The Garden District was affected. Not exactly poor folks.
Powell is pathetic. I guess he is still bitter that people liked Stormin' Norman better. And that Norman did not like him too much.
And who are the people who didn't follow their OWN plan to get these very people out?
Why, it is the losers they voted for governor and mayor.
I don't see anything wrong with what Powell says, it is the truth. The bigger question is...WHY is that the truth? Could it be...liberal policies?
It was absolutely a poor problem. The plan for the poor was to use the busses.
Certaily rich people lossed more money in Katrina but the poor, who couldn't leave because of the incompetence of their Mayor and Governor and 70 years of Democrat rule, paid with their lives.
Put his money where his mouth is so to speak. I find it apalling that people can't seem to put the blame where it should lie, on Nagin and Blanco, without blaming President Bush, too. It seems to be politically correct these days. If I hear "There is plenty of blame to go around" or "all branches of government failed them, local, state and federal" one more time, I'm going to bust a gut!
I don't think advantage was taken of the time that was available to us, and I just don't know why."
Why is he talking on 20/20 about what he doesn't know?
Oh, good grief! Poverty affects more than just blacks. Also, as you pointed out, it was more than poor people who lost everything and regardless of what some people think, insurance doesn't cover everything.
How do you replace pictures, video and movies of children growing up? How do you replace a chair that has grown to fit your body perfectly. How do you replace things like embroidery done by great, great Grandmom? How do you replace your Grandfather's watch? There is no amount of money that can replace things that have sentimental value.
Hey, but let's make it all about poverty and race.
And the czar thing is stupid too. I'm sure the Founders are shaking their heads in disgust.
Colin Powell is getting to be as annoying, if not more so, than Jimmuh Cahtah. Enjoy your retirement Colin and STHU.
It makes a little more sense when you include BaBa's leading questions. Still no excuse. I started nodding off towards the end of the interview.
Btw, he says he won't run. Hillary says the same thing.
I know a lot of Pwell's background. Read his book. But the crap he's been doing the last few years makes me sick. He is disloyal to America. IMOHO
god bless the greatest secretary of state in my lifetime:
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"These are people who don't have credit cards. Only one in 10 families at that economic level in New Orleans has a car. So it wasn't a racial thing – but poverty disproportionately affects African-Americans in this country. And it happened because they were poor."
Well, news flash Powell. I have seen film after film of many, many cars setting in flood water. They BELONGED to someone. And more than POOR BLACKS were affected so get off the soapbox and come back down to earth. I am getting sick of hearing about all the blacks that suffered. What are they saying? White people suffered as well. Are we even watching the same footage as these racist blacks are?
He's 100% right about this and its the mayor who, more than anyone, should have realized this about his own people.