Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom We are closely approaching the one year anniversary of when hurricane Katrina stuck the southeastern portion of the USA. So far I have read a few articles about those that sustained damage in New Orleans. As if they were the only ones harmed by this storm. I know that many people out there, including myself gladly gave donations to the victims of hurricane Katrina. And I have a comment. Where are the thank yous? Where the inhabitants of New Orleans sense of entitlement so strong that they just are incapable of a simple "thank you"? Anyway, one year later and not holding my breath for some compassion FROM the Katrina victims crowd.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/23/DDGI8KMJDG1.DTL" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/23/DDGI8KMJDG1.DTL</a> <<<She held her hand up, taking a moment to regroup before forging on, speaking about the struggle people had to find their families, charging that all signs pointed to an effort to get black people out of New Orleans and keep them out, relating the shame of having to write down your loved ones' names on little pieces of paper and stick them to a wall in the Astrodome, and, finally, the lack of Red Cross and FEMA aid in the weeks and months after the mass relocation.>>> Your welcome! <sarcasm>
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060823/NEWS07/608230361/1009" target="_blank">http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20060823/NEWS07/608230361/1009</a> <<<Authority board member Sean Reilly says every hurricane-damaged Louisiana parish except New Orleans has submitted a master plan, and that failure has slowed the flow of money into the city>>> That Mayor Nagin is so on top of everything. <sarcasm>
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I got a "thank you" here in South Florida. My windstorm insurance rates gave me the big middle finger. Oh wait, that isn't a thank you. That is a different kind of "you". I gave money via the telethon and through my church and I got a nice...no wait, I didn't get anything from that either. Come to think of it, I've heard a lot of "we aren't getting enough" but nothing along the lines of "thanks for what we got." Maybe they are getting more thank you's over in Houston.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip What is your problem with New Orleans? You really seem to dwell on it a LOT. Do you really hate the racial makeup or the politics of New Orleans or have some other ax to grind? People DID say thanks… even when things were the worst they said thanks: <<"No air conditioning, no sewage … it was not a nice place to be. All those people just in there, they were frustrated, they were hot. Out of all that chaos, all of these rumors start flying." Louisiana National Guard Col. Thomas Beron, who headed security at the Superdome, said that for every complaint, "49 other people said, 'Thank you, God bless you.' ">> Source: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rumors27sep27" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/na tionworld/nation/la-na-rumors27sep27</a>,0,5492806,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Originally Posted By mele Didn't you get the memo, RT? The people were all thieves and on welfare. They deserved what they got.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I certainly do not have a problem with the racial make-up of the "chocolate city" ( their words not mine ). Just making an inference that EVERYTIME a news reporter sticks a microphone infront of a ( non-employeed ) Katrina survivor from New Orleans. Those survivors never have anything good to say about the Government ( usually on the Federal level ) and "other" US citizens. I also posted in #2 an article 10 hours old demonstrating that. Again I ask, is their sense of entitlement so strong that one year later they can't say a simple Thank You.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper The one's who were sitting on their roofs, rejecting rescue but asking the Coast Guard to bring beer back did, in fact, get what they deserved. The theives got what they deserved. The good people of New Orleans who were overshadowed by their idiot neighbors did NOT get what they deserved.
Originally Posted By Shooba >>The one's who were sitting on their roofs, rejecting rescue but asking the Coast Guard to bring beer back did, in fact, get what they deserved. The theives got what they deserved. The good people of New Orleans who were overshadowed by their idiot neighbors did NOT get what they deserved.<< Now there's a sensible statement. Lack of gratitude is a bad thing, but since when does giving to charity require any sort of thanks? It's nice, but if it's all that necesscary to someone, maybe they need to reconsider why they're giving to charity in the first place.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<The people were all thieves and on welfare. They deserved what they got.>> You must have missed those newscasts while they were going on Mele. I seem to remember this famous quote from Democratic Lousianna Governor who ordered Lousianna National Guard Troops into New Orleans, <<<Thousands of National Guard and federal troops were mobilized and sent to Louisiana along with numbers of local law enforcement agents from across the country who were temporarily deputized by the state. "They have M16s and are locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill and I expect they will," Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said. Congressman Bill Jefferson (D-LA) told ABC News. ">>> You were saying?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip To respond to the human services and mental health needs of individuals affected by the hurricane, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $550 million in Social Service Block Grants. The funding will also provide support to those lacking health insurance or adequate access to care, and to health care safety net providers. Funding was provided in varying amounts to all 50 States, with the majority going to LA (40 percent), MS (23 percent), TX (16 percent), and FL (10 percent). <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/katrina.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/as setlibrary/katrina.htm</a> Deaths by state Alabama 2 Florida 14 Georgia 2 Kentucky 1 Louisiana 1,577* Mississippi 238 Ohio 2 Total 1,836 Source: <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/katrina.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/as setlibrary/katrina.htm</a> Yup… those ungrateful folks in Louisiana got 40% of the money while only suffering 86% of the deaths. I guess that makes them real jerks, huh?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper How much sense is there in giving NO more money when more than 1/2 of their residents have said they won't go back no matter what? Give the money to Houston and other communities who are now the permanent home to the folks from New Orleans.
