On C-span2 now - House Select Committee on Katrina response.

[Pirate Smile]

edit to add - From what I heard, it sounds like it will be on racial issues with Civil Rights activists testifying and evacuees, etc.

edit 2 - it is C-span 2, not C-span

[Angry Girl]

1. Good, because it IS about discrimination

Notice how quickly that died down? First Kanye West is all the rage and then, PFFFT! All that suddenly disappears from the news and the most we get to hear about is how that 50 Cent Oreo thinks Bush is a "gangsta". Asshole.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Thanks for the head's up

McKinney rocks

[Pirate Smile]

3. Rep. Cynthia McKinney talking about Gretna and the bridge.

[nickyt]

4. This is the one headed up by Rep. Tom Davis, right? They

started getting documents from the WH on Nov. 22...please keep us no-TVers posted...been waitin' for this one...thanks.

[merwin]

5. Franken brings up a good point about the issue being class, not race.

It just happens that the vast majority of the people who were ignored during Katrina were African American.

However, race and class problems are very intertwined.

[EFerrari]

6. They sure are. n/t

[Greeby]

7. I remember a woman from Democrats Abroad on ITN when it was going on

Who summed it up. Basically said that because the poor of NO either don't vote, or vote non-Republican, they're considered expendable

[berner59]

9. One woman just asked for Bush to lose his job!!

She told of her horrors...this is powerful stuff!! MSM should be covering this...these people have been forgotten - this horror isn't over...

[Skidmore]

8. This Patricia Thompson is giving all levels of govt.

hell. She was locked out of her home. My God, what a story. R chairperson looks like he's trying to find a way to get rid of her now.

[Skidmore]

10. Leah Hodges--just called what happened to NO an act of genocide.

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Leah Hodges is breaking my heart! That poor woman!

:cry:

[berner59]

12. Yes she's well prepared and very eloquent...

Wow she's great...saying the bodies of those murdered by police & military weren't going to be counted...

Someone email Keith O to highlight this!!

[Skidmore]

13. "These bodies should be counted".

[berner59]

14. This is all about race & poverty...

This needs to be broadcast everywhere... Her emotion is very palpable...

[Skidmore]

15. OMG, every single politician in the line of accountability for decisions

about NO should lose their jobs. What pigs.

[Skidmore]

16. Leah Hodges is a truthsayer.

A true patriot. This government should beg this woman for forgivness on hands and knees and then get off its collective ass and do something constructive for NO.

[Skidmore]

17. Dyan French..."I didn't have to go anywhere...I live in America...

I'm free."

"We need to get rid of "isms"."

[Skidmore]

19. "My neighbors want to know where there children are."

"We want to know where are our rights as Americans...we want answers."

[Skidmore]

23. French "Who put together our emergency plan?"

[Skidmore]

28. "Why were we held hostage and not allowed to save our people?"

[berner59]

18. How to get this thread moved to the top so everyone can tune in???

Dyan French - IS AMAZING!!!!! I'm speechless!!

[Skidmore]

21. Vote it up.

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. Dyan French is AWESOME too!

No holds barred! I cannot WAIT for the question and answer session.

It took 90 FUCKING DAYS TO GET HER LIGHTS BACK ON!

"Why can we go to the tsunami and set things staight?" So, so true. Go Dyan, GO!

[malaise]

25. She's great

Why were we held hostage and not allowed to rescue our people??

[Skidmore]

22. French--"NO is not for sale."

She's at risk to lose a home owned by her family for 5 generations.

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. Is this just the saddest thing you've ever heard? TRUMP wants to own

a street in NO???? WTF?

"Why were we held hostage and not allowed to help our people?"

She was told her time was up and said she would stop talking AFTER she has said what she has to say for her people in NO. You go girl!

[cyberpj]

24. I've only heard the last two women but they make me PROUD.

You can't deny TRUTH when you hear it.

[Norquist Nemesis]

26. Oh, my! "Call the Police!"

Wow! She IS AMAZING!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

30. They WILL hear what Dyan French has to say!

:toast: Good for her!

[berner59]

31. "Bush...poor baby got caught in this"....

She's blaming him big time!!!

[Spazito]

29. This is a MUST-WATCH, imo

Kicked and Recommended!

[cyberpj]

35. Only on cspan you know - think we'll see any clips on corporate media?

No. They'll be showing Joe Lieberman's request for a bi-partisan "war cabinet" tonight.

