New Tales of Katrina [bumped]
[Update Sep 4th - new article from CNN (rapidly becoming better in my eyes the more they keep Wolf Blitzer outa my hair) showing the outright lies HSD Secy' Chertoff and the rest of the Bushies are pedaling around. He is blatantly saying that the Katrina nightmare scenario did not exist. Apparently everybody else was talking about it, tho]Two articles - first from CNN.com. HSD Sec'y Chertaw says that there will be 1400 US National Guard on the streets PER DAY for the next three days, starting Thursday, Sep 1st. His quote:
"Fourteen hundred military police trained soldiers will be arriving every day --- 1,400 today, 1,400 tomorrow and 1,400 the next day," he said.
The truth comes from a CNN source in the Pentagon:
Yet, the first contingent of those promised military police were not scheduled to arrive until late Thursday night -- and only 100 Guard members would be in that first wave, according to Pentagon officials. Pressed about the other 1,300 promised troops, officials would only say that they were on the way.
And then, this sad bit from the New Orleans PD:
Police were reduced to looting ammunition from stores themselves, to keep it off the streets.
Now, to a Yahoo! article talking about the world response to the inaction of the federal government in dealing with the aftermath:
The world has watched amazed as the planet's only superpower struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with some saying the chaos has exposed flaws and deep divisions in American society.
World leaders and ordinary citizens have expressed sympathy with the people of the southern United States whose lives were devastated by the hurricane and the flooding that followed.
But many have also been shocked by the images of disorder beamed around the world -- looters roaming the debris-strewn streets and thousands of people weathered in New Orleans waiting for the authorities to provide food, water and other aid.
posted by jimboses @ 8:10 AM
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