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August 29, 2006, 1:33 pm PDT

08/28 Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later

Quote From: missabeaver

I am so tired of hearing about New Orleans.  You never hear about the suffering on the Gulf Coast in Mississippi.  I grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and have friends and family that have gone through a lot worse.  You don't hear them crying and complaining, you see them working, and surviving!  Besides, Hurricane Katrina didn't cause the damage in New Orleans, the Levy's breaking caused the damage.  Yes, New Orleans was flooded, but the Mississippi Gulf Coast was FLATTENED & COMPLETELY DESTROYED!  There isn't enough focus on that!  Please stop talking about New Orleans, and take your story over about an hour to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, and talk to those strong, wonderful people, and see what you can do to help them.

One would think, from past, and present, media coverage, including the three hours of prime time NBC programming last night, that New Orleans bore the brunt of Katrina's fury. If it weren't for the levees, built like the proverbial biblical house on sand, New Orleans would've suffered little damage, compared to those areas in the path of hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

 
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August 29, 2006, 1:53 pm PDT

08/28 Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later

Quote From: cathypritc

I just returned from New Orleans on a mission trip with my church.  We stayed in the French Quarter which was not affected by Katrina.  We did tour the area of devastation which was awful but we had to look hard to find it. 

It seems half the people of NO are removed and have no desire to return. The people who are there are dealing as best they can.  We had many people tell us that as bad as the worst area tooked, Mississippi had it a lot worse. These are the people in the French Quarter who now have rajor wire around their homes.

It really frustrates me that everyone focuses on New Orleans when Mississippi had the worst part of Katrina.  New Orleans was spared except for the levees breaking. and the people with their hands out waiting for the government to bail them out. 

Apparently Houston has twice the crime rate it had before Katrina (murders are up 18% which Houston police have atrtributed to evacuees from NO) while New Orleans has half the crime rate it had.  Although the night our church group pulled out from Vieux Carre Baptist Church,  there were  eight people murdered no more than 2 blocks away.  The National Guard had been obvious everywhere we went.  Apparently they had been called out the week before we arrived because of previous murders. 

So...if half the people have left and now live in elsewhere and are committing crime there - what does that tell you?  Of course. with a mayor like they have - who can't even see the difference between September 11th and the levees breaking in New Orleans and doesn't know how to MAKE the people leave, what could we expect?

Those people are accustomed to staying in bars and partying whenever a hurricane hits so they disregard what anyone says.  Then when their rental property is flooded they expect someone to bail them out.

 I had never been to New Orleans before the last week of July (although I voluneered with the Salvation Army and the American Red Cross after Katrina hit) the architecturet impressed me,  and  I saw the areas of devastation, I still see no reason for the hoopla especially when here are people in Mississippi who have not received the attention and help they deserved althogh they were more devastated than NO.  They helped themselves and didn't beg. That's the differemce betweem the mentalities of the two states and  the people who run them..

Thanks!

Cathy Pritchett

Since Katrina, on several other MB's, residents of areas to which some New Orleanians were evacuated have posted about damage to the hotels housing them and the increased crime rate. Some have accused you of  "judging" these people, but the truth speaks for itself. And, since some have been returning to New Orleans, five to at least eight murders have been committed over several weekends.

 
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August 29, 2006, 2:06 pm PDT

08/28 Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later

Quote From: jtfjmjr

How is this President Bush's fault? Please explain that to me. I mean did he stand on the levees and knock them down? Did he some how alter Katrina's course so it would hit the U.S.? I don't mean just LA, I mean EVERYWHERE it hit. The levees were in VERY POOR shape before Bush took office. LA was getting money to maintain the levees but the ones in charge there didn't do it. Is it Bush's fault that Naggin didn't use the money the way it was intended? Is it Bush's fault that none of the buses and trains were employed for the evacuation? I just want to know.

At least 72 hours before Katrina made landfall, weather forecasters were expecting her to be a category five hurricane with New Orleans directly in her path. So, President Bush called Louisianna's Governor Blanco and suggested she begin an immediate mandatory evacuation of the entire region. But, less than 24 hours before landfall, she suggested a voluntary evacuation. And, Nagin opened the Superdome to these evacuee's. And, after the Ninth Ward was flooded out, there were no buses to move anyone out because Blanco and Nagin left them there to get submerged in the floodwaters.

