I've got to say, Dana, Houston's doing a damn good job of taking people in. San Antonio too. Go Texas.
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DavidS - Sep 04, 2005 6:46:15 pm PDT #4657 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Trudy Booth - Sep 04, 2005 6:48:00 pm PDT #4658 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
Go Texas.
You notice how Katrina didn't mess with it...
le nubian - Sep 04, 2005 6:50:52 pm PDT #4659 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Apparently, the governor of TX is asking that some of the evacuees be moved out of TX to other states because TX has become over-burdened.
le nubian - Sep 04, 2005 6:52:44 pm PDT #4660 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
DavidS - Sep 04, 2005 6:55:58 pm PDT #4661 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay, this is how they're going to respond. They're going to say that racism (and/or classism) is simply impossible. It's not a factor. La la la I can't hear you....:
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[Condi Rice's] visit came as some black leaders, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, have complained bitterly about the slow response to the disaster, whose victims have been disproportionately black and poor. They have said racial injustice was a factor in the government's slow relief effort.
"How can that be the case? Americans don't want to see Americans suffer," Rice said. "Nobody, especially the president, would have left people unattended on the basis of race."
le nubian - Sep 04, 2005 7:03:26 pm PDT #4662 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
...and then she swallowed her tongue.
"Nobody, especially the president, would have left people unattended on the basis of race."
So what was the basis, Condie? Socioeconomic class? Is that really better? People were unattended. So please explain WTF the reason was.
erikaj - Sep 04, 2005 7:04:34 pm PDT #4663 of 10002
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Poverty is ugly, Nubian. Duh. ;)
le nubian - Sep 04, 2005 7:18:05 pm PDT #4664 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
On another board, a person watched 'Nightline' and had this comment:
Nightline is having a Sunday night edition. The mayor claims that some people tried to walk out of NO from either the Convention Center or Superdrome, but were stopped out at the county line by cops with dogs and forced to go back: the suburban police didn't want any 'looters' in their town.
dw - Sep 04, 2005 8:57:18 pm PDT #4665 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Apparently, the governor of TX is asking that some of the evacuees be moved out of TX to other states because TX has become over-burdened.
They picked up nearly as many people in a week as live in Corpus Christi.
What I don't understand is how Oklahoma can only be picking up 5000 evacuees. Oregon and Washington together are taking that many in, and they're a four day's drive from NOLA.
Lee - Sep 04, 2005 9:02:05 pm PDT #4666 of 10002
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Matt addressed that question for Arkansas here. Matt the Bruins fan "Natter .38 Special" Sep 3, 2005 10:37:04 pm PDT I imagine his points are true for Oklahoma as well.