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leftcider · Sep 2, 2005, 02:38 am

Go here, scroll down and click watch video (length in title is 4:36)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/0...act/index.html

tinybear · Sep 2, 2005, 02:55 am

An old man in a chaise lounge lay dead in a grassy median as hungry babies wailed around him. Around the corner, an elderly woman lay dead in her wheelchair, covered up by a blanket, and another body lay beside her wrapped in a sheet.

``I don't treat my dog like that,'' 47-year-old Daniel Edwards said as he pointed at the woman in the wheelchair.

``You can do everything for other countries, but you can't do nothing for your own people,'' he added. ``You can go overseas with the military, but you can't get them down here.''

The street outside the center, above the floodwaters, smelled of urine and feces, and was choked with dirty diapers, old bottles and garbage.

``They've been teasing us with buses for four days,'' Edwards said. ``They're telling us they're going to come get us one day, and then they don't show up.''

Every so often, an armored state police vehicle cruised in front of the convention center with four or five officers in riot gear with automatic weapons. But there was no sign of help from the National Guard.

At one point the crowd began to chant ``We want help! We want help!'' Later, a woman, screaming, went on the front steps of the convention center and led the crowd in reciting the 23rd Psalm, ``The Lord is my shepherd .

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/...0050901LADP146

We can sure use some aid from our friends. Where ARE they?

leftcider · Sep 2, 2005, 03:20 am

"These troops are battle-tested. They have M-16s and are locked and loaded," Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said on Thursday night of one group of 300 National Guard troops being deployed here after recent duty in
Iraq. "These troops know how to shoot and kill and I expect they will."

Sep 2, 2005, 02:38 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
leftcider Lord Teh Location: Seattlul, WA Posts: 486	Video: Conditions in New Orleans Go here, scroll down and click watch video (length in title is 4:36) http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/0...act/index.html Last edited by leftcider; Sep 2, 2005 at 03:13 am. Reason: LINK CORRECTION

Sep 2, 2005, 02:55 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
tinybear Volcanic Erupter Location: Hong Kong (for now) Posts: 7,017	An old man in a chaise lounge lay dead in a grassy median as hungry babies wailed around him. Around the corner, an elderly woman lay dead in her wheelchair, covered up by a blanket, and another body lay beside her wrapped in a sheet. ``I don't treat my dog like that,'' 47-year-old Daniel Edwards said as he pointed at the woman in the wheelchair. ``You can do everything for other countries, but you can't do nothing for your own people,'' he added. ``You can go overseas with the military, but you can't get them down here.'' The street outside the center, above the floodwaters, smelled of urine and feces, and was choked with dirty diapers, old bottles and garbage. ``They've been teasing us with buses for four days,'' Edwards said. ``They're telling us they're going to come get us one day, and then they don't show up.'' Every so often, an armored state police vehicle cruised in front of the convention center with four or five officers in riot gear with automatic weapons. But there was no sign of help from the National Guard. At one point the crowd began to chant ``We want help! We want help!'' Later, a woman, screaming, went on the front steps of the convention center and led the crowd in reciting the 23rd Psalm, ``The Lord is my shepherd . http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/...0050901LADP146 We can sure use some aid from our friends. Where ARE they?

Sep 2, 2005, 03:20 am	#3 (permalink) (top)
leftcider Lord Teh Location: Seattlul, WA Posts: 486	"These troops are battle-tested. They have M-16s and are locked and loaded," Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said on Thursday night of one group of 300 National Guard troops being deployed here after recent duty in Iraq. "These troops know how to shoot and kill and I expect they will."