“Or governors of the wrong political bent. Landrieu was screwed because she would not allow the federalization of the Louisiana recovery efforT.”

I think you mean Blanco. Landrieu is the Democratic Senator of Louisiana. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is the Governor.

dakine01 @
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“Yeah, too bad Mary Landrieu seemed to forget as well.

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What do you mean? Are you accusing Mary of “forgetting” about New Orleans, her home town, who’s City Hall her father intergrated (which is one of the reasons her brother Mitch lost the mayorial election to Ray “Crime is down” Nagin)? Are you saying Mary has forgotten New Orleans when she has worked hard, and vocally, to aquire finacial support from Bush for the Louisiana Gulf Coast? (Remember, we had not one—Katrina—hurricane that year, but two—Rita.) While our one Republican Senator and all of our Repubican Representatives voted against the most recent “Iraq spending bill”, she voted for it. Against the war? I don’t know. For funding Louisiana recovery? Undoubtedly. But you’re probably just ticked that she campaigned for Leiberman. It was a gamble that didn’t pay off for Louisiana like she hoped it would. Mary’s become more of a Democrat since Katrina. And she’s the one of the few of the Louisiana deligation to side with Louisiana over Bush…you sure can’t say that about Sen. Vitter (also from New Orleans) or soon-to-be Gubenatorial candidate “Bobby” Jindal (though he’s a Rep for..not from..the New Orleans area.)

TeddySanFran @
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Think for a moment if it had been Houston and environs that had been hit like New Orleans was. Is there any doubt that the BushCo engine of reconstruction would be successfully winding down now, rather than not yet even firing on all cylinders?

Yes, there is. SE Texas (Orange, Port Neches, Silsbee, Beaumont, etc) were hit quite hard by Rita. Of course, Houston was untouched. I got an email after the storm from my cousin in Houston with a picture of his lawnchair tipped over to show the devestation of Rita on Houston. Boy that was funny! I was evacuated two weeks and came home to an oak tree smashed through my ceiling….lawn furniture overturned—-hilarious! (I know I got off easy. Certainly not compairing my experience to that of NOLA or Holly Beach…there is no comparison.) But it really is funny (not haha funny)that, after all of the Houston retoric that NOLA could have avoided so many deaths by evacuating sooner, the only Houston deaths caused by Rita were those elderly folk who were killed in a bus accident while evacuating Houston due to a storm that never came close to it. Sorry, I rambled. SE Texas WAS devistated by Hurricane Rita. It took six weeks for electricity to return to my boss’s house in Orange (my Lake Charles home had power two weeks after the storm…that’s the reason the city “allowed” us to come home.)
Coastal SETX is still a mess, much like Coastal SWLA. But it’s mainly poor and black folk who live in these areas, so why would Bush care.

Maybe I’m taking your point wrong. I assumed you were saying that if TEXAS were devistated, the Bush response would be different. But maybe you meant that if Houston and The Woodlands would have been hit (as predicted) *then* the response would have been different. It probably would have been. Heck, if only Houston and Pasedena were affected, the response probably would have been the same as to NOLA. But if The Woodlands was in peril….well, totally different response. From what I’ve seen, Kanye was only half right. George Bush also doesn’t care about less affluent people either.

eCHAN, I don’t know if clothing for those in NOLA are still needed, but if anyone is looking for a way to contribute/help, there’s always the Arabi Wrecking Krewe (http://www.arabiwreckingkrewe.com/ )

It might involve a trip to Louisiana (though they do except donations), but NOLA isn’t dead. You can help and still plan a “vacation” around it. Gut a house, eat some food, hear some music. And if you have some time left over, there’s more and different food/music in the Lafayette area. And a little further west, the people of Cameron Parish wouldn’t mind some help rebuilding their homes as well. Plus, there’s gambling in Lake Charles, if you’re so inclined. (Not to knock my city, but I wouldn’t reccomend the food or live music. Pretty generic here…tons of chain resturants. Try Sulphur instead.)

