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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:17 AM Original message |
I'll always believe that the Bush administration allowed American citizens to drown starve and die |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Absolutely, 100%. |
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MaryEllen9399 (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. I wonder if it will be different w/little bobby in charge? nt |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Little Bobby--who? n/t |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Bobby Jindal, the new governor. n/t |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Thanks. I have Kennedy on my mind. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Ah, yes-Bobby the Exorcist, Republican tool. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'll always believe they committed a crime against humanity.. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. make that "crimes" |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. In many countries the leader would have resigned after that big of a screwup. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Of the three, only Blanco declined to run for re-election |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. In other banana republics the leaders would have faced ... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 07:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
59. In Japan they would have all committed |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. In China they'd have been taken out and shot. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. I can only imagine why... |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
60. Well the evacuation fuckups were totally on the state and local plates |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. What? |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. My worst memory, and the most telling, was the CNN reporter crying Monday night as she listened... |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. If we ever get them rounded up, |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I second that! nt |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Seeing the news coverage was unbearable, especially with the knowledge |
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MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. The last time I watched CNN was during Katrina |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. We know from foreign news coverage that his photo op in Mississippi was staged |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. Me thinks you are correct |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. And I remember...the looters (black) vs. the..."helping themselves" (white)... photos |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
58. I'll never forget a racist, redneck truckdriver |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. I know I've seen a lot of disasters befall the |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. I remember watching |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's because... |
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jhain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. and who *did* help? |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Jesse Jackson rescued my cousin n/t |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. i'd love to hear that story |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Here is a really great and thorough timeline |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm in my late 50's and the Katrina/Nola disaster affected me more than any |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. of course they did, they have no regard for the American people |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. I won't forget McCain's little birthday party |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Neither should anyone else..... |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. Can these political criminals be charged with conspiracy and murder? |
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WHAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. Worse than 9/11... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. Staffers at Ted Kennedy's office told me to go ahead and use |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. It was nothing less than genocide - the willful murder by negligence of large numbers of |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. Agree 100% |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
26. i'd actually go further |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. You should read The Wrecking Crew. I think it describes the mindset that really |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Yup, if Captiva and Sanibel islands off Florida had been hit |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. See, that's just it. It never would have happened in a rich, white community. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
32. If you can take a moment - this is a gripping and haunting account |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Kicked and recommended. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Thanks. I am always concerned that we never forget the Katrina victims |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #40 |
63. That's a key empathetic point, too many people can't seem to grasp, |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. "Shock Doctrine", it explains plenty of this... it's a question of priorities n/t |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. It was "urban renewal"................ |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. Three years later and I still shake with impotent rage whenever I think about it |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. It was murder, pure and simple! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. We know they did, it's not a matter of belief. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. "Civic depravity" -- thanks for a wonderful phrase for these masters of fubar. nt |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's a fact. We all saw Bush and his admin sit on their hands and do nothing. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Here at DU we had at least one boat owner who wanted to do rescue work, but was turned back... |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. I still see red when I hear freepers... |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. I agree with you but... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. And, while the outrage was being perpetrated - " Let's not point fingers!!" |
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lynettebro440 (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. Here's my post while watching it happen. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
54. Disaster capitalism |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
55. Don't "believe" it was intentional. Read "Shock Doctrine" and KNOW it's all intentional |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Incompentence or malfeasance, greed and political ambition |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
65. Your forgot the comparison... |
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