Originally Posted By mele <<You were saying?>> Is this quote supposed to be some sort of rebuttal to what I said? You and other LPer's have some pretty negative thoughts about the victims of Katrina, so negative that a thread got closed before anyone broke any community standards. Just because other people have negative thoughts, it doesn't change the fact that some people think ALL of the people in NO were looters and on welfare, they ALL had the ability to leave and chose not to go and that they ALL deserve what they got.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<You were saying?>> In the time since Katrina it has been well documented that the reports coming out of New Orleans at the time were wildly exaggerated. <<"It doesn't take anything to start a rumor around here," Louisiana National Guard 2nd Lt. Lance Cagnolatti said at the height of the Superdome relief effort. "There's 20,000 people in here. Think when you were in high school. You whisper something in someone's ear. By the end of the day, everyone in school knows the rumor — and the rumor isn't the same thing it was when you started it." Follow-up reporting has discredited reports of a 7-year-old being raped and murdered at the Superdome, roving bands of armed gang members attacking the helpless, and dozens of bodies being shoved into a freezer at the Convention Center.>> Complete Story: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rumors27sep27" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/na tionworld/nation/la-na-rumors27sep27</a>,0,5492806,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Originally Posted By Lisann22 There have been articles all over the place about families who's lives were changed by this, how grateful they were to families and agencies that took care of them, helped them rebuild, etc.
Originally Posted By Mort2 Don't have much to contribute to this topic other than to state the obvious: We all understand the 'lack of thanks' topic designed to divert attention that a year has passed and parts of Louisiana and Mississippi still look a lot like Beirut and Haifa. We now return you to your regularly scheduled diversion. Enjoy the mudslinging.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I do not believe that ALL New Orleans residents were criminals and theves. But "I" was not the one who called in the National Guard. I also did not say ( in a televised national news confrence ) and I quote, <<"They have M16s and are locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill and I expect they will," Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said. Congressman Bill Jefferson (D-LA)>> Seems to me that the Governor of Lousianna thought where were enough criminals and theives in New Orleans. Unless you want us to believe that those M-16 were going to be used as foatation devises. Or perhaps the Nation Guard was going to use them as shovels?
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I do not believe that ALL New Orleans residents were criminals and theves. But "I" was not the one who called in the National Guard. I also did not say ( in a televised national news confrence ) and I quote, <<"They have M16s and are locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill and I expect they will," Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said. Congressman Bill Jefferson (D-LA)>> Seems to me that the Governor of Lousianna thought where were enough criminals and theives in New Orleans. Unless you want us to believe that those M-16 were going to be used as foatation devises. Or perhaps the Nation Guard was going to use them as shovels?
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Here is more about the responce to aid. <<<Over seventy countries pledged monetary donations or other assistance. Kuwait made the largest single pledge, $500 million; other large donations were made by Qatar ($100 million), South Korea ($30 million), India, China (both $5 million), Pakistan ($1.5 million),[70] and Bangladesh ($1 million).[71] Countries like Sri Lanka, which was still recovering from the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Cuba and Venezuela (despite their differences with the United States), also offered to help. Countries including Canada, Mexico, Singapore, and Germany sent supplies, relief personnel, troops, ships and water pumps to aid in the disaster recovery. Britain's donation of 350,000 emergency meals did not reach victims due to laws regarding mad cow disease[72]. Russia's initial offer of two jets was declined by the U.S. State Department but accepted later. The French offer was also declined and requested later.[73]>>>
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I can't think of any other horrible disaster that has occurred in this country ( including 911 ) where the citizens of the US and our Internation friends really came together and pleged aid to those affected by this terrible hurricane. All so we can have certain individuals ( obviously with some hidden agenda ) attack our President and anyone else who doesn't "fit" their political agenda.
