1 posted on
09/17/2005 7:00:06 AM PDT by
Ellesu
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To: Ellesu
To: Ellesu
They did amazing work. They were pulling people off those roofs in the dark, when there were trees, powerlines, and other hazards that might have brought a helicopter down. They did it anyway, to save lives.
Despite that, some of the race hustlers compared those helicopters to slave ships, and complained about the "indignity" the rescued had to endure (such rescues are not always gentle--and helicopters are not luxury jets).
Even worse, since the Admiral took over ground operations in New Orleans, some on Free Republic started calling them "jackbooted thugs."
3 posted on
09/17/2005 7:05:00 AM PDT by
MizSterious
(Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
To: Ellesu
Katrina will be remembered as one of the Coast Guard's finest moment.
To: Ellesu
5 posted on
09/17/2005 7:08:28 AM PDT by
SquirrelKing
(I'm not mean; you're just a sissy.)
To: Ellesu
The Coast Guard is part of Nagin's city Gov't, no?
6 posted on
09/17/2005 7:09:00 AM PDT by
Sometimes A River
("The leaves have broken on Lake Ponktran" - WKAT 1360 AM Miami Newsreader)
To: Ellesu
To: Ellesu
To: Ellesu
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the Coast Guard a FEDERAL Organization??
10 posted on
09/17/2005 7:12:24 AM PDT by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
To: Ellesu
The military is the only productive place to put our tax dollars.
11 posted on
09/17/2005 7:12:41 AM PDT by
ryan71
(Speak softly and carry a BIG STICK)
To: Ellesu
Always warms this ol' Chief's heart...
12 posted on
09/17/2005 7:12:49 AM PDT by
Coastie
("You have to go out. You don't have to come back"- Old USCG motto.)
To: Ellesu
This is pure fiction. Everyone knows that the Federal Government, and specifically the Homeland Security Department, which includes the Coast Guard, did nothing in the days following the hurricane to rescure poor black people.
/sarcasm
13 posted on
09/17/2005 7:13:48 AM PDT by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Ellesu
The military is the only productive place to put our tax dollars.
14 posted on
09/17/2005 7:14:03 AM PDT by
ryan71
(Speak softly and carry a BIG STICK)
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To: Ellesu
16 posted on
09/17/2005 7:15:46 AM PDT by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: Ellesu
And nary a Thank You from any of Louisiana's "finest" ;'{
(Thanks, Coasties...You're the Greatest!)
19 posted on
09/17/2005 7:18:38 AM PDT by
rockrr
(Gregorovych Nyet!)
To: Ellesu
I'm really glad you posted this thread. There are some marvelous photos with captions published on the
USGS website. Scroll down for rescue and relief pics beginning August 29.
20 posted on
09/17/2005 7:18:41 AM PDT by
NautiNurse
(The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
To: Ellesu
Let's see, would this be the Blanco/Nagin Louisiana Coast Guard or the Federal Coast Guard? I thought the Fed's did nothing right. < /sarcasm >
22 posted on
09/17/2005 7:21:57 AM PDT by
ImpBill
(Nothing More!)
To: Ellesu
My hat off to the Coasties.
To: Ellesu
Only saved 6,500 people. All white too. /sarc
26 posted on
09/17/2005 7:28:48 AM PDT by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
To: Ellesu
Officials say almost 5,000 of those rescues were by hoist in areas where the water was just too deep or dangerous for the Coast Guard to come in by boat. Water too deep or dangerous for a boat? 5,000 rescuees? WTF?
28 posted on
09/17/2005 7:30:19 AM PDT by
FDNYRHEROES
(Hell or high water can't stop New Orleans buses from getting out the vote during elections)
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