On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Alma J Wetzker wrote:

> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > Wow, that's quite a propaganda piece.  Cute how they based their
> > conclusions off of what they're seeing on Dubya^H^H^Fox News.
> >
> > Now for anyone interested in reading the other side of the story, from
> > people who are actually going through this disaster, skim through all the
> > entries on BoingBoing related to Katrina:
> > http://www.boingboing.net/
> >
> > And before someone says it, yes, i know, boingboing hates the Bush
> > administration (hell, there's an "Impeach Bush" banner ad on the site).
> > However, at least they're providing first person sources, rather than crap
> > from the media which has a very obvious slant.
> >
>
> My wife's comment on listening to NPR the other day was, "Things must be
> getting better, they are using personal accounts now for news."

She must be listening to a different NPR than I do.  Every report i've
heard has been nothing but grim reaper misery.

> I am not pointing to the piece that Bruce posted, but something
> significantly different is happening in NOLA from what is happening in
> other parts of the disaster area.  It is also considerably different
> from what has happened in other disasters.  I can't explain it.

Other parts of the disaster area aren't under 15 feet of water.  I don't
see why any of this is so puzzling.  If your city was decimated over
night, you'd see mass chaos too.  When civilization is destroyed, society
breaks down.

> > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >>You make your own decision.
> >>
> >>  By Robert Tracinski
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  It has taken four long days for state and federal officials to
> >>
> >>  Source: TIA Daily -- September 2, 2005
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