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2005-12-07 Home Front: Culture Wars

Angry Katrina residents confront Congress

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Posted by Cyber Sarge 2005-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...bunch of hard red necks scowling and growling at us in military uniforms ...

Yikes- sounds like my Guard unit!

Yep, the National Guard Scowl and Growl(TM), remember to ask for it by name. Accept no substitues. It's guaranteed to keep uppity refugees in their place.

In all seriousness, while I have some sympathy for people who are too poor to evacuate when necessary, I have none what so ever for whiny twits who are unwilling to show even the slightest initiative to help themselves. If you recieve help in your hour of need from total strangers without prompting, the only appropriate response is "Thank you".

Especialy if they are armed, scowling and growling. You do not want to provoke them into placing their hands on their hips in a threatining manner--a.k.a. The Ambassador Bolton Pose. You can wind up with a damaged self esteem that way.

Posted by N guard 2005-12-07 01:17|| 2005-12-07 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Lol, NG. Word.

Love the in-line comments, CS, lol.

Posted by .com 2005-12-07 04:05|| 2005-12-07 04:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Is "community activits" Leah Hodges, the same as the "formerly indicted for shootout with police" Leah Hodges?

There's some other interesting stuff too...note especially the mention of Mayor Landrieu...

Posted by mjh">mjh 2005-12-07 08:28|| 2005-12-07 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 oops...link didn't take in last comment:

http://www.prisonactivist.org/angola/noprisoners.shtml

Posted by mjh">mjh 2005-12-07 08:29|| 2005-12-07 08:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Leah sounds like a real peach. Too bad she made it through the hurricane

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-07 10:36|| 2005-12-07 10:36|| Front Page Top

#6 There's a new lead at the link:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Black survivors of Hurricane Katrina said Tuesday that racism contributed to the slow disaster response, at times likening themselves in emotional congressional testimony to victims of genocide and the Holocaust.

I'll translate: "Give us money to ease our pain. Lot's of money."
Think how much worse it would be if the victims of the government hunter/killer dolphins were still alive to testify...

Posted by tu3031 2005-12-07 10:43|| 2005-12-07 10:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Of the five African Americans who testified, only Terrol Williams, a former federal worker, said he did not think the ~~botched~~ bombing response was rooted in racial attitudes.

Federal worker? Isn't that an oxymoron.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-12-07 10:53|| 2005-12-07 10:53|| Front Page Top

#8 genocide and the Holocaust

When people describe the inconvenience of a few days or a week with the horror of the Holocaust and real genocide, they should be whipped like the money lenders from the steps.

"We were abandoned. City officials did nothing to protect us,"

You elected them. You get what you tolerate. Wasn't important enough before the disaster because you believe it is everyone elses responsibility to take care of you. You get out of the system what you put into the system.

A little math. Carrying only one change of basic clothing, you can carry a couple days food ration and make 3 miles an hour. 10 hours is 30 miles. 5 days is 150 miles. Take more rest stops and do 20 miles a day and you still cover 100 miles in 5 days.

Wonder if the panel is going to hear from NO residents who've choosen not to return and have started up productive and employed lifes elsewhere? Nah.

Posted by Hupack Ulorong7763 2005-12-07 11:03|| 2005-12-07 11:03|| Front Page Top

#9 For the proverbial record, I dealt with a couple of dozen Guardsmen after the storm (checkpoints, etc.) including troops from Oregon and Massachusetts. Not only were they courteous and professional; they were the only people on the scene who seemed to have the slightest clue about how to conduct themselves.

So thanks to the NG -- you really saved our butts.

Posted by Matt 2005-12-07 11:53|| 2005-12-07 11:53|| Front Page Top

#10 So, originally that was a Reuters story at the link, and now it's a completely different AP story? The AP story was in the paper this morning, under the headline, "Katrina victims liken ordeal to the Holocaust". I particularly liked the part about being consumed by maggots and flies.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2005-12-07 13:18|| http://darkblogules.blogspot.com]">[http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2005-12-07 13:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Here's some of our testimony from "Mama D"

Cole: "I was on my front porch. I have witnesses that they bombed the walls of the levee."
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT): "Can you see the levee breach from your house?"
Cole: "I haven't looked for it. I'm still looking for dead people."
Shays: "I'm asking you a question."
Cole: "You can't see from one street to the other if you got two-story houses and trees. I live on a tree-lined street."
Shays: "The first question was how far away-"
Cole: "Can I see? No, I can't see you. I wear glasses, and I can't afford to buy any. I heard-"
Shays: "Ma'am, we don't need to speak in tongues. We just need to speak in honest answers."

Sounds like a credible witness to me...

Posted by tu3031 2005-12-07 13:34|| 2005-12-07 13:34|| Front Page Top

#12 French, a community leader who opened her home to help storm victims, responded that she heard two loud booms right before the floodwaters overwhelmed her neighborhood.

Booms?! In a hurricane?! It's UNPOSSIBLE!!!

*sigh*

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-12-07 13:38|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-12-07 13:38|| Front Page Top

#13 Globalresearch.ca
September 8, 2005
HalliburtonWatch.org
The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Joseph Allbaugh, now a lobbyist for the evil Halliburton, is in Lousiana helping his clients obtain disaster relief contracts, the Washington Post reported today.

Looks like a FEMA - Halliburton - Bush - Cheney conspiracy, first the BOOOM! ..... then the bucks!

Posted by Besoeker 2005-12-07 14:08|| 2005-12-07 14:08|| Front Page Top

#14 Let's see....N.O. vs. Auschwitz:

$2,000 debit card: Check
Hotel bill paid by FEMA until Jan. 1: Check
Mayor who failed you but it's Bush's fault: Check
Living to go to D.C. (expenses paid) to hem and haw for McKenney: PRICELESS

Yeah, it's all the evil Bushitler's fault. "Dem' levees, yeah, I heard doze 2 explosions and looked up to see Cheney and 'Leeza up on them with C-4 handed to them by them scowling red-necks in camo...ya know, that Nat'l Guard thingee!"

Posted by BA 2005-12-07 14:25|| 2005-12-07 14:25|| Front Page Top

#15 No problem Leah, next time we is sending a fleet of Iranian C-130's to getcha.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-12-07 14:32|| 2005-12-07 14:32|| Front Page Top

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