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While Bush fiddles, New Orleans dies
Newsday ^ | September 4, 2005 | Jimmy Breslin

Posted on 09/04/2005 8:53:42 PM PDT by gitmo

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To: gitmo

Just darn. Move all black people to Coronado immediately. What is this writer even attempting to say? When a disaster hits, what is Bush supposed to be doing? He shouldn't be meeting with schoolchildren, or meeting with sailors. What is the appropriate thing for him to be caught doing? And 70% of the citizens of NO were black. Why did this writer and countless others only expect/want white people to be found trapped on rooftops?


61 posted on 09/04/2005 9:17:00 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: gitmo

Brilliant, keep blaming other people for your own failures so you can avoid dealing with the real solution.


62 posted on 09/04/2005 9:17:26 PM PDT by John Lenin (When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around)
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To: gitmo

this article was already posted at least once


63 posted on 09/04/2005 9:18:02 PM PDT by kublia khan (absolute war brings total victory)
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To: kenth

You're right! I guess I was fooled by all that hot air! Got a liitle foggy there for a minute! :o)


64 posted on 09/04/2005 9:18:13 PM PDT by samiam1972 (Live simply so that others may simply live!)
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To: gitmo

Well .. not many people will be reading his bilge because they just laid off 45 people - lack of readership!

Looks like we know why!! I wonder if the MSM will ever get it ..?? Naaaaaah!


65 posted on 09/04/2005 9:19:40 PM PDT by CyberAnt (America has the greatest military on the face of the earth.)
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To: concerned about politics

Marvin McMonkey McBean must think that the President and his entire cabinet should have drowned themselves in Lake Pontchartrain trying to plug the levy.


66 posted on 09/04/2005 9:22:01 PM PDT by Theophilus (Save Little Democrats, Stop Abortion)
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To: PositiveCogins
WFAA-TV just showed a report from the looted Wal-Mart in New Orleans. It was a real eye-opener. They opened the undamaged door to the dairy case and showed it full of gallon jugs of now spoiled (and not looted) milk. Then they showed the smashed glass on the jewelry case which was completely empty. The went to the electronics section and showed the shelves also emptied of TVs. The display case for the large plasma and LCD screen TVs was empty and overturned. The gun rack in the sports department was smashed open and empty.

They didn't take the milk.

67 posted on 09/04/2005 9:25:23 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FeeinTennessee
Should read:

While Mayor Nagin runs and hides (and gets high), New Orleans dies.

68 posted on 09/04/2005 9:25:52 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: gitmo

The Dope Who Couldn't Write Straight


69 posted on 09/04/2005 9:27:08 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: frogjerk

Really. Too bad Clinton wasn't in office when this happened. He could have stuck his finger in the dyke and held the waters back.

We had heros on 9/11.

We have rapists and murderers during this disaster.

Wonder why?


70 posted on 09/04/2005 9:27:54 PM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: CreviceTool
Newsday will shrink the staff of its New York City edition by more than half in the face of weak circulation as it cuts 45 newsroom jobs at the Long Island-based newspaper overall, it announced yesterday.

Another liberal rag bites the dust. These people are slow learners!

71 posted on 09/04/2005 9:28:55 PM PDT by American Quilter
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To: gitmo
Several years ago, Jimmy Breslin had pieces of his brain removed during surgey to repair an aneurysm. That in part explains his article.

Having pieces of your brain taken out can make anybody irrational.

But can someone explain to me what Maureen Dowd's, Frank Rich's, Tim Russert's, E.J. Dionne's, Gail Collins', et. al. excuses are?

