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Katrina victims testify on racism's role
AP/mlive.com ^ | 12/6/2005, 5:58 p.m. ET | LARA JAKES JORDAN

Posted on 12/06/2005 3:25:07 PM PST by quantim

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Houses severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina are seen in the New Orleans East 
neighborhood in New Orleans, Monday, Dec. 5, 2005. The proposal by the
Urban Land Institute to rebuilding New Orleans, smacks of racism to certain local leaders. 
The proposal focuses available resources on the least damaged neighborhoods first, 
while carefully studying whether it makes sense to repopulate areas that flooded worst. 

(AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) MLive.com

1 posted on 12/06/2005 3:25:07 PM PST by quantim
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To: quantim
These pathetic weaklings couldn't walk 12 miles into the next town where plenty of food and shelter were??

What the hell happened to self-reliance in this country?

2 posted on 12/06/2005 3:27:58 PM PST by Centurion2000 ((Aubrey, Tx) --- America, we get the best government corporations can buy.)
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To: quantim

Thank Mr. Nagin and Ms. Blank-o, you jerks.


3 posted on 12/06/2005 3:29:44 PM PST by brivette
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To: Centurion2000

All I remember is all the cars in the ninth ward that were underwater--and wondered why the hell those people didn't get their fat butts in those cars and get out of town.


4 posted on 12/06/2005 3:30:45 PM PST by sinkspur (Trust, but vilify.)
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To: quantim

Maybe this will be the final straw that will break the back of the 'race' card.

REDICULOUS it is!


5 posted on 12/06/2005 3:30:50 PM PST by BlueStateDepression
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To: quantim

AND where was the Governor and Mayor of N.O.? I thought every state had a plan....no????? How foolish of me to think that....

Where was Kerry, Kennedy, clinton, boxer, and the rest of the koolaid crowd????? How about the Hollywood crowd....little babs, alex baby, oh yeah thats right, someone brought a boat down and ruined his motor...how foolish of me to forget that....

Oh yes, NOW I remember, IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT!!!! How foolish to think that people can manage on their own and survive, nope they have to have the PRESIDENT there to hold their hand...how foolish of me to forget!


6 posted on 12/06/2005 3:31:41 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (My ? to libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own DOPE: Plant a LIB!")
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To: quantim
"Yes, it was an issue of race. Because of one thing: when the city had pretty much been evacuated, the people that were left there mostly was black."

Bone head! You had the better part of a weeks warning to get out. You could have easily taken a bus out of town before the storm hit. Thats the problem with expecting cradle to grave government handouts to solve your every problem. GET OVER IT! IT WAS YOUR OWN STUPID FAULT FOR NOT LEAVING!

7 posted on 12/06/2005 3:33:54 PM PST by Desron13 (If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
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"No one is going to tell me it wasn't a race issue," said New Orleans evacuee Patricia Thompson, 53, who is now living in College Station, Texas. "Yes, it was an issue of race. Because of one thing: when the city had pretty much been evacuated, the people that were left there mostly was black."

White people mostly evacuated themselves [by autokinesis] ... many black people waited to be "rescued" by someone else.

New Orleans was almost 70% black ... isn't it natural that a predominantly black city would have predominantly black people left over at most "events"?

Let's move on to something worthwhile ... like rebuilding lives and rebuilding the city. Hurricane Katrina is over.

8 posted on 12/06/2005 3:35:20 PM PST by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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I have been to Dachau, I find this comparison absolutely appalling. Did any "armed guards" tell them "Arbeit macht Frei? I didn't read of anyone committing suicide because there was no hope of rescue, I didn't see any ovens at the superdome or convention center for throwing people in, or showers hooked up to exhaust systems to gas people. I am sick of hearing about racism after being hit by a category 5 hurricane, after they were ordered to a mandatory evacuation.


9 posted on 12/06/2005 3:41:38 PM PST by WV Mountain Mama (I have a drink at night for my heart. Yeah, my heart, that's it.)
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These whackjobs hit every leftwing point imaginable. Halliburton, racism, concentration camps, shooting people when they left their homes, blowing up the levees, ethnic cleansing and no telling what else during the hearings.


10 posted on 12/06/2005 3:43:35 PM PST by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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The welfare scum Of New Orleans were taught from cradle to grave by Democrats not to help themselves.
Katrina 'victim's are their own worse enemy.


11 posted on 12/06/2005 3:45:33 PM PST by Duffboy
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12 posted on 12/06/2005 3:47:39 PM PST by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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To: caryatid
That was the single most uncivilized hearing I have ever seen in the Congress of the United States. It was also insulting.

With that kind of irrational anger there is no doubt about how New Orleans became one of the least safe places in the nation, with one of the highest murder rates.
13 posted on 12/06/2005 3:48:46 PM PST by billhilly (John Murtha, ex Marine. Leading the charge of the Demoquits.)
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To: WV Mountain Mama

I agree. The reference to the laser on the grandaughter's forehead.........sounds like she was 4 and in pigtails. Bet she was in her 20's and an a..hole.


14 posted on 12/06/2005 3:48:55 PM PST by freema (Proud Marine Mom-What fools they are who doubt the ability of liberty to triumph over despotism)
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To: billhilly
That was the single most uncivilized hearing I have ever seen in the Congress of the United States. It was also insulting.

Yes it was a all time low.

15 posted on 12/06/2005 3:50:21 PM PST by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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If the prospect of freedom couldn't make these people start walking north over 150 years ago, why would a category 5 hurricane?

Even fish know to walk out of a muddy puddle when their fins are stiff enough!


16 posted on 12/06/2005 3:50:50 PM PST by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Rock beats scissors, don't run with rocks. NRA)
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To: quantim

bump


17 posted on 12/06/2005 3:51:42 PM PST by SALChamps03
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investigating ...requested by Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Okay. Read enough right there. She's the real racist pig in this pen.


18 posted on 12/06/2005 3:52:02 PM PST by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Rock beats scissors, don't run with rocks. NRA)
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To: HarleyLady27

someone brought a boat down and ruined his motor...how foolish of me to forget that....

This guy Penn?

19 posted on 12/06/2005 3:53:00 PM PST by quantim (Detroit is the New Orleans of the north, settled by the French and ruined by liberals.)
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To: billhilly

Cynthia McKenny called for this -- so no shock the outcome, bet she hand-picked the people who testified.


20 posted on 12/06/2005 3:53:21 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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