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Thread #84226   Message #1567076
Posted By: GUEST,g
20-Sep-05 - 04:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hurricane AFTERMATH
Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane AFTERMATH
Now I am accused of lies? Good grief, CarolC, I have barely posted here the past week, where, pray tell, where have I lied?

But here you are CarolC, posting news clips 10 days old, maybe more.
How do you know what you have posted is true. If it isn't, I would not accuse you of "posting lies". I only know what I read in the newspapers, left and right leaning, and similar magazines.
Please don't think I have taken offense to your post. Far from it as my posts are fairly bland and it is obvious to me that your "political agenda" is much more apparent than mine. In reality, a smile crept across my face when I read your post. I have been saying for weeks "why don't we wait until all the facts are present before we decide what really happened" and then decide who might have screwed up.

I only know 3 things for sure;
1. The Mayor admits to error.
2. The Red Cross had tons of supplies nearby before Katrina came hit.
3. The city knew the trouble with the Super dome from its use in 1998.
4. And point #3 leads me to quote the National Director of the American Red Cross; "We had all the food and water needed but the local and State officials prevented their issue as 'we don't want to attract any more to this site'".
Oh yes, one more and that is rescue people were shot at and pulled back, either on their own or by order of local officials.

Don't you remember hearing the mayor telling all evacuees to bring 3-5 days of food amd water with them to the 'dome? He even stipulated one gallon of water per person per day as he was aware of the time for 'non-first responders' to get on site. Read FEMA, Federal troops if and when requested, etc.
Don't forget to point out my lies, okay?