Reply #87: Horrible - important post - here is the dKos permalink: [View All]

[Nothing Without Hope]

Here is the permalink of this important dKos posts from Markos hiimself:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/31/235829/261

You don't have many DU posts - can you post your own DU threads yet? If not, I'd like to post this as a new DU thread and cite you as the person who found it. If I don't hear from you within a short time, I'll go ahead and post it - this needs to be out there and seen!

And :hi: WELCOME TO DU!!! It's a sad time, but we're stronger because we're a community. Glad that you're part of it now, looking forward to more excellent posts.

From your post:

Despite this contact, Canada has not been allowed to fly supplies and personnel to the areas hit by Katrina. So, everything here is grounded. Prime Minister Paul Martin is reportedly trying to speak to President Bush tonight or tomorrow to ask him why the U.S. federal government will not allow aid from Canada into Louisiana and Mississippi. That said, the Canadian Red Cross is reportedly allowed into the area.

Canadian agencies are saying that foreign aid is probably not being permitted into Louisiana and Mississippi because of "mass confusion" at the U.S. federal level in the wake of the storm.

OH. MY. GOD. This is totally beyond belief. They don't want to lose their "power" by allowing the Canadians to save and relieve the suffering people they won't help themselves. And even the Canadians can see the total confusion of the Bush Admnistration over what to do. Meanwhile, OUR National Guard is out being shot at and denied leaves to go home and help search for their own familes.