Posted on 10/16/2009 6:29:31 AM PDT by Ebenezer
Making his first visit to Louisiana since becoming the nation's 44th chief executive, President Barack Obama told a spirited crowd at the University of New Orleans on Thursday that he will help build a stronger Gulf Coast than the one Hurricane Katrina and broken levees wrecked four years ago.
"I promise you this -- whether it's me coming down here or my Cabinet or other members of my administration -- we will not forget about New Orleans," Obama said. "We are going to keep on working. . . . Together, we will rebuild this region, and we will build it stronger than before."
Obama also used the four-hour visit, which included a stop at the Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward, to praise the city's spirit and its example for rest of the nation.
"I remember four years ago, right after the storm, a lot of people felt forgotten," he told hundreds of youngsters at the school. But now, he said, the campus represents progress in a neighborhood that became a symbol of the destruction.
At UNO, Obama added: "It is always an inspiration to spend time with the men and women who have reminded the rest of us what it means to persevere in the face of tragedy and rebuild in the face of ruin. . . . That's the story of this recovery, your unbending resilience. That doesn't start in Washington, that starts right here."
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Pelican State ping
The totally dependent, helpless and lazy moochers from New Orleans can’t do anything on their own. It’s been 4 years and they still have their hand out wanting freebies. What a disgrace.
New Orleans literally stinks. I think it is the swamps, the decay, the immmorality, at what point does one decide the city is no longer able to be rebuilt...when it sinks another 5 ft. below sea level?
Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... I did not see much spirit in the local TV shots.
..sound familiar?
Uh, he might want to start with Chicago.
How about the World Trade Center?
Again, 9/11 was a very, very high profile situation.
8 years after the event, we have no replacement buildings, we just have a hole in the ground, because the government can't get the job done.
Hey! I have an idea! Why don't we hand over the Auto industry, the Insurance industry, the Banking industry, the Energy industry, and the Healthcare industry to the government!
That'll work -- right?
I wonder how much more taxpayer money NOLA will be receiving here in the near future
It’s been 4 years and they’re still waiting for someone to help them? I would think that the $70 Billion we sent to repair the $40 Billion in damage would have been enough. Apparently it wasn’t enough to cover the 400% graft and corruption charge.
Together, we will rebuild this region, and we will build it stronger than before.”
Yeah Yeah Yeah...your predessor did more than you will ever do you pretentious blowhard.
Why would Mr. Obama send his cabinet members instead of his czars? Just wondering.
The totally dependent, helpless and lazy moochers from New Orleans can’t do anything on their own. It’s been 4 years and they still have their hand out wanting freebies.
That is precisely what he is praising.
Lemme guess.....He inherited this disaster, right?
Why was all this garbage unable to get out of New Orleans when warned, and yet all that same garbage made it to the inuguration?
aw c’mon!~ enough is enough! we’ve spent over a half million dollars for every man, woman and brat in NOLA, and it STILL ain’t enough?????
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