MSNBC Hardball: No relief efforts: " THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LOOTING."

[highplainsdem]

Martin Savage reporting. Very plainly linking the fact that the people aren't seeing relief efforts in New Orleans to the looting.

[malaise]

1. Just the truth n/t

[stevietheman]

2. Hmmm.... this event is like 9/11...

in that the MSM doesn't have the luxury of time to work with the Bush admin to "work up a story." They get to actually interpret events honestly as they see them.

[alphafemale]

3. Finally. The Truth. From the Media.

Who'da thunk it?

[RageFist]

4. Half of the LA guard is in iraq.....

[DIKB]

5. The National Guard

is busy over in Iraq. And * doesn't see african americans as being worth the effort to get them out of the area.

[kenny blankenship]

6. How many billions do we funnel into "Homeland Security" every year?

And can they please start securing the Homeland now, or at least look like they understand this is their job?

[insane_cratic_gal]

7. Kyra Phillips today

I never wanted to reach through my tv and slap someone more then that woman.

She kept ranting about the looters.. how those poor people who lost everything were being ravaged by looters. Poor people? or poor rich people?

Seems to me the percent of violent looters or for material greed looters is a mere faction of that of survival looting.
Dry Clothes, food, pampers, batteries,.. radio,.. plastic containers, shoes, flashlights.. trash bags would all be things i'd seek out if I were trying to keep my family alive till help came.

She didn't see it that way, she kept ranting about the looters. In the mean time they were showing 100's of people waving white flags out of their apartments.. they made signs "HELP US" or "Diabetic and heart patient need medical attention".. she didn't' once address all of those people desperately waving from their roofs but kept right on raving about looters!

[highplainsdem]

10. I heard that. She seemed to be lobbying for martial law.

Couldn't wait to have NorthCom in control.

[Ms. Clio]

8. Not good enough for some folks, I'm afraid

Those people who have been stranded with literally nothing but miles of water in every direction should wait patiently on their rooftops without food and water until the duly-constituted proper authorities condescend to provide it to them. If they insist on attempting to help themselves (in the spirit of good old fashioned American frontier individualism) they will ignite a chain reaction that leads directly to gangstas in fur coats attacking hospitals.

[Flying Dream Blues]

9. Yes, I'd like to see ** and his minions stranded without

food and water after enduring the trauma of that storm and not be looking ANYWHERE at all for food and water. In fact, I'd buy tickets to watch that.

[SOS]

11. Cuba

has been hit in recent years by hurricanes Michelle, Isadore and Lili.
No looting.
Red Cross praised Cuban government for superb relief efforts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2313085.stm