Comments on: One Year Later: The Real State Of New Orleans http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:03:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Louisiana Blog » Rebuilding in New Orleans Still Underway http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-1847483 Louisiana Blog » Rebuilding in New Orleans Still Underway Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:11:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-1847483 [...] the Think Progress blog, here is where things were on the eve of the one year anniversary of this horrible [...] [...] the Think Progress blog, here is where things were on the eve of the one year anniversary of this horrible [...]

]]> By: Christina L. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-1756352 Christina L. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:27:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-1756352 In reply to comment number five I have to say that you must live under a rock to say what you have about our president. If you think that he is to cheep to spend more money in Iraq, then you can jack up taxes and tell the American people(who are already in over their head in taxes)why we have to take their money and give it to them. "he talks the talk but cant walk the walk..." tell that to clinton. The first time the terrorists attacked us in 93', he ran his happy a** up to canada and didn't move a finger to do anything about it. Also if it wern't for him cutting our millitary in 1/2 we wouldn't have the problem we have today with soilder shortage. do your research first next time. In reply to comment number five I have to say that you must live under a rock to say what you have about our president. If you think that he is to cheep to spend more money in Iraq, then you can jack up taxes and tell the American people(who are already in over their head in taxes)why we have to take their money and give it to them. “he talks the talk but cant walk the walk…” tell that to clinton. The first time the terrorists attacked us in 93′, he ran his happy a** up to canada and didn’t move a finger to do anything about it. Also if it wern’t for him cutting our millitary in 1/2 we wouldn’t have the problem we have today with soilder shortage.
do your research first next time.

]]> By: necollealexis http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-1336880 necollealexis Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:46:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-1336880 Don't talk about what you don't know first hand. I'm from N.O. I am a certified paralegal relocated in Houston (where Bush put us). I'm not lazy, I'm not "anti-success", and I don't live for entitlements. All my family, all their lives, lived in Southern Louisiana. I loved my city. Late nights in da quarters, sun filled days under a big oak. I never wanted to move. I'm from a poverty stricken area as are most of us. We never really knew it, though. Until Katrina, we thought that all of America was just "surviving". It is the RESPONSIBILITY of our Federal Government to protect it's citizens, not just the land! The Federal Government failed the cititzens of New Orleans time and time again. As a child growing up, my dad, who lived through Betsy and Camille always said that if a major hurricane hit again, they would blow the levees. Anyone that says otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about. As far as our re-elected "fool" of a mayor, the returned citizens really had to chose the lesser of two evils and in a city of mainly blacks and native americans, who's gonna trust a "blue eyed" anyway? Mitch Landrieu looks like BUSH!! Katrina was the WORST natural disaster in the history of the U.S. and the survivors are treated like "refugees". This is my COUNTRY. This is my HOME. We DID NOT deserve this! Now, rent at home is avg. $1200-$2500 a month. To people elsewhere, this may not seem like that much, but in a city where most of us don't even make that much, it's a joke! It has nothing to do with our education, skills, or work ethic. All our lives the cost of living has been low (compared to all other states) so therefore, wages have always been low. BUSH is a joke, the federal government is a joke, and when the time comes to "raise arms", I urge all Katrina survivors to take a stand, stick together, and come out on top this time, instead of being on top ( the roofs)! "And no he aint gon drop no dollas but he do drop bombs. RIP Ted 'cause he died in the storm f*** President "Georgia" Bush!"----Lil Wayne Don’t talk about what you don’t know first hand. I’m from N.O. I am a certified paralegal relocated in Houston (where Bush put us). I’m not lazy, I’m not “anti-success”, and I don’t live for entitlements. All my family, all their lives, lived in Southern Louisiana. I loved my city. Late nights in da quarters, sun filled days under a big oak. I never wanted to move. I’m from a poverty stricken area as are most of us. We never really knew it, though. Until Katrina, we thought that all of America was just “surviving”. It is the RESPONSIBILITY of our Federal Government to protect it’s citizens, not just the land! The Federal Government failed the cititzens of New Orleans time and time again. As a child growing up, my dad, who lived through Betsy and Camille always said that if a major hurricane hit again, they would blow the levees. Anyone that says otherwise doesn’t know what they’re talking about. As far as our re-elected “fool” of a mayor, the returned citizens really had to chose the lesser of two evils and in a city of mainly blacks and native americans, who’s gonna trust a “blue eyed” anyway? Mitch Landrieu looks like BUSH!! Katrina was the WORST natural disaster in the history of the U.S. and the survivors are treated like “refugees”. This is my COUNTRY. This is my HOME. We DID NOT deserve this! Now, rent at home is avg. $1200-$2500 a month. To people elsewhere, this may not seem like that much, but in a city where most of us don’t even make that much, it’s a joke! It has nothing to do with our education, skills, or work ethic. All our lives the cost of living has been low (compared to all other states) so therefore, wages have always been low. BUSH is a joke, the federal government is a joke, and when the time comes to “raise arms”, I urge all Katrina survivors to take a stand, stick together, and come out on top this time, instead of being on top ( the roofs)!
“And no he aint gon drop no dollas but he do drop bombs. RIP Ted ’cause he died in the storm f*** President “Georgia” Bush!”—-Lil Wayne

