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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 01:28 PM
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56. I just appended this post to the Indymedia site:
I have elsewhere encountered speculation (e.g. www.democraticunderground.com ) that posits a motive for the Guard's refusal to let assistance get through until today. The reason, simply, is that the Bush Administration ordered this delay so that they could create a public relations scenario with the President leading the convoy of assistance into New Orleans. If this theory is true, then assistance was withheld from the survivors for several days in order to permit the Administration to do a bit of play-acting in the role of a rescuing hero. Surely a few hundred (or a few thousand) additional, otherwise unnecessary deaths is a small price for the nation to pay so that they may see their President pulling a public relations stunt.
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  -National Guard not allowing aid into the city Minstrel Boy  Sep-02-05 09:44 AM   #0 
  - WHY CAN'T they do both?  still_one   Sep-02-05 09:45 AM   #1 
  - phone number passed on to CBS news. . . .n/t  annabanana   Sep-02-05 09:46 AM   #2 
  - not letting anyone in or out  DrDebug   Sep-02-05 09:47 AM   #3 
  - I read here last night an account that people who reached the  Minstrel Boy   Sep-02-05 09:49 AM   #4 
  - We need to storm the barricades, then!  backtotheuniverse   Sep-02-05 09:52 AM   #7 
  - Let me know if you need help chartering that bus.  lizzieforkerry   Sep-02-05 12:33 PM   #48 
     - I'm seriously considering it - are you near Columbus?  backtotheuniverse   Sep-02-05 01:01 PM   #52 
  - We need to storm the barricades, then!  backtotheuniverse   Sep-02-05 09:52 AM   #8 
  - What's with not letting people OUT? That's absolutely MAD!  LibInTexas   Sep-02-05 09:54 AM   #12 
  - THAT FLIES IN THE FACE OF "MANDATORY EVACUATION!"  zbdent   Sep-02-05 01:59 PM   #66 
  - With the unknown number of dead, cholera and typhoid are real  BR_Parkway   Sep-02-05 04:13 PM   #88 
  - Horrifying  Mike03   Sep-02-05 09:50 AM   #5 
  - Emailing this to all media addresses I can find.  Justyce   Sep-02-05 09:51 AM   #6 
  - This is outrageous...  mogster   Sep-02-05 09:53 AM   #9 
  - Images we need images  randr   Sep-02-05 09:54 AM   #10 
  - They can air drop supplies  insane_cratic_gal   Sep-02-05 09:54 AM   #11 
  - BUSH can tell them to let aid in but he WILL NOT  NYC Liberal   Sep-02-05 09:54 AM   #13 
  - Saddam gassed his own people, Bush starved his own people. n/t  Virginian   Sep-02-05 02:40 PM   #82 
  - Everybody is going to die  Ravenseye   Sep-02-05 09:55 AM   #14 
  - If any developing country acted like this  DBoon   Sep-02-05 09:55 AM   #15 
  - I'm starting to think this way too.  vickitulsa   Sep-02-05 02:22 PM   #77 
  - this can ONLY be by design...we can fight for Iraq...but not for US  cthrumatrix   Sep-02-05 09:55 AM   #16 
  - I think you are right  slay   Sep-02-05 01:53 PM   #61 
  - Do they really think anyone is giving a shit  dogday   Sep-02-05 09:55 AM   #17 
  - CHARLIE RANGEL, HILLARY, BILL - THEY HAVE POWER  Pallas180   Sep-02-05 09:58 AM   #18 
  - CONGRESS PHONE NUMBERS  Pallas180   Sep-02-05 10:09 AM   #23 
  - Who the hell is ordering them to block basic sustenance supplies?  Just Me   Sep-02-05 09:59 AM   #19 
  - same people that decided not to think of "boats" when there is water  cthrumatrix   Sep-02-05 10:01 AM   #21 
  - they order shoot to kill  mshasta   Sep-02-05 10:00 AM   #20 
  - WHAT???!!!!!?????  Pacifist Patriot   Sep-02-05 10:03 AM   #22 
  - ,,,  sfexpat2000   Sep-02-05 10:12 AM   #24 
  - MINSTREL BOY - I CALLED CHARLIE RANGEL'S OFFICE  Pallas180   Sep-02-05 10:14 AM   #25 
  - They are not allowing help ---- now think why that is ?????????????????  cthrumatrix   Sep-02-05 10:34 AM   #28 
  - Seriously, WTF?!?!!! The feds KNOW people are starving and,...  Just Me   Sep-02-05 10:37 AM   #29 
  - Thank you Pallas! n/t  Minstrel Boy   Sep-02-05 10:39 AM   #30 
  - MINSTREL boy - spoke with Schumer's office...has anything  Pallas180   Sep-02-05 10:41 AM   #31 
     - I copied the original post from New Orleans Indymedia  Minstrel Boy   Sep-02-05 10:43 AM   #32 
  - might be worthwhile to tell the UN also n/t  wli   Sep-02-05 11:09 AM   #37 
  - did ya see the guy on CNN....  grasswire   Sep-02-05 10:16 AM   #26 