72 posted on 09/04/2005 9:29:47 PM PDT by Darth Republican
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To: Travis McGee
From this thread, Check out evacuation instructions from NOLA website:

#26 seamole-
Much more detail here, cached from the New Orleans city website, a report from March 2004: Means of Departure
Hurricane evacuation planning is made more difficult for the City, due to the large percentage of residents without access to a private automobile. Only 27% of Orleans Parish residents evacuated the city during Hurricane Georges, while 45% of Jefferson Parish residents evacuated. Orleans Parish residents were more likely to stay during a storm for lack of transportation, financial resources or a tendency to ignore evacuation warnings. Evacuation is also closely related to income. During Hurricane Georges only 16% of those with incomes below $25,000 left town, while 54% of those with incomes over $80,000 left. (Evacuation Behavior in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes During Hurricane Georges, University of New Orleans Survey Research Center, 1998.)

In addition to those unable to afford vehicles or transportation there are the disabled, hospitalized, elderly and incarcerated who would not be able to drive from the area. Development of alternative means for citizens to leave the area is crucial. RTA provides transportation for citizens to shelters and places where out of town transportation may be obtained, but has no provision to use its buses to evacuate citizens out of the city. While the RTA has expressed a willingness to assist in emergency evacuation, a regional cooperative agreement with other jurisdictions is needed. Visitors and some residents may choose commercial transportation, but at some point commercial bus, rail, and air transportation out of the city will not be available. Greater involvement of local churches, businesses and non-profit groups in providing transport and assisting people without their own transportation or with special needs is needed.

And this:
Although the region supposedly can be evacuated in 72 hours, difficulty in predicting storm landfall can cause a delay in ordering such an evacuation. Hurricane advisory rules have recently been changed from a 3 day advance storm notice to 5 days. This added time should increase preparedness and promote a more timely and orderly evacuation. Such action promotes safety by educing roadway congestion and exposure to poor weather and roadway conditions.

And this:
The main responsibility and authority for operational aspects of evacuation in Orleans Parish lies with the Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) within the Chief Administrative Office of the City. The authority to make the final decisions related to an evacuation rests with the Mayor of New Orleans.

73 posted on 09/04/2005 9:29:57 PM PDT by exhaustedmomma (Calling illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a burglar an uninvited house guest)
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To: gitmo
 
 
"This was the week when we turned a major American city into Haiti, and racism put its hand out and started to choke a nation, and it may not let go."

Gee, and all along I thought it was hurricane Katrina that turned NO into Haiti.

And where in the heck is this "racism" stuff coming from? I haven't seen a doggone thing that looks racist except this article maybe.

 

 

74 posted on 09/04/2005 9:30:38 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Liberals believe common sense facts are open to debate!)
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To: Shermy

There were two levee breaches. There was a breach in the 9th Ward during the hurricane. There was another breach on the 17th Street/Industrial Canal late Monday night that was reported first at 2:30AM on CNN.


75 posted on 09/04/2005 9:30:58 PM PDT by KillBill
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To: gitmo
Hey Jimmy... three words regarding NO: "below sea level."

Gore 0; Bush 1

Kerry 0; Bush 1

Now, do us all a favor by shutting up you fool.

76 posted on 09/04/2005 9:31:06 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: exhaustedmomma

I hope it all comes out in the inquest.


77 posted on 09/04/2005 9:32:02 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: gitmo

"Somehow they see racism at the root of everything. How do they live like that?"

It's simple. Dems see more and more blacks moving into the middle class, becoming business owners and home owners. Typical profile for the GOP and they need desparately to drive a wedge between us.


78 posted on 09/04/2005 9:34:07 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Liberals believe common sense facts are open to debate!)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
Look at that 145 buses only 1.5 miles from the Super Bowl. And these CREEPS want to blame President Bush. They can all get bent!

Bush's hands were tied until the governor gave the OK. She refused to do it because she didn't like Bush. She let people die until she finally gave up and let Bush take over.
It'll all come out in the wash. The left has a tendency to knee jerk and blame Bush for anything, but none of it ever sticks because they're always full of crap.

79 posted on 09/04/2005 9:34:31 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: the invisib1e hand
Where do you live? I would like to know what part of the country people are saying such stupid things.
80 posted on 09/04/2005 9:35:07 PM PDT by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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