 
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September 25, 2006, 4:17 pm PDT

09/26 Marry Me or Else!

An eight year engagement ought to tell any woman that her fiance isn't ready or willing to get married and probably never will be. Unless she moves on, she'll most likely spend the rest of her life as his fiancee.

 
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September 25, 2006, 4:29 pm PDT

09/25 The Dr. Phil House: A Family's Last Chance, Part 2

This series is Dr Phil at his best. Unwilling to be "snowed" by Jessica's constant lies about her affairs. Or, to let Todd off the hook. They've both done things to "contaminate" their marriage. From the very beginning. Their relationship was a mistake to begin with. It began as an affair. Todd should've known, since she cheated with him, she'd probably cheat on him.

 
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September 25, 2006, 4:39 pm PDT

09/29 Wedding Dos and Don'ts

Quote From: sherry2006

It wont work.  We really loved each other.  He said he wanted to marry me but backed out after a year.  After four years of this, I told him marry me or get out of my life.  The marriage lasted 3 months.  Now he is out of my life for the past 17 years.

Right. You can love each other in many ways. Not necessarily under the same roof, though. Pressuring someone into marriage, not matter how "in love" with you they might seem, can backfire.

 
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September 25, 2006, 4:46 pm PDT

09/25 The Dr. Phil House: A Family's Last Chance, Part 2

Quote From: brooksess

I don't think that any married woman has any excuse to have an affair  However, if I were married to a sissy like Todd who followed me around and didn't respect my space...it would probably drive me into the arms of another man.

Let's not forget that Jessica was a married woman who had an affair with Todd in the first place.

 
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September 28, 2006, 1:38 pm PDT

Annette's Cheating!

I'm well aware that today's focus was women falling prey to an internet scam. Men milking money out of these women by posing as their loving "soul-mates." So, Annette's being a married woman might take a "back seat" to her being scammed by her internet "lover." But, how far back? She's a married woman, after all. Actually posting a "profile" on an internet dating service. Having internet "sex" with him. Which, on some of Dr Phil's previous shows, he has referred to as emotional cheating, or taking one's problems outside the marriage, something he's always strongly discouraged. And, Annette actual went to the airport, waiting for her "lover." And, what was she planning, should he have actually arrived? Sex, I'll betcha! And, that's "real" cheating. Surely, what we saw, and heard, on TV today wasn't everything Dr Phil said to Annette and her husband, who isn't a bad looking man. No, they haven't been intimate in six years. Why? Has Annette gained weight.? She can do something about that. Dr Phil's a cracker-jack weight loss "coach." (Thank you, Dr Phil for the weight I've lost!) Dr Phil did tell Annette, at the end, that she needed to work out her problems within the marriage. Or, get out. I'm so glad he said that! And, I'm sure that she needed to "earn" the right to divorce her husband was also implied. Great season so far, Dr Phil! 

 
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September 29, 2006, 12:32 pm PDT

