When A Great American City Is Attacked... And You Raise A Flag For Help... Katrina... (Pic Heavy)

[WillyT]

[sheshe2]

1. ...

Tears, so many tears~

[lunasun]

2. liars

Investigation of State of Emergency declaration

In a September 26, 2005 hearing, former FEMA chief Michael Brown testified before a U.S. House subcommittee about FEMA's response. During that hearing, Representative Stephen Buyer (R-IN) inquired as to why President Bush's declaration of state of emergency of August 27 had not included the coastal parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines.[18] (In fact, the declaration did not include any of Louisiana's coastal parishes, whereas the coastal counties were included in the declarations for Mississippi[19] and Alabama.[20]) Brown testified that this was because Louisiana Governor Blanco had not included those parishes in her initial request for aid, a decision that he found "shocking." After the hearing, Blanco released a copy of her letter, which showed she had requested assistance for "all the southeastern parishes including the City of New Orleans" as well specifically naming 14 parishes including Jefferson, Orleans and Plaquemines.[21]




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

[flvegan]

3. What premise do you think The Flag holds anymore?

*they* don't care, it's a brand. One that you, I and others continue to support. *they* don't. Look at them, all of them. They don't give a shit about us any more than W did during Katrina. Sorry, all...you're on your own.*

*unless you are a member of the 1%. You will never be on your own. Your beholden, bought and paid for Congress and Oval Office will be there for you 100% at all times. They don't care about you, nor this country. They've stated that, backed it up and run with it.

The Flag. I weep for our veterans and those that currently serve. Fodder for rich idiots with nothing better to do.

[WillyT]

4. Only For The Hope That Old Beliefs Will Be Remembered, Realized... And Fought For...

But yeah... I hear ya.

[flvegan]

5. Cheers.

[Live and Learn]

6. I will never forget the lack of help provided after Katrina.

None of us should feel safe or feel the government will help us.

[snot]

7. Some truth saved by old DU'er's as it was happening, here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x22805

For approximately three weeks beginning on September 7, 2005, a small group on DU worked to compile information found online about the Katrina disaster and various responses to it.

Online information has a way of disappearing. We managed to save some interesting items, including info from government sources, the news media, and survivors, and including items that may not have been preserved elsewhere.

To minimize arguable copyright violations, the posts usually contain four paragraphs or less, plus a link to the source quoted.

The organization is only partial – it was a crisis-driven group effort in a not-so-well adapted medium. So there may be info relating to the same topic in more than one section. To find info on a particular topic, best to do searches for key words.

I don't vouch for the accuracy of the information, which was compiled from a wide array of sources, nor do I necessarily agree with all the comments added by those who posted the information.

[uppityperson]

10. I had forgotten about that thread you did, it is wonderful.

Thank you.

[snot]

11. :)

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Book rec ... "Zeitoun", about a man who stayed in NOLA & was arrested for it ...

kept in jail for months, couldn't contact his family, denied medical treatment, charges not specified ... utterly Kafkaesque.

http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781934781630

[The Blue Flower]

9. Arrested and abused for his ethnicity

Just finished reading it. So much insanity surrounding Katrina.