U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) stands with military rescue workers at the makeshift triage unit at the New Orleans International Airport as evacuations of hurricane Katrina continues, September 4, 2005. New Orleans began the gruesome task of collecting its thousands of dead on Sunday as the Bush administration tried to save face after its botched rescue plans left the city at the mercy of Hurricane Katrina.
not biased at all
Sunday, September 04, 2005
New Orleans Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people, killing five or six.
John Hall, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, said there were 14 contractors on their way to repair a canal. They were traveling across a bridge under police escort when they were fired upon.
They were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to fix the 17th Street Canal, Hall said.
The shootings took place on the Danziger Bridge, which spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
No other details were immediately available.
Their words? Damn them; damn them all.
It worse gets worse. Listen to this Reuters article slap at Rummy. Really twisted.
"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld toured a medical facility at New Orleans' international airport on Sunday. He spoke and shook hands with military and rescue officials but walked right by a dozen refugees lying on stretchers just feet away from him, most of them extremely sick or handicapped."
I'm curious if anyone knows how many presidents have declared several areas disaster areas before a storm hits?
I'm now fed up.
Even my cat knows better, I'll put her on the phone or email to set them straight.