]]> By: Joseph Alan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-1331453 Joseph Alan Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:32:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-1331453 Anyone who depends on a government to help them is a fool, especially those people who live in a country where freedom is allowed. I was in New Orleans right after the disaster. I saw the reason for so much destruction and it wasn't the federal governments fault. The fault was in the local and State Government, the people who never listen to news, and for the most part people who live for entitlements. As someone who started with less than most I have learned that people are usually their own worst enemy and that those who blame others for the problems that plague them are lazy or are anti-success. If your so concerned do something to help rather than complain. Negative statements are designed to undermine, postive statements help to build. It's your choice, that's the definition of Freedom. Joseph Alan Anyone who depends on a government to help them is a fool, especially those people who live in a country where freedom is allowed. I was in New Orleans right after the disaster. I saw the reason for so much destruction and it wasn’t the federal governments fault. The fault was in the local and State Government, the people who never listen to news, and for the most part people who live for entitlements.

As someone who started with less than most I have learned that people are usually their own worst enemy and that those who blame others for the problems that plague them are lazy or are anti-success.

If your so concerned do something to help rather than complain. Negative statements are designed to undermine, postive statements help to build. It’s your choice, that’s the definition of Freedom.

Joseph Alan

]]> By: Levers and Pulleys » Blog Archive » Bush Manages to Out-Disaster a Supervolcano http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-827869 Levers and Pulleys » Blog Archive » Bush Manages to Out-Disaster a Supervolcano Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:59:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-827869 [...]    http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/  [...] [...]    http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/  [...]

]]> By: iPOD Blog http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-770646 iPOD Blog Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:58:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-770646 I was just commenting the other day about how gas was $3.30 a gallon in our area last year around Labor because of Katrina and how it is down to about $2.50. No complaining from me! I was just commenting the other day about how gas was $3.30 a gallon in our area last year around Labor because of Katrina and how it is down to about $2.50. No complaining from me!

]]> By: Does the new avatar work regardless of the anniversary of Katrina? « beppeblog http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-763427 Does the new avatar work regardless of the anniversary of Katrina? « beppeblog Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:48:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-763427 [...] Thanks to Think Progress (by way of The Gay Expat) for the sorry facts. Posted by Joe G. Filed in News and politics, Meta, Social Issues and Politics [...] [...] Thanks to Think Progress (by way of The Gay Expat) for the sorry facts. Posted by Joe G. Filed in News and politics, Meta, Social Issues and Politics [...]

]]> By: Mike in New Orleans http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-763176 Mike in New Orleans Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:43:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-763176 I reread my last post... my english teachers would be horrified! The last half of my comment was one huge run-on sentence. I reread my last post… my english teachers would be horrified! The last half of my comment was one huge run-on sentence.

]]> By: Mike in New Orleans http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-763169 Mike in New Orleans Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:41:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-763169 <b>For All the People Who Complain About Nagin's Re-election</b>The candidate who lost to Nagin, Mitch Landrieu, who is also the lieutenant governor of the state, and whose sister is a U.S. Senator from the state of Louisiana, really had <b>no</b> concrete plan either. He is a career politician who only had a bunch of <b>useless platitudes</b> to offer, "Let's Rebuild Together," etc. etc. Nagin is not corrupt, he's really not a politician, at least he speaks plainly, which gets him into trouble a lot of the time, and he always was an advocate of the business community here rather than a "man of the people," but let's face it, the current presidential administration keeps painting itself as a populist defender of democracy and the common man, when we know for a fact he only wishes to widen class divisions and make his friends more money at the expense of everyone else. Talk about corrupt! For All the People Who Complain About Nagin’s Re-electionThe candidate who lost to Nagin, Mitch Landrieu, who is also the lieutenant governor of the state, and whose sister is a U.S. Senator from the state of Louisiana, really had no concrete plan either. He is a career politician who only had a bunch of useless platitudes to offer, “Let’s Rebuild Together,” etc. etc. Nagin is not corrupt, he’s really not a politician, at least he speaks plainly, which gets him into trouble a lot of the time, and he always was an advocate of the business community here rather than a “man of the people,” but let’s face it, the current presidential administration keeps painting itself as a populist defender of democracy and the common man, when we know for a fact he only wishes to widen class divisions and make his friends more money at the expense of everyone else. Talk about corrupt!

