Posted on 01/30/2006 10:49:32 PM PST by NormsRevenge
NEW ORLEANS - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is planning a march this spring to protest post-hurricane policies he fears will marginalize the black community, the civil rights leader said Monday as he toured one of the city's hardest-hit areas.
The march on April 1 will cross the Crescent City Connection, a major Mississippi River bridge that was blocked to keep people trying to flee flooded New Orleans from going into cities that weren't as heavily damaged, Jackson said. Officials across the river in Gretna said they blocked the bridge because they had no more room for evacuees.
As he squatted in a patch of mud, Jackson called the barge that came to rest on debris in the lower Ninth Ward a symbol of the government's neglect of many of the storm's hardest-hit victims.
His visit was just his latest to the lower-income, mostly black neighborhood that still showcases some of Katrina's worst damage.
Many of its residents remain scattered in temporary housing across the country, while workers from Eastern Europe and Latin America have taken rebuilding jobs, Jackson said.
"Why must people here look at people coming in from out of the country to do the work? That is humiliating," he said. "There are no jobs that cannot be done by the people who once lived here."
The government's failure to quickly provide temporary housing closer to New Orleans not only has prevented the displaced from getting jobs at home, Jackson said, but also has made it more difficult to follow campaigns and vote in already-delayed elections, now rescheduled for late April.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson hugs Tany Harris a resident of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006. During a walk through of the lower-income, mostly black neighborhood that for months has showcased some of Hurricane Katrina's worst destruction, Jackson and a group of local legislators and activists announced their intention to hold a massive march and demonstration on April 1 to protest government policies and proposals.(AP Photo/Bill Haber)
perfect day. April Fool's. :)
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, listens to public reaction following the release of the Bring New Orleans Back Commission master plan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, in New Orleans, La. The commission released an 86-page master plan for the economic, civic and community revitalization of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis)
Then she had his baby.
Hey hey, ho ho
Hurricanes have got to go!
Reverend Jesse Jackson (R) speaks during a news conference held with Reverend Al Sharpton (L) in New York about rebuilding New Orleans communities damaged during Hurricane Katrina January 8, 2006. Jackson is hosting the ninth annual 'Wall Street Project' economic summit in New York which will focus on key issues affecting minorities in the US, including areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was scheduled to appear, but cancelled at the last minute. REUTERS/Chip East
This just in: Jesse Jackson doesn't care about white people!
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco shows off one of the disaster evacuation guides the state government prepared and distributed statewide, as an aid to assist the state's residents escape hurricanes while speaking to writers and editors from The Associated Press during an interview at the Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. Blanco spoke about the rebuilding efforts and future for the people of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina, during the interview. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis)
He's going to protest a hurricane?
He's even crazier than I thought.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D- La., hugs her mother Verna Landrieu, 73, right, during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, with a group called Women of the Storm who are trying to bring attention to the lack of funding in the rebuilding effort after Hurricane Katrina. Five months after the hurricane made landfall, 55 representatives and 30 senators have visited New Orleans. The women argue that delays in federal aid to New Orleans are the result of so few lawmakers seeing the destruction up close. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Wasn't Mississippi pretty much destroyed too? I don't see any of them crying and begging.
""There are no jobs that cannot be done by the people who once lived here."
That may be so, but those people are too busy, living it up in the luxury of a hotel, or maybe even on a cruise ship.
They are in no rush to do squat.
Wasn't Mississippi pretty much destroyed too? I don't see any of them crying and begging.
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Some areas were literally obliterated.
NO sustained severe damage as well altho in many spots, a lot of the stuff remained in its general location, flooded and spoiled, but somewhat intact.
The immediate Gulf Coastal areas were literally wiped "clean".
Hey Jesse, Step out on the balcony.
*sniff sniff*
A sign touting weekly bonus pay hangs in front of a restaurant in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 20, 2006. Many such signs are posted around the city to lure potential workers. Restauranteurs can't find enough busboys, waiters, dishwashers and other kitchen help, and many have had to scale back for lack of workers since Hurricane Katrina. Only about one-third of New Orleans' half-million residents have returned since Katrina struck Aug. 29, and many parts of the city still lack electricity and other vital services. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)(AP Photo/Eric Gay)
March? Why not a BUS CARAVAN?
He's going to protest a hurricane?
He's even crazier than I thought.
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Maybe that's why he and Cindy make such a good pair. ;-)
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