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Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
that's the difference
I like Texas - never been there, but it sure seems like a place I'd fit right in.
I like to think of Texas as America's Tough-Love Military School.
Thanks for the link! I printed the information out for my bf's pastor. He was raised Jewish, and I think his sister(orthodox) will be interested in this as well. She can pass it on to her Hadassah. My heart breaks for these people. They are our brothers and sisters.
I'd like to send diapers and whatnot, directly to the Astrodome, thereby cutting out the red tape. Is this possible?
Grealdo was the one reporting on the convention center..
"the strangely self-involved tone"
That's a great way to describe the Governor's letter.
As my husband just pointed out, this sure drives home that elections really do have consequences...who we elect *matters* more than many people would like to admit.
You tell a lie and I'll call you a liar. I've watched him come up on dead bodies, come up on the dying, it was a major point he was making in his report. Had the dignity not to show them (other than the 1 body on the overpass on I-10 east of where he normally is) but would point in their direction when describing what was going on. You think he made that up? There are plenty of the weak and elderly that have died on the streets, it was unavoidable given the scale. But it is still unnerving, and facts that should be reported. I've also heard him and others talk about people they saw who were laying collapsed, and who later died. Several reporters noted the case that happened today at the convention center. Heard those reports with my own ears, saw those reports with my own eyes. So are you calling me a liar?
I believe that was the driver of the renegade bus that a reporter of CNN was having a kiniption fit about Wednesday night. It was the very first bus that arrived at the Astro dome on Wednesday night. It arrived several hours earlier than the buses were expected to arrive. It was really funny how the reporter on CNN was highly upset and suspicious of the bus, the driver and thef passengers. Once the passengers were unboarded the bus, some of them responded to the reporters that yes that they came from the Superdome, because the rule/plan was that only people that had been in the Superdome were to be bussed to the Astrodome. So some of the passengers lied and some told the truth which made the reporter suspicious as well as the time of arrival. On Greta tonight the driver stated that he got the bus from one of the school yards in NO.
So we are just seeing a tiny portion of the 900,000 acres that was damaged & the MSM is making it out to be the only city on the planet? One parish? If you ask me that's not even real reporting, it's just inciting people to riot.
Well excuse me while I go break something...the media frustrates me no end.
Or perhaps trying to pad her pocket some more. After all, it's Louisiana.
The guy probably thinks it has too many bars, and not enough churches. I prefer bars myself.
"Absolutely and i'm sure he really cares,,,,do we really think she voted for him the last time???"
I'll bet she voted for Kerry at least twice.
LOL!
My apologies..I thought it was obvious that NO was what I was speaking of.
I post on another forum (it's a health forum, people aren't really allowed to get too political), but they are discussing the hurricane and hurricane response.
These folks are mostly liberal and don't really like Bush, but there is not any Bush bashing going on on that board (nothing like what's happening on FR anyway.)
They (the people on the health board) are all pretty fatalistic about the situation and agree that it takes days to bring in supplies.
They have empathy for the people, in fact one member of the forum lived in Houma and another member lived in Waveland and lost everything.
Their main concern at the moment seems to be a discussion of why people are allowed to rebuild on property that is below sea level or coastal property, then have the taxpayer bail them out over and over when disasters hit.
They think the response is what would be expected and aren't faulting anybody for dropping the ball.
I think people on FR listen to the media more than the average Joe and therefore we're more inclined to believe the MSM is having an effect on the average American.
Didn't the last election, and the election of 2002 prove that the MSM can rant, and rant, and rant, and it doesn't influence things politically.
Shep said he was on a road above the convention center, I believe. And he also agreed that those people were being ignored.
LOL. and, you can have both.... wow, imagine that, too!
I met an old cancer patient from N.O. in a Utah hospital today. His root cause statement: "This is a result of people no longer learning a sense of self reliance and personal responsibility."
He nailed it.
Dubya could run for Governor of Texas again and I would vote twice for him....LOL
BTW, I have been babysitting...haven't heard if the hostage situation with the firefighters is still ongoing...
Do you know?
I'd never heard of him, so I googled him: Randall Robinson is the founder and president of TransAfrica, the organization that spearheaded the movement to influence U.S. policies toward international black leadership. Frequently featured in major print media, he has appeared on Charlie Rose, Today, Good Morning America, and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, among others. There are several other items in the 'results', but nothing to indicate he's leading anything except those who want to stir up trouble. (and the link you provided is verbatum with the article posted here today which was pulled. I copied and saved it because I had my doubts, and figured it would come up for discussion tonite.)
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