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Fri Sep-02-05 10:18 PM
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I just watched ABC's 20/20 report on Katrina's impact on ...... |
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....the population of New Orleans. It was the first such news report I've had a chance to see on the situation there. The report suggested that no one at the federal level gave any orders to the military, the national guard, the local police and federal disaster agencies to do anything for five days. The military convoys of food and water and fresh clothing and medical supplies only began arriving today, although according to the report such supplies could have been lifted in by the Louisiana national Guard (2/3 still in the state) within 24 hours after Katrina left the city, but no one gave any orders to do so.
Clips from the Tom Kopple interview with the FEMA director were shown with this guy looking straight into the camera saying FEMA did not know what the need was until that day of the interview.
Hospitals and medical care facilities all sent out urgent calls, emails, faxes for supplies, dialysis machine water, air lifts to critical patients, etc. but there were no responses until yesterday in many instances.
Private for profit hospitals evacuated their patients who could pay, but dropped off all social cases at the cities two state run hospitals causing severe over-crowding in these facilities which had no running water, no electricity and whose generators were all flooded out.
Race and extreme poverty were the only apparent reasons for this negligence, concluded ABC, based on the obvious racial mix of who had been horded together and enclosed in such horrific and unsanitary conditions at the Super-dome and the convention center and a number of prominent blacks and congress persons came out and said this is interviews by ABC reporters.
The one hour covered many more topics, but those were ones which I have suspected all week and what jumped out at me from the program broadcast. The focus was on New Orleans, but unless I missed it, there was no mention as to whether supplies and help arrived at the other affected areas along the Gulf in Mississippi or Alabama within 24 hours, or that the delays were for New Orleans only. If the latter, then I would have to conclude that the New Orleans victims were deliberately and criminally discriminated against by all federal agencies who should have been there for them. That neglect can be traced all the way to the president who choose to dally at his ranch in Crawford and do PR photo ops until he flew over the stricken area in Air Force One late on Wednesday following which he gave orders for to supplies and assistance which began arriving only today. This is truly a national disgrace!
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Fri Sep-02-05 10:25 PM
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1. Glad to hear ABC wasn't biased toward the govt. |
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Fri Sep-02-05 10:40 PM
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3. I picked up a couple of spots where that may have been the.... |
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...case, but overall they showed it pretty much the way it has been over the past five days and nights. One clip in the state hospital or at a makeshift emergency room for patients in dire need, the revealed that with no water, electricity and NO MEDICATIONS, they had little choice but to keep the patients comfortable. One young lady who was diabetic was complaining about symptoms then went right into a diabetic seizure on camera. Frantic the doctor asked if anyone had any insulin and out of nowhere a syringe with insulin appeared, was injected and the girl eventually came around. The doctor then admitted in the interview than many other similar patients for lack of medications were not so lucky and had died. Hearing that I began to weep.
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Fri Sep-02-05 10:54 PM
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--I don't even know what to say to that. thank you for your reply, whistle.
i'm sorry--i'm just very taken about by that visual. while it isn't a shock after what i've seen these last few days...i'm still rather...shit. i don't know.
whoa...
i'm glad that girl was saved.
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Fri Sep-02-05 11:00 PM
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7. for that moment at least, who is to say what may happen |
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Fri Sep-02-05 10:28 PM
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2. Tell John Edwards to sue those private hospitals who dumped their |
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charity cases. The blatant racism in all of this is outrageous.
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Fri Sep-02-05 11:01 PM
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Fri Sep-02-05 10:44 PM
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And it pisses me off so much I could just fucking scream. I am so glad to hear ABC is telling the truth.
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Fri Sep-02-05 10:58 PM
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seeing angry posts like yours is a comfort to me. It's so nice to know not all of America is sitting in front of their computer screens defending the actions of the last few days...
thank you for giving a shit and caring... seriously. thank you.
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Fri Sep-02-05 11:03 PM
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11. The inaction is indefensible |
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Truly moral people know this.
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Fri Sep-02-05 11:02 PM
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10. Must call it for what it is....racism, pure bigotry |
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Fri Sep-02-05 11:02 PM
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9. "for FIVE days" - GOT DAMN RIGHT! |
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Fri Sep-02-05 11:09 PM
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But was it negligence, or something a little more sinister? ATTN DU RESEARCHERS -- LIHOP/MIHOP evidence stacking up http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4588088&mesg_id=4588088
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Sat Sep-03-05 12:07 AM
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14. The segment about Pass Christian was freaky. |
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The (white) locals were saying that the only help they had gotten until today was from neighboring cities in Alabama and Florida. What they got today was Bush flying over in a helicopter. (!) Andrea Mitchell said no one understands why there has been no federal help.
Freaky, just freaky.
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Sat Sep-03-05 09:31 AM
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15. I missed the part about Private Hospitals dumping social cases |
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on the state run hospitals. That is absolutely criminal. Anyone know who owns these hospitals? What corporation? Even if it is technically legal, don't they need to be exposed and made to pay for this disgusting behaviour in the court of public opinion?
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