I'm so angry part 2

[kgeaux]

I find that quite interesting. She is praising Bush, and she got what she was holding out for - complete control, not what they proposed, which was joint control.

And this is "unprecedented." A first.

Thanks, Tex :blowkiss:

She got what she wanted, that's true. And only, oh, let's see, hmm, the counts not in yet, only "some" people had to suffer the indignity of being raped in public, only "some" had to live days without the basic necessities of life, only "some" were murdered......oh, I wonder if the cost to lives was worth her power struggle. To have such a person in "complete control" is scary indeed.

 

[DEPUTYDAWG]

She got what she wanted, that's true. And only, oh, let's see, hmm, the counts not in yet, only "some" people had to suffer the indignity of being raped in public, only "some" had to live days without the basic necessities of life, only "some" were murdered......oh, I wonder if the cost to lives was worth her power struggle. To have such a person in "complete control" is scary indeed.

Re power struggle - and isn't her quote near the end a nice one, talking about how nice it is when the fed and State are working together. Awww, just warms my heart. What political spin. Puke. Both sides do it, not just one.

I never forget that you're writing all this when your state is in crisis. I feel sorry for your State with its leadership. I am sure there will be a lot of cleaning house, so to speak, in the future. I hope it will all be a vast improvement in the years to come....

 

[kgeaux]

Re power struggle - and isn't her quote near the end a nice one, talking about how nice it is when the fed and State are working together. Awww, just warms my heart. What political spin. Puke. Both sides do it, not just one.

I never forget that you're writing all this when your state is in crisis. I feel sorry for your State with its leadership. I am sure there will be a lot of cleaning house, so to speak, in the future. I hope it will all be a vast improvement in the years to come....

You know, I about fell over when I read that quote. How she keeps a straight face is more than I can fathom.

I love Louisiana. And she (Louisiana) deserves better than this. I promise you, many people are now openly questioning Blanco's motives. I can't find anyone who is willing to admit that they voted for her! She is dead politically, and I hope our next leader is a person of integrity. It would be a first in Louisiana.

 

[kgeaux]

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3830028&nav=EyAzeLhP


Governor Blanco was a no show at a shelter in Rayne, Louisiana today. And evacuees were not happy.

 

[SieSie]

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3830028&nav=EyAzeLhP


Governor Blanco was a no show at a shelter in Rayne, Louisiana today. And evacuees were not happy.

Ooooh, I'd be pi$$ed, too!!!

As a glimmer of hope pulled into the parking lot, Governor Blanco is not on the bus, only her representatives.

"The governor wished she could be here," explains Connie Nelson, a Blanco representative.

"Here everybody's under the impression the Governor coming here and she's sending representatives," says one evacuee. "She's not here. It's nothing but lies and lies constantly. Enough is enough."

"I'm very disappointed because I feel like I'm being brushed away," says Dellihoue.

More at link http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3830028&nav=EyAzeLhP

Is she still governor?! What's taking so long getting her out of there?!?!?! :doh:

 

[LovelyPigeon]

My husband is in Pascagoula/Moss Point, Mississippi cooking, serving, and delivering meals.

Today, the military brought in 2 tractor trailers, and dumped the contents on the ground. Used clothing for those in need.

And some old artificial Christmas trees in there. Winter coats. Prom dresses.

Just dumped it on the ground in piles for folks there to sort through, if there's anything there they can use. I feel sure no one needs one of the trees just yet. Or the winter clothes. Or the dress-ups clothes.

Then the military drove away.

What the hello?!

 

[concernedperson]

You know, I about fell over when I read that quote. How she keeps a straight face is more than I can fathom.

I love Louisiana. And she (Louisiana) deserves better than this. I promise you, many people are now openly questioning Blanco's motives. I can't find anyone who is willing to admit that they voted for her! She is dead politically, and I hope our next leader is a person of integrity. It would be a first in Louisiana.

Shoot, I would move back just to vote for you!!!!!!Go, girl. You got my vote.

 

[less0305]

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3830028&nav=EyAzeLhP


Governor Blanco was a no show at a shelter in Rayne, Louisiana today. And evacuees were not happy.

She and Nagin were celebrating the removal of Brown I suppose. Hey, it is a party town, get over it.

 

[DEPUTYDAWG]

She and Nagin were celebrating the removal of Brown I suppose. Hey, it is a party town, get over it.

:laugh:

And since I still don't know how to do links :doh: , I can't post it, but after reading the article, I saw the other local headlines (down near the bottom left corner). There was one from Sen. Landrieu, title was something about blaming the government (go figure). In that article, there's a quote from her about "I'll be the first to take the blame," but then goes on to chide Bush and the feds. So I guess she's not taking MUCH of the blame.

But, the part that really caught my attention, was that the Senator supports the Governor (go figure) and said that Blanco and Barber (sp?) worked hard in the last year for evacuation plans in case of a hurricane.

I would LOVE to know just how much time she spent on this. We've already read that Blanco and Nagin admitted after Hurrican Ivan last summer, that the evac procedures for the poor, etc. needed much improvement. Just what exactly did they do to improve it during the last 12-14 months?

 

[BillyGoatGruff]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719

Quote 1 NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George
H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in
Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the
poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working very well for them."

Quote 2 In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of
evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost
everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to
Houston."

Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of
scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is
so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you
know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she
chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."

more at link...