[Sapphire Blue]

40. CNN had a few minutes of coverage, then broke away... so I broke away...

... from CNN, and found it on C-SPAN.

[cyberpj]

32. Why did FCC consolidate and show only one story? Good question. K+R.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

33. One more vote People!

Kick!

[earthboundmisfit]

39. At work & can't watch, but am Recommending! Thanks for following for us

that can't watch right now! This hearing is incredible.

[Sapphire Blue]

34. K & R... Turn on C-SPAN!

[Norquist Nemesis]

36. link

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

(on realplayer)

[berner59]

37. Please kick!!!

Kick!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

38. I LOVE THIS WOMAN!

Speaking truth to power...it's a BEAUTIFUL THING!

[Skidmore]

41. "Not going to be a Hiltonhead."

[berner59]

43. Talking rascism....

Looks like Jefferson (Rep) is crying... What a woman...she is beyond powerful... Her reccomendation is take all the government out of her neighborhood and just bring them some fishing poles...WOW - I love it!!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

47. "You cannot makes rules that oppress SOME of your people."

SHE WAS UNFREAKIN'REAL! What an AMAZING woman!

[cyberpj]

42. "We'd better be careful with this racism." Looking 'em in the eye. nt.

[Skidmore]

45. She is so on target. NO need this woman now. Nagin step aside.

[cyberpj]

46. He has to play the game because he's IN the game. nt.

I hope people wake up to that and DO vote in some new blood.

[in_cog_ni_to]

44. "We better be careful with this racism. We better be careful with this

racism. We better be careful with this racism."

"We need you all to take FEMA and the Red Cross and take them somewhere and get 'em outta my neighborhood."

"Just give us a fishing pole." :) Dyan, :yourock:

[xchrom]

48. k & r

[welshTerrier2]

49. just plain blown away

i only saw the last two women speaking ...

this kind of testimony should be seen by the entire Congress and the entire nation ...

Dyan French totally blew me away ... "we are being poisoned by all these 'isms'" ...

[berner59]

50. Leah Hodges....

"They moved out the fish and animals 2 days before the storm and they left the people there to die..."

OMG...

[welshTerrier2]

68. thanks ... she's testifying again now ...

"where were you when CNN was showing that part of what really happened?"

[RepublicanElephant]

51. is tom davis just going to keep asking "was this a state or local problem"

what a white house stooge!

[berner59]

52. Everyone's answer is the same though...

They all scream back: "I blame EVERYONE...including the President!!"

[RepublicanElephant]

53. why is chris shays making an ass of himself? n/t

.

[eleny]

56. He's in some deep poop for this behavior

[in_cog_ni_to]

54. OMG!!!! Chris Shays just called a woman a liar because he doesn't believe

her grand daughter had a laser spot on her forehead. He just doesn't think they are telling the TRUTH! He told them they are under oath...threatening them. BASTARD.

[Skwmom]

55. Shays is calling these women liars!! nt/t

[Hand]

60. Bad move, Chris...

They're slapping back.

He's repeating his questions again and I just heard someone whisper "Jesus!" on the mike.

[in_cog_ni_to]

57. GEEZUSFUCKINGKRIST! Shays just told the woman she was talking

in tongues. WTF is this bastards problem?

[eleny]

59. I'd rather see him/them this brave with W and Cheney

[me b zola]

88. I'm thinking it's one of those "isms"

I was in tears listening to Hodges & French. I sat with my heart on the floor and my eyes glued to my television & computer while New Orleans was left to die. We sat here and watched it happen, now we finally get to hear the voices of some of the victims without the censor of CNN.

[in_cog_ni_to]

89. I cried for WEEKS. Every time I turned on the TV

and saw another horrendous story, I just lost it. It was one of the saddest things I've ever had to witness. They lived it. Today the people who lived it got to tell the story and were basically called liars by Shays. Too bad it's ALL on film.

[Skwmom]

58. Did Shays just tell Dyan French to quit speaking in tongues?

Did I hear this correctly. This guy is a total ass!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

61. YES HE DID! What a BASTARD!

She is PISSED AS HELL and I don't blame her! The repukes are being major ASSHOLES!

[Skwmom]

64. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

65. It seems that he's panicking because she mentioned the levee being

bombed. He is dancing as fast as he can to discredit her and cover this up. There have been many reports of bombings.

[fooj]

72. Yep. Truth has a way of rearing its ugly head...

Peace.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

85. fooj!

