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Re: Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory

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From: Chris
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:04
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"Obwon" <obllOob@att.net> wrote in message
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> Please Phil, there were offers of help pouring in from
> all over the world.  Bush kept them out by refusing
> aid.  There was plenty of food and water in NO, it was
> in the stores that had been abandoned.  Obviously there
> was a plan...   To see to it that as many people would
> die as could be killed by benevolent neglect.  Everyone
> was working hard to keep aid,  food and water from
> coming in.  Or do you somehow believe that it takes
> three days to drive trucks from Texas and Fla to NO?
>
> There was plenty of food and plenty of water just a
> state line or two away.  Now,  you tell me what stopped
> them from reaching the people who were starving to
> death for three days.
>
> Or, better still, don't bother to try,  kick back and
> have another one of your improperly made homebrews that
> have been damaging your brain.  I'd really rather you
> seek help,  but I know that you won't bother,  you
> can't see what's wrong with Bush,  so how can you see
> what's wrong with yourself?
>
>   Obwon

Yeah, it is funny how kids could steal school busses to get people out but
the government couldn't get military trucks in for three days.....those must
be some damn powerful busses. Oops, I ruined another one of the bush
faithfuls arguments...damn me all to hell.

>
> On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:47:31 GMT, felton
> <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:09:07 -0400, Phil <dogglebe@yahoooo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Here's a portion of the Katrina timeline, as per CBC News:
> >>
> >>http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/katrina/katrina_timeline.html
> >>
> >>Aug. 28, 2005
> >>Katrina grows into a Category 5 storm with 260 km/h winds, and heads
> >>for the northern Gulf coast. Mayor Nagin orders a mandatory evacuation
> >>for New Orleans, but 10 shelters are also set up, including the
> >>Superdome, for those unable to leave. Evacuation orders are posted all
> >>along the Mississippi coast. Alabama Governor Bob Riley declares a
> >>state of emergency.
> >>
> >>Aug. 29, 2005
> >>Katrina, now a Category 4 hurricane with 230 km/h winds, makes
> >>landfall near Buras, La., at 6:10 a.m. CT (7:10 a.m. ET). U.S.
> >>President Bush makes emergency disaster declarations for Louisiana and
> >>Mississippi, freeing up federal funds. Katrina rips two holes in the
> >>Superdome's roof, with some 10,000 people inside. At least eight Gulf
> >>Coast refineries shut down or reduce operations. Airports close in New
> >>Orleans, Baton Rouge, La., Biloxi, Miss., Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola,
> >>Fla. Hundreds of flights are canceled or diverted.
> >>
> >>Aug. 30, 2005
> >>The death toll in Mississippi rises to more than 100. Two levees break
> >>in New Orleans and water pours in, covering 80 per cent of the city
> >>and rising in some areas to six metres deep. Many people climb onto
> >>roofs to escape. Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco says everyone
> >>still in New Orleans - an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people - must be
> >>gotten out. Crowds swell at the Superdome and the convention centre in
> >>New Orleans. Rescuers in helicopters and boats pick up hundreds of
> >>stranded people in New Orleans, and reports of looting begin to
> >>emerge. About 40,000 people are in American Red Cross shelters, not
> >>including in New Orleans. President Bush cuts short his vacation.
> >>
> >>
> >>Read August twenty-ninth carefully.  The day the hurricane reached New
> >>Orleans, Bush took action.
> >>
> >>
> >>Phil
> >>======
> >
> >Oh please.
> >
> >Here is a much more detailed timeline that reflects just how much
> >"action" the Bush administration took.
> >
> >http://www.thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline
> >
>
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>   the desire not to be deceived.
>                         --Sissela Bok
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