Posted on 09/06/2005 10:15:17 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
when I came to help mom for a "short time"..(had a job as hospital chaplain waiting in Charleston) the docs gave her 6 months to live.
That was in 1992
Praise the Lord and shout it from the rooftops!
We just got word that the last family group that we've all been worried about has been found alive and well in Mississippi!
Thank you for that report.
I hadn't heard that...the incompetence is really something, isn't it? Someone pinged me earlier today with part of what she requested from the feds on Monday - and it was only debris clean-up! Glad Krauthammer is maybe getting on board. He's usually right. The FIRST time. This one took him a little longer ;-)
LOL....It's funny..I have done some of the same things...do you think we spend too much time on FR.......Nah!
I am finding it kind of ironic that Fox and other cable channels are using Bernie Kerik as an "expert" to come in and critique the FEMA and other response to the hurricane.
He has been more critical of the Bush Admin. than I like, but not much...
Considering Bush was blasted for nominating him for Chertoff's job...and now, Kerik is being called on to critisize Chertoff's job!!!
Oh, Dolly. That's so nice of you. Thank you, sweetie.
We got to eat outside in a European sort of cafe run by our Slavic doc's son. The food was fabulous. The only problem is we were so full we didn't have dessert and now Sugar Queen Maureen is missing that sugar kick. LOL
Tarnished badges
Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)
August 26, 2005
Estimated printed pages: 2
When a police officer makes a stop, even law-abiding citizens feel a flutter of anxiety as they run through a mental checklist of what rules they might have broken.
But they shouldn't ever feel the raw fear that the approach of a predator stirs -- the kind of fear that a 37-year-old woman must have felt last month when her assailant drove her to a remote spot along the Industrial Canal and raped her.
The person accused of that crime is 37-year-old Keith Griffin, a two-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department. The victim, who was on a bicycle, said that the officer pulled her over on the pretext of making a police stop.
Mr. Griffin was booked Wednesday with aggravated rape, kidnapping and malfeasance in office based on an investigation and forensic test results. Police Superintendent Eddie Compass said that Wednesday was a "good day for the department," because it proves that the department doesn't sweep problems under the rug.
But it's hard to put a positive spin on this incident, especially when two other Police Department officers are awaiting trial on sex charges. Corey Johnson, a seven-year veteran who was booked with aggravated rape in April, stands accused of forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him after he gained entrance to her home by identifying himself as a police officer. A year earlier, 16-year veteran James Adams was booked with aggravated kidnapping, extortion and malfeasance. He's accused of threatening a woman with arrest unless she had sex with him.
The rash of arrests isn't limited to those three. Eight New Orleans officers were arrested over a six-month period last year on charges ranging from shoplifting to conspiracy to rob a bank.
That's not to suggest that rogue cops are a problem only for the New Orleans Police Department. Just this week, a Slidell police officer was arrested in an Internet sting by state attorney general's investigators. They say Timothy Dodd sexually solicited an undercover investigator posing as a 13-year-old Baton Rouge girl.
Slidell Police Chief Freddy Drennan said that his department will bring in professionals to re-evaluate background checks. "One of the first questions I asked myself was, 'How do people like this fall through the cracks?' " he said.
That's the right question. While it's reassuring that the officers in question are being prosecuted, it's hardly a cause for pride, as Superintendent Compass suggested. The public should expect nothing less.
Criminal wrongdoing by those who are supposed to enforce the law and protect the citizenry shakes people's faith in their police department. People want more than assurances that bad cops will be caught and punished. They want to know that the person wearing the badge is one of the good guys.
http://www.nola.com
Wonderful!
You have NO idea, you really don't. To feel the MAJOR betrayal of a REPUBLICAN Governor and MAYOR, is the kiss of death, AND to hear President Bush today, with an attitude about his "these are Americans, and adopt a family program" makes me want to throw up. I wonder if he'll ever realize what he has done to "Bush Country?"
Sometimes do you think your husband wishes you spent less time here? I can't tell with my husband. Maybe all the sports he gets to watch is a good trade off.
Well, thank God for that.
You have been mighty quiet...I didn't even know you still had loved ones you hadn't accounted for.
BTW, thanks again for the terrific article you posted yesterday.
What is your family's situation? Are they staying somewhere semi-permanent, or do they need help and/or a place to stay?
Oh, mhking! I am so glad for you. What a relief for all of you and yours.
I prolly don't have "any idea".. but am very willing to learn..
LOL--I am sure he loves every minute of it...you do it all so lovingly!!!
If I started a list like that for the 33 years I have been married...it would probably be longer than this Katrina LIVE thread...
I have lots of things to be grateful for---my husband has had to go through many, many ups and downs with me...but he has always been my best friend, most of all.
Amen. 'Tis good to hear.
good post. Thank you
AND to hear President Bush today, with an attitude about his "these are Americans, and adopt a family program" makes me want to throw up. I wonder if he'll ever realize what he has done to "Bush Country?"
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I understand what you're getting at but life isn't like a Star Trek episode where 200,000 people could magically be transported into another dimension. These survivors had to go somewhere and fast. Life goes on with bumps and lumps.
We're lucky ducks and I remember it every day but especially at anniversary time. That my husband is 13 years older than me is a good thing because he's the sane one. LOL
Hey - I didn't know that the NYT was against the Bush administration's funding more money for the levee system!
Rush detailed it today and mentioned freepers too. It's here.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1478897/posts?page=1
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