Saturday, March 28, 2009
"We Don't Want No More N-ggers In The City": LSU Fans on the Demolition of Affordable Housing in New Orleans
Related:
Obama: We're watching rising rivers. My dude, don't let the Red River flooding in Fargo, ND become your Katrina! [CNN.com]
Labels: New Orleans, Right Wing Nutjobs, US race relations
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Blackwater faces illegal weapons smuggling investigation
DON'T F-CK AROUND, read this entire post and forget about the petty hip hop BS like whether Jay-Z is gonna make a comeback with American Gangster for a minute.
To begin with, a little background info on Blackwater, the 'Shadow Army' of America from VideoNation, the Nation magazine's YouTube channel:
And also via YouTube: Blackwater, America's Private Army.
But getting to current events now: Iraq Orders Blackwater USA Contractors Out.
And from CNN.com:
"Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that employees of Blackwater -- the security firm accused of killing up to 20 Iraqi civilians -- illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq, according to U.S. government sources.
Security operations by North Carolina-based Blackwater USA, which is hired by the U.S. State Department to guard U.S. staff in Iraq, were suspended this week amid concerns by Iraqi and U.S. government officials over the shootings in Baghdad last weekend."
Click here for more.
Related:
Salon.com: "From Blackwater to CACI, mercenary companies in Iraq have a warm and cozy relationship with the Republican politicians who are employing them." Click here for the full article.
And also from CNN.com: " Wounded Iraqis: 'No one did anything' to provoke Blackwater."
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To begin with, a little background info on Blackwater, the 'Shadow Army' of America from VideoNation, the Nation magazine's YouTube channel:
And also via YouTube: Blackwater, America's Private Army.
But getting to current events now: Iraq Orders Blackwater USA Contractors Out.
And from CNN.com:
"Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that employees of Blackwater -- the security firm accused of killing up to 20 Iraqi civilians -- illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq, according to U.S. government sources.
Security operations by North Carolina-based Blackwater USA, which is hired by the U.S. State Department to guard U.S. staff in Iraq, were suspended this week amid concerns by Iraqi and U.S. government officials over the shootings in Baghdad last weekend."
Click here for more.
Related:
Salon.com: "From Blackwater to CACI, mercenary companies in Iraq have a warm and cozy relationship with the Republican politicians who are employing them." Click here for the full article.
And also from CNN.com: " Wounded Iraqis: 'No one did anything' to provoke Blackwater."
Labels: Blackwater, GOP corruption, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq war, New Orleans, War on Terror
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
New Orleans: Two Years Later
And from an AP article by Mary Foster titled, "New Orleans Marks Katrina Anniversary":
"Prayers, protests and a lingering disgust with the government's response to Hurricane Katrina marked the disaster's second anniversary Wednesday, with a presidential visit doing little to mollify those still displaced by the storm.
Clarence Russ, 64, took a dim view of politicians' promises as he tried to put the finishing touches on his repaired home in the city's devastated Lower 9th Ward.
"There was supposed to be all this money, but where'd it go? None of us got any," said Russ, whose house was the only restored home on an otherwise desolate block.
Not far away, President Bush visited a school. "We're still paying attention. We understand," he said before heading to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, also devastated by Katrina.
But Gina Martin, who is still living in Houston after Katrina destroyed her New Orleans home, was unconvinced. "Bush was down here again making more promises he isn't going to keep. The government has failed all of us. It's got to stop," she said."
Click here for the full story.
More:
Americablog: Katrina, two years later
Labels: George Bush, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Minneapolis on the Bayou?
Bush visits the Minneapolis bridge collapse site and promises a 'robust response' to rebuild the Interstate 35W bridge. As the poster of the above YouTube video notes though, "[Bush] then goes on to slam the Democrats for not passing his spending bill yet. The irony of slamming government spending just after a bridge collapsed seems to be lost on [him]..." (to say nothing of the difference here in comparison to his government's response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster). Let me just try to be optimistic though and say that maybe Bush at least learned his lesson from what will go down as one of the two biggest failures during his administration?
Labels: George Bush, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina, Minneapolis bridge collapse, New Orleans
Monday, February 12, 2007
New Orleans: the forgotten city?
The courageous run of the Saints notwithstanding, have New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina been completely forgotten by George Bush and the rest of us?
"The empty streets, deserted avenues and abandoned houses prompt a gnawing question, nearly 17 months after Hurricane Katrina: Is this what New Orleans has come to — a city half its old size?
Over and over, the city’s leaders reassure citizens that better days and, above all, more people are in the future. Their destiny will not merely be to reside in a smaller city with a few good restaurants and curious local customs, the citizens are told.
But some economists and demographers are beginning to wonder whether New Orleans will top out at about half its prestorm population of about 444,000, already in a steep decline from its peak of 627,525 in the 1960 Census. At the moment, the population is well below half, and future gains are likely to be small."
Click here to read more from "New Orleans of Future May Stay Half Its Old Size."
"White House officials told CNN that President Bush’s State of the Union will not contain a single mention of Hurricane Katrina or the ongoing Gulf Coast reconstruction effort."
Katrina Victims Outraged Over Bush Katrina Snub in SOTU address.
Vik on Bush's great SOTU shame.
Of course some people are more outraged by more "serious" race-related issues like the use of the term 'wigger'!
Labels: George Bush, Hurricane Katrina, Jay-Z, Minority Report, New Orleans, State of the Union
