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

Thanks for bringing this to light. When Eddie compass resigned I thought that Mayor Nagin was behind it. How come this stutting peacock has never been held accountable?

1. He fired the chief of police for doing a good job.

2. He forgot to arrange for the bus drivers for all those buses we saw under water.

3. an Amtrak official called his office and offered an empty train to go to New Orleans before Katrina and he was refused.

4. New Orleans received federal money, before all this, to hire additional police. He didn't hire any then to cover-up he claimed that the police had deserted their posts. Asked by a reporter "what happened to the money?" he stated that he spend it to pretend that the police were on the job...the phanthom police.

5. He made a racial slur that New Orleans should be "chocolate."

 

Is there any accountablity?

 What kind of person are you?  Did Hugo hit like Katrina?  Do you have children, to be speaking the way you are?  No matter what, they are still humans, black, white or indifference, NO ONE DESERVES THIS!!!!!!!!  We all make mistakes in our lives, are you any different, he without sin, cast the 1st stone (something for you to think about)!

JT

Thanks, Dr. Phil. You told a story today that really needed to be told! One year later Eddie Compass is STILL the face of true heroism in New Orleans. I hope he plans to unseat the mayor in the next election. New Orleans is going to need it if they are to survive!!

I want to say you really exposed that man for who he really is. A liar and a person only there for himself. He is the reason NO is like it is today.

Just to let everyone know as well, Warren Jeffs was arrested this week! Finally.

It was very uplifting to see that Eddie has somewhat come passed this.  I feel sorry for those first responders that are not getting the respect they deserve for all their hard work.  Mother nature is the main culpret for the New Orleans issue.  As I sit here in Florida awaiting what Ernesto will bring I want to make sure my family and myself are prepared.  But sometimes you just dont know what will happen and how to be prepared for it..you can have your food,water, gas,generators etc...but you never know what your going to be hit with until it happens.  I see what others have written about those in New Orleans and I agree and disagree with some.  Those that can get out and do, should, and those that can't should help out in another way.  Cleaning up new orleans isnt the only thing that needs to be done...children need clothes, schools, books....we need to show the children of New Orleans that they are not forgotten about as well.!!!

Hi ,

 

My question is how long are those people planning to live in those trailers?  Do they have jobs?  Are they saving all the money they would have spent on housing for the past year to buy a nice house?  Is there a plan?

 

What it appears is that their houses were lost.  Their jobs blew away and they are still standing there a year later just dazed and confused thinking that their houses and jobs will be back if they just hold out long enough.

 

Dr. Phil should have told them to make a plan to get out of there or five years from now you could still be going down there and talking to  the same people waiting for the government to come and fix their broken trailer.

 

For many people this was -a life wreck- no doubt about it.  It can be a set back or a way of life-their choice.  After a year if they are still standing in the same spot saying their house blew down I believe it's become a way of life.  They don't need money or a hand out at this point they need a plan to get their lives started and back on track.  They need counseling and Dr. Phil.  They need to get started to make things happen.

 

We all have life wrecks.  Some of us get the news we can't count on our health, some have aging parents that we are going to have to take care of when there is barely enough to make ends meet now, some are getting a divorce and losing half of everything including their partner and kids.  All kinds of things happen.  We don't have the luxury to  stand there for a YEAR and drink it in.  We have to get on with our lives.  We have to adjust and make things happen. Change is coming-for all of us.  We can't just stand there and wait for the government to do something about it.  Many many survivors of Katrina are relocated, doing jobs they didn't imagine.  They are making things happen.  Those are the real survivors- Horay for the survivors.

Eddie is a what America is all about.  As the truths start to trickle out of New Orleans people like Eddie should be standing tall.  News reports showing Nagin wearing Nautica tee shirts while the city drowns and $500 suits at the 1 year anniversary while the city still suffers put the frosting on the cake. 

The nerve of a man who wanted more publicity then his employee.  PPAAHHHLEASE!!!!  Mr. Compass needs to run against Mayor Nagin and kick his ass out of office.  Mayor Gulliani had a whole city to deal with also but you seen him running the streets making demands.  Nagin didn't even row a boat till days later.  Whatever!  Mr. Compass, you need to unseat him for sure.  Mayor Eddie Compass I presume?

As Dr. Phil says so often in his shows...

 

'Somebody needs to step up and be a hero....'

 

I think he's found his HERO with Eddie Compass....and to sit here and watch a decent, gracious man like Chief Compass get shafted by SCUM OF THE EARTH Ray Nagin is inexcusable.....

 

I cannot believe that the citizens of New Orleans were STUPID enough to re-elect this pompous, selfish, racist pig of a man....

 

Like many of you, I know feel that New Orleans with the re-election of  'Chocolate City' Nagin has made their own beds and let them deal with it...to let a man like Chief Compass go while Ray Nagin remains is incomprehensible.....

 

But its not fair to blame all for Nagin, just like its not fair to only blame FEMA and the Federal Government for not reacting to Katrina.  I really hope that the citizens impeach Nagin, it makes me sick to my stomach that he's being paid a salary after his colassal failure and the way he stomped all over 'his' people (the citizens of New Orleans), the way he treated Chief Compass, and the way he continues to spew hatred and racist remarks. 

 

I also wish Dr. Phil would remember the victims in Mississippi......from Biloxi to Bay St. Louis to Waveland.....how about giving these people a hand and some credit? 

 

Oh right, they don't b**ch & moan like the people in New Orleans do.....

 

What happened is tragic....it will take years to rebuild...and yes there are abuses with the system just like there always are.....we cannot forget the victims, ALL the victims, but I certainly don't want to donate any monies to New Orleans as long as Ray Nagin is in charge....

 

I took a truckload of supplies and hauled a camper to a friend in Bay St. Louis....and went back a few weeks later with more supplies...I'd go back there before I'd ever set foot in New Orleans, and its all because of the bad taste left by one MAYOR RAY NAGIN. 

I couldn't agree with you more!