On 9/2/05 5:48 PM, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm just wondering how Vaj knows how is friend is doing...
Originally by phone from his apartment, then from payphones with lots of
quarters, now with a calling card. We relay through email. Got him
registered for Red Cross over phone.
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The nature of the catastrophe, and the lack of Federal help;
Deserves a look at our government;
At the highest level.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel
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The nature of the catastrophe, and the lack of Federal help;
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The nature of the catastrophe, and the lack of Federal help;
Deserves a look at our government;
At the highest level.
Where does the
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You tell me what your amazing rescue effort is accomplishing
right now.
It's not my amazing rescue effort. How would I know what it
On 9/2/05 8:19 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry, but it's NOT being distorted by the media.
Yes it is. There are reporting on the areas they have access to--esp. The
convention center and the Superdome. What you're not seeing is the hospitals
where the people in medical distress
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
WATCH THE TUBE.
There's on-site blogging being done here --
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
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On 9/2/05 9:01 AM, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
WATCH THE TUBE.
There's on-site blogging being done here --
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
The most up-to-date info can be found at or
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 8:19 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry, but it's NOT being distorted by the media.
Yes it is. There are reporting on the areas they have access to--
esp. The convention center and the Superdome.
On 9/2/05 9:09 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Keep in mind you have numerous HOSPITALS which lost electricity and
some are completely surrounded by water. In such a situation, these
people will take first priority to people standing around.
No, sorry, but there's no damn
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 9:09 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Keep in mind you have numerous HOSPITALS which lost electricity
and
some are completely surrounded by water. In such a situation,
these
people will take
On 9/2/05 9:51 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, no, no. You're not getting it. It isn't a
matter of blaming, it's a matter of getting the
feds to ACT in a halfway effective manner.
Are you're expecting that to happen?
Fed response to disasters is always the last to arrive.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 9:51 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, no, no. You're not getting it. It isn't a
matter of blaming, it's a matter of getting the
feds to ACT in a halfway effective manner.
Are you're expecting
On 9/2/05 10:25 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's been public knowledge since WEDNESDAY that
people were gathering at the Convention Center
without food, water, or medical care. It's been
all over the tube.
It has been well televised.
What they aren't telling you is it's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fed response to disasters is always the last to arrive. Why the NOLA
officials don't have an effective mechanism in place and channel of
communication with FEMA, et al is beyond me. Apparently they didn't
even let
the Feds
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 10:25 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's been public knowledge since WEDNESDAY that
people were gathering at the Convention Center
without food, water, or medical care. It's been
all over the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002
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FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency, that's their job, the
FEDERAL response to national EMERGENCIES, in conjunction with the
National Guard. In fact, these people used to do their job very well
- don't
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FEMA's budget has been significantly cut, that Bush fired the very
competent head of FEMA and replaced him with a friend whose last job
was a lawyer for an arabian horse association and who has no
disaster
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002
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FEMA's budget has been significantly cut, that Bush fired the very
competent head of FEMA and replaced him with a friend whose last
On 9/2/05 11:09 AM, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It was well known that over 100,000 would be unable to leave NO with
one day notice, it was in the disaster management plan. 27% of the
pop does not own cars, a popular tourist destination with tens of
thousands tourists stuck,
On 9/2/05 11:11 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And he's told the people at the Convention Center
that food and water is available within walking
distance, has he?
You'd have to ask him, but anyone from NOLA would be aware as they are
connected and dry.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Like I said before, the disaster plan was written assuming you
WOUILD have a car.
No. No, it wasn't. The planners knew there would be
at least 100,000 people who wouldn't be able to leave
on short notice.
They just chose
On 9/2/05 11:15 AM, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't forget that FEMA is no longer its own federal
agency. It was absorbed into the (cough) Homeland
Security Department, an organization so disorganized
and mismanaged so far that even its right-wing
supporters say it's a
You liberals are correct! Katrina is all Bush's fault! Why didn't he
stop Katrina? Katrina is a vast right-wing conspiracy! Impeach Bush--
that will definitely help the situation immediately!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 9/2/05 12:42 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, I see. So they're just being stubborn, then.
huge merciful snip
No you don't. Any conclusions you draw are your own and in no way reflect
what I was saying.
I simply commented I know a poor person who is has walked over there and
On 9/2/05 12:59 PM, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No you don't. Any conclusions you draw are your own and in no way reflect
what I was saying.
I simply commented I know a poor person who is has walked over there and
also back to the FQ. He was able to eat and get water.
