Posted on 09/14/2005 6:38:08 PM PDT by George Smiley
Here's what I'm suggesting:
There appears to be a need for a definitive timeline with respect to Katrina and who did and said what when.
Things get particularly confusing because of the short timeframe referenced in most newspaper and magazine articles- someone pointed out to me that an article said "last Friday", and two Fridays had passed since the beginning of events, so the reference became vague.
And, given the number of Freepers, if a bunch of us pitch in and "walk back the cat" so to speak, a timeline ought to be constructable in relatively short order.
The only way to make this collaborative effort semi-organized would be to open a thread for each day beginning, say, with the time Katrina approached the Florida Coast. (If anyone feels otherwise, I'm not trying to run this, just suggesting.)
As people located news items for a given day, they could post an excerpt in that day's thread along with a link to the original source URL.
When things seem complete, they could then be compiled.
And of course, we'll ask permission from JimRob.
What say you?
Naaaah, let's wait to hear Michael Moore's version of events....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475443/posts
Don't know if this helps.
Have any of you heard about the ad in the NYT from Kuwait?
It is AWESOME- but I can't find anything on the web about it at all.....
Put this in:
Amid Katrina Chaos, Congressman William Jefferson Used National Guard to Visit Home. (VIDEO)
http://thepoliticalteen.com/video/williamjeff.wmv
Here is what I have collected so far - hope it helps.
MASTER THREAD: The Historical Record of DemocRAT Partisan Attacks in Hurricane Katrina Tragedy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1480415/posts
Great Assortment of links
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478359/posts
Blanco Administration Caught in Scandal. Dem Website to Fool Citizens
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478084/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466748/posts
Local Government Ignored Earlier Lessons
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/3/152800.shtml
NO Residents you are on your own
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478076/posts
Local Leaders & Media Blame Bush
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/9/4/151327.shtml
NO had resources & plan to evacuate people but didn’t use them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477912/posts?page=45#45
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478043/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477912/posts
Why did N.O. officials reject a federal grant? (Turned down interoperability software)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483661/posts
State Officials kept the Red Cross out of New Orleans
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1479745/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483955/posts
Closer Scrutiny Reveals the Lies Surrounding Katrina
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478160/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481623/posts
Blanco Kept Out Guard Because Of Her ideological bias against the military
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483365/posts?page=22#22
Video at http://thepoliticalteen.com/video/blancoday8.wmv
Blanco's Blocks Caused Bedlam
http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212573.shtml
Posse Comitatus Act
http://www.dojgov.net/posse_comitatus_act.htm
Cindy Sheehan Aide Claims Levees Dynamited To Protect Rich http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483012/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483012/posts
Farrakhan visits Charlotte's Katrina shelter, criticizes federal response [says levee dynamited]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1484158/posts
Mary Landrieu Threatens Bush Over The Truth
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/4/101101.shtml
Mary Landrieu: Brown Resignation Not Enough
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/13/100916.shtml
Michael Moore Accuses Bush of Not Caring About Blacks
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/2/175941.shtml
Sharpton Says Looters Were Angry Taxpayers
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/3/140051.shtml
Jesse & Wrangel Accuse Bush Of Not Caring About Blacks
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/2/175902.shtml
Jesse Jackson: Compensate Katrina Victims
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/13/231210.shtml
Tell I Like It Is
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1482103/posts
In Nursing Home, a Fight Lost to Rising Waters
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481717/posts
SCHUMER'S SHAME
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/27913.htm
Hillary Clinton's New Fundraising Focus: Katrina
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/13/90841.shtml
Three Weeks--How's THAT for Slow?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1484122/posts
I'm in!!!! I do not mind doing this in spreadsheet form, but would need help.
If you pick out who, what, when and where, I can do the spread sheet, or vis versa.
All data is meaningless if the time the data occurred is not accurately known. Gathering the event data is pointless if the time is not also recorded.
Still waiting for your response, please!!!!!
Websearch on "katrina" and "timeline".
There are several out there.
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