Louisiana is OUT of control. Anarchy realized

[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

the looting is excusable(for food, water and things that help sustain life) but TVs, and DVDs thats where they need to stop. And all of them are blaming the government for not helping.....so they shoot at helicoptors,kill police officers, wound national guardsman, and still expect help.......that sh!t dont make since. I'm sure that there are good and nice people down there that aren't doing anything but trying to survive.....those are the people that need to be evacuated.

 

[twoohfour 10+ year member]

=/

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

all thats left in new orleans is worthless people living off the gov.

Are some lawless people in New Orleans?

Yes.

Is all that's left down there worthless folks?

No - and in light of the circumstances I have to say that's one of the most assinine statements I have ever had the displeasure of reading. Not everyone in the world has a middle-class or above level of income, Osiris. Some perfectly respectable folks down there didn't leave simply because they couldn't afford to go anywhere.

Have a heart, sheesh.

Am I making excuses for those that have erupted into insanity as a way of life in the aftermath?

Not at all.

But a blanket generalization such as yours regarding those unfortunate souls still trapped in New Orleans is...well, pitifully arrogant.

 

[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

^x2

 

[6three6mafia6 10+ year member]

i dont know what the **** you people are talking about , this is one of the most racist events i have ever witnessed, why the **** are all those black people STILL there? i bet you if white people would have been trapped there they would have been out day one. And no im not black or white. This right here makes me sick

CNN and MSNBC was getting at the bush administration all day yesterday

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/The-Situation-Room-Cafferty-on%20Katrina.wmv

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Anderson-Cooper-Landrieu-Katrina1.wmv

and it makes me sick seing all these people asking for help , holding there 8 month old babies in the camera and asking "WHY", weres the help?

 

[badm0f0 10+ year member]

i really dont understand the raping and looting it pisses me off

no shit.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

i dont know what the **** you people are talking about , this is one of the most racist events i have ever witnessed, why the **** are all those black people STILL there? i bet you if white people would have been trapped there they would have been out day one. And no im not black or white. This right here makes me sick

CNN and MSNBC was getting at the bush administration all day yesterday

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/The-Situation-Room-Cafferty-on%20Katrina.wmv

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Anderson-Cooper-Landrieu-Katrina1.wmv

and it makes me sick seing all these people asking for help , holding there 8 month old babies in the camera and asking "WHY", weres the help?

So because some Associated Press reporter felt the need to impose their bigoted slant on the above pictures it makes the whole event racially-biased? Are you so ignorant that you think the only refugees left are African-American? New Orleans had a pretty sizeable black population and a huge percentage of those were below poverty-level income residents who simply couldn't afford to leave. Either they had nowhere to go, they feared the total loss of everything they owned due to an inability to replace it all if they lost it, a myriad of reasons why they stayed.

But they aren't the only ones left down there. Why it's all you're seeing on the news is beyond me (but - mainstream press has long since left a bad taste in my mouth because of inaccurate, inadequate, or obviously biased in one manner or another reporting)

 

[twoohfour 10+ year member]

So because some Associated Press reporter felt the need to impose their bigoted slant on the above pictures it makes the whole event racially-biased? Are you so ignorant that you think the only refugees left are African-American? New Orleans had a pretty sizeable black population and a huge percentage of those were below poverty-level income residents who simply couldn't afford to leave. Either they had nowhere to go, they feared the total loss of everything they owned due to an inability to replace it all if they lost it, a myriad of reasons why they stayed.
But they aren't the only ones left down there. Why it's all you're seeing on the news is beyond me (but - mainstream press has long since left a bad taste in my mouth because of inaccurate, inadequate, or obviously biased in one manner or another reporting)

While his comment was blatantly offbase, it is true that in ALL of the pictures I'VE seen of refugees and chaos, ALL if not close to all of the people in the picture are african-american.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

it is true that in ALL of the pictures I'VE seen of refugees and chaos, ALL if not close to all of the people in the picture are african-american.

And as we all know - if you saw it on tv it's just gotta be the way things are, right? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

Not trying to start a flame war, 204 - I promise. But the obvious inadequacies perpetrated on a daily basis (ranging far before Katrina decided to show her wrath to the Gulf Coast) leaves me with a terrible taste in my mouth. News reporting, unfortunately, ceased long ago to be about actual news reporting and more about ratings. As in so many other aspects of life - the almighty $ is King.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

well if the people had jobs they would have had money to leave. 100% of the people left are black and liveing on the gov. sorry if the truth hurts. im not being racist im just stateing facts. they are shooting and rapeing but expect to be given all this help at the same time.

I'll preface this post by saying I make absolutely NO excuses or exceptions for those that have resulted to violence and insanity in the wake of what has happened to one of America's greatest cities (I'm a Louisianian therefore biased in favor of the Crescent City - sue me)

Having said that - I work. