" so Werner, this is it for me, okay? I just returned to this group yesterday, so you want your group back? You have it!"
I like and respect Werner but due to the rarity and severity of this disaster, think he's wrong to try and close this area of discussion. What's wrong in Asbury is in many ways symptomatic with dysfunctions in much of the country; Katrina, the damage wrought by her and the incompetence of this administrations response are instructive for what we may face here. Notwithstanding the above I ask where's the love. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon G. Boone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH! I want to comment but don't dare. Received an email saying to Get back To Asbury Park! When I logged in yesterday, after not posting for a week, I FOUND comments on Katrina here, already! Being a native of New Orleans, which I have NEVER kept a secret, I replied to several posts. So if someone would like to start another thread, I'll join you there. I celebrated my 61st birthday on Monday, but thel ast week was filled with events given by my family and friends, which kept me from posting! My two sisters, who still live in town called me last Friday, the 26th, to let me know they were headed for hotels in Houston. One niece was already in Dallas on business and saw no reason to return to N.O., knowing that the evacuation order had already gone out. Bush had a week to put troops, water and food into place, but didn't! The deaths and treatment of so many people predominantly Black, rests soley on his head! Now my family has no place to return to! My sister's home is under water. The other who lives on Burgundy St., right outside the French Quarter, won't be allowed back in for 2 months. They are employed and in business there. Everything is gone! I have about 15 first cousins, an ex-husband and his relatives missing! My brotherinlaw hasn't been seen since he was forced to evacuate the West Bank for the SuperDome, so Werner, this is it for me, okay? The rest will do what they want, without me. They've done it all week! I just returned to this group yesterday, so you want your group back? You have it! > > > Sharon Boone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tom, your comment: > Yup. Another clear case of "Bush Derangement Syndrome." Your > hatred of the Bush family has retarded your ability to think clearly.seems to a clear case of what George Orwell called the "defense of the indefensible." The list of Republicans and conservatives harshly criticizing the president this week speaks volumes: David Brooks, New Hampshire's Union Leader, the Washington Times, Tony Blankley, et al. Hardly "Bush haters." Here's some clear thinking from Howell Raines: "Almost as unbelievable as Katrina itself is the fact that the leader of the free world has been outshone by the elected leaders of a region renowned for governmental ineptitude. > > Louisiana's anguished governor, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, climbed into a helicopter at the first possible moment to survey what may become the worst weather-related disaster in American history. Even Gov. Haley R. Barbour of Mississippi, a tiresome blowhard as chairman of the Republican National Committee, has shown a throat-catching public sorrow and sleepless diligence that put Bush to shame. > > This president who flew away Monday to fundraisers in the West while the hurricane blew away entire towns in coastal Mississippi is very much his father's son. George H.W. Bush couldn't quite connect to the victims of Hurricane Andrew, nor did he mind being photographed tooling his golf cart around Kennebunkport while American troops died in the first Iraq war. After preemptively declaring a state of emergency, the younger Bush seemed equally determined to show his successors how to vacation through an apocalypse. > > On Tuesday, he urged people to stay where they were, even if their evacuation residence might be the leaking-roof, clogged-toilet Superdome. On Wednesday, as he met by intercom with his emergency team and decided to return to Washington, as Pentagon and Homeland Security promised relief by the weekend, intensive-care patients were dying at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. They had languished for two full days because the overworked Coast Guard helicopter crews available in New Orleans did not have time to reach them. > > The populism of Huey Long was financially corrupt, but when it came to the welfare of people, it was caring. The churchgoing cultural populism of George Bush has given the United States an administration that worries about the House of Saud and the welfare of oil companies while the poor drown in their attics and their sons and daughters die in foreign deserts." (Complete text here: The Crescent City blues - Los Angeles Times ) mjd > ========Original Message======== Subj:[AsburyPark] Re: Who to blameDate:9/3/2005 2:47:45 AM Eastern Daylight TimeFrom:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on: > Thanks for the correction, Frank! > > Now let's see if I can get this right: > > Hurricane Andrew: George H.W. Bush's fault. > Hurricane Katrina: George W. Bush's fault. > Hurricane = Bush genocide. > > Yup. Another clear case of "Bush Derangement Syndrome." Your > hatred of the Bush family has retarded your ability to think clearly. > > Fortunately I'm qualified to give you a perscription to fight that. > You need to be Hannitized. Listen to 77 AM next Monday to Friday > from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. The truth is the antidote for Bush > Derangement Syndrome. > > Feel better Frank. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycheech" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Sure Sandy. You can say it's all the President's fault. I, of > > course, > > > refuse to blame President Clinton for Hurricane Andrew. > > > > Has anyone corrected you yet on this, BB? Hurricane Andrew > > occured under the glorious reign of King Geo. Bush I. He had a > > political hack in charge of FEMA, and as a result proceeded to > make a > > horrible situation worse. Bush, Sr.'s aloofness during that > > hurricane's devastation has been considered to be one of the > factors > > in his inability to win a 2nd term. President Clinton put a non- > > partisan professional in charge of FEMA. His name was James Lee > > Witt. For eight years FEMA ran like a well-oiled machine, until > > Sonny Boy, that n'er do well spoiled frat boy, put another hack in > > charge of FEMA and then folded FEMA into the department of > homeland > > security, which he in turn put in the hands of a LAWYER! So it is > > indee very generous of you not to blame Clinton for Hurricane > > Andrew. At least the people in New Orleans know the truth. Many > are > > referring to their city as Lake George in honor of the guy who > > couldn't possibly have imagined that the levees could be breached > > despite books, numerous articles, and programs predicting just > that > > scenerio. > > If Bush's failures in this area do not amount to active > > genocide, they seem to me to be a case of passive "genocide by > > neglect". > > And please don't waste your prayers on me. If I'm headed > for > > the infernal regions, I'll be sure to say hello to George, Dick, > > Karl, Condi (I hope the shoes she bought in Ferragamos in NYC > > YESTERDAY are asbestos lined), and the rest of that gang for you. > > Frank D'Alessandro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Frank D'Alessandro > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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