:hi: and peace! :)

[Skwmom]

62. I hope the Daily Show covers this. n/t

[eleny]

63. YES - Jefferson!

Giving his 5 minutes to Dyan French to finish her statement to the other congressman.

Respect!

[in_cog_ni_to]

66. The repukes don't believe what these people are saying!

SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! ON THEM! Who the HELL are they??? Did they live through Katrina? Hell no!

[Skidmore]

67. Is Shay still sitting in that room or did he crawl out as he should have?

[in_cog_ni_to]

70. Unfortunately, he's still there.

I am SHOCKED they are taking this approach! What a bunch of hateful assholes.

[in_cog_ni_to]

69. "When you walk a mile in my shoes...then tell me what you think."

To Shays.

Police were bragging about all the people they killed! OMG...they are living a NIGHTMARE!

[RepublicanElephant]

71. the repubs are proving to the american people...

EXACTLY WHY WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT HEARING NOW!!!

[Hand]

73. Buyer (R-Ind) filibustering...

He's trying to look reasonable, not easy for a scummy Repuke.

[in_cog_ni_to]

74. Dyan French will not let them IGNORE the race issue

and how they were treated after Katrina.

[RepublicanElephant]

75. what a complete fool jeff miller is. it's not a concentration camp if

there's no gas chambers?!!

wtf?

was there gas in bosnia?
was there gas in cambodia?

what a freakin' idiot!!!

[Hand]

76. They didn't give an inch to his bullshit, either.

Jeffie, you are tangling with the WRONG ladies. They're tougher than you.

ON EDIT: And a whole lot smarter, too.

[berner59]

77. These white repubs have just experienced the wrath...

of women REALLY pissed off... Hope they learned their lesson...now we know why a woman in the WH would be AMAZING!!!

[RazzleDazzle]

94. And the world gets a demonstration, for once,

on just why women MUST BE OPPRESSED by patriarchal societies, especially women of color and crones:

Women can see the truth and they ain't timid about speaking the truth.

And yes, men can too but it's in women's bones, and we're famous for it. That's why we get called emotional, hysterical, loudmouths, bitches and worse.

[lyonn]

84. That comment really got to me

"There were no gas chambers." How insulting. The whole thing was a huge insult to those ladies and NO. Arrogance up the A--!

[Spazito]

78. I am SO sick of the fallacy that the term concentration camp cannot

be used because it MUST remain solely in the pervue of those who are referencing those eliminated in the Nazi concentration camps. Concentration camps are built to house unwanteds in one place under guard which is what these women are talking about.

[berner59]

79. Yes she's right...

it WAS a concentration camp - the U.S. had them for the Japanese in WWII...remember that Miller?????

[Hand]

81. DING DING DING DING DING!!!! We have a WINNER!!!!!!

That's where my mother's family spent WWII--a shithole in the desert in Utah. People died there. "Relocation Center"? Naw, concentration camp.

Same thing on the NOLA I-10 overpass, except for no roof over their heads. :cry:

[fooj]

82. Don't these idiots realize that America was watching all of this

unfold before our very eyes? They are shameless.

Peace.

[RepublicanElephant]

80. these phony repubs don't want answers. their only purpose for this

charade is to play defense for fema.

we need an INDEPENDENT COMMISSION for the greatest natural disaster in the history of this country!!!!

[Moosepoop]

83. Whoa!!!

Cynthia McKinney: "Do you have confidence in the number of dead being reported by authorities?"

Unanimous "NO"s!!!

[RepublicanElephant]

86. so what now? a panel of flunky "let's see how local gov't failed" experts?

hope i'm wrong about such a pathetic gop scheme.

[Pirate Smile]

92. You're wrong. At least about the two panels heard today.

;)

[Vinca]

87. I hope CNN replays these ladies for everyone who missed it.

They were strong, powerful and moving and not about to take a load of BS from anyone.

[fed-up]

90. kicked/recom.. thanks from all us cube rats, we will remember n/t

[joanski0]

91. I watched the whole thing!!

It was amazing! I had heard things about the levee's being blown up, but I couldn't understand why. One of the witnesses said that a certain area of the levee was blown because they wanted the waters to go to the black section and not the rich, white section of NO.

The lawyer in the second panel said the "looters" took food, etc, and gave it to the people who needed it.

A witness said that 30 unarmed blacks were shot and killed.

When Cynthia McKinney asked if they believed the official death toll, thay all answered "No" in unison.

[Helga Scow Stern]

93. Will it be replayed? I only saw a part of it.