Trudy, that said, I did hear about hospitals being invaded. So...? There were really desperate people and there were desperate criminal people. Disaster preparedness would have had plans for helping the former people and preventing the latter people from doing too much damage.
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le nubian - Sep 04, 2005 12:28:11 pm PDT #4613 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Trudy Booth - Sep 04, 2005 12:35:00 pm PDT #4614 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I did hear about hospitals being invaded. So...? There were really desperate people and there were desperate criminal people. Disaster preparedness would have had plans for helping the former people and preventing the latter people from doing too much damage.
Very very true.
I suspect that the assumption of evil intent was heightend because of the blackness though. With white people we may have heard about "a few bad apples". (this is speculation of course)
le nubian - Sep 04, 2005 12:45:03 pm PDT #4615 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
New Orleans will have to be abandoned for at least nine months, and many of its people will remain homeless for up to two years, the US government believes.
The bleak assessment will deepen the biggest crisis faced by President George Bush, who last week called the devastation of Hurricane Katrina a " temporary disruption".
Trudy Booth - Sep 04, 2005 12:47:51 pm PDT #4616 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
George Bush, who last week called the devastation of Hurricane Katrina a " temporary disruption".
Alright, him I might wing to get attention (instead of shooting into the air).
le nubian - Sep 04, 2005 12:50:16 pm PDT #4617 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
This is a link regarding the volunteer physicians who are trying to head to LA, but can't get approval to serve because the federal government isn't properly coordinating this effort. Physicians who go to Baton Rouge seem to have greater success.
aurelia - Sep 04, 2005 12:51:21 pm PDT #4618 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
George Bush, who last week called the devastation of Hurricane Katrina a " temporary disruption".
He's probably thinking about oil. Or his vacation.
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2005 12:59:51 pm PDT #4619 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
He's probably thinking about oil. Or his vacation.
Bush is on record as thinking about Iraq. Every! Day!
I've got the unfortunate mantra of "The American people get the government they deserve" running through my mind today. Unfortunately most of the agony that the suburban SUV-driving Capital-C Christian American people who voted for this gov't are experiencing right now is at the gas pump.
(Yeah, yeah, I know, gross overgeneralization of Bush voters, etc.....)
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2005 1:01:28 pm PDT #4620 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sorry, double-post because of connection difficulties. I will refrain from blaming them on the Bush KleptocracyAdministration....
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2005 1:50:27 pm PDT #4621 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
A quote seen in another place, and quite worth repeating here: "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2005 2:03:33 pm PDT #4622 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sorry if I'm just in a spammy sort of mood, but I wanted to show how deserving Bush is of a big thunderbolt from God hitting him and leaving a greasy spot in the Oval Office, with this quote:
"Many are angry and desperate for help. The tasks before us are enormous, but so is the heart of America. In America, we do not abandon our fellow citizens in our hour of need. And the federal government will do its part."