Re: Katrina cont > today

Did you folks see the thousands stranded at the convention center? Nobody had gotten to them yet...we're talking thousands of people. They are dropping dead on the sidewalk. No water, no food no FEMA. How difficult is it to set up a mobile kitchen and start to feed folks? They can feed thousands of soldiers in an airlift why can't they do it here? They should have done it three days ago.

There are towns in Mississippi that haven't seen anything of a federal presence. Where are they? It has been days. I think that the Administration has really blown this. They tried to take a back seat to state and local governments somehow not understanding that those entities are completely overwhelmed. This has to be a national effort. Why don't they get that? The leadership must come from the top. Enough of the platitudes they are days late already and each day more people die. How long with they wait?

David
http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Katrina cont > today


Don't want to sound picky, but if you are hungry, thirsty, and disenfranchised, "sending in National Guard troops" doesn't quite cut it. National Guard troops are what the Fox News thumb suckers say they need. What the folks really need is help. Real help. Food, water, and a way out of that mess. Now. Not when Haliburton gets a contract. Now. Now. Now.


On Sep 1, 2005, at 7:33 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

They are sending in National Guard troops, Jim, but it's a shame so many of
our NG are on the other side of the world instead of here where we need
them. We are just spread soooooooo thin. Yeah, be patient. I bet many of
those people feel so lost and abandoned.

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Katrina cont > today


The drama that is unfolding in NOLa today is mind-blowing. Dead bodies
piling up in the streets, tens of thousands of people isolated without
food and water, the mayor sending out a national SOS--while his
excellency and his bureaucrats tug at their underwear and keep saying
"Be patient." Absolutely incredible.


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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