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Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Can you imagine the media coverage of that...how dare they just drop food on peoples heads without sending in someone to distribute...
Are you folks watching this guy rant on WWL???
This link you posted fascinates me:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050903/NEWS05/50903001
because there's another link posted in this forum from the very same paper saying that reports of an increase in crime in Monroe are untrue?
They're doing the very same thing in Alexandria. One report did slip through the cracks at The Town Talk, only to be followed by more articles in which the Chiefs of Police of Alexandria and Pineville vehemently deny that there is any increase in crime here. In fact, Chief Daren Coutee of Alexandria said on KALB Newschannel 5 that he wished citizens would tell him who was starting these wild rumors so he could put those individuals in jail.
I was a crime victim myself this week, but no one wants to hear about it. Instead, I have literally been told by the local media that it isn't of significance *unless I can prove the crime was committed by a refugee* and that I should be grateful that my only loss was my $300 insurance deductible and not as great as the families in New Orleans.
What the...? Why does it matter where the person(s) who robbed me lived? The fact is that the individual(s) took advantage of the situation caused by Katrina to commit a crime spree! But, oops, I'd better not bang the drum too loudly because people think I'm a rumormonger.
Thanks for posting a very intriguing link.
Thanks for that link, since I have been one person asking consistently why airdrops were not done. I am not sure I
believe/accept the reasoning behind it, but it was good to see it had at least been considered.
What's he saying?
It's not bizarre logic. Postponing a day to develop massive relief and infrastructure is sound logic. More people would be killed in a stampede/fight for a few items than would die without food/water for an additional day.
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Tell that comforting thought to families of those who died do to dehyradtion and the mother's of dead babies.
I sure they would have preferred to take their chance with a stampede and chance to live; then to have no chance at all.
Are you the one who posted a link to get into that system?
There was a link provided stating it took time but you could get into it keep trying.
He's defintitely on my last nerve....I am trying to watch the rescue. Have to mute the drama queen.
READ THIS:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1476485/posts?page=1
Get Off His Back
By Ben Stein
Published 9/2/2005 11:59:59 PM
A few truths, for those who have ears and eyes and care to know the truth:
1.) The hurricane that hit New Orleans and Mississippi and Alabama was an astonishing tragedy. The suffering and loss of life and peace of mind of the residents of those areas is acutely horrifying.
2.) George Bush did not cause the hurricane. Hurricanes have been happening for eons. George Bush did not create them or unleash this one.
Can you imagine being married to him? Such a drama queen!
At least he's crying with HAPPINESS today. Yesterday I wanted to smack him upside the head.
He's (NO City Councilman) obviously distraught and I agree with him that not everybody is a looter or a thug, but man is he making a fool of himself right now.
where the hell has he been for the past week? under the gov's skirt?
1) The aggregate death toll to date.
2) The estimated total death toll.
In every other disaster the MSM covers, the total number of dead is estimated in the lead sentence - it's what the whole story is about to them. Since about Wednesday, when it became evident that the toll in Mississippi was probably over 1,000, they have not even ventured a guess.
I looked through your links didn't see the link to monitor scanners in that area...do you know what it is?
Good for Carnival Cruise Lines. The Fun Ships put to use!
You fail to step back from your captain's chair to see the option was considered, and determined to be too dangerous.
Gladly. Oliver, we will send your people back just as soon as you have somewhere to put them. Get busy.
looks like virtually all landmarks escaped with little damage.
How can that be?
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