[rit]

LT. TERRY SEARCY, Westwego Police Department: This was not supposed to be a shelter. This was a last-minute thing. We don't have anybody from the Red Cross - this is the Westwego Police Department running this whole operation.

CHRIS ROBERTS, Jefferson Parish Council: We have to rely on assistance from the American Red Cross. We have to rely on assistance from FEMA. And quite frankly, we're not impressed at how quickly they've been able to respond to our requests.

rit, freerepublic.com We understand, we have compassion for your plight, we continue to help, and we know your governor can answer why the Red Cross was not there.... she turned them away.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Uh, the reason it is not all out there? Let me count the ways, ways, ways, ways, ways, ad nauseam.

[cricket]

"And while this was going on, both the Mayor and the Governor were crying, "Where is the food? Where is the water?" The food and the water were sitting on trucks which were prevented from delivering them by the State of Louisiana."

Any Demrat strategy includes 'how to make Repubs look like dirt'. . .and die by scream if necessary to do it. . .

Surely this speaks to a strategy that went beyond being either being 'overwhelmed'. . .or misinformed.

Blanco that the trucks were not to deliver. . .

[handy]

Drudge had this story as a red headline last night. Now it's gone from his page. What's the deal? Say what you will about Drudge, his site gets a lot of hits.

[TAdams8591]

"In short: the Louisiana Department of Homeland Security BLOCKED THE RED CROSS from bringing desperately needed food, water, and supplies to the Superdome and the Convention Center. This was done to deliberately make conditions worse. Why?"

This is absolutely stunning. I do recall early on they wouldn't allow relief workers in the city because of the armed gangs.

I am listening to my local talk radio station, now, and the point you addressed in your post, is being discussed on the Dom Giordano Show WPHT 1210AM, Philadelphia.

[DallasMike]

Fellow Freepers:

At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.

Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, medicine, and shelter. We need help taking care of their pets, too.

If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you. Believe me, there are a lot of organizations who need your help.

Right now the site mostly covers Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas but I'm adding more every night. My wife was down at Reunion Arena in Dallas Tuesday handing out care packages and spiritually ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer. She says that the situation is tragic and that there's a lot of work to be done. There are so many children who don't know where their parents are or even if their parents are still alive.

There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would appreciate it if you would get the word out.

Many thanks,

Michael McCullough

Stingray blogsite

[Dante3]

All those buses sat while the Mayor waited for Greyhounds. Incredibly stupid.

It is so sad that so many died and people lost everything they had.

[null and void]

In short: the Louisiana Department of Homeland Security BLOCKED THE RED CROSS from bringing desperately needed food, water, and supplies to the Superdome and the Convention Center. This was done to deliberately make conditions worse. Why? Because they wanted people to evacuate, and I guess they figured that if the people there had the luxury of, say, CLEAN WATER, they'd be less likely to leave. So they made a willful decision to starve and dehydrate the people in the Superdome so they'd be miserable enough to leave... or, if they were weak, miserable enough to die, as a few of them did.

And yet, when it came time to pass out $2000 cash cards, did they only distribute them to people who had been relocated???

Nooooooo!

The passed them out at the Superdome!!!

[Cautor]

In short, the DUmmycrats in charge in LA had to destroy the city to save it.

[nopardons]

bttt

[hershey]

What are the dems going to say about that! Well, on Brit Hume's show tonight on Fox, Moira Laisson on NPR said, "Oh, let's not blame the local and state authorities! There's plenty of blame to go around, including the feds!" Fog, fog, change the subject, and blame Bush.

[ladyinred]

They are doing the same thing again. I heard them say that if the people left there won't evacuate now that no food of water will be delivered to them, period. Do you see Babs screaming about this? Is the media actually questioning how they could dare starve the people? Is racism being suggested? Heck no, it is still Bush's fault!

[headsonpikes]

See my tagline.

[headsonpikes]

What I meant to post was 'see my Freeper name'.

;^)

[tophat9000]

Bump

[AnimalLover]

WHAT!

[vin-one]

BTTT. good post......

[Salvation]

BTTT!