  - Do you suppose this will change right after Dubya's visit  Spike from MN   Sep-02-05 10:33 AM   #27 
  - It won't make him look like a hero.  Telly Savalas   Sep-02-05 11:39 AM   #39 
  - I think that was the White House's plan....  RedEarth   Sep-02-05 01:14 PM   #55 
  - And they are STILL stranded at the Convention Center.  Zenlitened   Sep-02-05 10:45 AM   #33 
  - CNN they embedded the reporters - Convention C. still no food/water  Pallas180   Sep-02-05 10:52 AM   #35 
     - no pics -embedded reporters - cover-up of ? dead? maltreatment?  Pallas180   Sep-02-05 10:55 AM   #36 
     - Cindy did a number on Bush's ratings -doing what he does best- lie-deceive  Imagevision   Sep-02-05 01:08 PM   #53 
  - Hospitals in Outlying Areas Say:Where are the patients?  JPZenger   Sep-02-05 10:47 AM   #34 
  - they made a major error in thinking we can't see thru their BS  cthrumatrix   Sep-02-05 12:23 PM   #46 
  - Kick.  tanyev   Sep-02-05 11:13 AM   #38 
  - RACISM pure and simple!  mzmolly   Sep-02-05 11:40 AM   #40 
  - We've actually graduated right on up to GENOCIDE n/t  Eloriel   Sep-02-05 02:02 PM   #67 
  - Why can't they help these people?  wildeyed   Sep-02-05 11:50 AM   #41 
  - Last nite on one of the scanners  cat_hair   Sep-02-05 12:09 PM   #42 
  - Well, Bush is coming for his photo op this afternoon  Minstrel Boy   Sep-02-05 12:17 PM   #43 
  - He can cram his plastic turkeys where the sun don't shine!  mom cat   Sep-02-05 02:29 PM   #78 
  - God what weasels...  DirtyDawg   Sep-02-05 12:21 PM   #44 
  - Keeping this kicked. n/t  tasteblind   Sep-02-05 12:22 PM   #45 
  - Minstrel Boy, I was watching the local news on the NBC affiliate  Penndems   Sep-02-05 12:31 PM   #47 
  - The big helicopters came in at noon. Right on time.  elehhhhna   Sep-02-05 12:35 PM   #49 
  - And the supplies and troops arrive just in time...  ehrnst   Sep-02-05 12:36 PM   #50 
  - There were tons of reports of recusers, etc. being turned away yesterday  kerry-is-my-prez   Sep-02-05 12:59 PM   #51 
  - Waiting for *Bush to arrive  lulu   Sep-02-05 01:13 PM   #54 
  - I just appended this post to the Indymedia site:  Jackpine Radical   Sep-02-05 01:28 PM   #56 
  - Good grief, no -- the photo op is just opportunistic, not the cause  Eloriel   Sep-02-05 02:09 PM   #70 
  - kick  ima_sinnic   Sep-02-05 01:34 PM   #57 
  - THEY WITHHELD RELIEF TO WAIT FOR BUSH'S PHOTO OP  Beetwasher   Sep-02-05 01:46 PM   #58 
  - DingDingDingDing WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!! nt  Spock_is_Skeptical   Sep-02-05 01:48 PM   #59 
  - My friend in Opelousas, LA said her town sent boats  vickitulsa   Sep-02-05 01:50 PM   #60 
  - the only relief to be shown was "the bush pr caravan" didn't matter if  cthrumatrix   Sep-02-05 01:58 PM   #65 
  - Death and the Bush presidency  emrenz   Sep-02-05 01:56 PM   #62 
  - Oooops there it is!  seemslikeadream   Sep-02-05 01:57 PM   #63 
  - I saw water/food coming in on tv?  demo dutch   Sep-02-05 01:58 PM   #64 
  - I am ashamed for my country n/t  bostonbabs   Sep-02-05 02:05 PM   #68 
  - Well we saw something loaded on trucks, but we didnt see  Pallas180   Sep-02-05 02:05 PM   #69 
  - The evidence for MIHOP/LIHOP keeps piling up  Eloriel   Sep-02-05 02:11 PM   #71 
  - Something else to add to the mix...  Hell Hath No Fury   Sep-02-05 02:21 PM   #75 
  - Okay, okay, I get it now -- this is without ANY doubt in my mind  Eloriel   Sep-02-05 02:43 PM   #83 
  - Did he take pictures?  zalinda   Sep-02-05 04:49 PM   #89 
  - Could you please post this repository of info like you did during the  mom cat   Sep-02-05 02:38 PM   #80 
  - kick  ima_sinnic   Sep-02-05 02:19 PM   #72 
  - PR at its most murderous. (nt)  stickdog   Sep-02-05 02:20 PM   #73 
  - Here's the Nasty Reason for Locking Down NOLA: Quarantine  leveymg   Sep-02-05 02:21 PM   #74 
  - unsolicited praise for minstrel boy  jokerman93   Sep-02-05 02:21 PM   #76 
  - totally undeserved, but thank you  Minstrel Boy   Sep-02-05 02:52 PM   #87 
  - OMFG -- look at this re the NAVY  Eloriel   Sep-02-05 02:37 PM   #79 
  - Randi Rhodes talks about the same RIGHT NOW  marekjed   Sep-02-05 02:38 PM   #81 
  - Add this to the disgrace..more info on turnbacks:  mom cat   Sep-02-05 02:47 PM   #84 
  - * is a murderer  paineinthearse   Sep-02-05 02:50 PM   #85 
  - Va. Police and EMTs Can't Get Permission to Enter Louisiana  JPZenger   Sep-02-05 02:50 PM   #86 
  - Locking.  pinto   Sep-02-05 05:01 PM   #90 
 

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