Actually just
In a message dated 9/2/05 1:25:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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???
There are 200,000 people currently inside New Orleans from what I have
read. Within a few days, they will ALL be sick or even dying.You tell
me what your amazing rescue effort is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 12:42 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, I see. So they're just being stubborn, then.
huge merciful snip
No you don't. Any conclusions you draw are your own and in no way
reflect what I was
On 9/2/05 1:57 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So what you're saying is that just about everyone
at the Convention Center knows that food and water
are available within walking distance.
Actually it just arrived.
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In a message dated 9/2/05 9:15:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Fed
response to disasters is always the last to arrive. Why the NOLAofficials
don't have an effective mechanism in place and channel ofcommunication
with FEMA, et al is beyond me. Apparently
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Actually just heard again from my friend in the FQ. Here's what I
have:
People are going around offering water food they loot to other
survivors with mantras of may you never thirst fear is the
mind killer.
In a message dated 9/2/05 9:45:52 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It has
been well televised.What they aren't telling you is it's connected to
a whole section of the FQwhich is "high and dry". I have a friend still in
the FQ who has walked overseveral times to
On 9/2/05 2:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/2/05 9:45:52 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It has been well televised.
What they aren't telling you is it's connected to a whole section of the FQ
which is high and dry. I have a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/2/05 9:15:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Fed response to disasters is always the last to arrive. Why the
NOLA
officials don't have an effective mechanism in place and channel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 2:22 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Violence is minimal-- most people are pulling together helping
each other
snip
Buses did turn
On 9/2/05 2:22 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah. Maybe that's why they didn't all just take
a little stroll and help themselves to food and
water. You think?
Subject: Crack Head Insurgents Shooting up New Orleans
Stories the news media are unwilling to report:
When New
On 9/2/05 2:47 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gee, I could have sworn you just said something like,
Violence is minimal-- most people are pulling together
helping each other.
Try to think outside the box Judy, I can't spell out every little thing you
don't get (which based on
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Time for Impeachment?'
On 9/2/05 2:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/2/05 9:15:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Fed response to disasters is always the last to arrive. Why the NOLA
officials don't
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 2:47 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gee, I could have sworn you just said something like,
Violence is minimal-- most people are pulling together
helping each other.
Try to think outside the box
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 8:19 AM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry, but it's NOT being distorted by the media.
Yes it is. There are reporting on the areas they have access to--
esp. The
convention center and the Superdome.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 11:15 AM, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't forget that FEMA is no longer its own federal
agency. It was absorbed into the (cough) Homeland
Security Department, an organization so disorganized
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 12:42 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, I see. So they're just being stubborn, then.
huge merciful snip
No you don't. Any conclusions you draw are your own and in no way
reflect
what I was
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams
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What I would like to know is: post 9-11, what does the
legislation - both federal and state -- say about disasters
and terrorist attacks and whose responsibility it is to make
the plans and to deal with
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 2:22 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Actually just heard again from my friend in the FQ. Here's what I
have:
People are
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I would like to know is: post 9-11, what does the
legislation - both federal and state -- say about disasters
and terrorist attacks and whose responsibility it is to make
the plans and to deal with
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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'The Blame Game'
By Michelle Malkin
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003447.htm
It appears from the blog that one of the causes of levees not being
built/strenghened was environmental laws! an egret
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/05 2:22 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Actually
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk
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'The Blame Game'
By Michelle Malkin
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003447.htm
It appears from the blog that one of the
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On 9/2/05 2:22 PM, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In
In a message dated 9/2/05 6:51:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It
appears from the blog that one of the causes of levees not being
built/strenghened was environmental laws! an egret nest lay in the
path!
Damned birds!
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In a message dated 9/2/05 7:14:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
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Highly
unlikely any storekeepers will be comingback to claim them at this
point.The correct term for taking food and water in thissituation
would be "scavenging," not "looting."
I had heard
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The nature of the catastrophe, and the lack of Federal help;
Deserves a look at our government;
At the highest level.
Where does the buck stop in the summer of 2005?
R.Gimbel Seattle,WA..Usa.
It is not the amount of money spent that really counts;
It's the results, on the ground.
On the ground now, in New Orleans, is a lack of help.
Watch any news broadcast; read any paper; it is there in black and
white and color.
What is and has been spent in Iraq, is beyond imagination;
And what
It seems to be reaching a certain pitch of questioning;
As to what the hell is going on.
History has shown;
That in times of true need;
True leaders, rise to the occassion.
Let's hope we're not too far gone.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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