I just stumbled upon this while going through some of the other blogs and news report about New Orleans and I am putting this in here verbatim from the Red Cross site ( Read more... )

I was watching the news clip about Bush's speech from the airport in New Orleans. And it looked to me like he was pissed about have to be there. And it seems like the troops arrived out of no where like it was a miracle with food and water and they began to transport people from the convention center and hospitals. Where were they on Monday after ( Read more... )

"Get up off your asses and do something! They flew down here once two days after the god damned event was over with TV cameras, AP reporters, all kinds of goddamned shit, excuse my French everybody in America, but I'm pissed." That juicy little tidbit was from the New Orleans Mayors Ray Nagin in regards to the response from the government. Before ( Read more... )

I was watching the news this morning and they aired an interview with Kathleen Blanco the Governor of Louisiana. She was trying to back peddle and do damage control over her statements about the "Shoot and Kill" order that she issued. Stating that she did not include looters in that order. However, I have read the news article and I also watched ( Read more... )

I just read this in the online news that the Governor of Louisiana has given National Guard troops orders of "Shoot and Kill" to end the "rampant violence in New Orleans". What is this situation during into? I know that there is violence taking place in New Orleans. However, as a veteran what ever happened to the rules of engagement Fire if Fired ( Read more... )

I'm watching PrimeTime Live right now and they showed a short clip from an interview that Dubya gave this morning. He was saying that helicopters, food, and so on was on the way and heres the real kick in the ass, he said that it would take time to get these supplies into the devastated area's. He's had 4 days, and even the person who is in charge ( Read more... )

After watching the morning news and reading some of the news reports online. I read one article about the evacuation of the Superdome and that rescue efforts were suspended due to a shot being fired at one of the helicopters, which according to the report was a National Guard helicopter. One supposed gunshot should not have stopped the rescue ( Read more... )

I was watching the national news this evening and was very upset by what CBS reporter John Roberts was saying in his report from New Orleans. He was reporting from a bridge on I-10 a short distance from the Superdome where New Orleans residents who could not get to the Superdome had taken refuge due to the flooding. What I found to be most ( Read more... )