Jeff Spellman CNN Producer in NO just reported people dying

[Fla Dem]

at the Superdome and there is nothing anyone can do about it. No services, water, etc. Bodies cannot be removed. Situation going from bad to worse.

Not specific quote, but close.

[fasttense]

1. I heard that. He called it chaos. Where is the leadership??????

[SoCalDem]

7. Hiding..like he did after 9-11...

and hanging back like he did for the tsunami..He's waiting for someone to tell him what he should do..

So far he has flown over and said..looks bad..and then relaxed pollution regs on gas that will further enrich his pals, and break the budget for us.. What a guy:eyes:

[tsuki]

23. Where the Hell are the dems? They should be screaming blue,

bloody murder. If they were, maybe the feds would find some solutions.

[riverwalker]

2. 72 hours without water

the governments neglect is becoming criminal.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. little wonder people are shooting

a human tragedy unfolding on TV.
The breakdown of society
The complete and utter social decay - as predicted repeatedly by experts.

[corkhead]

6. let's ask Pat Robertson why this is happening

:sarcasm:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. Here's guessing he agrees with these guys:

http://www.repentamerica.com/pr_hurricanekatrina.html

[vptpt]

28. Oh, so I guess that means it's partially MY fault then

Sorry about that.

These people make me sick.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

32. Yes, how dare you cause a category 5 hurricane!!

What were you thinking?! :sarcasm:

Honestly, I fear for all of us with assholes like them running around.

[arwalden]

44. Because GOD HATES NEW ORLEANS.

[Zynx]

4. Without water, people will start dying in droves.

We may well lose more people than we did on 9/11.

[nonconformist]

18. I think that is practically a mathematical certainty at this point. nt

[EnfantTerrible]

19. Where are all of these bottled water corporations?

Where is Poland Spring and those of their ilk? They should be shipping cases and cases of bottled water to be helicoptered in!

[Fla Dem]

27. That is a certainty. Already predicting 10's of thousands. It's criminal

and someone should be brought up on charges for dereliction of duty....POTUS.

[Pirate Smile]

5. Earlier I heard Miles O'Brien say it seems like an Armageddon movie

about the aftermath of a nuclear war.

[malaise]

10. So why the hell 400 buses arrived without

water and other emergency supplies. FUCK!!

[Pirate Smile]

26. Another reporter came across a make-shift triage center on I-10 right

outside of town. I can't remember if she said there are hundreds or thousands. She said they haven't had water or food for days. It is like a third world country. Everyone has a heartbreaking story - searching for family, a woman holding up a 7 day old baby begging for help saying the baby is dehydrated, a woman yelling that her kid has asthma and needs help.

She said there are just not enough people to help. Mathematically, it is overwhelming. There are not enough people to help all the desperate people.

Where is the water? I just can't understand how they have been so completely incompetent.:cry:

[Fla Dem]

41. Exactly, makes no sense at all. n/t

[KittyWampus]

11. actually, the reptilian "survivor" image has been imprinted on our

collective psyches by these movies.

We all have the inner reptile. the tv programs and movies have helped reinforce it, I'm afraid.

[Skwmom]

8. I just watched that piece. CNN PLEASE get rid of that twit Daryn

I thought her demeanor as she was talking to the CNN reporter was totally inappropriate. She might as well have been reporting on a day at the races.

[Skwmom]

13. Why in the heck has no water been delivered?

This is pathetic!

[Fla Dem]

30. Agree, I was stuned at her lack of reaction to Jeff spellman's report.

He may as well have said it's a sunny day here in NO.

[Pirate Smile]

34. Rush told her everything is great.

[mountainvue]

42. She has been driving me crazy for the last several

days. She's not up to this. Isn't there anyone else they could get?

[Ganja Ninja]

9. DAMN IT!

I'm so sick of seeing this crap. These lame incompetent morons need to be dragged out of the White House right now. I don't care if we have to replace them with a military junta. We need them gone now!

[KharmaTrain]

14. Chertoff Reading A Damn Press Release

He's telling us how September is "Disaster Preparedness Month". Uh, fuckwad...we have a disaster going on and you're a major reason those people are dehydrating and in a living hell. All this weaseldick is doing is reading a prepared speech. Why isn't he in New Orleans???

Sickening...

[leftchick]

15. MSRNC reporter said it looks like a 3rd world country

I am shocked that bush is really letting these people die on our tvs.

[AlCzervik]

16. it does, everytime i turn on the tv i cannot believe this is America

[peacebuzzard]

17. I heard that yesterday as a comment from a foreign newspaper.

Is it true? OMG

[gollygee]

20. There has got to be some way to get these folks drinking water

It's been what 4 days now? Why isn't there tons of water down there! Airlifts or something! This is crazy!

[preciousdove]

21. If buses can reach the dome why not water?

:sarcasm:

[Seabiscuit]

39. Because: 1. Shrub still hasn't sent enough personnel there; 2. At least

a dozen foreign countries have offered aid; Shrub hasn't yet allowed them to help.

Shrub had enough notice a full week ago that this hurricane was going to be a monster killer. He should have mobilized all the federal aid necessary a week ago. Instead, he was riding his bike, eating cake, attending fundraisers, spouting insane homilies about Iraq to his kool-aid minions, and swinging his golf club.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

48. that would be admitting a mistake - which he never will

there is something spooky about watching him. I believe more and more that he is tortured by personal demons and has problems with reality. He is, bar none, the worst president from whom we have ever suffered.

FOREIGN AID? To Bush's Amerika? NEVER!

[SammyWinstonJack]

52. Why wasn't truckloads of water brought into the Superdome the

day they opened for a shelter? They knew tons of water would be needed!

[peacetalksforall]

22. One reason for death - dehydration - do you think that those who moaned

over Terri not getting water feel equally compassionate?

