And then the Mayor starts pointing fingers every which way but loose!.
And then Drudge comes up with this picture.
WTF?
Posted on 09/02/2005 1:28:45 PM PDT by mhking
Project 21 Responds to Congressional Black Caucus Criticism of Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
Contact: Ryan Balis at (202) 543-4110 x19 or rbalis@nationalcenter.org
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a press conference today in which it was that asserted God "cannot be pleased" with the Bush Administration's response to Hurricane Katrina and suggested race is a factor affecting the likelihood of a person's survival in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Speaking at the press conference, Rep. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), said "To the President of the United States, I simply say that God cannot be pleased with our response." Cummings also said: "We cannot allow it to be said that the difference between those who lived and those who died in this great storm and flood of 2005 was nothing more than poverty, age or skin color."
Members of the black leadership network Project 21 have blasted the Congressional Black Caucus - whose elected members are charged to serve the best interest of all Americans - for racially politicizing a natural catastrophe.
"The comments and actions of the Congressional Black Caucus were morally opprobrious and divisive," said Project 21 member Mychal Massie. "It is beneath the level of sane discourse for the Congressional Black Caucus to suggest that blacks are suffering more than the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been displaced."
Adding to these comments, Project 21 member Kevin Martin points out: "Several of the Congressional Black Caucus' members have districts that have been devastated by this natural disaster. But rather than offering encouragement to those federal, state, local, and private citizens who are responding to this natural disaster, they would rather fan the fames of partisan rhetoric and hatred."
Project 21 members also questioned the use of Biblical passages in comments by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), in which he asserted, "God cannot be pleased" with the Bush Administration's response to the disaster.
Mychal Massie, an ordained minister and founder of In His Name Ministries, responded, "For Elijah Cummings to use the Bible to support his hateful speech directed at the President while issuing a pass to the liberal black groups is one more example of his belligerent attitude and jaundiced understanding of appropriateness."
Project 21 members called on members of the legislative branch of government to offer unity, patience and an end to violence and looting. "In this time of tragic need, there should be leadership offered from all sides including the Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights groups," said Kevin Martin.
To date, the federal government has responded to the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina by sending more than 15,000 National Guardsmen, 7,800 U.S. military personnel and 61 Federal Emergency Management response teams to assist in the recovery efforts. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that federal, state and local government efforts have saved more than 4,500 lives, assisted more than 30,000 people and evacuated more than 22,000 displaced persons of the hurricane.
For more information, contact Ryan Balis at (202) 543-4110 x19 or rbalis@nationalcenter.org, or visit http://www.project21.org/P21Index.html.
Maybe Cummings should get his butt on a plane and go down there and see if he can do a better job!
And then the Mayor starts pointing fingers every which way but loose!.
And then Drudge comes up with this picture.
WTF?
"I am truly sick and tired of ignorant black people."
I'm sick and tired of liberals....I don't care what color they may be.
"You know why these people are in New Orleans because they choose to stay there."
I agree. They had well advanced warning about this hurricane and I saw a photo of at least a hundred school buses now part way submerged under water that could have been used to ship these folks out. The local government is going to owe the people of New Orleans an explanation about that in the near future.
"The behavior of these gutter urchins are unconscionable."
Ouch, that one hurt. I wouldn't describe the collective people of New Orleans as "gutter urchins". I saw a man from New Orleans break down and cry yesterday. I saw another man who was ashamed at the behavior of some from within his community who chose to loot and shoot at those trying to help. At any rate, we should now be focusing on helping the people. Everything else will have to wait.
I am refering to the gutter urchins that are looting to include the police that are looting as well. People made choices to stay.
We all need to support these guys(Project 21). They do a lot of good work. I'm getting them to sponsor speakers at my daughter's high school.
And we appreciate that support.
Salute.
Good work Kevin and all of you directly involved.
What's all this about God? The liberals let that ship set sail years ago. Govt officials are NOT to invoke the name of God, and certainly not dem officials. That is clearly a breach of the "levy" between church and state.
YES. The issue here is lack of leadership by the NO mayor and LA gov. We should hold *all* elected leaders to high standards of office, and not excuse them because of their race or gender.
I'd bet that few Americans think this would be so much of a disaster if Rudy (or someone like him) had been mayor of NO.
Our system is designed to have the Fed'l agencies respond to local leaders, not to have the Fed'l agencies take over local concerns. That's a problem when the local leaders are so inadequate.
I'll remember that when I vote for our next mayor, County Commissioner, and Governor. I wish everyone would.
bttt
Yeah, why for instance has Hannity had Jackson on his show?
...at Huffington's blog they're eating, yes eating black corpses....
Ironic, since the hurricane was an "act of God"!
Indeed the Mayor is the last one that should be blaming Bush. Maybe this is the usual leftist strategy of blame shifting? I am sure many of these people are stuck because they didn't heed the warnings.
Egads I don't know! I could excuse having him on, let him spew for a few femto seconds and then cut his line and proceed to rip him a new one until the next break.
That or give him a mossad cell phone to use. . .
Conservatives are nuts to even give Jackson a voice. It is bad enough some liberals give him a soap box. Like Satan needs another advocate.
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