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 Post subject: OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS IN THE SOUTH
PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:43 pm 
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The media should be prosecuted for accessory to murder. What the media reveals to the public concerning what is going on in the south in reference to hurricane Katrina, and what is actually happening is frighteningly indicative of Mr. Bush's opinion of Black People. Everything the media says, automatically, people have a propensity to believe it. Especially weak Black people.

So many Black people were, and are still being gunned down by racist white individuals who represent racist law enforcement agencies. The media reports to the public what the racist responding police officers report to them. Without question.

For example: Contractors being excorted by police officers are "allegedly" fired upon on a bridge. Officers responded by shooting six African American men to death. (Keep in mind, a few days prior to this incident, the media reported that rescue aircraft was fired upon.) The report of alledged gun fire at the aircraft was a prelude to a conspiracy to kill Blacks. Think about it. Why would individuals seeking refuge shoot at individuals being escorted by police officers? It didn't happen. I don't care what you, or even you think about it. These individuals must be brought to justice for murder.

When a Black man goes into a store to get food or anything else to survive, he is considered a looter. When a white man does the same, he is considered a survivor who is simply trying to feed his family.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:51 pm 
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[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/344065p-293598c.html]Don't blame only feds

Crime rate, inept pols leveled New Orleans before the storm
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Let's take a break from the joy of Bush bashing to reveal the dirty little secret of New Orleans: Its local government deserves an F for its planning and response to Katrina. And one other thing: The New Orleans police force would be a joke if it weren't a disgrace.
Yes, I know it's impolitic to say such things while the suffering in the Big Easy is fresh and many cops risked their lives to save others. But now is the time to blow the whistle on the story line being repeated by rote across America: That the federal government ignored New Orleans because most of its residents are black and poor.

That narrative has all the accuracy of a historic novel: it takes two undisputed facts - the feds were slow and New Orleans is largely black and poor - and weaves in pure fiction to make the desired link.

The charge of racism-inspired foot-dragging isn't just nonsense. It's pernicious nonsense, as in destructive and malicious. You know that's a fact because loony Howard Dean, the Democratic Party boss, is now peddling it. He's joined by Jesse Jackson, who said the squalor in New Orleans "looks like the hull of a slave ship." Oh, please.

If even a smidgen of the racism charges are true, President Bush should be shot. But before we give him his blindfold, let's look at New Orleans before Katrina.


Start with crime. That looters ran unchecked after the hurricane isn't surprising when you consider that criminals have had the run of the city for years.

It is a perennial contender for Murder Capital. The 264 homicides last year were a drop of only 11 from 2003 - and the first decline in five years.

New Orleans, with fewer than 500,000 people, had almost half the murders of New York, which had 570 homicides last year in a city of more than 8 million. Put another way, if New York had New Orleans' murder rate, we would have more than 4,200 murders a year.

That the New Orleans police are hardly the Finest was proven by a shocking report yesterday: Nearly a third of New Orleans cops - some 500 of the 1,600 - are now unaccounted for. The department says some quit, but it doesn't know where most of them are.

The top cop, Eddie Compass, has responded by offering all officers paid vacations to Las Vegas and Atlanta. Yes, that's right - he is pulling all cops off the street, even while bodies lie in the open. Never in New York.

Then there's Mayor Ray Nagin, a Democrat, who has blamed everybody but himself. Maybe he has forgotten his plans for dealing with Katrina.

Last July, his office prepared DVDs warning that, if the city ever had to be evacuated, residents were on their own. According toa July 24 article in The Times-Picayune (spotted by the Web's Drudge Report), "Mayor Ray Nagin, local Red Cross Executive Director Kay Wilkins and City Council President Oliver Thomas drive home the word that the city does not have the resources to move out of harm's way an estimated 134,000 people without transportation."

"You're responsible for your safety, and you should be responsible for the person next to you," one official said of the message.

And how's this for preparation? Cops were told not to work on the day Katrina hit, one officer told The New York Times, but "to come in the next day, to save money on their budget."

By all means, let's investigate what went wrong in New Orleans. Let's start in City Hall.

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I would tend to agree that the media should be more accountable for their actions...not just in this case, but in just about avery story they present to the public. They tend to create more news, then report on it. As for the racist agenda, I would not agree with that at all. I certainly know that racist attitude exists in the world, but not to the extent that has been argued by the previous posting. Criminals are prediters of opportunity, regardless of their race. Unfortunatly, a natural disaster is the best opportunity for anarchy to be released. I think the media just tends to be drawn on the notion of what it wants to cover and exploit, for the purpose of creating news. They have proven that it is much easier to tell a story about the evils of the world then the good things in it.
An example, they will not tell you is that the United States Navy is asking its reservists to do additional annual training in support of the efforts in New Orleans. I would not doubt that the same is true with the other branches of the military. The selfless acts of thousands of people around the country are pretty much being cast aside, because those stories do not inspire the type of heated debate that the media desires. After all, what would all the talk show hosts and special 24 hour coverage report on, if they did not invent negative situations. Then they can offer their political opinions on the subject to show how one political party over the other would have done better or worse.

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agmfamb wrote:
After all, what would all the talk show hosts and special 24 hour coverage report on, if they did not invent negative situations.


Cindy Sheehan

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 Post subject: Dancing to opposition
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Cindy is dancing in oppositin to the war of course. I wish her luck on her crusade.


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 Post subject: Re: Dancing to opposition
PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:51 am 
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Dwight wrote:
Cindy is dancing in oppositin to the war of course. I wish her luck on her crusade.
The woman is a brain damaged tool of the reactionary left, she dishonors her sons memory to glorify herself.
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BTW, in case you missed this, Casey Sheehan.

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