I'm really sick of all this "anniversary of Katrina" crap

[pausanias_usa]

Yea, it happened, was in the middle of it, AVOIDED THE T-SHIRT.

Bush came back to bask in the spotlight and to remind us how useless his administration was at the time. The Republicans had the South sewn up until Katrina, so I guess there's a bit of sunshine there.

Yard has been cleaned, we're STILL low on rainfall, and just like last year it's hot as hell right now. But life goes on. Low news day? I'm avoiding tv for the next few days (no, wait, there's a Kyle marathon going on 8')).

Thanks for letting me vent. If you go on to the next thread I'll understand.

 

[DiaryOfAMadman]

Yea like BUSH was the best to mark 1 year after this terrible event. His appearence symbolized how useless the Bush Adminstration really is. 12 months have passed and except for the ammout of water in the city, there is no major difference.

 

[man_crazy]

Ray Nagin's mouth... someone PLEASE superglue it shut. When being interviewed on 60 Minutes, he tells CBS' Byron Pitts that it's not his or New York City's right to complain about the slow progress in New Orleans, considering that they still have a "hole in the ground, so let's be fair." How can he have the audacity to even think of comparing the destruction of the twin towers to the destruction of an entire city?!

 

[Andreus]

ehh

I like Naquin

I think he at least says how he feels

thats rare in american politics

 

[pausanias_usa]

It's going to get worse now that Karr is out of the picture

You almost have to believe Denver thought even JonBenet couldn't steal the headlines from the Katrina anniversary.

How thoughtful of Florida to plan a diversionary hurricane

 

[runner]

Why not just ignore the whole thing -- including talking about it.

 

[TaigaStar]

Frankly, I think it's morbid to consistently mark the anniversary of bad things. After 9/11, my university made every professor begin class with a 10 minute period for people to discuss or meditate how they felt. One girl in my seminar class just started bawling and said that her uncle was missing and she wished everybody would just stop forcing time on her to admit a reality she already had to deal with. Hurricaine Katrina is the same way. It was tragic, and the repairs are still being done, but do we honestly need to make national reminders of everything?

Let's also remember that April 14, 2006 marks the 94th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Let's order the t-shirts now. [yes, I'm being very sarcastic]

 

[Austin40acres]

I'm on thin ice here . . . I don't even look at the CE&P board because of this . . . but . . .

How many millions/billions of dollars have been thrown at New Orleans to fix itself?

It's going to take some time.

When will the people of New Orleans wake up and say, "WE have to solve this ourselves!"???? If people are going to sit around with thumbs up their butts and wait for FEMA or George Bush or Bill Clinton or anyone else to come down there and wave a wand and make everything better, then those people are stupid.

Why does the "hole in the ground" in NYC still exist? Because we can't figure out the most politically correct way to do anything about it. Some want a memorial to police and fire officers. Some want a memorial to the genocide against the native Americans.

I hate to admit it, but I agree with Newt Gingrich when he said that the catastrophe in New Orleans demonstrates first and foremost, a "failure of citizenship."

I fully expect to be banned now.

I apologize whole heartedly to everyone who has been offended by this post.

A4A

 

[techboywi]

While it is sort of morbid to bring up anniversaries of tragic events, it can also be used as a learning tool. I just watched one of the Katrina specials on Dateline NBC. Immediately after a big tragedy, peoples minds are more focused on fixing the immediate situation. Once time goes on and things start to return to normal, only then can we start learning lessons from the mistakes made. In regards to Katrina, several mistakes were made on the local and national end.

The media does tend to overdramatize things, but, those "anniversary" shows get high ratings. If we didn't watch them, the media would have no reason to produce them, so, I guess we're kind of guilty at perpatuating that.

I will watch some of the Katrina stuff and 9/11 things, just because I'm interested. It offends some, intrigues others. Take from that what you will

 

[luminum]

I'm on thin ice here . . . I don't even look at the CE&P board because of this . . . but . . .

