"The government has declared martial law in New Orleans."

[Lori Price CLG]

News Update from Citizens for Legitimate Government
30 August 2005
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

Martial law has been declared in New Orleans. "There are no civil rights in the city of New Orleans... anyone caught on the street after dark will be arrested." --Shepard Smith, Fox news broadcaster, live on Fox News.

Link:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,167633,00.html

Lori Price

[Stephanie]

1. Where are they going to take the arrestees?

[Lori Price CLG]

5. Good question! I can't believe this isn't huge, in the US media!!

The martial law announcement is being *downplayed,* except on Faux, as they are thrilled with the news!!

Lori Price

[JHB]

2. Most decent people would be very grim reading that statement...

...so how wide was Shepard's sneering smile?

[CitrusLib]

3. This isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Pretty smart actually. Having been through several hurricanes, I can tell you it's dicey enough to get around during the day. After dark, watch out. It is physically dangerous. Not just from other people, but from creepy crawly things and debris. Unless it is an extreme emergency, there is absolutely no reason to be out after dark. I would not be worried about martial law being imposed unless it was still in place several months from now. :-)

If memory serves, Miami is no longer under the martial law imposed following Andrew.

[geomon666]

9. That depends...

The city cops are basically militarized now. :)

[CitrusLib]

10. Then they should be the ones worried.

Rumsfeld can now send them to Iraq. ;)

[geomon666]

12. Not in Jeb Country

I want to puke now after saying that.

[jobycom]

4. Standard procedure.

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. the people at fox must be having.......

orgasms now. It's like dreams coming true.

[Sunkiss BlueStar]

7. People continue too have their houses flooded

They shouldn't be arrested for seeking higher ground

[buddysmellgood]

15. I would think you's be happy to see a cop if you were seeking high ground.

[Sunkiss BlueStar]

20. You bet....

but, I think they should say "anyone seen on the streets after dark will be taken to SAFETY"
Crisis doesn't have a specific time, so they shouldn't arrest people for being outside. It gets very hot really fast down south when the power goes out in your home and being indoors is very uncomfortable.

[benburch]

8. And anybody looting will be shot on sight. nt

[Lori Price CLG]

11. Which network reported that ? Not nitpicking, but I can add it to the CLG..

website, if I then locate the link.
Thanks!!
Lori

[benburch]

16. Standard orders during natural disasters, or used to be.

And they have the authority to do it now. But I am inferring.

[mknmehappy]

Did you read that some where?

[benburch]

18. Nope.

Was being a smartass.

[Lori Price CLG]

25. That's Ok, it was a good line! :) n/t

[MrBenchley]

13. Your Smith quote isn't in that story....

You sound surprised that there'd have to be martial law after a catastrophe of that magnitude...

By the way, it IS amusing that Faux basically stole the last section of that story from the Today show.

[Lori Price CLG]

26. Right, Smith said it on the air and I typed his quote. n/t

[MrBenchley]

27. Ah....

[WCGreen]

14. I bet old Shep said that will spittle coming out of his Nazi Mouth

[Katidid]

17. My Question:

WHERE are they going to take these homeless people AFTER they are ARRESTED???????? Somewhere safe, warm, dry with water and food, I hope.

[kestrel91316]

19. Probably the Superdome. It's real comfy there, I hear.

:sarcasm:

[FloridaPat]

21. Did they declare martial law after Andrew? And a thing about looting -

I was thinking last night - food. It was good the looters took all the food because it would be rotten very soon. TV's are different, but I'm for looters taking food. It will be weeks or months before NO gets electricity from what I'm hearing.

As for martial law - when Andrew hit, no one saw the police for weeks. It was a mess. Looters were going into people's homes and taking whatever was left. There was a story of a family came back to their home, packed their car with everything that was left and the looters drove up at gun-point and stole their car. Not these kinds of people should be shot.

[Chocolatebison]

22. Who declared martial law?

FEMA?

[magellan]

23. We were on curfew after Charley last year

But we're only a population of just over 150,000. NOLA has 1.3 million as of the 2000 census, according to Wikipedia. The city and surrounding area is crippled to the extent that it's difficult at best for rescue workers and police/NG to move around and aid victims. Applying martial law is reasonable for such a drastic situation. No one who still has shelter needs to be out after dark in these circumstances. And if they're out wandering around because their house is flooded, they will be taken to safety.

[wli]

24. It's not as if there are civil rights left in the US anyway.

The rethugs must be drooling. They want it for the whole country, all the time.