Posted on 09/07/2005 3:59:39 PM PDT by navysealdad
I was wondering the same thing...
Anyone have a link?
My hubby calls it the Caribbean without charm.
Seriously, La didn't get to be so poor because its citizens are smart and its govt is good. All the resources here,,oil, gas, etc,,,were profitable and went to a few who subsidized corrupt government.
Remind me to tell you about the EPA here and how they dont monitor the gases from industry on weekends so all the industry pollutes all day sat and sun whilst everyone is in church praying.
People in NC were calling the White House (Clinton was the president) about needing help. The WH downplayed the damage. The floods from Floyd were bad with dead animals floating for days and weeks. Caskets too came up out of ground. I remember Fox reporting this, but I don't think there was much MSM attention at time.
I heard that great director Sean Penn created this masterpiece in only three takes!
Have not found one yet.
NEW ORLEANS -- Two more Jefferson Parish officials are being drawn into the corruption probe dubbed Operation Wrinkled Robe, according to a newspaper report.
The Times-Picayune reports that investigators have issued subpoenas to Parish President Aaron Broussard and 24th District Judge Kernan "Skip" Hand.
The story says the subpoenas are related to political donations made by Bail Bonds Unlimited to Hand's campaigns.
UPS???
Ha ha, couldn't resist that one ;-)
The efforts to evacuate come as tragic reports of people who were unable to get out are starting to emerge. Louisiana Congressman Charlie Melancon says more than 100 people died in a dockside warehouse and CBS News Correspondent Lee Cowan reports that 32 died at a flooded-out nursing home just outside New Orleans.
Cowan reports that long before the storm hit, a physician offered the owner of the nursing home two buses to help evacuate the residents. The owner declined, but two hours later, changed her mind and pleaded for help -- but the storm was moving in, and by then the buses were helping others.
Aaron Broussard, the president of nearby Jefferson Parish, had a colleague who's mother was in the nursing home, Cowan reports. He promised her over and over again help was on the way.
"Somebody is coming to get you on Tuesday, somebody's going to get you on Wednesday, somebody's going to get you on Thursday, somebody's coming to get you on Friday," Broussard said. "And she drowned Friday night."
while searching for a link on this, check this gem:
http://nobulletin.blogspot.com/2005/07/no-harm-no-foul.html
So glad to see this. I have been posting and talking for days that this man's story didn't ring of truth.
Could someone please ask this a33 the name of his friend or his mother. Her death would still be tragic, it just isn't Bush's fault.
Here's another gem on Brussard...
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/gill/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1121230627225730.xml
dung.
Whoops! Almost forgot...here's the link to the bit about Broussard and his buddy Judge Hand taking kickbacks from a local bailbond guy to throw business his way.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1124345510247860.xml
dung.
Gosh, you are so right now that you mention it. I can STILL envision Swaggart holding his bible and crying on TV. Thanks for the reminder. :)
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