[satchmodog9]

No warnings given in any other language than English.

Does that tell you something lady?

[Fighting Irish]

Well if it wasn't obvious then - it's more now that Goerge Bush hates Latinos.

[AlexW]

OK, I get it now....Katrina will go down as the greatest disaster the world has ever known.

Chocolates, and Illegal Hispanics, hardest hit.

[bigeasy_70118]

This hurricane has been a boon to the hispanics of the Gulf States. Just go to the Exxon at Lee Circle around eight in the morning and you'll see them lined up and ready for work at double their going rate.

[L98Fiero]

WHAAA!!! His piece of government cheese is bigger than mine!

[marron]

Some 230,000 Hispanics lived in the Gulf states when Katrina hit. Yet, no warnings to evacuate were given in any language other than English

I call pants-on-fire.

There are between two and four spanish-language networks with news programs that are every bit as in-depth as anything on the english news channels. There are a generous number of spanish-language radio stations with news as well.

No one reads government announcements, they get them second-hand from the news, whether in english or spanish.

This is almost self-satire. The world ends! Minorities and women hurt worse!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Since we are not a communist country, but rather a federation of individual states, the federal government is NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING.

The only people who think they should be are collectivist losers who can do nothing for themselves.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It took an organization like the National Council of La Raza to get a clear picture of how the Latino community suffered more than was originally reported.

I'll just bet it did. In fact, I'll just bet they would have told us - loudly - whether it was true or not.

[facedown]

The number of Latinos in the affected area was more than double the amount originally thought.

Somebody needs to go to remedial ESL class.

[FOG724]

We didn't need a video showing us that the Federal Emergency Management Agency and President Bush had been briefed ahead of time about the eminent threat Katrina posed to New Orleans

Hard to take them serious when they start out the report with a lie.

[MCCRon58]

I notice that there is sure an awful lot of after the fact monday morning quarterbacking and criticism here, but little in the way of suggestions for solutions.

Considering that a racist group like La Raza is involved, it figures. After all children criticize, adult solve problems

[gondramB]

I am very sorry that our Latino citizens and legal residents suffered from the worst natural disaster to hit the U.S. As a Christian, I am also sorry that the illegals got hurt.

And I sympathize with concerns about the efficiency of aid delivery. Even in those areas where there was competent local government we are still talking about a gigantic Federal bureaucracy and we all know those have inefficiencies.

But I reject claims that we are not spending enough, we are spending billions upon billions.

And I reject efforts to use the disaster as an excuse to attach liberal social policy whether it's seizing legal guns in New Orleans or demanding affirmative action for the boards of charities.

But I'm really sorry they got hurt and I hope they recover as much as possible. The Latino community shares the traditional American work ethic so there is every reason to be hopeful.

[Grendel9]

I find it difficult to believe that
ANY LEGAL immigrant has lived alongside
born or naturalized American citizens
for any length of time and has NOT picked
up the lingo. It would seem more likely
the illegal immigrant is the one hiding
out in the community, avoiding any situation
that requires him to speak or answer questions.
You can always tell the illegals by the way
they drive...verrrry slowly and always on the
right hand side of the road. They'll go a
block past their turning point to avoid
going into that left hand lane. Safer to go
a block past and make three right hand turns!
And I'm serious.

[mtbopfuyn]

those who actually were undocumented were started on deportation proceedings

Sounds good, but how many were actually shipped home? How many were back across the next week with at least 14 of their cousins?

[mtbopfuyn]

Instead they got $7 an hour, inadequate housing and very little food.

I make less.

[muawiyah]

I watch Noticiero Univision regularly. In fact, I can distinctly recall those folks warning everybody about Katrina.

Hmmmm.

Do Latinas have short memories, or this one just "special".

Guess she'll be riding the short bus home.

[MikeA]

"We didn't need a video showing us that the Federal Emergency Management Agency and President Bush had been briefed ahead of time about the eminent threat Katrina posed to New Orleans - it was obvious from the start."

AND DAMN BUSH FOR NOT GOING OUT INTO THE GULF AND WAVING HIS WAND TO STOP THE STORM!!! Of course then Democrats would have attacked Bush saying "He could have put someone's eye out with that thing."

Forgetting for a moment that La Raza is an enemy organization operating on US soil that needs to be shut down, I love the idiotic statement above that's made to sound so insidious as if ANYONE was denying at the time that this was going to be a big storm. This shows the left is still going to use these videos that were discreditted in terms of showing the president was warned of levee breaches to still somehow support their never ending spin that somehow the president failed in his response to Katrina. The dishonesty never stops with these creeps.

[new cruelty]

The number of Latinos in the affected area was more than double the amount originally thought. Some 230,000 Hispanics lived in the Gulf states when Katrina hit. Yet, no warnings to evacuate were given in any language other than English. As a consequence, several non-English-speaking casino workers in Mississippi lost their lives.

Sorry but I call bullshit. It is a shame that people lost their lives, but I do not see how the government is entirely to blame because non-English speaking folks can't comprehend that the sights and sounds of other people getting the hell out of dodge is a good enough reason to get up and go yourself- or at the very least, ask someone that you know what he hell is going on.

[oyez]

There was no state and local mismanagement? I would have never guessed.

[pabianice]

"World to end Tuesday; Women, Minorities Hardest Hit"