Topic : 08/29 Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later, Part 2

Did I hear you right?

These days the working people are having trouble just buying food, gas, and Floridians are being forced to sell and move because insurance companies canceled them, and in many cases declined claims and passed them off as flood instead of wind damage. Home owners has gone up 200 to 300 %. Yes, you read that right and it's not a typo error. Everyone has reached hard times. Many many people donated. I sent gift packages for kids with a company from Tampa, that contained an array of things from toothbrushes, toothpaste, crayons color books, playdough etc, just to help them thru that crazyness. Not much but I'm sure they enjoyed it.

Yes the kids needs help, but what is insure any will go to school supplies. Only 29% have returned to school.

PW

"I sometimes wonder if Jeb is even related to the Bush family".

Hello. 

Agreed!

Adpoted? 

Or, as is sometimes joked... 

"The Milkman"? 

Ya think? 

Hm mm... 

It's a shame that New Orleans has a leader that can't tell the truth, who makes racists statements and who's such a camera junkie that he felt a need to force out a man who's performed his job as Police Chief  to the best of his abilities, with what he had at the time. This "leader" isnt' HALF the man the Police Chief  is....and will never be, not EVEN on his best day.

New Orleans should have written OFF this "leader" on the ballot and wrote in Eddie Compass's name.

This "leader" fired the Police Chief and can't even admit to that ,let alone admit to the country what a  100% FAILURE he is at the job of running the city. He plays the blame game. Blame everyone and anyone as long as it isnt' HIM. The Govenor, The President, FEMA, THE Police Chief....everyone but himself.

New Orleans will NEVER recover from Katrina as long as this man is in office. And being they went and re-elected him.......it may be a while.

Keep New Orleans "chocolate".....words spoken by a racists man who's bringing the city down.

This is a man who's alienated just about anyone who was in a position to help him rebuild

the city......and now he's gotten on the Dr. Phil show, lied, and got caught.

To Mr. Compass......never be sorry for showing a human side. Never be sorry for trying to do the job

you we're hired to do. And if I we're you.....when election time rolls around, consider running for MAYOR. What a glorious thing it would be to watch you WIN. Maybe then New Orleans and her citizens can recover and move forward verses treading water.

God Bless America, God Bless our Troops!

Let me make this simple... the people of New Orleans feel forgotten and discarded.  And then they sent the people in the rest of the country a clear message:  They re-elected Ray Nagin.  This is a man who was presiding over a completely corrupt system of goverment, & who has since Katrina, proven himself to be a complete buffoon in the public eye, who has done nothing in the media but alienate his city by his ineptitude and crass remarks.... And the people of New Orleans re-elected him to be their leader.  So they get exactly what they deserve from the rest of us.  __________ 

The other huge issue is that the people of the United States are, thank God, smart enough not to want to help a very corrupt and poorly run city rebuild in a flood plain.  Why in the world would I want my efforts or my tax dollars sent to rebuild a city  that should not have been built there in the first place, and to rebuild a city a who re-elected for itself easily the most corrupt and inept government in the Unites States????  No way.     

Once again a politician has proved himself to be a liar.  Ray Nagon (Mayor of New Orleans) says that he did not fire the chief of police shortly after Katrina devastated that city.  However, upon further scrutiny we discover an email that was sent to Chief Eddy Compas saying he should plan a 60 to 90 day exit strategy (Political speak for you are fired).  I wish it were in my power to appoint this man of honor and courage to our local police force.  I believe Eddy Compas to be an extraordinary public servant after seeing the interview Dr Phil did with him on today's show.  I wish I knew of a way I could help him directly.

Sincerely

Granny444

Mayor Naggin completely dropped the ball on Katrina!  The Hurricane Center tried repeatidly 5 days before Katrina hit to get a hold of him, and he would not return their calls.  The Center finally called the President who then called Naggin to warn him to call for a mandatory evacuation.  Naggin then waited 2 more days to decide whether or not to evacuate the elderly and the sick.  And we all know how that ended.  19 hours before it hit he rounded up the people who stayed and piled them into the SuperDome.  FEMA told Naggin that it would be about 3 days before they could help, which in other cities worked out fine.  What about the thousand busses that were just sitting there?  What about Naggin doing his job and calling the Gov. to bring in the National Guard??  That is NOT the President's job.  That is the state's responsability.  But you bring any of this up to Naggin, and he says that now is not the time to point fingers and place blame.  Forgive me mayor, but isn't that what you have been doing from the beginning?  I can't believe they voted this idiot in again!!