If you'd seen the level of poverty in NO, in the neighborhoods far removed the Quarter and the other tourist attractions, you'd agree that living in a clean, orderly, well-secured shleter like the Astro Dome and other shelters scattered throughout the US is a lot better than what they had. There's no way of describing how bad the projects were in NO, short of comapring them to the Bronx in the 1970s or the old Cabrini Green. Most of the poor were in NO not out of choice, but because they couldn't afford to leave. This might actually give some families that were trapped in the worst neighborhoods in NO a chance to actually make a real life for themselves elsewhere. Too bad it comes at the cost of the city of NO itself and untold human lives.

 

[BillyGoatGruff]

I find that quite interesting. She is praising Bush, and she got what she was holding out for - complete control, not what they proposed, which was joint control.

And this is "unprecedented." A first.

Thanks, Tex :blowkiss:

re Blanco: Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

 

[TexMex]

If you'd seen the level of poverty in NO, in the neighborhoods far removed the Quarter and the other tourist attractions, you'd agree that living in a clean, orderly, well-secured shleter like the Astro Dome and other shelters scattered throughout the US is a lot better than what they had. There's no way of describing how bad the projects were in NO, short of comapring them to the Bronx in the 1970s or the old Cabrini Green. Most of the poor were in NO not out of choice, but because they couldn't afford to leave. This might actually give some families that were trapped in the worst neighborhoods in NO a chance to actually make a real life for themselves elsewhere. Too bad it comes at the cost of the city of NO itself and untold human lives.

Very true billygoat--the poorest of the poor in those projects

The people in the Astrodome and Geo. R. Brown convention Center here have
a 24 hour Walgreen's drugstore, pediatricians, OBGYN's, dentists, doctors and even people to help them write resumes. People to help them with a few months rent in apartments til they find jobs here or relocate.

 

[kgeaux]

If you'd seen the level of poverty in NO, in the neighborhoods far removed the Quarter and the other tourist attractions, you'd agree that living in a clean, orderly, well-secured shleter like the Astro Dome and other shelters scattered throughout the US is a lot better than what they had. There's no way of describing how bad the projects were in NO, short of comapring them to the Bronx in the 1970s or the old Cabrini Green. Most of the poor were in NO not out of choice, but because they couldn't afford to leave. This might actually give some families that were trapped in the worst neighborhoods in NO a chance to actually make a real life for themselves elsewhere. Too bad it comes at the cost of the city of NO itself and untold human lives.

That's what I tried to say.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

That's what I tried to say.

I'm asking you kgeaux since I hang on to every post you make. Living on the West Coast all we've been seeing today on T.V. is that beautiful area with so many of the homeowners who say the have running water, telephone and no damage to their homes.

They said IF they left their homes would only be looted or burned down. The the camera panned to a huge house that was burned down.

Do you think they will force them to leave?

 

[TexMex]

I gotta brag on Texas a little bit....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/08/AR2005090801795.html


Town Improvises to Absorb Evacuees

By T.R. Reid
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 9, 2005; Page A16

ORANGE, Tex. -- Anna Rose Williams had never heard of Orange, Tex., when her tired, frightened family stopped here for dinner last week on their harried journey to escape Hurricane Katrina.

"We was seven people in one car, with the babies," the 61-year-old grandmother recalled. "A gentleman come out of the Domino Pizza and said, 'Do y'all need a place to stay?' I said, 'Honey, we don't need no place to stay. We need a place to live.' "

And that's how the Williams family of Burns Street in New Orleans became residents of Orange -- for the time being, at least. Their current home is the former fourth-grade classroom at the Community Church Youth Center in Orange, a bayou town on the Texas-Louisiana border that has seen its population swell from more than 18,000 to about 20,000 in one week as evacuees have moved in.

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"These people were getting off the buses wearing garbage bags and no shoes," Frey said. "So we started calling people and saying, 'We need footwear. We need bedding. We need two dozen Porta Potties out here quick.' " Virtually overnight, the state welcome center was transformed into an outdoor warehouse, with mountains of donated clothing, diapers, sleeping bags, food and an eight-foot tower of water bottles.

With few or no job prospects in devastated New Orleans, some of Orange's newest residents have been looking for work -- and finding it. One pastor reopened a defunct carwash to provide employment. A local maker of precision tools, Cloeren Co., sent fliers to motels and shelters looking for machinists. "We're going to hire a bunch of people," said Kenneth Cormier, Cloeren's director of human resources.

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Anna Rose Williams is one of those likely to stay. "We don't know if there's anything to go back to," she said. "And I think it must have been God that steered me to this wonderful community. We might just make this place our home."

 

[concernedperson]

I can jump in here. No, they won't be forced to leave.Only the ones without means. It goes on and on.

 

[concernedperson]

And don't jump my case the ones with personal responsibility issues. You don't have a clue.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

I can jump in here. No, they won't be forced to leave.Only the ones without means. It goes on and on.

Thanks CC for the answer. The one weathly guy who was sitting out in front with a neighbor with Gin'n'Tonics in hand with firearms near by didn't seem like they would go.

The one said "go where you are needed, you're not needed here".

 

[less0305]

Listening to the Governor of Massachusetts last night - they've held three drills in one year. Three in one year - and they NEVER have hurricane direct hit there.

 

[less0305]

Do you think they will force them to leave?

"They" might not get as much federal money if they stay.

ETA: "They" being the state.