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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
This is why NO has survived almost 300 years. It certainly wasn't because the climate was so healthful! But the nation NEEDS the port. And there will be a city there because of trade (like many important cities in bad places, trade talks, health walks.) Houston nor Mobile can carry it all.
Some day, maybe, when the Old river controls give way and the mississippi sends most of its water down the Achafalaya, then the rebuilt Morgan City might the the city that's essential. But right now, its the river and its nexus of trade that make New Orleans needful.
3:07 P.M. - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter said FEMA's efforts to deal with the hurricane have been completely ineffective, and he called the federal government's response a failure.
"I think FEMA has been completely dysfunctional and is completely overwhelmed, and I don't know why. This situation was utterly predictable," said Vitter, R-Metairie. "It seems like there was no coherent plan, which I don't understand because this precise scenario has been predicted for 20 years," he said.
3:03 P.M. - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Three New Orleans-area hospitals remain open. The Louisiana Hospital Association says they're asking their workers to report.
Those are East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero and Ochsner Clinic Foundation in Metairie.
The hospital association says all three have power, air-conditioning and security, and remain committed to serving their communities during these difficult times.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html
PS: Guy on news says about 300k still in NOLA with about 10k getting rescued daily at this point.
Look at the little girl in the box....what a cutie!!!!
It is, however, a helpful clue as to what some of those "ills" are. There's a serious "I'm entitled to be served" mentality there.
I mean, think: these folks are just lying around the #*&^$# Super Dome, waiting for stuff to be handed to them. You'd think that they'd have at least organized a few things among themselves, but they apparently did nothing of the sort.
It's what W gets paid for. He's like a professional boxer though - put him on the ropes and he gets a second wind.
They always "misunderestimate" him.
Fox doing another hit piece on the Astrodome....little 2 year old was so happy to have an apple, but she has no shoes. People having to wait because the Astrodome folks are screening people that arrive there. I despise the press. How many times have I said that today?
He specifically said that all faiths agreed to bring aid first and concern themselves with distributing their particular brand of religion at a later date. The groups organized to take three week spans of bringing aid to those in the Astrodome.
It sure sounded like he was talking about Bush when he basically said all bets are off now.....he's going to take the hit.
Gotta scoot peeps.
Be in over the weekend as I can.
Hang tough all, the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter by the minute. No rose glasses though, surprises still possible, but the relief effort is online and in full swing now.
You know, I have felt that way when I view the garbage strewn everywhere. They could go loot some trash bags and clean up. I know I would be thinking of things like that to keep myself busy.
Yes, and I meant Fineman, not Finestein. I hope the President comes out ahead on this, just to make Chrissy cry.
I just sent the link to Chris Matthews -- who is now on the attack along with the rest of the MSM... I'm throwing all their comments right back in their faces and reminding them which party runs the inner cities of this country.
that situation at I10 has been going on for a long time now, I do not understand it. As I recall from yesterday, the reason that location is collecting alot of people is because the choppers drop the rescued people there, boats that rescue people are launched/return there, and people walking to safety arrive to that spot. so it collects alot of people, and therefore needs alot of buses.
All of its 500 subscribers will be outraged after reading that!
Here you go:
http://www.lakewood.cc/site/PageServer
Fineman is a minion of evil.
He services evil.
Good always trumps evil.
Fineman and these people will pay.
He just helped rescue a group of women and children along with the military in a chinook helicopter.
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