Posted on 09/05/2005 12:31:30 PM PDT by ReverendJesseJackster
A week after the storm, a definitive death toll remained elusive. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin warned on NBC's "Today" that "it wouldn't be unreasonable to have 10,000" dead.
Despite the grim estimate, he was more upbeat than in previous days, when he railed against the federal government and broke down sobbing during a radio interview.
"We're making great progress now, the momentum has picked up. I'm starting to see some critical tasks being completed," he told NBC.
"The 17th Street canal is about or was about 84 percent closed in yesterday afternoon. We have more troops arriving, so we're starting to make the kind of progress that I kind of expected earlier."
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As a result of this ugly debate, we on display on the world stage as a bickering cesspool of anger when we should be cooperating with each other like we did during 9/11.
The liberal democrat-controlled MSM has been stirring the crab pot of discontent from day one.
Freepers, please contact people you know in high places to urge the President to speak to the American people with the following message:
"My fellow Americans, Hurricane Katrina has been a catastrophic disaster and the government at all levels is doing the best we can. I'd like to ask the American public and the media a favor as we get through these hard times:
Please suspend your fingerpointing and blame for one or two weeks so the country can work together and solve one of the biggest natural disasters we've ever had. There will be plenty of time to do fingerpointing and Monday-morning quarterbacking later. Thank you...
Ozone ....snif...I smell ozone..
Mr. mayor who started that?
Is that you, Ray?
Wishful thinking. It's like you're asking for an instant cure for the hopelessly insane.
Aye.....
The Mayor should STFU if he wants to stop the blame game...he's the primary source of a lot of the flying poop.
If you added the headline in brackets, you are part of the problem!
I guess the lecture from the President straightened out this dude?
I see you're new here. There is no WAY the president should give that kind of address.
I wonder if the Mayor of New Orleans still thinks the CIA is going to have him killed.
And I wonder if he regrets letting hundreds of school buses sit in parking lots instead of evacuating the poor.
"well, as an actual witness to the insanity that has been going on, I strongly STRONLY advise you to stay wherever the #### you're at, xxxx. Do not come home, not even to help with the 'rebuilding', as that won't even start for MONTHS. there are dead bodies EVERYWHERE. The water, and everything it has touched is CONTAMINATED (that is the nice way to say it), there is nothing here. Yeah, your place probably made out ok, but there is nothing left around it. These animals have shot at rescue workers, at US, and make all the jokes about nopd as you want, we have been here, sleeping on the floor, ####ting and pissing in garbage cans, with no running water or electricity for days, and we have been trying to help people as we do this. as for looters, I am 110% with you when you say 'food and water'... only, these mother ####ers are looting footlocker for jerseys, taking beer and cigarettes from winn dixie, and are most surely taking dvd players, looting BLOCKBUSTER (as we all know, these mother ####ers are fully aware there are so many life saving things in that mother ####ing place)...
Amy called yesterday, in tears. She has been convoying fuel and actually had to run someone over who was attacking the vehicle with weapons. she is done. police officers are killing themselves and being killed, the animals are setting historic ####ing buildings on canal street on fire. roving 'gangs' are literally breaking into peoples houses, raping women and killing the families. what the ####!!!
Why would anyone want to come here? I understand it is our home, it is where we come from, where we were raised, etc. you just have no idea the thigns we've seen here, this is NOT the new orleans you know and love. I know and understand that you, xxxx especially are not going to believe it or sympathize with it, but I assure you, I am not in the least bit exaggerating. this place, let me just say... military people say it is worse than somalia. LOL? I don't ####ing know what to compare it to.
People have lost EVERYTHING. and some still refuse to leave, as if they have a choice! power and water will not be restored for months. the national guard and military, who still by the way have not supplied us with ANYTHING in the way of food or water, we've had to get that on our own, is going to literally have to go door to door, clearing houses and looking for bodies. the military has requested 60,000 body bags... SIXTY THOUSAND!!! and that may not be enough from what I'm understanding!!! My uncle, who is a dr. working out of east jefferson, is literally appalled at the thought that they are allowing people from jefferson back in on monday to "check on their stuff"... the disease that is in the air and water, the lack of running water, people are going to ####ing RIOT....
I promise you, stay where you're at. our chief told us yesterday that financial help is on the way, that 90 billion is coming to us (the city), and that new orleans will be a great place to call home in 2 to 5 ####ing YEARS!!!! Please, don't misunderstand me, help is welcome. I, however, strongly recommend leaving this job to the people that are qualified, the people with the proper inoculations, the proper training, the experience to handle it.
This is no florida, this is nothing that anyone could imagine. I'm taking pictures and video, but this #### is just like I'm trapped in a really ####ing bad movie... day after tomorrow bad. I am carrying an AR-15 or a shotgun with me at all times. And of course, my two attack chihuahua's, who I am offering up to anyone who can possibly take care of them for me while we are stuck here in this... I really need that more than any####ingthing else.
I love you all and hope to god you are all safe and can find jobs. I suggest staying as far away from the city, even state, as you possibly can. evacuees are just overflowing the state lines, and opportunity will be scarce. ....., stay in ..... , ros and hope... go as far away as you can. if we do get the time off, we are going to dc for a couple of days. love you all, write back if you can. just now got some super generator at "fort apache", whatever... being able to send the email is definitely a nice ####ing treat. would give it up for a working toilet, though."
All the blame comes from the left. The facts are coming from the right to refute leftist bullshit. It may sound like the right is finger pointing, but we are correcting liberal lies.
See my tagline as it relates to the Democratic City, State and National leadership.
Take it up with the DNC, they are high-fiving each other over this.
I see a ZOT in ReverendJesseJackster's futre as well.
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