Guardsmen halt evactuation at Superdome to let Hyatt Regency guest queue jump
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At one point Friday, the evacuation was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt Hotel could move to the head of the evacuation line — much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome since last Sunday.
"How does this work? They (are) clean, they are dry, they get out ahead of us?" exclaimed Howard Blue, 22, who tried to get in their line. The National Guard blocked him as other guardsmen helped the well-dressed guests with their luggage.
Holy fuck, I was just about to post that. Just heard, on local news.
My god, it really IS the apocalypse.
Is it yet time for me to start a caravan out of this country?
Every branch of government has gone to hell. We have proof.
Shoot. me. now. (Re Rehnquist)
Perkins, no, it wasn't unexpected at all; he was operated on for thyroid cancer last year, and all the backseat doctors said that it sounded terminal to them.
This amuses: remember godhatesfags.com? Surely some jackhole is going to register godhatesneworleans.com, right?
Someone did -- go look, and give it a second: [link]
Gonna have a scotch, finish my rant on the Gulf Coast to my ex-officemate (we're discussing race and class, FUN) and fall over in bed, I think. Best response.
