New Orleans: What an embarassment

beaster · #1 09-02-2005, 08:34 AM

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So during my morning ritual of combing the news sites, I come upon cnn.com and the headline "Battle for New Orleans". Christ. There's snipers taking pot shots at people leaving hospitals, shots being fired on helicopters, cars being blown up. Add to that the looting taking place.

New Orleans looks like a freaking nuclear bomb was dropped on it, and these savages are trying to wreak more havoc.

No wonder the global opinion about Americans continues to be negative. New Orleans gets leveled and the US media focuses on all the gunplay and anarchy. I'm embarassed to be American right now. Hopefully the government will make good on their promises and shoot some of these SOBs.

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tomdemaine · #2 09-02-2005, 08:36 AM

It's especially embarassing when you compare it to how the Indonesian people reacted to their disaster.

jakethebake · #3 09-02-2005, 08:41 AM

The way this has been handled, or not, really is pretty pathetic.

diebitter · #4 09-02-2005, 08:43 AM

Yup. Needs someone with some balls, brains and compassion.

Sponger15SB · #5 09-02-2005, 08:46 AM

I think I know who is behind all this....

cadillac1234 · #6 09-02-2005, 08:51 AM

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The way this has been handled, or not, really is pretty pathetic.

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Apparently Bush is strumming why NOLA drowns on Tuesday

and Rice can see Sir SpamALot on Wed instead of taking calls from the UN and foreign governments willing to help
Rice Sees Monty Python

KaneKungFu123 · #7 09-02-2005, 08:57 AM

jsut another example of the white man keeping the black down.

canis582 · #8 09-02-2005, 09:09 AM

Last year when a hurricane hit florida, there were 30,000 troops on the ground the very next day.

But it was an election year.

Broken Glass Can · #9 09-02-2005, 09:19 AM

When you train people to believe that they are entitled to succor during the normal times from all levels of government (the entitlement society), and to have no responsibility for their own actions.... this is the result you get.

And the NO Mayor has been just terrible. His actions have caused countless deaths and much misery.

Aceshigh7 · #10 09-02-2005, 09:21 AM

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Last year when a hurricane hit florida, there were 30,000 troops on the ground the very next day.

But it was an election year.

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Or maybe the governor of Florida was more on the ball than the governor of Louisiana was in this situation? There are very strict guidelines hampering the use of regular troops on U.S soil. The national guard units are firstly under the jurisdiction of the state governor.

It's looking right now like this Gov. Blanco dropped the ball in the early hours.