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"Just last year, the Army Corps of Engineers sought $105 million for hurricane and flood programs in New Orleans. The White House slashed the request to about $40 million. Congress finally approved $42.2 million, less than half of the agency's request."
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Looting started right away, do you even remember the first pictures of looters? Do you not remember the decision of that fucking incompetent mayor not to bother with looters?????? Don't you think that if the police had at least tried to stop looting when it started, then this would not be a fucking HELL ????? |
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they dont have the resources, shit like this requires a national effort and some fucking balls. |
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Waits to see what the general opinion is then posts the opposite - Everyones entitled to an opinion but its fairly obvious what hes doing. Now hes going to start bleating - Just another pimpdog wannabe. Hell, he even has Epic in his sig...... Ignore him and hopefully he will go away. |
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They were trying to SAVE people. He even said in the interview that they focused on that first, they felt it was much more important which I would have done as well. He also stated they are outmanned in every possible way. The recovery effort alone has them outmanned with 1,000's of people still out there. How do you go about and do house to hosue recover efforst in a town where parts of it were still under water. You need a lot of equipment and manpower to go and do that. Imagine trying to bust open the roofs of all those houses to make sure no one is stuck in their attic. The failure began BEFORE the hurricane hit. The governor and the President should have mobilized the National Guard and whoever else they might have needed. had them all stationed within a few hours of the areas they knew might be affected the most. But no, they didn't do that. And a mayor can't call up the National Guard. |
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The federal government fucked up from day 1, I know that, you know that, and anyone who tries to make excuse for them has their head in their ass. |
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Everyone should have evacuated before the hurricane hit. :2 cents:
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civil war here we come.
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This is a catastrophe that a few first responders are calling "of biblical proportions." A single mayor and a lone police force are not going to get this situation under control. |
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federal and state governments, fucked up and not just them, there has been a whole bunch of fuck ups.. Another day or two, the blame game starts BIG time. |
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Why did the mayor explicitly tell the police department to let the looting go on? Had this incompetent mayor stopped the looting when it started, then the situation would not be as bad as it is. End of story. Now it 's hell and we are all going to pay. |
hahaha, this dude sounds like he came outta the ghetto. but he's right! :winkwink:
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how the fuck is a relatively SMALL police force in relation to the amount of looters, going to STOP all of it from happening? the decision was right, help save people first - let the god damn looters do what they want, saving life is more important. |
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2- Remember how many looters there were at first, not that many. Crime is like gangrene, it spreads fast, as soon as the real criminal realized it was a free for all, then hell started. |
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The resources in relation to the issues at hand left them with no choice but to execute rescue efforts first. |
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You are a big boy who just got a little cut on your finger. Your momma tells you to clean it up with some alcohol and apply a bandage. You decide not to do like momma says Next day the cut is infected but you still decide that it's gonna get better Next day you are hurting like a bitch and decide to tell momma Momma takes you to the doctor who tells you to get you ass over to the hospital Now you got fucking gangrene in your hand and they got to amputate or else you're gonna die. GET THE MESSAGE OR I GOT TO INSERT A PICTURE OF FUCKING BARNEY THE DINOSAUR ????? |
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I myself, if stuck there, would have looted to get water, food, diapers for kids, cigarettes .... You would shoot the mother of an infant because she loots " formula " .... Sure, some looters were real pricks (tv's, etc ...) but if the National Gards would have been IN PLACE before hand , looting would have been minimal . Anyway, no time to loose to convince the inconvincible ... The population is at fault, the pilice is at fault, the mayor is at fault, the governor is at fault ... and it stops there ... how convenient. :2 cents: |
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Here's a more accurate one. Kid gets arms blown off.. all dr's are too busy to see him and is turned away from hospitals due to lack of resources. |
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Props again to Mayor Nagin for telling it like it is and making it clear in concrete terms the incredible gravity of the situation. |
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A cop got shot in the head when he tried to stop the looting. A national guard was shot at the Superdome when he was trying to secure it. Firefighters could not fight fires coz there was no water pressure. Emergency cars were mostly flooded or out of gas. COPS WERE OUTNUMBERED with looters that were packing heat. Soo... my question to you is "Would you rather the limited police force patrol the areas looking for survivors, or would you like them to station teams in front of shops 24/7 guarding the local shops?" The only way to stop the looting is with force. You aren't going to stop hundreds of looters with 3 cops in front of a Walmart! Oh wait, there are thousands of shops... and only 1500 police officers :upsidedow |
I liked the image on Fox News today of the lot full of New Orleans school busses that are still parked in their lot instead of being used by the New Orleans Mayor to evacuate the indigent prior to the hurricane. Surely the Mayor knew that there was a portion of his city who didn't have the ability to leave ... but he seemed to find a way out of town and left his people behind.
Is Jesse Jackson back from vacation yet? I haven't seen the Rainbow Coalition roll up into New Orleans yet. |
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The US government fucked up again ... Matt |
I really wonder what Bush is bribing the Mayor with right now - give his City a full revival and drive / bring business and make the black people of his town.
Something fucked up like that will happen so the Mayor is all happy and tells all the people that President Bush is great! Matt |
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My point is that the city could not cope with the looting with the current amount of police and national guards. What should have been done is the FULL FORCE of the US's National Guards should have been sent in on DAY 1 to restore order. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Over 1/3 of the National Guards are stationed in IRAQ right now. If the National Guard is equipped for IRAQ, they should be more than equipped for NO :2 cents: |
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WTF do you do to the looters trying to get food, water and dry clothes? Shoot them or lock them up?? Pretty sure the looters will bare arms if they want to live. There is not enough water and food to go around.... Loot or die... People at the shelters have not had water or food for days.... |
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LOL you have any idea how many thugs there are in NOL??? They started looting ones things started to calm down in NOL and then there's looters that have given up on government for help and just decided to help themselves than go hungry and dieing. :2 cents: |
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I couldn't agree more with what I've heard from the mayor.
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