http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/katrina/ en-us Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:51:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401109/posts ...In 2007, frustrated by the slow pace of rebuilding in the Lower Ninth, Brad Pitt set up a foundation called Make It Right; the foundation then commissioned 13 architecture firms to design affordable, green houses... Indeed, from the main route into the Lower Ninth, the Claiborne Avenue Bridge, it’s impossible to miss the Brad Pitt Houses, as everyone here calls them. They are sprawling, angular buildings in bold hues not usually seen outside a gelateria... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401109/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:51:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394804/posts Attempts to locate a statement or press release from Senator John McCain concerning Climategate have, so far, met with negative results. Senator McCain’s website indicates that his most recent press release (Oct 19) was a joint statement issued with Senator Russ Feingold (D.WI) that begins: "A day after a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers displayed 'gross negligence' that contributed to the breaching of the levees in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John McCain (R-AZ), who have led efforts to reform the Army Corps of Engineers, released the following... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394804/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389638/posts In a groundbreaking decision, a federal judge ruled late Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' mismanagement of maintenance at the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet was directly responsible for flood damage in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward after Hurricane Katrina. Nola.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389638/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389539/posts New Orleans (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389539/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:02:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388518/posts So how is the Stimulus like Katrina? For starters, it is a has been horribly mismanaged. Red flag number one was that Joe Biden was put in charge. Obama announced his decision before the National Governors Association in Washington on Monday, saying Vice President Joe Biden will help ensure the distribution of the money is not just swift, "but also efficient and effective." "The fact that I'm asking my vice president to personally lead this effort shows how important it is for our country and future to get this right," he said. Biden, in his new role, would meet regularly... Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388518/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:19:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386110/posts Remember those free health care clinics MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow played up back in October after Olbermann's hour-long "Special Comment," about Republican opposition to ObamaCare and/or PelosiCare? Well, now it's time for their brand of AstroTurf to be put into action. On MSNBC's Nov. 13 "Countdown," fill-in host Lawrence O'Donnell raised the issue about the potential opposition Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., might have over the current health care legislation being debated in the U.S. Senate. And, Landrieu so happens to represent Louisiana, the site of one of Olbermann's politicized free health care clinics. "Republicans, in a new ad,... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386110/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:35:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384397/posts As Hurricane Katrina zeroed in on New Orleans in 2005, government at all levels was lethargic, seemed unprepared, and to some, even uncaring. In the wake of last week’s massacre at Fort Hood, we are learning that the United States Army knew quite a bit about Major Nadal Malik Hasan -- but did not act on the information. Fort Hood could become Barack Obama’s Katrina. In 2005, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff designated the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Michael D. Brown to lead the government’s response to the hurricane. Even though there were charges of mismanagement... HUMAN EVENTS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384397/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:15:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373934/posts Does anyone recall seeing a thread here a few days after Hurrican Katrina, that linked to a website created by someone who lived in N.O., was a photojournalism student and was here on a student visa? His photos and detailed captions were awesome! They were the quality one would see in Time Life books or NatGeo. The most important part of it all, however, was that he told of out right lies the media were showing to the American public. He was disgusted because he was watching members of the news media who he had idolized up until that point,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373934/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:13:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367415/posts Is the swine flu Obama’s Katrina? And is the CDC Obama’s FEMA? Unfortunately, the answer to both questions could be: Yes. As the swine flu explodes across our population, it is becoming painfully apparent that the federal government’s response is going to be far too little and far too late. At the root seems to be a flawed timetable and a bad case of promising a lot more than is being delivered. Expecting a disease wave to crest after the first of the year, the Obama Administration is being caught flatfooted as that crest is arriving in late October.And the... boblonsberry.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367415/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365265/posts Thomas Lee White spent a year in prison for another man's mistake. But White's own error has left him with little legal recourse. A federal appellate court ruled late last month that White -- who was jailed in New Orleans for public drunkenness, mistakenly identified and then lost in the state penal system for a full year after Hurricane Katrina -- has no right to a federal civil lawsuit because he didn't file the suit fast enough. He is one of countless former jail inmates who appear to have been deprived of their constitutional right to due process in the... Times Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365265/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:51:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364397/posts NEW ORLEANS ― Ray Nagin will become the first mayor in 50 years to make an official visit to Cuba when the leader of New Orleans travels there with a delegation of officials for a disaster preparedness exchange. New Orleans is serving as a living laboratory for techniques on emergency preparedness and response, including implementing plans that include assistance for residents who are unable to leave the city. During Gustav in 2008, the city helped more than 18,000 residents evacuate as the hurricane approached. The tour is scheduled to meet with the Latin American Medical Centers for Disasters and will... WWL-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364397/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:26:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364321/posts Obama makes stop in N.O., bypasses Miss.Posted: 10/16/09 - 12:10:33 pm CDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Supporters of President Barack Obama lined the streets leading to a town hall meeting at the University of New Orleans and erupted in cheers as the president’s motorcade arrived Thursday. Even before Air Force One landed, hundreds were lined up at UNO for the town hall at the school’s 1,500-seat fitness center. About 150 demonstrators were ushered behind barricades about 400 yards away. Some were Obama supporters, others were there to protest the president’s health care proposals. “I’m a small business owner and the... Enterprise-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364321/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:44:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363297/posts Obama: 'We Will Not Forget' Troubled New Orleans ASSOCIATED PRESS October 15, 2009 NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- President Barack Obama is promising the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast that his administration ''will not forget'' them as they work to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Obama says he makes no excuses for the fact that the federal government didn't work effectively with state and local officials in the aftermath of the storm four years ago. But he says his administration is ''working around the clock to clean up red tape and eliminate bureaucracy.'' NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363297/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362120/posts In Norway they may think that President Barack Obama has a great knack for peace, but around here his forte seems to be stirring up strife. New Orleans is mad because Obama's visit tomorrow will be little more than a whistlestop. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is mad because New Orleans gets all the attention, such as it is, while the lingering effects of Katrina over there are ignored. And from southwest Louisiana comes the cry, "What about Rita, Gustav and Ike? The president really needs to take a look at Cameron Parish." Obama is also being denounced for an apparent... Nola.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362120/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:12:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352010/posts D'IBERVILLE, MS (WLOX) - It was his first official role as the new D'Iberville City Manager. On Monday morning, Michael Janus helped celebrate the opening of Newk's Express Restaurant in the new Promenade Shopping Center. "It's exciting," said Janus. "I mean, you can't imagine a better job. Within three hours on the job, you already have a ribbon cutting." Janus took the opportunity to learn new names and catch up with some familiar faces. Then it was time to head back to City Hall for a busy afternoon. "I haven't filled out my employment paperwork yet. I was wondering if... WLOX-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352010/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348115/posts <p>A federal jury on Thursday rejected a New Orleans family's assertions that the government-issued trailer they lived in after Hurricane Katrina exposed them to dangerous fumes, in the first of several trials that could lead to hundreds of similar claims being resolved.</p> times picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348115/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:23:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2346575/posts Ok, now the SE has been flooding for days. Deaths keep climbing. WHERE IS THE MSM OUTRAGE AT THE LACK OF ACTION BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION? various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2346575/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:29:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338501/posts I first experienced ACORN in post-Katrina New Orleans. I was part of a relief organization, Common Ground Relief, which had been delivering much needed aid to the 9th Ward, an area that had been hit especially hard by the flood waters and by neglect. Rumors immediately began surfacing, questioning our motives and intentions. I was very confused by these rumors. Who was behind them? How could anyone question the vital work we were doing in the community? We lived and worked in the 9th Ward. We suspended our regular lives and, in many cases, left our families to travel to... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338501/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336066/posts     Four years after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the City of New Orleans, leaving anarchy in its wake, the Department of Justice is reportedly putting on a full court press investigation of the police in that city, with the main focus being on two shooting incidents that left three people dead.    Let’s be up front about this: Since the Second Amendment Foundation and National Rifle Association (and nobody else!) stepped to file a landmark federal lawsuit to stop authorities in New Orleans from illegally seizing firearms in the hurricane’s aftermath, nobody has been held accountable for that treachery.... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336066/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:34:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334988/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Marsha Swopes survived Hurricane Katrina and came to live in a free house from Fanny Mae. For two years she's called Antioch home, until Sheriff's Deputies showed up to evict her. Tuesday was moving day for Swopes, her two daughters and two grandchildren, but they had nowhere to go. "I'm just tired of moving. I want a place of my own that I can afford. I don't want to move anymore," said Swopes. For the last two years Swopes has lived in a home on Fanny Mae's dime. The company launched a relief program to help evacuees... News Channel 5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334988/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 23:48:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333974/posts New information has surfaced regarding euthanization of elderly patients at a New Orleans hospital during Hurricane Katrina. A doctor has admitted administering a lethal dose of morphine to one patient knowing that it would kill her. "There's no question I hastened her demise," Dr. Ewing Cook told an independent investigation organization. "I gave her medicine so I could get rid of her faster, get the nurses off the [hospital] floor." The patient, Jannie Burgess, 79, was suffering from uterine cancer and kidney failure. "To me, it was a no-brainer -- and to this day I don't feel bad about... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333974/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:09:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333403/posts Three months after Hurricane Katrina, the Sun Herald described in a front-page editorial “Mississippi’s Invisible Coast.” It spoke of the fact that the further removed in time we were from Katrina, the less attention outside news reports paid to the plight of our region and its people, and the more it seemed history was being rewritten in a way that would render South Mississippi no more than a postscript to the greatest natural disaster to befall the nation. Already the trend had begun for the national media to cover South Mississippi’s part of the story with an add-on phrase... SUN HERALD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333403/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333264/posts For the past several months, the federal building on Poydras Street has seen a steady stream of New Orleans police officers trudge in and out, all of them testifying before grand jurors gathering evidence of possible civil rights violations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina -- allegations that center on police misbehavior. Federal agents, meanwhile, have been studying police e-mails and documents obtained by subpoena -- as well as through a surprise search warrant executed on the New Orleans Police Department homicide office -- in an attempt to ferret out exactly what happened in the chaotic days after the storm.... Times Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333264/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332616/posts OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- In the four years since Hurricane Katrina swallowed Barbara Lambert's Gulf Coast house, her family has slowly rebuilt its life - moving out of a FEMA mobile home and to another city, finding a job for her husband and enrolling the kids in new schools. Then, the recession hit. The Lamberts and others in the hurricane-stricken region are struggling through renewed hard times as federal recovery dollars dry up and the recession chokes off jobs and charitable help. For the Lamberts, paying next month's rent is the latest worry as a federal hurricane assistance program ends.... The South Mississippi Sun Herald / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332616/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 02:12:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330161/posts Four years have elapsed since one of the most amazing cases of Republican-bashing media bias in the television era began. The media elites laugh when preachers say immorality causes God to send hurricanes, but they suggested with straight faces that Hurricane Katrina was a death sentence President Bush and his cronies brought to the less fortunate. In the early spin, race-baiting rapper Kanye West and "objective" anchors like Brian Williams were in rhetorical sync: George Bush didn't care about black people. On "The Daily Show," Williams said "everyone" knew Bush would have done better if white people were endangered: "Everyone... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330161/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 10:16:05 GMT