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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3026)	9/1/2005 8:55:42 PM
From: Bill on the Hill	Respond to of 26016

If they are there. Where are they? How many? 1,000. 2,000 How many days has it taken to get the numbers there? Its not the National Guards fault. They follow orders. Posted from downtown New Orleans. I trust his eyes better than your words...... ************************************************************ hedgehogcentral.blogspot.com From: Gregory S. Henderson MD, PhD Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:21:55 -0500 Subject: Re: thoughts and prayers The city now has no clean water, no sewerage system, no electricity, and no real communications. Bodies are still being recovered floating in the floods. We are worried about a cholera epidemic. Even the police are without effective communications. We have a group of armed police here with us at the hotel that are admirably trying to exert some local law enforcement. This is tough because looting is now rampant. Most of it is not malicious looting. These are poor and desperate people with no housing and no medical care and no food or water trying to take care of themselves and their families. Unfortunately, the people are armed and dangerous. We hear gunshots frequently. Most of Canal street is occupied by armed looters who have a low threshold for discharging their weapons. We hear gunshots frequently. The looters are using makeshift boats made of pieces of styrofoam to access. We are still waiting for a significant national guard presence The biggest question to all of us is where is the national guard. We hear jet fignters and helicopters, but no real armed presence, and hence the rampant looting. There is no Red Cross and no salvation army. ************************************************************ I do not fault the Coast Guard or National Guard or Police or anyone trying to save this city. I fault the man in charge. Bush. Mr. Asleep at the Wheel Bush. The vacation KING! Go play another round of golf. It certainly won't affect the play on your favorite course. You can get another gin and tonic there. I have called Red Cross and donated. For 911, nope. That make me UnAmerican?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3026)	9/1/2005 9:01:20 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26016

Give it up Laz. To some folks, nothing is good enough. It's all in hindsight, of course, but anything the Bush administration does is too little, to late. The jokers who have turned this thread into a Bush Bash have no clue how things work in the real world. They read, therefore they know. BTW, where is the outrage at the total failure of state and local government in this disaster? I always thought state and local government was the first line of defense?