More leftist crap that the government didn’t do anything to help Katrina victims. How many billions have been spent?
Well… As a Canadian, I have something to say. I saw the pathetic response and the people suffering. I saw children without water,diaper’s and basic needs for days. We were glued to our TV’s and CNN and prayed that help would come rapidly to these people. Sadly, it didn’t. Just what did FEMA do, except give them unusable trailers? Why are they not back in their homes? Canadian’s donated clothes, food, water, shoes, household items and lots and lots and lots of money. Why are Katrina Victims still living like this????? If BILLIONS have been spent then whose bloody pockets did that money go into because it doesn’t look to us that it went to the VICTIMS. I know that all people, American’s or Canadian’s and everyone else with a heart, gave to these people that have suffered so much but I cannot say that I feel good about it. I think they’ve been screwed!! If the government spent Billions as well as all the private donations, then every family that suffered the wrath of Katrina should have their house, furniture, dishes, clothing, and peace of mind back. That is sadly, not the case. Idiot!
I’m all for calling Bush on his douche-baggary…but the Junta response actually makes the US response to Katrina look like a frikkin’ ballet.
Don’t get me wrong, we (as a country) SERIOUSLY dropped the ball with Katrina. I mean, there are entire neighborhoods that are still in sad shape, and some are just plain GONE. (And as much as some may want it to be, the truth isn’t leftist crap…it’s just true.) But, looking at Myanmar…they didn’t have the same level of preparedness or excess of materials that New Orleans did…and, by comparison, their rebuild SHOULD be easier…but man…the Junta response almost makes me want to say something nice about Bush. Almost.
i have been to new orleans to work on houses that needed to be rebuilt, and they were in bad shape. but even if the country, president, etc spent all the money they could get their hands on, it would still not be bake to normal. 10 years. Thats how long it is going to take to the big easy back. Work take times, time can only be gained by waiting.
How much and where did it go? is the question.
How much? $127 Billion.
Where did it go? Not to the people that’s for sure. All divvied up, that $127 billion would come to $425,000 per person! Could a person rebuild their home for $425,000?
You bet your ass they could. And there are more then one person per household. Some of those families could have over a million dollars.
So where did the money go? Friend of Bush, Republicans, and the like.
Your hard earned tax dollars with a Republican government at work! I don’t know if Obama or Hillary is the answer, but we’ve seen what a Republican in office can do. (By the way, $127 Billion is nothing compared to Iraq – and we never got Bin-Laden and more people hate Americans now than before the Bush era) Pray for our children for they will inherit our greedy mistakes.
Bella said, “I saw children without water,diaper’s and basic needs for days.” And just how is this the government’s fault? Having been through several hurricanes myself, preparation is key. Waiting on gov’t handouts is what will lead to disaster. We are told not to expect ANY help for up to three to five days after a hurricane. It is repeated time and time again every hurricane season.
Katrina was a natural disaster, not a government creation. It is not the gov’ts responsibility to fix it. You people act like Bush prayed to the hurricane gods and summoned it on New Orleans himself. Let me repeat (because I know you’re not listening)… It is not the gov’ts responsibility to fix everyone’s life.
As a Canadian, I can see how you’d have first-hand knowledge of the whole thing. You’re right there next to it. Have you ever been to the area? I was there with a telecom team to restore communications and get phone systems working again. We had 3,000 phones back in service within 24 hours of the storms passing. I saw the looting and the political assholes trying to shift their well-deserved blame. FEMA was there handing out water bottles by the thousands and non-perishable foods. They were airlifting it in by the truckload. At the end our first day, I saw a young entreprenuer who setup a business gouging his neighbors for that same food and water. He had several large individuals who had been stealing it for him to re-sell. I suppose that’s Bush’s fault too.
A few points to ponder:
Bush didn’t leave all the school buses in the path of the flood rather than using them to get people out of NO.
Bush didn’t create elaborate crime rings to defraud and steal $Billions in relief money from FEMA.
Bush didn’t cause double-digit (or more) crime rate increases in the cities that opened their doors and coffers to the victims displaced by the storm.
All of these things were done by the local governments, so-called victims taking advantage of other victims and an utter lack of respect by displaced victims for their benefactors.
Oh, and add the simple fact that the N.O. city gov’t knew years ago that the city couldn’t stand against a significant storm. Tell me again why this too is Bush’s fault?
I don’t care for the man either, but I do believe in giving credit where credit is due.
The junta can take credit for suffering of their people. They can take credit for spending more time and resource on trying ineptly to catch a CNN reporter for doing his job than providing aid. They can also take credit for ignoring a nearly 48-hour warning prior to the event. It’s not like the Katrina victims weren’t told that it was a dangerous storm and to get the hell out of its path. They planned for a hurricane party and got a bigger one than they expected. Those that procrastinated or simply refused to leave, got stuck.