]]> By: Jon Swift http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-762540 Jon Swift Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:56:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-762540 <strong>President Bush Is Doing a Heck of a Job...</strong> Hurricane Katrina gave President Bush the opportunity to show what compassionate conservatism really meant.... President Bush Is Doing a Heck of a Job…

Hurricane Katrina gave President Bush the opportunity to show what compassionate conservatism really meant….

]]> By: Idiot wind » The Road to Surfdom http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-762353 Idiot wind » The Road to Surfdom Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:00:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-762353 [...] President Bush has visited New Orleans, site of the downfall of his Presidency, on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Think Progress offers this to-do list for the apologetic President: – Less than half of the city’s pre-storm population of 460,000 has returned, putting the population at roughly what it was in 1880. [...] [...] President Bush has visited New Orleans, site of the downfall of his Presidency, on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Think Progress offers this to-do list for the apologetic President: – Less than half of the city’s pre-storm population of 460,000 has returned, putting the population at roughly what it was in 1880. [...]

]]> By: Jake3988 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-762297 Jake3988 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:37:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-762297 By the way, who the hell reelected that idiot nagin back into office? Probably the same idiots that reelected Bush. All the complainers need to take action. I know you're pissed beyond all hell, but come on, do something about it by voting for someone else. Now, I'm really forced to say: You did it to yourself. But its still sad. By the way, who the hell reelected that idiot nagin back into office? Probably the same idiots that reelected Bush. All the complainers need to take action. I know you’re pissed beyond all hell, but come on, do something about it by voting for someone else.

Now, I’m really forced to say: You did it to yourself.

But its still sad.

]]> By: Jake3988 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-762292 Jake3988 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:30:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-762292 Nagin, Blanco, and Bush should all be stripped of all their riches, and should be forced to live in those putrid conditions for a month. Then maybe they'll get off their asses and do something. Nagin, Blanco, and Bush should all be stripped of all their riches, and should be forced to live in those putrid conditions for a month. Then maybe they’ll get off their asses and do something.

]]> By: Hughes for America http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-761757 Hughes for America Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:40:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-761757 <strong>Spin vs. Reality...</strong> Spin from Mississippi:THE PRESIDENT: And so I've come back on this anniversary to thank you for your courage, and to let you know the federal government stands with you still.Reality from New Orleans:- Less than half of the city's pre-storm... Spin vs. Reality…

Spin from Mississippi:THE PRESIDENT: And so I’ve come back on this anniversary to thank you for your courage, and to let you know the federal government stands with you still.Reality from New Orleans:- Less than half of the city’s pre-storm…

]]> By: The Bush Awareness Report » Blog Archive » Katrina’s anniversary http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-761679 The Bush Awareness Report » Blog Archive » Katrina’s anniversary Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:02:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-761679 [...] Think Progress [...] [...] Think Progress [...]

]]> By: marcus http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-761652 marcus Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:44:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-761652 Comment #51 "They have a fool for mayor which they re-elected" United States of America has a "Fool" for president which was re-selected as well. Par for the course I guess. Comment #51 “They have a fool for mayor which they re-elected” United States of America has a “Fool” for president which was re-selected as well. Par for the course I guess.

]]> By: JoeWo Joe Wosik Blog » Blog Archive » New Orleans one year later http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-761604 JoeWo Joe Wosik Blog » Blog Archive » New Orleans one year later Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:17:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-761604 [...] and the cleanup still has a long way to go.  [...] [...] and the cleanup still has a long way to go.  [...]

]]> By: william greiner http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-761530 william greiner Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:46:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-761530 <strong>I have an ongoing comment: http://fotoarttoo.blogspot.com/</strong> I have an ongoing comment:
http://fotoarttoo.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Samsara http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-761256 Samsara Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:01:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-761256 Our country is degrading. I am so embarrassed. Our country is degrading. I am so embarrassed.

]]> By: Doug http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/comment-page-2/#comment-761037 Doug Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:36:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/katrina-facts-anniversary/#comment-761037 there are 2 ways to think about this. The first is to assume the entire population of New Orleans and Louisiana is incompitent. I doubt this. THe other is to consider who gains by having New Orleans out of operation. I believe that the port of New Orleans was the biggest US port. If its stature is diminished, then those ships have to go somewhere else to be loaded and unloaded. This transfers power from New Orleans to elsewhere. there are 2 ways to think about this. The first is to assume the entire population of New Orleans and Louisiana is incompitent. I doubt this. THe other is to consider who gains by having New Orleans out of operation.

I believe that the port of New Orleans was the biggest US port. If its stature is diminished, then those ships have to go somewhere else to be loaded and unloaded. This transfers power from New Orleans to elsewhere.

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