Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00039)

Dear All,
I ,like everyone in the UK are horrified, saddened by what has 
happened and still is happening in Louisiana.And our heartfelt goodwishes 
and thoughts are with all that are suffering, cold wet hungry and lacking in 
shelter.
It appears so out of place, that the most powerful nation in the 
world,with so much resourses at its disposal along with manpower has been so 
totally inept at co-coordinating a reasonable response.
Rioting , looting and lawlessness are occurring .rescue of 
people has been stopped so that police can deal with looters...WHAT ARE THE 
PRIORITIES? Do you save a life or a TV SET!!! The material stuff will be 
insured it will be written off as 1)soiled2) damaged, so big deal! Why are 
more lives not being saved? Is it because it is the Frail, elderly,Infirm, 
the poorest of the poor.The cannon-fodder of society, All are expendable.to 
the big business .idiom.
Panic!! they've shut down oil production, prices will go sky 
high. Profits will suffer,prices will have to go up world wide,Oh, those 
poor dealers at the stock exchange,how they must be suffering, Shall we send 
them foodparcels?
I see President Bush,( what a wonderful man- has sacrificed his 
well-earned vacation to deal with this, he has had a trip in his helicopter 
to see for himself the damage. Personally I would have commandeered every 
available helicopter to rescue people still trapped on their roofs, or 
evacuated injured/ill people to hospitals further afield in neibouring 
states..
cheers for now
Iain
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel H. Caldwell" <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 8:19 PM
Subject: Theos-World US Senator David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, gave a 
grade "F" ....


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> - US Senator David Vitter said that the death toll from Hurricane
> Katrina could top 10,000 in Louisiana alone.
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> "My guess is that it will start at 10,000, but that is only a
> guess," Vitter said, adding that he was not basing his remarks on
> any official death toll or body count.
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> Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, also called for the immediate
> deployment of regular US combat troops in New Orleans, saying the
> build-up of National Guard troops was too slow to quickly restore
> order.
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> Such a step would require Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco to
> formally request the dispatch of federal army soldiers, a highly
> unusual step.
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> Blanco said on Thursday that she had asked for 40,000 troops, the
> majority of which are National Guard units from Louisiana and
> elsewhere.
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> Five-thousand National Guard troops are expected to be on the ground
> in violence-wracked New Orleans by late Friday, military leaders
> said.
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> But Vitter said that timeline could be too slow, amid reports that
> bands of armed men are roaming the streets in the city, which is 80
> percent submerged in floods brought in by a storm tide after the
> hurricane hit on Monday.
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> Vitter, speaking to reporters at the emergency response center in
> Baton Rouge, also said he gave the federal government a grade 'F'
> for its response to the disaster so far.
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050902/pl_afp/usweatherdeaths
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