Looters take advantage of New Orleans' flooding (It is a Free for All)

Houston Chronicle ^ | 08/29/2005 | Associated Press

[daybreakcoming]

The looters you see are Gov Blanko and Mary Landruei's voter base - I kid you not.

[longtermmemmory]

and they will be re-elected by promising more loot.

[Proud_texan]

"You will see Mogadishu in the US later this week!"

Good point. It reminded me of what happened with the "free" food giveaway during the Hearst kidnapping. I hope they can maintain order when the food shipments are delivered.

[Kokojmudd]

"I told a FReeper earlier that N.O. was effectively destroyed. I re-thought that as being a little too much hyperbole... but now I'm not sure. How do they recover from this???"
Easy
2 Ways
1. Your Tax dollars
2. Increase in your insurance premiums

3. More Beer

[Max Flatow]

The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.

Hizzoner, the late-great Mayor Richard J. Daley, Chicago, 1968.

[Alberta's Child]

LOL.

[Leatherneck_MT]

" 3. More Beer"

Sorry, forgot that one ;)

[AmericanInTokyo]

Lousiana National Guard as of this point in time, at least, is NOT dealing with looters. They are solely concentrating on evacuating people that are stranded, or working to get people out of the Superdome.

But, if incidents of looting rise, or, in some cases, looters are shooting back at police as just reported on WWL TV, then that policy might have to change.

[dfwgator]

It's not a race thing, it's a class (or lack thereof) thing.

[brushcop]

The "law of the jungle" must not be allowed to prevail, I don't care if it's diapers or beer. Nothing taken without some sort of accountability. I've been involved in post-hurricane cleanups in small towns in law enforcement and the leading authority (Sheriffs) gave the order that looters will be shot on sight--that was no joke. As a result, looting was almost non-existant. BTW, we were paired up w/NG soldiers locked and loaded, no pretend stuff.

Accountability or we are all reduced to animals. No thanks.

[msnimje]

Mary Landruei...

She is really a shinning star in the Media Whore wing of the Democratic Party. Did you see her chomping at the bit for microphone time at the presser today?

[KarlInOhio]

When the DU moderator locks the thread, you know it's gone too far.

[maineman]

Is the NG armed?

[maineman]

I'm on CNN, did anyone hear Cafferty?

[Ditter]

This looting is the reason some people refuse to leave when they are told to evacuate. The looters will do the same thing they are doing to homes that are left vacant.

[maineman]

"Shanequi, I said Menthol"!

[Quinotto]

"To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it's an opportunity to get back at society,"

And here we have, ladies and gents, the ideology of entitlement. "Stick it to da' man"...

[newfrpr04]

Do they still have electricity?

Wonder who they would sue if they got electrocuted? that pretty dangerous .

[daybreakcoming]

Even DU should be a little more selective about their posters. Underground panther wannabe indeed.

[AntiGuv]

I agree with that.