Unrelated issues. The federal government made recovery money available to the state and local levels. They did this so the citizens, and their elected representatives, those people that actually live there, can decide how the money is spent.
I've been listening to probably the same radio news you have of late. I know there are tons of problems, but to be honest look how much has actually been done in one year. 1500 people were killed there, millions evacuated, and yet there is still a city, still businesses. I'd say that New Orleans is reasonably lucky. Luck to be in the US where we do actually try and take care of each other. Not everything is going to be done at once. You know something about human medicine, from reading you over the years. You know what triage is correct? That same process of prioritization has to take place, especially when you're talking about millions of people, and billions of dollars. Don't get me wrong, I WISH everything could be fixed at once, but you know that's just not possible. Hell with the shortage of workers they have down there I am surprised they have gotten as far as they have. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: What today means to me > > you know what it means to me? It means we can afford a stupid war in > Baghdad, but we can't affort to get the water turned on in the lower 9th > Ward. I know I am not from New Orleans, but I think that's wrong. > > On 8/29/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have been forced to look back on the past year and think of what today > > means to me. Being the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina devastating my > > home > > and my life it should mean something, or at least that is what the > pundits > > and talking heads seem to imply. But it really doesn't. > > > > Today is just another day. I had to drive the 50+ miles into my job and > > see > > all of the homes and businesses still damaged from the storm. Some are > > being repaired, some are still just shells, some are just debris piles > > waiting for the bulldozer. I have been seeing this for every day of the > > last 9 months so it really isn't anything to me. Not anymore. > > > > Today is just another day to listen to the politicians make points on my > > back. Hey C Ray! Where have you been the past 2 months? Your city > needs > > you, but you are earning frequent flier miles instead. > > > > I know the nation needs to be reminded, but they will forget us again > > tomorrow. That is human nature. > > > > Enjoy your good feelings today, I'm going to keep working on the > recovery > > of > > my life. > > > > -- > > Russel Madere > > > > -------------------- > > Never Again! > > Rebuild New Orleans with Category 5 Protection > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214423 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
