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Katrina victims demand 'right to return'
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Posted on 12/10/2005 3:30:51 PM PST by Crackingham
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To: WatchOutForSnakes
They are hardly representative of the vast majority of the people down here.And I understand that, too.
61
posted on
12/10/2005 4:43:19 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: lwg8tr
Actually I'm not sure that is correct. There are still huge areas of New Orleans East and Lakeview without power or gas services. And most of St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines Parish have no services at all.
To: Crackingham
63
posted on
12/10/2005 4:48:09 PM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(I never got a job from a person on a government program.)
To: Howlin
Those are the very people who sat by for years and let the powers that be in New Orleans and Lousiana trash that state. And the same can be said for the blue states, no?
To: Crackingham
"I lived in my house for 45 years -- my mother died and left it to me," said Gloria Brown, 70, an evacuee living in San Francisco. "I swam seven blocks in filthy water with my dog Queenie to survive. I want to come back but I can't pay for it." Talk to God Missy for he is the only one that holds the key to the demise of those stupid enough to place themselves into a position of calamity and then expect others to take them to their nipple and nurse them back to a position of preparing to only jump at a breast and feed again.
65
posted on
12/10/2005 4:51:29 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: Crackingham
I guess they heard about the $90 million that is to be distributed soon to N.O.
To: Conservababe
And the same can be said for the blue states, no? I think Louisiana and New Orleans pretty much have that honor nailed down.
67
posted on
12/10/2005 4:54:44 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: Crackingham
offerings to the gods, What the.....? That's it. My give a damn just broke. I don't care if New Orleans is rebuilt. Frankly, it sounds like Katrina had a cleansing affect.
To: thathamiltonwoman
What the.....? That's it. My give a damn just broke. I don't care if New Orleans is rebuilt. I posted something similar to your post about a month ago and got beat up pretty good!
Welcome to the wiser side.
69
posted on
12/10/2005 5:01:00 PM PST
by
Randy Larsen
(I BELIEVE CONGRESSMAN WELDON!!!)
To: Crackingham
a tribal priest made an offering of rum and watermelon.
Umm. Is this what passes for communion in NOLA?
To: Conservababe
Howling is not racist, but you seem to have no problem defending those who are racists and complain about whitey at every opportunity. It's all those rich working white folks that the blacks are bitching about that pay the taxes to keep the city going and feed the lazy azzes that do nothing but drain the resouces.
I've never in my life seen so many over fed and housed people screaming about being starved by the white folks. Frankly I don't think that many welfare people should be housed together as they were in NO. It's a disaster waiting to happen to have so many who don't have enough sense to come in out of the rain.
To: SouthernFreebird
I've never in my life seen so many over fed and housed people screaming about being starved by the white folks. Frankly I don't think that many welfare people should be housed together as they were in NO. It's a disaster waiting to happen to have so many who don't have enough sense to come in out of the rain. Well now, ders de projects and ders the homeowners, dude. Homeowners pay property tax unless they are homesteaded as is law in Louisiana.
Why don't you take your innovative idea of not housing welfare recipients to the federal government? They could probably use the idea in Detroit, Chicago or any other large city.
Oh, but wait, they have already. They have proposed housing the poor in your own neighborhood. Did you like it and support it? LOL
To: Howlin
They were there to represent the agenda of the NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus. The folks who are working hard at the recovery don't have time to get on tv to whine and complain.
Sometimes what you hear and see on tv isn't exactly what's going on.
73
posted on
12/10/2005 5:55:18 PM PST
by
CajunConservative
(Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Jindal.)
To: Old Student
Habitat for Humanity is doing a lot of work here along with other non profits.
74
posted on
12/10/2005 6:01:21 PM PST
by
CajunConservative
(Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Jindal.)
To: Conservababe
Idiot, I am poor. People in my neighborhood are poor. But we all go to work. We prepare for bad weather snow storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires and floods,we get it all.
We don't sit around on our butts complaining about those rich white people who pay a TON of taxes on what they own to keep things running. We appreciate the help we get and try to be as independent as possible.
We were wiped out by floods 2 years ago. Not a town around here was spared, whole communities lost their housings and businesses yet never did we see anyone complain about the Government not rescuing us. No one complained about those who were fortunate enough to not lose their homes. Lots of those places are still in the rebuilding process and no complaints.
Here's what we saw on TV. People crying over the homes or businesses they lost, but oh so grateful for what they still had, their families and the ability to rebuild. Everyone worked together and things got done. No one had to guard their property from dirty thieves who think they have a right to swoop in like vultures at the first sign of people in trouble.
I'm disgusted with the whole lot of NO residents. I wouldn't send a thin dime to rebuild that POS place. Furthermore I'd say the black community needs to take a hard look at their culture to find the reason for such a failure of their people in dealing with adversity.
To: CajunConservative
"Habitat for Humanity is doing a lot of work here along with other non profits."
Yes, and they do good and useful work, even if they do use Former-President Peanut for a spokesman now and again. I'm easy, so I'll allow them that one error.
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posted on
12/10/2005 6:13:59 PM PST
by
Old Student
(WRM, MSgt, USAF(Ret.))
To: Old Student
He would have done more good for the world had he simply did his charity work and not run for the presidency.
77
posted on
12/10/2005 6:15:51 PM PST
by
CajunConservative
(Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Jindal.)
To: CajunConservative
"He would have done more good for the world had he simply did his charity work and not run for the presidency."
You sure nailed that one! After some years of reflection, I still can't decide if Clinton was better than Carter, or just almost as bad... What a quandary.
78
posted on
12/10/2005 6:20:09 PM PST
by
Old Student
(WRM, MSgt, USAF(Ret.))
To: Crackingham; All
... survivors marched to City Hall from Congo Square, a centuries-old meeting place where African slaves once gathered to trade, play music and dance. African drummers and a brass band dubbed the "Soul Rebels" set the carnival-like tone, while a tribal priest made an offering of rum and watermelon.
Latter Day Revisionist History. Possibly invented about the same time as Kwaaaaanzaaaaa.
FWIW, Congo Square was the site of Slave Auctions. That's right, folks ... in a pre-PC World, that is where white folks bought and sold black folks.
In bygone times, there was not a whole lot of partying goin' on by the black folks in Congo Square ... the only "trade" going on in Congo Square was the slave trade.
This faux "tribal priest" making a faux "offering" with rum and watermelon ... [what interesting visual images that conjures up!] ... is, at, best just playtime for people who have too much time on their hands that could be better used in more productive ways [like cleaning up and rebuilding their city].
This whole thing is typical of the ersatz culture, and pathetically Disneyfied fraud, that New Orleans has become.
< /history lesson >
79
posted on
12/10/2005 6:22:10 PM PST
by
caryatid
(Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
To: FreedomPoster
It was crushed mercilessly by the welfare state.
80
posted on
12/10/2005 6:36:23 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(What'ya mean you formatted the cat!?)
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