the_alliance said:questions that need to be answered? angrier at Bush? not helping tsunami victims? keeping these people in our thoughts? wtf!
we should be helping them not keeping them in our thoughts and definitely not blaming Bush. blaming Bush is way too easy and pointless.
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Jinnie said:Oh, a natural disaster is entirely Bush's fault. Haven't you heard.
I love liberals.
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Phoenix 47 said:I feel so terrible...I wish I could do more for New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast, but about all I can do is help hold fundraisers and give money.
At least there are finally some countries sending aid...finally!
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accepting or excepting? two very different meaningsJamison said:Actually Canada and Jamaica were going to send people and troops to help us...but we refused their services. Now it appears we are excepting monatary aid from countries...which is good, and I'm glad our global community is helping.
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the_alliance said:accepting or excepting? two very different meanings
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Vaughn_Lovah said:Things like this bring out either the best or the worst in people. It is a shame that they are acting like this.
Looters walking over dead bodies in houses to take what they can. It all just disgusts me.
Every minute that those levees stay unplugged matters a great deal. I wish they could hurry and get that done so they could go ahead and pump out the water. People are walking around in that nasty contaminated water with open wounds and diseases are going to spread if they don't do something soon.
I have no idea when I will be able to go back home. I can't even estimate a time. As of right now...I have no job. I don't plan on going back until the place is in a little bit more order and they get power and water under control. Like I said...who knows when that will be.
And Jamison is right about every reason that people didn't leave. People had their reasons. Some couldn't do anything about it.
Most of the people in New Orleans don't have cars because its such a big city so they use public transportation. There was nothing they could do.
Some people didn't expect it to be so bad. The older ones thought that if they stayed during Camille and survived than they could survive this one. They never even dreamed of seeing a storm this much stronger than Camille. This storm was just unreal. I'm still having a hard time getting my head around all this. I don't think it has really hit me yet. I know it will when I see it for myself.
The country just wasn't prepared for this. There should have been more help close by and ready to help. I don't really know who is to blame for it but theres nothing we can do now but point a finger.
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Vaughn_Lovah said:Things like this bring out either the best or the worst in people. It is a shame that they are acting like this.
Looters walking over dead bodies in houses to take what they can. It all just disgusts me.
Every minute that those levees stay unplugged matters a great deal. I wish they could hurry and get that done so they could go ahead and pump out the water. People are walking around in that nasty contaminated water with open wounds and diseases are going to spread if they don't do something soon.
I have no idea when I will be able to go back home. I can't even estimate a time. As of right now...I have no job. I don't plan on going back until the place is in a little bit more order and they get power and water under control. Like I said...who knows when that will be.
And Jamison is right about every reason that people didn't leave. People had their reasons. Some couldn't do anything about it.
Most of the people in New Orleans don't have cars because its such a big city so they use public transportation. There was nothing they could do.
Some people didn't expect it to be so bad. The older ones thought that if they stayed during Camille and survived than they could survive this one. They never even dreamed of seeing a storm this much stronger than Camille. This storm was just unreal. I'm still having a hard time getting my head around all this. I don't think it has really hit me yet. I know it will when I see it for myself.
The country just wasn't prepared for this. There should have been more help close by and ready to help. I don't really know who is to blame for it but theres nothing we can do now but point a finger.
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Julia08 said:In my opinion the federal government isn't doing enough. I live in Dallas and I went downtown to the reunion area, and though people were better of than in New Orleans, it still wasn't too good. I brought a lot of clothes and water, it was heartbreaking to see all those people. They looked like walking zombies, in a state of confusion and fear. One of the little girls came up to me, and asked if I had any toys. When I gave her a teddy bear, she looked like she had won the lottery...
Everyone there was really thankful to the media, one of the women I met said she has family in the Convention center, if it wasn't for the media then the 'government' wouldn't even know about them.
As far as the looters, I think that there are two kinds: Ones who stole to survive, and ones that stole to get rich. For latter I feel anger and the former were doing what was nessacary to survive!
-Jules-
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White_Rabbit said:I don't think anyone is stealing to get rich. No one's thinking about making money now, they need to live.
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