And as far as I’m concerned, this comment is both the beginning and the end of it:
-ck- @
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We could rebuild New Orleans and Gulf Coast, AND reconstruct the levees to CAT 5 standards, AND restore the Louisiana Delta Wetlands, with less money than Bush is pouring down the Iraq rat hole every few months.

I’ve heard recently that the updated figure on monthly funds down the hole in Iraq (and maybe also Afghanistan) is $14billion.

harry shearer, still didn’t drop the ball, once again mentioned nola and homeland security this week/tied it in with guiliani and keric

harryshearer.com

mary mccurnin @ 10

am way past time for this thread but-
thank you for your images, i was moved by all of them, but i found a few of them to be exceptionally moving, expecially the one with the sunglasses.

harry shearer has’nt let go of new orleans and what continues to happen there……talk about outrage, and he has an international outlet with his weekly show….although i don’t think he mentions it every single week now, he stayed on it every week forever it seemed…..

harryshearer.com if you don’t get it locally……and free podcast. he is exceptional, too…..often does a skit with bush 41 and 43……and does cheney, too……i absolutely look forward to his show every week. and he has WAY NOT FORGOTTEN new orleans. every time he talks about it, he gets emotional, but is one person who keeps his articulation going when emotionally outraged. so, he is one who continues to put it out there.

dmac, thanks for posting the link to harry shearer – his show is the bomb!

and his work on NOLA is crystal and adamant: the Corps fucked up – built levee walls on uncompacted soil with insuffic ient lateral stabilization. Bastards.

am way past time for this thread but-
thank you for your images, i was moved by all of them, but i found a few of them to be exceptionally moving, expecially the one with the sunglasses.

harry shearer has’nt let go of new orleans and what continues to happen there……talk about outrage, and he has an international outlet with his weekly show….although i don’t think he mentions it every single week now, he stayed on it every week forever it seemed…..

harryshearer.com if you don’t get it locally……and free podcast. he is exceptional, too…..often does a skit with bush 41 and 43……and does cheney, too……i absolutely look forward to his show every week. and he has WAY NOT FORGOTTEN new orleans. every time he talks about it, he gets emotional, but is one person who keeps his articulation going when emotionally outraged. so, he is one who continues to put it out there.

Apr. 1, 2007 1:00 | Updated Apr. 1, 2007 13:15
‘US ready to strike Iran on Good Friday’
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF AND AP

Two things that scare me in this world more than anything else. One is my government. The other is the Israeli government.

lolo—Not everything comes from links.

I know just asking. Jack Abramoff was knee deep in ripping off the Native Americans. Just wanted to read up. Lets keep digging pups.

Let this above but didn’t see any answer: Does anyone know if they still want used clothing in NOLA & if so where to send?

Hey–

I started trying to find some info about sending materials, clothes, etc., as well as opportunities to volunteer. My initial search wasn’t successful — most everything dates back to right after the storm (9/05).

Then I found that VA article. I’ll keep looking because I’m trying to find out for my own purposes, and I’ll try to spread the word.

Thanks for trying, eCAHN–

Oh here it is ET:

Israel also rejects a withdrawal to the 1967 borders because it would have to relinquish Jerusalem’s sacred Old City and dismantle all Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

“The Saudi initiative is good maybe for a basis, but not as a dictate; you know, ‘67 borders, Jerusalem, [and] of course refugees is a non-starter,” said Danny Ayalon, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington.

http://www.voanews.com/english…..-voa27.cfm

Imagine that it being suggessted that Israel abide by UN resolution 242 and 338. What is this world coming to.

Can you imagine the idea being brought up that Israel should sign the IAEA’s Non-proliferation Treaty. You know the treaty that Iraq and Iran signed long ago the one that Israel demands that their neighbors abide by while they sit on massive stockpiles of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons that go uninspected. Mordechai Vanunu is one of my heroes and if you have never checked out his website..do so. He is an International hero.

Also at the IAEA website you can read documents such as the letter sent by Arab nations about “Israel’s nuclear capabilities and weapons of mass destruction that pose a huge threat to peace in the middle east”