Katrina Live Threads, Part XV

Various ^ | 4 September 2005 | Various

[johnb838]

No way. The rats are screwn on this deal. They fouled it up big tihng, maing. What they're doing is trying the old best defense is a good offense technique. Won't work. They're squawking, nobody's listening except their faithful. That's why they're losing elections, and they may well have just lost Louisiana.

[JulieRNR21]

Just heard from another Freeper that 1000 of the 1500 police force didn't report for duty.

And yet Blanco waited until Wednesday to call in the NG......Her inaction certainly contributed to the loss of life & chaos in the streets & at the Superdome.

[Peach]

I missed it, Julie. So the Chief of Police was a no show? If anyone finds out why the chief wasn't there, please ping me/us. Thanks.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Thank you for trying to hash this out. I'm sure we'll hear exactly this argument in the coming days, and by having looked at it here first it helps me to bat down the nonsense spewed by my circle of lib acquaintances

[luckystarmom]

He's an engineering director for a company that makes touch pads for the Apple Ipod and laptop computers.

He tried to get out of the area when his old company shut down their California office. He couldn't find anything that was comparable. I was looking in want ads all over the country. We contacted friends that live in other parts of the country. Nothing.

He got 5 job offers in the Bay Area.

[OKIEDOC]

That is a good letter.

I believe the liberals and Democrat Party made a huge mistake letting the race baiter's take the lead in this disaster.

Jackson, Sharpton, Congressional Black Congress,NAACP,smug elitists race baiting enablers such as CNN and PMSNBC showed just how selfish they are.

These immoral radicals are using the suffering of Americas poor to advance their own politically motivated personal agendas.

I believe that most Americans with common sense will not be fooled by these despicable hypocritical cowards.

[NautiNurse]

President Bush at a shelter in BR. Talking with the evacuees, signing the kid's t-shirts.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

I can imagine what noise there would be if the Pres had told the governor to kiss his sweet grits and rolled in and took over without her permission.

Yep, we'd be hearing impeachment screams about that too.

[Spktyr]

Ah, OK, I know the company.

Guess TI wasn't interested, eh?

[jveritas]

Good point. The race baiting is going to alienate the vast majority of Americans and as usual the idiotic Left has overreached and they have screwed themselves again.

[Laverne]

Mary Landrieu will say its just another photo op. Do you see those people smiling? They are so happy to see the President express his personal concern for them!! Nice pics, I hope FNC shows it more.

[Spktyr]

WFAA: Two of the Gulf Coast refineries that shut down are now back online in some capacity. Four more likely to be shut down for weeks.

[AlaninSA]

I volunteered today at one of the shelters here in San Antonio. It was -- to say the least -- a major charlie foxtrot.

No leadership -- until a group of us with backgrounds as military officers and civilian executives took over and got things moving. There was little in the way of organization. The Red Cross staff - try as they may - were failing in their mission to coordinate things.

Things were much better by the time our shift ended. We had the shelter humming.

There is a massive volume of donated supplies, clothing and food. So much so, in fact, that at the shelter where I was, there's no longer space to put it all.

What's needed now is money and time.

Persons in this area are needed to work the shelters -- and cash is needed to buy medication.

[maryz]

Re Clinton and flood control:

I think this is the post I remembered seeing.

I saw this while I was looking: White House Backpedals on Flood Control

[Spktyr]

I have a sneaky suspicion that today's activities for POTUS will include visiting some of the Texas shelters.

His Air National Guard training serves him well - he's doing exactly what a good commanding officer (or leader) should.

[maryz]

See my #1,134 to Peach.

[Rokke]

"Deep down the majority of Americans think that most of the blame belong to the residents of New Orleans who stupidly stayed despite all the warnings to have mandatory evacuation."

Great post. I think you are exactly right.

[DrewsMum]

who pulls these threads and why?

[bannie]

The gov said that they'd deal with the problem of the police later.

I found it disgusting that the mayor seemed to disappear for the duration, only to show up "as mayor" now that the mess is under control.

[oceanview]

indeed, those are the two main points we have going for us in the political battle - americans saw the scenes of looting and mayhem, and few are going to buy the racism angle on this.