why wasn't the government there, where was Bush.....Michael Brown of FEMA told the accusing Paula Zahn that the government did not even know those people were there until TODAY! He was indignant and upset and repeated that until she would listen to him. This highlights the difficulty with communication, or PERHAPS, the lack of communication from local officials.

On another subject, CNN is saying the Astrodome is full and they are redirecting the buses to Huntsville, Dallas and San Antonio. We here in Dallas are wondering what we will do with these poor souls but are mobilizing private and charitable resources. Has there been any discussion on the thread about using empty military bases.....thought I saw mention of one in Memphis. Our state and schools will be absorbing a lot of people, they have nothing to go home to.

[BurbankKarl]

Looting....

[No Blue States]

thanks for the link.

" few minutes ago Eric observed a long line of cops who went charging out the front. He reports that ample police and security officers are guarding the stadium. When he tried to follow the action, he was stopped at the door.

They wouldn't let anyone out.

Later he heard horrifying rumors of a child being raped, and no one could verify the event or if the child was male or female.

The problem Eric said is that everyone is free to move around and it's impossible to monitor everyone's movements.

[BurbankKarl]

Oil and gasoline prices dipped on Friday as the U.S. government moved to avert a fuel shortage and some Gulf Coast oil operations resumed, but losses were limited by fears it may take months to recover from Katrina's rampage.

[Howlin]

This radio show is D E P R E S S I N G.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Quick Will, drive up to Boston. Tell those SOB's watching the Big Dig to give you and me (ONLY) our money back. My goodwill ran out on that crap 4 years ago. And there are NO thugs in Boston. No sir. We all get to "take one" for the team :)

[BurbankKarl]

There are reports that gas sales dropped big time after Bush asked people to conserve, and not top their fuel tanks.