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Posted on 09/04/2005 6:14:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Isn't that the truth.
I guess I just have a bad attitude. I'd been away and came back to this mess. I just know it's not right when you have temporary shelters that become long term. It's not right when those shelters are in churches and they have to ask some refugees to leave because they are beating their wife and drinking alcohol! In church!!!!!!!
I tell you, we are just not used to that sort of thing here.
It's not right that some in those shelters just up and leave and wander about in the community. Noone has any idea where they went or what they are up to.
jeez louise....Scarborough has been one of the WORST in making this political!!!
He has been hanging around the libs at MSNBC so long...he has become just as "blind" as they are!
I just got disturbing word from my sister in DC. A college classmate of another sister lost everything in NO. She, her mother and some relatives evacuated. They still don't know where the rest of the relatives are.
The woman is in Houston. She went to the Red Cross office and asked for aid and was told there wasn't any!!! She was crying out on the street and a policeman gave her $100.
When my sister related this, another sister got on the line to the main office in DC (where my family is). She was incensed and said that she knew the RC was getting donations left and right and that they had money. A nice guy told her that the friend should have gotten a debit card for food, hotel, and spending money. Long story short, he gave her advice for the 'right thing to say' to the RC in Houston, what not to say to FEMA, etc. One of the things he advised was for her not to say she had evacuated herself, but that she was brought in on a bus. If she wasn't on a bus, she would get aid after everyone else.
This conversation started after I made some mention of not giving money to the RC. My sister went off like a maniac, recounting this poor woman's experience and her own experiance w/the RC main office. She is thinking of telling the DC media but is trying to find a way not to 'out' this guy who helped her.
Everyone who needs aid should get it as they present themselves to an agency. They shouldn't have to think of magic words to get it and they shouldn't have to go to the end of the line just because they were resourceful enough to get themselves out of town. Count my sisters and this other woman (who happens to be a newly graduated doctor and will have a job and money one day), as more people who will never donate to the RC again.
err...New Orleans had 400 officers for the entire city! When you figure they are working 12 on 12 off. Sounds like NO was working 18 on, six off to me.
Yes, the Libs have no choice but to fall back on whining "why are YOU trying to politicize this disaster?" The facts will force them to.
My standard response: "You have been politicizing this all week, now you reap what you've sown. You were warned, you ignored those warnings, prepare for a well deserved defeat."
No mercy.
I haven't donated to the RC in years,,,,never will again...
Salvation Army or National American Mission Board (NAMB).
What a "snarky" (as Tony Snow would say) reply!!!
It is one thing for him to be defensive and try to blow smoke about blaming Bush...but,
to go personally after you, and say that he knows what he is talking about and you don't???
I had a really low opinion before you posted his reply...can you say lower than the bottom of Lake Ponchatrain? LOL
So he resigned in the middle of a term to spend more time with his family? OK, nuff said--always wondered what went on in Joe's situation.
It used to smell even more interesting when the Jackson Brewery was still making beer...especially when you walked down Toulouse street.
That's what I like to hear, people who take care of themselves. I am so sick of the media showing us nothing but people moaning and complaining. I remember the one woman at convention center. She was mad cause all they gave them to drink was water.
On another note, if they still need boats, I think John Kerry was in Vietnam. Give him a call. I'm sure he's rested and ready to report for duty.
So am I. Can you imagine what other countries are thinking about our "leadership" right now? They might not understand our hierarchy when it comes to the Feds stepping in. This was NO, and LA's elected official's responsibility, not the White House. Bush will fix things, and I'm hoping and praying that heads will finally roll.
Liberals have once again shown their true colors. I hope the folks who suffered from their incompetence, see the light. I pray for that, because that is the means for their survival.
mark
"XV, Roccus wrote:
Suspension o the tax would keep the price down and help prevent panic buying."
Better go back and reread supercat before you get worse posts!
Since you raised the issue and I have time now, for future reference:
1. When central sanitation fails, septic systems still work. Toilets will flush with a gallon or two of water hand poured into the tank. Septic systems in flooded areas will not function properly, and will back up into residences.
2. If no septic system is available, liquid waste should be scattered and will generally not hurt plants.
3. Solid waste can be deposited in 5 gallon buckets, and many toilet seats will balance on top.
4. Solid waste can then be collected in 55 gallon drums and burned. Kerosene speeds the process, which should be carried out downwind of any field kitchens or sleeping quarters. Gasoline is risky but will substitute.
I've been giving that Salvation Army $100 donation package quite a bit of thought. Giving household cleaning supplies to people sleeping on the floor of a shelter seems like putting the cart before the horse if you ask me; they don't have a household to clean any more and who knows when they will?
However, in the two years that I have lived in the Alexandria area, I have witnessed firsthand that our local Salvation Army shelter does wonderful work helping the homeless. If you want to get donations directly to the victims and cut out the middleman, please send help here instead of the Jackson PO box:
Salvation Army
620 Beauregard Street
Alexandria, LA 71301
Thanks for your interest!
Very true.
Seems there are a lot of grandstanders flocking there to raise their profile, so to speak.
Leave the work to our silent professionals, the people that care and know how to get the job done and actually save lives.
God bless our military and other first-responders that are getting the job done.
I can't imagine what they are encountering, corpses floating around, and the mess in the SD. It's heartbreaking and they are the strong souls that are dealing with this disaster. I wish them peace and a sound sleep when they are able to rest.
Lol, wait until the see their first snowfall! The kids will never want to leave : )
Not counting those who have died, or been brutalized, this could be a golden opportunity for so many people. May they prosper and thrive : )
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