Tragic? Yes. Both events are. Worthy of assistance? Certainly. The lack of basic human decency in the few people who took advantage of the situations are to blame. Bush has plenty for which to answer, but not these things.
Yawn!
Hello all,
My point in posting this was what I remember when watching the devastation on TV after the hurricane… for days. Funny how the press can get there to film the devastation, yet the government… federal, state and local seemed to be no where around. As I watched…I had to keep telling myself that this was the Untied States of America where this was happening. It seemed like it must be a third world country as bad as it looked. The U.S. wouldn’t let that go on without being there to help immediately! I was ashamed of our governments lack of response.
I know for a fact that the New Orleans police department called it’s officers off the streets for a time because of a concern for their safety.
I believe the government is supposed to be there in time of need for it’s citizens…. in times of emergency. Yeah, the people should have heeded the warnings and gotten out, but some had no means to do so. There were screw-ups on all levels of government. I don’t blame Bush specifically… after all he had “Brownie” in there doing a “heck of a job”.
Hopefully we learned a lot from that fiasco.
Jonco
As a Canadian, I’m thinking building a city below sea level is a bad idea. And rebuilding one in the same place after its been destroyed by, uh, too much water, doesn’t seem so smart either.
Jeez, I guess I get too compassionate when I see people suffering. In this global world, I really don’t have to be right there at the time, to realize it. I’m thinking Dano that even if a person was prepared for a hurricane, that it would be pretty hard to put that diaper on your kid when the box of pampers was under 6 feet of water. I’m with Jonco and I don’t blame anyone in particular but I still don’t understand it. Our political elections are a lot different from yours but I can’t help but thinking, that if Obama, Clinton and McCain spent the money that they have wasted on a 3 yr. quest to become president, then the big easy could be rebuilt. Never mind Billions. Myanmar is tragic, with pictures surfacing of babies floating in their drinking water. China is tragic with the earthquakes and the people that are trapped and missing. I believe that our tax dollars (and yours) should be spent at home, first and then just maybe, we can help everyone else out that needs it. Homeland first, everyone else has to stand in line.
Its both the Republicans and the Democrats that waste our money they always have and always will.The waste for social handouts is by far the biggest waste of all ,far past all the money for Iraq
infidel wrote: Its both the Republicans and the Democrats that waste our money they always have and always will.The waste for social handouts is by far the biggest waste of all ,far past all the money for Iraq
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I have to agree, all politicians are wastful and greedy.
More leftist crap that the government didn’t do anything to help Katrina victims. How many billions have been spent?
Well… As a Canadian, I have something to say. I saw the pathetic response and the people suffering. I saw children without water,diaper’s and basic needs for days. We were glued to our TV’s and CNN and prayed that help would come rapidly to these people. Sadly, it didn’t. Just what did FEMA do, except give them unusable trailers? Why are they not back in their homes? Canadian’s donated clothes, food, water, shoes, household items and lots and lots and lots of money. Why are Katrina Victims still living like this????? If BILLIONS have been spent then whose bloody pockets did that money go into because it doesn’t look to us that it went to the VICTIMS. I know that all people, American’s or Canadian’s and everyone else with a heart, gave to these people that have suffered so much but I cannot say that I feel good about it. I think they’ve been screwed!! If the government spent Billions as well as all the private donations, then every family that suffered the wrath of Katrina should have their house, furniture, dishes, clothing, and peace of mind back. That is sadly, not the case. Idiot!
I’m all for calling Bush on his douche-baggary…but the Junta response actually makes the US response to Katrina look like a frikkin’ ballet.
Don’t get me wrong, we (as a country) SERIOUSLY dropped the ball with Katrina. I mean, there are entire neighborhoods that are still in sad shape, and some are just plain GONE. (And as much as some may want it to be, the truth isn’t leftist crap…it’s just true.) But, looking at Myanmar…they didn’t have the same level of preparedness or excess of materials that New Orleans did…and, by comparison, their rebuild SHOULD be easier…but man…the Junta response almost makes me want to say something nice about Bush. Almost.
i have been to new orleans to work on houses that needed to be rebuilt, and they were in bad shape. but even if the country, president, etc spent all the money they could get their hands on, it would still not be bake to normal. 10 years. Thats how long it is going to take to the big easy back. Work take times, time can only be gained by waiting.
How much and where did it go? is the question.
How much? $127 Billion.
Where did it go? Not to the people that’s for sure. All divvied up, that $127 billion would come to $425,000 per person! Could a person rebuild their home for $425,000?
You bet your ass they could. And there are more then one person per household. Some of those families could have over a million dollars.
So where did the money go? Friend of Bush, Republicans, and the like.
Your hard earned tax dollars with a Republican government at work! I don’t know if Obama or Hillary is the answer, but we’ve seen what a Republican in office can do. (By the way, $127 Billion is nothing compared to Iraq – and we never got Bin-Laden and more people hate Americans now than before the Bush era) Pray for our children for they will inherit our greedy mistakes.
