[HereInTheHeartland]

"We are not taking these fine Americans to trash a sports arena. Think of it as triage. It takes a little time to determine all of the needs. High priority is getting people back to a routine. School, medical care, and such. Not to worry, we will not send our fellow southern "dregs" to invade pristine Iowa. Would not want the Hawkeyes to have to deal with Americans that have a different skin color, and speak with a drawl. Let us all just cram them into tents in 105 degree heat. Read your quote. Dispicable."

Well they have trashed one already and shot at those trying to help them.

Its fine to take them there short term, but people better realize this is not short term.

Hawkeyes? Well that I agree with on, they are despicable.


A different skin color, How do you know what skin color I have? You are foolishly making assumptions.

105 degree heat. Did you realize that our men in the middle east air condition their tent/temporary facilities?

Get off your high horse, someone needs to take care of these people; they aren't going home next week. Sports arenas just wont cut it
They will be in temp housing at Christmas time.

[conservativebabe]

Not to mention, as a former Iowan, there are plenty of black people in Iowa. Des Moines and Davenport for starters.

[CindyDawg]

I doubt if they will trash the place. I used to watch the Astros play there. They can't make more of a mess than rowdy fans on Bud day with extra innings:') Any trouble makers will be dealt with immediately. Texas is welcoming them. As long as we want them and they want to come, what's the problem?

[Smogger]

Well they have trashed one already and shot at those trying to help them.

No-one has trashed the Sueperdome but Katrina. Don't you get the news there? And no one in the Superdome has shot at anything. The only people with guns there are the National Guard running the place. They were disarming people of COMBS before they got in there. I suggest you read back a couple of dozen threads and get your facts straight before going off half-cocked.

The helicopters that were shot by someone on the ground or in the city were landing at a parking structure adjacent to the Superdome. The parking structure contains folks that were injured and sick and being treated at a make-shift triage there. They were the only people being medi-vac'd out. The healthy folks in the Superdome are being removed via bus, and waiting patiently in 90+/100% humidity weather, with the only disturbance being the person that occassionally fainted/died from standing in the heat.

There was footage of it all day on TV.