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posted by Nancy White at 1:43 PM
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As a native New Orleanean,living in S.F.now.I see why I left.Not because of my people,but because of the beaucratic B.S.When the Sunami hit,there where planes boats trains and anything else that was smoking bringing HELP.But because this is Racist America,the officials in Biloxi have chosen"to pull police from finding people,to deal "SEVERLY" with looters.What the Hell? They in N.O.transported people(BLACK) from the superdome to the astrodome in SCHOOL BUSSES.(What the Hell?)Can u imagine all the money that comes to N.O. in tourist travel? and they are still saying it's POOR why? who's pockets are getting Fat? that they don't even have drainage systems up to date.,But u know GOD does thing for a reason.Whats done in the dark shall shurley come to light! Believe that..
As a native New Orleanean,living in S.F.now.I see why I left.Not because of my people,but because of the beaucratic B.S.When the Sunami hit,there where planes boats trains and anything else that was smoking bringing HELP.But because this is Racist America,the officials in Biloxi have chosen"to pull police from finding people,to deal "SEVERLY" with looters.What the Hell? They in N.O.transported people(BLACK) from the superdome to the astrodome in SCHOOL BUSSES.(What the Hell?)Can u imagine all the money that comes to N.O. in tourist travel? and they are still saying it's POOR why? who's pockets are getting Fat? that they don't even have drainage systems up to date.,But u know GOD does thing for a reason.Whats done in the dark shall shurley come to light! Believe that..
Maticulous, the sadness I'm feeling this week goes beyond the destruction of life and place of Katrina, to the divides it has shown us. Race, money, the gulf that divides those who have and have far, far, less or none, is a powerful poison. Infrastructure we can name, point to, and draw up plans for rebuilding.
What do we do about the gulf between us as humans, which is rent apart even more when we find ourselves in chaos?
The depth of my sadness can't be shown in a blog post, but it is in my heart.
I used to somewhat support Bush. Not anymore, he is cold....I believe that if it were his Daddy in N.O. he would have moved heaven and earth to get him out. Even now his leadership is lacking. We still have people in the dome and in the convention center. My God! He thinks that american citizens will come through, This is what a President is for, supposed to be someone that we can count on. He is inept an we are going to have to take it into our own hands to help the people of N.O. I am not racist and I am white, and even I see the lazy attitute that the president has. Lets get Norman Schwarzkopt in there and show them how to motivate people NOW. I say Ray nagan for president, he has balls!! Oh, and George W., get that silly smirk off your face!!!!! Bonnie Lee Peru, Maine
Ray Nagan for president? how dumb are you? he's the most incompete coon there ever was along with cracker blanco. they should all be fired along with the police commission. It's more convenient to blame a white president for what went wrong than to hold a black mayor and his administration accountable for gross negligence and failing to fully carry out an established emergency
preparedness plan.
The chain of responsibility for the protection of the citizens in New Orleans is:
1. The Mayor
2. The New Orleans director of Homeland Security (a political appointee of the Governor who reports to the Governor)
3. The Governor
4. The Head of Homeland Security
5. The President
What did each do?
1. The mayor, with 5 days advance, waited until 2 days before he announced a mandatory evacuation (at the behest of the President). Then he failed to provide transportation for those without transport even though he had hundreds of buses at his disposal.
2. The New Orleans director of Homeland Security failed to have any plan for a contingency that has been talked about for 50 years. Then he blames the Feds for not doing what he should have done. (So much for political appointees)
3. The Governor, despite a declaration of disaster by the President 2 DAYS BEFORE the storm hit, failed to take advantage of the offer of Federal troops and aid. Until 2 DAYS AFTER the storm hit.
4. The Director of Homeland Security positioned assets in the area to be ready when the Governor called for them
5. The President urged a mandatory evacuation, and even declared a disaster State of Emergency, freeing up millions of dollars of federal assistance, should the Governor decide to use it.
Oh and by the way, the levees that broke were the responsibility of the local landowners and the local levee board to maintain, NOT THE FEDERAL OVERNMENT.
The disaster in New Orleans is what you get after decades of corrupt(democrat) government going all the way back to Huey Long.
Funds for disaster protection and relief have been flowing into this city for decades, and where has it gone, but into the pockets of the politicians and their friends.
Decades of socialist government in New Orleans has sapped all self reliance from the community, and made them dependent upon government for every little thing.
Political correctness and a lack of will to fight crime have created the single most corrupt police force in the country, and has permitted gang violence to flourish.
The sad thing is that there are many poor folks who have suffered and died needlessly because those that they voted into office failed them.
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Let us rebuild the Ninth Ward as:
Venice on the gulf !
rebuild every house as a house boat.
Let there be peirs and seawalls - the most vast marina in the South.
Build Islands and broad canals.
build islands the
Creative approach - and while the world thought the Venitians were crazy, they built something magical.
Why not also build it sustainably, with solar panels, wind generators, composting toilets. Reallyl make it sing!
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