Bella said, “I saw children without water,diaper’s and basic needs for days.” And just how is this the government’s fault? Having been through several hurricanes myself, preparation is key. Waiting on gov’t handouts is what will lead to disaster. We are told not to expect ANY help for up to three to five days after a hurricane. It is repeated time and time again every hurricane season.
Katrina was a natural disaster, not a government creation. It is not the gov’ts responsibility to fix it. You people act like Bush prayed to the hurricane gods and summoned it on New Orleans himself. Let me repeat (because I know you’re not listening)… It is not the gov’ts responsibility to fix everyone’s life.
As a Canadian, I can see how you’d have first-hand knowledge of the whole thing. You’re right there next to it. Have you ever been to the area? I was there with a telecom team to restore communications and get phone systems working again. We had 3,000 phones back in service within 24 hours of the storms passing. I saw the looting and the political assholes trying to shift their well-deserved blame. FEMA was there handing out water bottles by the thousands and non-perishable foods. They were airlifting it in by the truckload. At the end our first day, I saw a young entreprenuer who setup a business gouging his neighbors for that same food and water. He had several large individuals who had been stealing it for him to re-sell. I suppose that’s Bush’s fault too.
A few points to ponder:
Bush didn’t leave all the school buses in the path of the flood rather than using them to get people out of NO.
Bush didn’t create elaborate crime rings to defraud and steal $Billions in relief money from FEMA.
Bush didn’t cause double-digit (or more) crime rate increases in the cities that opened their doors and coffers to the victims displaced by the storm.
All of these things were done by the local governments, so-called victims taking advantage of other victims and an utter lack of respect by displaced victims for their benefactors.
Oh, and add the simple fact that the N.O. city gov’t knew years ago that the city couldn’t stand against a significant storm. Tell me again why this too is Bush’s fault?
I don’t care for the man either, but I do believe in giving credit where credit is due.
The junta can take credit for suffering of their people. They can take credit for spending more time and resource on trying ineptly to catch a CNN reporter for doing his job than providing aid. They can also take credit for ignoring a nearly 48-hour warning prior to the event. It’s not like the Katrina victims weren’t told that it was a dangerous storm and to get the hell out of its path. They planned for a hurricane party and got a bigger one than they expected. Those that procrastinated or simply refused to leave, got stuck.
Tragic? Yes. Both events are. Worthy of assistance? Certainly. The lack of basic human decency in the few people who took advantage of the situations are to blame. Bush has plenty for which to answer, but not these things.
Yawn!
Hello all,
My point in posting this was what I remember when watching the devastation on TV after the hurricane… for days. Funny how the press can get there to film the devastation, yet the government… federal, state and local seemed to be no where around. As I watched…I had to keep telling myself that this was the Untied States of America where this was happening. It seemed like it must be a third world country as bad as it looked. The U.S. wouldn’t let that go on without being there to help immediately! I was ashamed of our governments lack of response.
I know for a fact that the New Orleans police department called it’s officers off the streets for a time because of a concern for their safety.
I believe the government is supposed to be there in time of need for it’s citizens…. in times of emergency. Yeah, the people should have heeded the warnings and gotten out, but some had no means to do so. There were screw-ups on all levels of government. I don’t blame Bush specifically… after all he had “Brownie” in there doing a “heck of a job”.
Hopefully we learned a lot from that fiasco.
Jonco
As a Canadian, I’m thinking building a city below sea level is a bad idea. And rebuilding one in the same place after its been destroyed by, uh, too much water, doesn’t seem so smart either.
Jeez, I guess I get too compassionate when I see people suffering. In this global world, I really don’t have to be right there at the time, to realize it. I’m thinking Dano that even if a person was prepared for a hurricane, that it would be pretty hard to put that diaper on your kid when the box of pampers was under 6 feet of water. I’m with Jonco and I don’t blame anyone in particular but I still don’t understand it. Our political elections are a lot different from yours but I can’t help but thinking, that if Obama, Clinton and McCain spent the money that they have wasted on a 3 yr. quest to become president, then the big easy could be rebuilt. Never mind Billions. Myanmar is tragic, with pictures surfacing of babies floating in their drinking water. China is tragic with the earthquakes and the people that are trapped and missing. I believe that our tax dollars (and yours) should be spent at home, first and then just maybe, we can help everyone else out that needs it. Homeland first, everyone else has to stand in line.
Its both the Republicans and the Democrats that waste our money they always have and always will.The waste for social handouts is by far the biggest waste of all ,far past all the money for Iraq
infidel wrote: Its both the Republicans and the Democrats that waste our money they always have and always will.The waste for social handouts is by far the biggest waste of all ,far past all the money for Iraq
.
I have to agree, all politicians are wastful and greedy.