Does anyone have the voting records of those who supported and fought the money for the levees?

Pardon my bitterness and doubt. In a few months time, we have been given a great big look at values.

Learning a lesson is a blessing. Maybe.

Ask:

Will we go on letting corporations get away with abusing the law and electing leaders who allow them to do it?
Will we go on allowing the government to turn over public lands so that their above and below the ground earth resources and ozone protectors can be turned over to corporations and our leaders who allow it?
Will the stockholders of all those corporations keep on propping up the corporations and profiting from them?

Are our tax dollars being spent the right way. Hell no!

[oasis]

35. Re:Terri Schaivo.....No GOP congress rushing back to DC for Katrina.

New dimensions in hypocrisy.

[Dogmudgeon]

24. Hell comes to Crescent City

The inside of the Superdome is said to smell half like a toilet, half like a garbage pit, with a hint of eau de morgue. The air conditioning broke down within a few hours, there weren't enough sanitary supplies on hand, and a hundred other details were not worked out.

There have been many assaults, a few shootings, at least one suicide, and a couple of rapes, including the rape of a little girl. At mid-day it's as hot as a sauna, and insects have found the place.

It's only marginally better outside, as the hurricane has ushered in a heat wave, the water is putrid, bodies are swelling, and insects are having a very good season, indeed.

There is no leadership. Governor Blanco is over her head in this. But the blundering fool of a president has made a very powerful statement against looting. Period. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has done just about the same.

Last I heard, 21,000 National Guard troops, most from the same states that were hit, had been deployed -- by the governors, not the President. One hospital ship is en route. But Bush sprang into action to help the oil companies which have lost precious property.

There are literally a thousand disasters that could happen to anyone, at any time. But from this moment on, we should know that our President will not break even the lightest sweat to help us out. From here on out, we're on our own.

And oh, by the way, NO LOOTING!

--p!

[Fla Dem]

38. Of course Blanco is in over her head. This is a NATIONAL Disaster and

requires the full federal government to coordinate the response. One governor CANNOT deal with an emergency of this magnitude. Someone has to declare this a Federal Emergency and get the US Military involved, not just the national guard. This requires military coordination, No state infrastructure could possibly manage this catastrophe.

[Dogmudgeon]

53. Exactly -- and well said

The leadership needs to come from the top, but the top was too busy with other things to take the time to actually lead.

I personally don't know what's so difficult about leading that Bush doesn't like to do it. He has tens of thousands of people who can advise him about everything that's going on. And there are well-drawn plans for civil disaster intervention -- especially for New Orleans -- that supposedly only require acting on. Yet he refuses to do so.

He's been on a "I don't have a magic wand" and "I can't just snap my fingers" kick lately. What is it with him? I don't know of any ideology that demands inaction in crisis situations. Plenty of right-wingers have also taken notice of this. And while it may seem puzzling to me, it's hundreds of thousands of people in the Gulf Coast who are paying for Bush to act like Brainless Hamlet.

--p!
To be or ... somethin' else. What was the question? I can't just snap my fingers, or I'd be snappin'! Facin' the slings an' arrows of outrageous fortuosity is hard work!

[latebloomer]

25. So the Dome has not been fully evacuated?

I thought all the people were sent to Houston.

[AlCzervik]

29. no, there were almost 30,000 people there and they are moving them by bus

about 50 at a time, it's going to take days to move them all out.

[latebloomer]

33. Thanks for the reply

Also, I just saw in LBN that the evacuation was suspended after shots were fired at a NG helicopter!?!

[Pirate Smile]

36. I think that is the helicopter evacuations, not the bus although

everything is so confused nobody knows.

CNN did report that someone called and said the buses never stopped, it was the helicopters that stopped.

[Pirate Smile]

31. It is not even close plus there are thousands who have come to the

Superdome because it is where they were told they can get help. CNN reported that officials said the refugees outside the Dome aren't going to be evacuated to Houston.

I'm sure it is so terrible inside that the first priority is getting them out of there but now it is also surrounded by thousands more desperate for help.

[MadHound]

37. Jesus Christ, hasn't anybody heard of the term "airdrop"

Start flying in C-130 transports with supplies, food, water, medicine packed onto pallets with a parachute attached, and kick it all out the back door at the right moment. Sheesh, are these fools fucking clueless? We've done this before, so it isn't like it's a new concept:grr:

[Roland99]

45. The Propagandist told Diane Sawyer on GMA that airdrops are inefficient

ASSHOLE!

[MadHound]

49. Inefficient? WTF!

Gee, and I suppose that's why they supply troops in the field via airdrops, or people who are trapped in floods, or firefighters in the back country. Jesus H. Christ on a pogostick! I swear, this goddamn asshole of a so called leader just wants all these people to die!

Inefficient or not, right now it is the only fucking way to get supplies to these people now before they start dying in droves! My god, the horror that we have to be saddled with this know nothing, cares less, asshole when it really counts:grr::grr:

[Why Syzygy]

50. If only they had some

propaganda leaflets. They know how to drop those.

This is another utter disgrace perpetrated by George Boy Wonder.

[1932]

40. Ok. Let's get this straight. The storm came and went on Monday.

The levee broke almost 24 hours later. Many people died. Now people who survived the levee break are dying days after that happened.

The storm was an act of god, or whatever. But all the failures aftewards seems to have a strong human component.

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

43. Shouldn't * and brother Jeb be handing out bottled water?

LIke they did in Florida a year or two ago, after one of Florida's hurricanes?

:sarcasm:

[Fla Dem]

46. 11:05, he just reported again, saw a baby die. n/t

[samsingh]

47. isn't cnn going to praise bush for his faith?

[Why Syzygy]

51. Yes, isn't Jesus just a swell guy? n/t