Friday, September 23, 2005

Maybe the Saddest Story Out of New Orleans?

Here's an article from Reuters that reports that New Orleans Correctional Officers abandoned their prison, leaving the prisoners locked inside without food, water or electricity.

This tragic disaster will cost us a lot more than money, I'm afraid.

More later...
Paul

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Your Government At Work: Leaping Before Looking Again

If this story doesn't disturb you, nothing will. John Byrne at Raw Story has found that the GOP intends to pass a $52 BILLION relief bill for New Orleans... without letting anyone in the House read it. The House leadership has also denied a measure allowing two hours of discussion of the bill, and they won't let any amendments be made to the bill.

This is democracy in action? I don't think so.

More later...
Paul

Thursday, September 01, 2005

And Now, The End of Civilization...

This story shocks me, and there are a lot of shocking things going on in New Orleans. I just read in another article that the people "sheltered" in the Superdome were actually barricaded in by authorities. They were being contained!

And now the National Guard have been given authorization to "shoot to kill". Is it possible that we will see, before this horrible ordeal is over, a mass killing of Americans by American soldiers on American soil?

More later...
Paul
What Is Going On In New Orleans?

I just read this chilling dispatch from CNN reporter Jim Spellman, as he describes a situation of sheer hopelessness. Tens of thousands of people without food, water or even information and now some of them are beginning to die.

Something has gone terribly wrong, and it has nothing to do with the weather.

More later...
Paul