09/29 Wedding Dos and Don'ts

Quote From: cheriwork

To all of those people that will watch my daughter Krissy and I on the show to air on Sept 29,  I want people to know that I have been the best Mother that I could possibly have been.  There have been things that have been done on both sides, I am not an abusive Mother and I am not a Liar, there comes a time when you just have to say yeah yeah because the money at times that has been alocated for the wedding has not been used for wedding things.  My children have been given everything that they could possibly been given, and when they donot get what they want they call me names and belittle me until they get what they want.  Our daughter will have a beautiful wedding and hopefully a beautiful married life,  I had hoped that the show would help let her know that calling names and screaming at me is not the way to get things done or what you need.  The people that know me think that I am crazy because I have given and given and done without many times to do for our children.  Of our children were abused trust me it would have been justified not that abuse is ever justified in any way but they donot respect me my son asked me today what I was going to do with my life and I told him keep picking up after you kids and I asked him what he was going to do with his life and he told me " wait til you die so I can get your insurance money so hurry and die".  My children donot respect me and they feel that if they call me names and get me upset they will sooner or later get what they want because they will hurt my feelings until I cave in.  Know that there is nothing I would not do for anyone that needs help but know that I have been the best Mother that I could be.  After this I donot even know if I want to go to the wedding my heart is broken as it has been for many times.  I had hoped that Dr. Phil would have explained to our Daughter that you have to expect things to be done but not belittle or shame someone into doing or giving things that you want, unfortunately I look like an evil person and that is not me.  Every parent should realize donot give your children everything they want as they are growing up because it will come back to bite you.  My children are my life and a true gift from God and I couldn't Love them anymore .  Dr. Phil is a wonderful man and a brilliant man and helps many people he is a godsent and he and his family and staff are all great I am going by the book as to what he told me although this is very hard I am not going to let him down but I alway's get the blame for anything that can go or has gone wrong anything in history that has been done I know I am to blame for it.  If these kids think that tying the knot was tough wait until they learn the ropes.  My husband and I have been married for 26 years didn't have a Honeymoon and it took me 36 years to even get to Disneyland our first vacation and our Children even followed us there we have not ever had a vacation to ourselves but our Children have seen the world, so donot give your Children everything they want so they will never be sad  it only creates monsters of adults.  I am sure that our Daughters wedding will be great and a beautiful day.  I am sure that everyone will know how wonderful it is but please dont judge me from the show I am not that bad  of a person just a loving Mother.

Thank you so much for your post. I haven't seen the show yet, but, thanks to your post, I'll be able to watch with a more open mind. Too bad you didn't have a "Dr Phil" in your life years ago to warn you about over-indulging your children. He's had many parents, ot teenagers who've been spoiled by their over-indulgence, wanting his help. Almost too late! He usually tells these parents that over-indulgence is child abuse. Because it doesn't prepare their children for adult life in the real world. Even if you have spoiled your children, it doesn't make your son's attitude right. You don't have to leave him anything. Change your will. And, your insurance policy. I would!

 
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September 29, 2006, 12:54 pm PDT

09/28 Love Scams?

Quote From: alex_antonin

I fail to understand how anyone could be so stupid that they'd fall for these scams. Anyone dumb enough to fall for that kind of thing deserves what they get. No matter how much I love someone I've never met, I would never send them more than $5 for a birthday or something. If anyone asked me for any amount of money, for any reason, I would refuse, and my suspicious nature would immediately kick on into overdrive.

 

I didn't even have to be TOLD about email and internet scams when I first got an email address. In fact, I hadn't been. But the first time I got an email from Nigeria claiming I could get a lot of money from some dead noble if only I'd send a small deposit for security or whatever it was for, I immediately laughed at the email and promptly deleted it. It was so obviously a scam that a mentally retarded child could have spotted it for a scam.

 

Still, even on more complex scams, I can't believe how anyone's desire to be loved could ever be stronger than their ability to be suspicious when someone asks them for money. Even if I trusted someone who asked me that, I'd say, "Get a loan from the bank." If they persisted in trying to get money out of me, I would break off contact with them, seeing the scam for what it was. I really cannot comprehend how anyone could be taken in by such things.

 

In short, I have no sympathy whatsoever for any of the people who have fallen for any of these scams. Stop whining about it and accept the consequences of your idiocy.

I agree with you. Especially about Dr Phil's married guest. So many of the women who fall for these scams aren't, to put it delicately, "lookers." So, it's hard for them to find men in more "conventional" weighs. Still, being told they're "beautiful" ought to raise a red flag. If men really found these women beautiful, they wouldn't be "hunting" a man via the internet. And, getting themselve a con job from some Nigerian kid. Getting back to Dr Phil's guest. Her husband hadn't been "intimate" with her in six years? But, he wasn't the one "cheating." She was. Putting her "personal" profile on an online dating site. And, obviously looking for sex. Otherwise, why would her online "lover" know anything about her sexual needs? I agree with Dr Phil's final advice to her. Work things out with her husband. Or, get out. Don't be "looking for another man on EBay."
 

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