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Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
No way!
I read that, and this is the kind of guy that we want working for us. I am glad he did what he did, he went beyond the call of duty. By the way I believe Bob Sheets is the nicest of the three but they all are nice.
Some one needs to record a song...."Blame Game"
Bo banna..Danna X X Blame Game!
Yes, I think the stark inadequacy of the Democrats in this crisis will make a filibuster hard to maintain...or buy them the support they need.
I don't think that is true; the Court can hear cases with only seven members.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04rice.html?ei=5090&en=ce2f33f8719dba9c&ex=1283486400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
September 4, 2005
Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans?
By ANNE RICE
I was expecting something all day long, and when I got home and didn't see anything, I thought it was just my anxieties. Wow.
KALB now reporting that Jesse Jackson is expected to visit Alexandria, LA.
They should be panicked...people all over American on vacation are seeing troops flooding toward the Gulf.....five mile caravans, 200 NYPD officers, stuff pouring in....
This wont stick on Bush...these evacuees will be interviewed on all the Red State press (since no Blue States picked up the ball) and tell their horror stories of the City of New Orleans.
That's right and Clinton tied a whole lot of it up when he did what Robert Redford wanted and named the Escalante Wilderness. If any one thing cinched Utah as a Republican State it was that move.... they are talking about doing some drilling for oil in Glen Canyon.
I was thinking we might be able to do something, you know power of the freeper. I find the only questionable part was CNN saying they're out till Tuesday. But NOLA.COM does have the info.
That posting is a little out of date. Here's the latest from the interdictor:
The city is starting to feel more secure now. Much larger military and Homeland Security presence and many fewer civilians left. Of course with this added security comes additional dangers like hyper-suspicious, armed authorities. If you watch the cam or walk the streets, you see that almost every civilian is approached, evaluated for threat potential, then either patted down or left alone. The disconcerting thing is that these authorities always have their guns at the ready and look like they're enjoying intimidating the people. Two of us have already had guns aimed at us by police -- Brian by the Federal Cops guarding the Boggs Federal building while we were waiting for the resupply, and me when we were delivering the router to City Hall.
Don't get me wrong, some guys are more professional than others. You can tell the ones who took the job because they wanted to bullies and who took the job to protect and serve. That's one thing a catastrophic situation does -- it sifts people's true personalities out.
Nevertheless, aside from the arson, I think that generally it's much safer today than yesterday.
Ok, now I've got some down time so I'll try to answer your IMs and hit the IRC chat.
Fellow FReeper spinestein writes:
can't believe it!
First Bush sends a hurricane to New Orleans to help his rich oil buddies make money through price gouging, and now he finds a way to get Rehnquist off the Supreme Court so he can appoint one of his Bible thumping cronies to take away all our civil rights!
(I pity the fool who requires a sarcasm tag for this.)
Ok... This one is the LOONIEST of all!! I LOVE these DU idiots!
THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION SHORT OF CIVIL WAR.
Retake Congress in 2006, impeach Bush and Cheney and use a resignation and appointment strategy to get either Gore or Kerry to be Speaker of the House. One of them can then appoint the other as Vice-President. Then pack the court like Roosevelt tried to. Otherwise, it's fascism or civil war or fascism and civil war.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050903/ap_on_re_us/katrina_mississippi_hk2_6&printer=1
Mississippians' Suffering Overshadowed
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press Writer
Sat Sep 3, 4:52 PM ET
I'm starting to think the Interdictor is a liberal.
has he called all the emergency numbers posted everywhere....he said he even had a NOPD officer staying with him, and the Nat Guard rolled by every couple minutes.
Memphis, north MS, and surrounding areas are treating the evacuees very well -- nice Southern hospitality.
Hey are you still listening? Why are they med-evacing the soldier? Something about an infection on his arm?
You posted the 7:01pm report, the email is 9:19pm update
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