Superdome evacuation suspended after shots fired at choppers

per Foxnews on air

[shadowman99]

Looter are armed gang situation worsening.

[janetjanet998]

so are you saying its not ok to loot food and water in this situation?

[kcvl]

Reuters: Mary Landrieu: There are thousands dead in LA.

[mn-bush-man]

Now WILL someone give the order to shoot all looters?

Oh PLEEZE PLEEZE PLEEZE!! I NEED my fix of death and carnage!!

You're not going to quit until the 'shoot to kill' order is given!

[chris1]

What a bunch of fools and RAT voters these people are.

[doc30]

Indonesia is a big place. Probably lots of stories from different rescuers and aid workers.

[Dust in the Wind]

" I hear dying from dysentery isn't pleasant."

I'm sure it isn't. In a bout of giardia induced "runs", I lost 15 pounds in less than a week and I was eating well until I filled with worms and backed up. Two weeks max on that one, I'd say.

[MizSterious]

Even if you live on the outskirts. When they get done looting the cities, they will head for the countryside.

[truthkeeper]

Excellent post, and I agree completely.

[Marysecretary]

Then you'd have two sharks on Canal Street!

[Jimmy Valentine]

If any one remembers, when the riots of 1968 started in Washington, D.C., it was only when the 82nd Airborne was sent to the City AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT RIOTERS/LOOTERS WOULD BE SHOT, THAT THINGS CALMED DOWN.

Blanco and the Mayor of N.O have not covered themselves with glory on this one..

[mn-bush-man]

According to some on here, we need to shoot to kill if they appear to have a bag of potato chips in their hands that might not belong to them.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

The city is below sea level. It should not be rebuilt. Scoop up all the thugs and air drop them into Los Angeles.

Do you also want to build a city on top Mount St. Helens?

[Fido969]

The reason it took Blanco and the mayor so long to respond was because it was THEIR CONSTITUENTS that were doing the looting.

[jammer]

A somewhat tongue-in-cheek dissent: perhaps some of the citizenry of Houston came to New Orleans to stop the transfer of the abomination to there.

[MizSterious]

Well, I guess coming from Canada and all, you know sh!t-holes when you see them.

[Tejas Punto]

Gunfire! We must develop an immediate exit strategy.

Sounds like the Marshmallow/Sheehan plan! Quick, somebody call Ben and/or Jerry.

[takbodan]

"What the hell? Why would any idiot start firing on choppers? I even took pause here to see if I could discern any possible benefit for the shooter, and I came up empty. Such an action could only make things worse for the shooter. I don't get this at all."

Hmmm...imagine a young man with the education and of a twelve year old, no morals, high on drugs, armed with a gun and seeing a helicopter.

[CT]

"...Where is Jessie Jackson when you need him!..."

That's just it. They DON'T need him in NOLA. If he comes, take him down to Canal Street and introduce him to the shark swimming there. Shark's got to eat, too.

Sorry, but won't happen. The Revvvvveeeerrrund and the shark observe what is known as 'professional courtesy.'

[FatherofFive]

"If these people are caught, they should be put out in the middle of the water and left to fend for themselves."

Halfway between New Orleans and and the Yucatan.

[biblewonk]

But I thought that was from an isolated tribe and they were fired upon with bows and arrows.

Spears.