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Originally Posted by lakritze
Please take the sock out of your mouth Jesse,or we won't be able to hear what you have to say. The media again struck gold when it reported some passing remarks by Jesse Jackson on the use of the term refugee and it's racial implications. The questions he was truely raising was why? The government had Katrina tracked as she swept through the Caribbean and swept accross the gulf of Mexico to it's destination with one of the most historic and beautiful cities in this country.The officials knew within 72 hours where and how hard Katrina was going to hit. They also knew that thousands of people will flock to a desigated spot as a last resort.These people had no other way out of the city,they were poor and most of them were black.How could it be that no one thought to stock this spot with water,food, a red cross station,port a potties,an organized plan, NOTHING.Could it have beenthat these people didn't matter?
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Not only did they know, but it actually wasn't as bad as was feared. Imagine if it had been a direct hit at full speed.
As you say, were they ready? NO. Did they seem to care that they weren't? No.
(From an article on cnn.com)
"Parts of the planned schedule will be set aside, said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, including legislation on the estate tax.
Congressional leaders were meeting with Bush at the White House on Tuesday, and senators were to get a briefing from Cabinet secretaries later that day on the Gulf Coast recovery efforts.
Frist left no doubt in a news conference Monday that lawmakers would be consumed with helping Katrina victims and conducting hearings on the slow federal response.
He said there would be "finger pointing where it's deserved," and recognition that "mistakes have been made.""
Wait, this administration will recognize that mistakes have been made? That'll be a first. Too bad it took the destruction of a US city (second if you consider NYC) to get there. The finger pointing, that's already started.