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Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« on: February 20, 2009, 07:32:28 PM »
This crap pisses me off.

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jefferson_dem  (1000+ posts)        Fri Feb-20-09 03:36 PM
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Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama said Friday that residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast still are trying to rebuild three years after Hurricane Katrina and have not received the support they deserve from Washington.

His words amounted to sharp, though indirect, criticism of former President George W. Bush's oversight of the Katrina recovery efforts. Katrina was blamed for more than 1,600 deaths and $41 billion in property damage.

"The residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast who are helping rebuild are heroes who believe in their communities and they are succeeding despite the fact that they have not always received the support they deserve from the federal government," Obama said in a statement. "We must ensure that the failures of the past are never repeated."

Bush was widely believed to have botched the response to the devastating storm of August 2005 by being too slow to respond. The country watched in shame as the catastrophe cemented images of Bush being out-of-touch: flying over a flooded New Orleans, praising his beleaguered emergency management chief for a "heckuva job."

To provide more support, Obama said he would extend the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, a position created by Bush that was set to expire at the end of this month, until September.

The president also is dispatching two Cabinet secretaries to visit New Orleans and other storm-ravaged parts of the Gulf Coast. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan will tour the region March 5-6.

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3 freaking years ago and they still need help ?

Ike hit us last September and we're pretty much back to normal here in Houston.

And the people in Galveston and Bolivar aren't waiting for Washington DC to save them.

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firedupdem  (1000+ posts)      Fri Feb-20-09 03:39 PM
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1. More good news! n/t


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DevonRex  (1000+ posts)      Fri Feb-20-09 03:41 PM
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2. Wow. We actually have a President, ladies and gentlemen. K&R.


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Thrill  (1000+ posts)        Fri Feb-20-09 03:49 PM
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3. Shame on the Governor of that state. Shame on him


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xenussister  (110 posts)      Fri Feb-20-09 04:10 PM
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4. How brilliant is this man?
 He times a compassionate response to Katrina, NOLA and the Gulf coast, right after Jindal and Barbour make asses out of themselves regarding the stimulus.

His wanting to help, which he is and will follow through on, isn't a political move. He genuinely cares and is compassionate, but the timing of this announcement, pure politics. Brilliant politics!

As someone else here said, these people have no idea who they're dealing with.

These assholes make me really angry.

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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 07:35:45 PM »
he'll write them all a check for $100K.

the lunatics are in charge of the asylum now . . . .


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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 08:37:15 PM »
How about those people in Kentucky who were without power for several weeks after those ice storms? How long will it take them to rebuild?

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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2009, 08:40:20 PM »
How about those people in Kentucky who were without power for several weeks after those ice storms? How long will it take them to rebuild?

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obama dozed.  people froze.

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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2009, 08:46:16 PM »
How about those people in Kentucky who were without power for several weeks after those ice storms? How long will it take them to rebuild?

 :hammer:

He didn't even have the time...that I'm aware of...in his busy schedule to over fly the affected areas to survey the damage.

Can't waste any time checking on the citizens freezing to death when you're busy plotting the next Socialist Utopia within our own borders.
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2009, 08:47:41 PM »
He didn't even have the time...that I'm aware of...in his busy schedule to over fly the affected areas to survey the damage.

Can't waste any time checking on the citizens freezing to death when you're busy plotting the next Socialist Utopia within our own borders.

Did he ever mention it at all?  I don't remember him saying one word about the people in Kentucky.
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2009, 08:48:16 PM »
He didn't even have the time...that I'm aware of...in his busy schedule to over fly the affected areas to survey the damage.

Can't waste any time checking on the citizens freezing to death when you're busy plotting the next Socialist Utopia within our own borders.

the frozen counties in kentucy went about 80% for mccain.  do the math. :wink:


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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2009, 08:49:13 PM »
Did he ever mention it at all?  I don't remember him saying one word about the people in Kentucky.

I believe he signed an executive order declaring that region a disaster area . . . without comment.

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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2009, 08:50:09 PM »
the frozen counties in kentucy went about 80% for mccain.  do the math. :wink:



Guess he didn't want to come face to face with those bitter folks clinging to their God and their guns.
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2009, 08:50:52 PM »
Looking at local newspapers, there are still 9,000 homes there without power.

Nice.

I wonder if there was much looting.  :uhsure:
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2009, 08:52:25 PM »
Guess he didn't want to come face to face with those bitter folks clinging to their God and their guns.

Or put chunks of his opposition on ice...
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2009, 08:53:54 PM »
Looking at local newspapers, there are still 9,000 homes there without power.

Nice.

I wonder if there was much looting.  :uhsure:

I would say that there was zero looting, because everyone is armed.  which brings to mind a great argument about crime vs. gun control. :whatever:

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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2009, 08:59:26 PM »
Katrina victims got more f'n help than they deserved. ...well, the fools that stayed back in NO that is.
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2009, 10:18:42 PM »
Okay a Cat 4 hurricane slams into New Orleans.  Because of 40 years of patronage and corruption the levees have been neglected.  Because of public apathy, incompetent politicians were in charge of the evacuation.  The levees burst, water everywhere, where do you bury the survivors?
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2009, 10:21:11 PM »
He didn't even have the time...that I'm aware of...in his busy schedule to over fly the affected areas to survey the damage.

Can't waste any time checking on the citizens freezing to death when you're busy plotting the next Socialist Utopia within our own borders.
There aren't enough half-black folks in Kentucky to merit his attention.
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2009, 10:22:48 PM »
Okay a Cat 4 hurricane slams into New Orleans.  Because of 40 years of patronage and corruption the levees have been neglected.  Because of public apathy, incompetent politicians were in charge of the evacuation.  The levees burst, water everywhere, where do you bury the survivors?
Um, you don't bury survivors....normally.
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2009, 11:44:22 PM »
Um, you don't bury survivors....normally.

but in a cat 5 hurricane, you usually dont have to


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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2009, 06:42:17 AM »
Okay a Cat 4 hurricane slams into New Orleans.  Because of 40 years of patronage and corruption the levees have been neglected.  Because of public apathy, incompetent politicians were in charge of the evacuation.  The levees burst, water everywhere, where do you bury the survivors?

TRICK QUESTION!!11111

You can't bury anyone in New Orleans. They all have mausoleums. Thought you had me, didn't you?

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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2009, 09:21:28 AM »
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Thrill  (1000+ posts)        Fri Feb-20-09 03:49 PM
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3. Shame on the Governor of that state. Shame on him

Uhhhhh no.  Shame on HER.  Shame on her.  Where was this post when Kathleen Blanco was screwing the people of her state ... where was this post when Ray dumb as ... I mean Naggin was doing nothing?

Screw New Orleans.  It has been 3 years and 5 months since Katrina came ashore as a CAT 3 hurricane.  If you can't put it back together in that amount of time you don't need HELP you WANT A HANDOUT.

Man this Katrina stuff pisses me off.

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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2009, 11:10:02 AM »
And Katrina wasn't a CAT 4 or 5 when it made landfall.
It was a 2.

If the freakin leeves hadn't failed it would have been worth a
couple of days in the funny papers.

When you build a city in a bowl on the Gulf Coast, guess
what's bound to happen.  :whatever:
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #21 on: February 21, 2009, 12:50:17 PM »
Obama hates white people!
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #22 on: February 21, 2009, 01:03:22 PM »
How about those people in Kentucky who were without power for several weeks after those ice storms? How long will it take them to rebuild?

 :hammer:

They are mostly white -- they don't "deserve" anything...
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2009, 01:23:41 PM »
I got a call from a sherrif's office in Kentucky yesterday.  Emergency workers continue to bring diesel to people that still don't have power and have been running on generators. 
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Re: Obama: Katrina survivors didn't get enough help
« Reply #24 on: February 21, 2009, 06:18:41 PM »
And Katrina wasn't a CAT 4 or 5 when it made landfall.
It was a 2.

If the freakin leeves hadn't failed it would have been worth a
couple of days in the funny papers.

When you build a city in a bowl on the Gulf Coast, guess
what's bound to happen.  :whatever:


Oh yeah and it didn't make landfall in NOLA, the outerbands grazed NOLA's

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