How many millions/billions of dollars have been thrown at New Orleans to fix itself?

It's going to take some time.

When will the people of New Orleans wake up and say, "WE have to solve this ourselves!"???? If people are going to sit around with thumbs up their butts and wait for FEMA or George Bush or Bill Clinton or anyone else to come down there and wave a wand and make everything better, then those people are stupid.

Why does the "hole in the ground" in NYC still exist? Because we can't figure out the most politically correct way to do anything about it. Some want a memorial to police and fire officers. Some want a memorial to the genocide against the native Americans.

I hate to admit it, but I agree with Newt Gingrich when he said that the catastrophe in New Orleans demonstrates first and foremost, a "failure of citizenship."

I fully expect to be banned now.

I apologize whole heartedly to everyone who has been offended by this post.

A4A

You're not far off. There's a definite fact that New Orleans can really be fixed byt he people now. But while people are standing up and taking matters into their own hands, they shouldn't forget to hold those who were supposed to do their jobs and didn't accountable for what eventually did happen.

 

[conrad]

But wouldn't it be more helpful on our part to check to see just how well or how badly those who should have been doing things have been doing? I suggest you ask the incumbent candidate for U.S. Congress from your area what he/she has done to get the appropriated funds moving.

It was the poor and the powerless in New Orleans who took the brunt of the disaster.

A society is properly judged by how well it treats the least fortunate. It's not easy to pick yourself up by your bootstraps when you have no boots.

 

[Kurn]

The fact is, if there were competent leaders in Washington, N'Orleans would be a lot better off.

 

[Joshua_me]

Well, the fact that the one year anniverery is here makes it kinda unavoidable,
but my anger and dismay over our government's lack of response has me
shaking my head all these months later.


I won't prattle on, but just think about this, everyone.

People died of thrist, starvation and lack of medicines camped out on
Interstate 10 for FIVE days after the storm hit.

Not some obscure dirt road in the middle of Wherethefuckarewe....
INTERSTATE 10 !!!

Do you know how painful it is to die of thrist in 100 degree heat ?

For FIVE days, waiting for a government response that some how can't manage to helicopter in something as basic as bottled water ? When all the
while our clueless, smirking president delivers lines from his air-conditioned office such as "TO the people in New Orleans....We applaude your spirit"

Who in their right mind wouldn't be outraged ?

 

[lukylok]

Just a little exercise in humility.......
Look how fast and well the far east countries have recovered from the tsunami ?

Then ask yourself : Are we really the most powerful nation on earth ?????

 

[techboywi]

Because of the extensive damage done in New Orleans, recovery will take YEARS even under the best of circumstances. Even with all the repairs, it will never be the same

 

[Joshua_me]

Just a little exercise in humility.......
Look how fast and well the far east countries have recovered from the tsunami ?

Then ask yourself : Are we really the most powerful nation on earth ?????

'Most 'Powerful' ?? Debatable.

Most 'Greedy' ? Yeah, I'd say we're in the top five or so.

I believe our government got a little help in 'ethnic cleansing' from Mother
Nature this time, and took full advantage of it.

I'd guess that within five years time or so, land as valuable as that which
sits at the mouth of the Mississippi will be filled with luxury condos, (built UP,
not OUT) new casinos and perhaps only a 'Disneyfied' version of Bourbon St. remaining for the clueless tourists.

Sad beyond words.

 

[pausanias_usa]

Actually, the French Quarter was not that scathed. I'm not sure if you COULD Disneyfy that place, if only because of the crime rate 8').

 

[slobone]

OK -- just a few depressing stats.

A year after Katrina, electrical service in New Orleans is 60% of what it was, gas is 40%, and bus service is 17%. Of the $110 billion appropriated by Congress, the city government, which bears most of the responsibility for basic services, has received -- $125 million. That's million with an m.

You don't suppose somebody in Washington is playing politics with that money, do you?