Thanks for posting this article and your rant. Both were an interesting read. I agree with another poster's comment that this is yet another item to add to the list of articles of impeachment.
George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is so sad, I don't have the words. The disgust I feel turns my stomach. That damn criminally incompetent administration is spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to keep Iraq from the fires of chaos it unleashed, costing the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians, all the while telling us that doing so will keep America safe. Meanwhile, their own citizens are living in what might as well be a third-world country in their own back yard. That the citizens of New Orleans are arming themselves as if under siege is inexecusable! But what the hell else can you expect from a "leader" who didn't mention New Orleans once in his State of the Union, but who famously said, "You're doing a good job, Brownie", and, (Circling the Katrina- devastated city from the safety of his plane) "As bad as things look from up here, I bet it's twice as bad down there". > > And this is an administration guided by Christ's principles? Doesn't that include loving your neighbour and helping him when he's in need? > > ********************************************* > > New Orleans Residents Arming Themselves > By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer > NEW ORLEANS - Sixty-four-year-old Vivian Westerman rode out Hurricane Katrina in her 19th-century house. So terrible was the experience that she wanted two things before the 2006 season arrived: a backup power source and a gun. "I got a 6,000-watt generator and the cutest little Smith & Wesson, snub-nose .38 you ever saw," she boasted. "I've never been more confident." People across New Orleans are arming themselves _ not only against the possibility of another storm bringing anarchy, but against the violence that has engulfed the metropolitan area in the 19 months since Katrina, making New Orleans the nation's murder capital. <snip>
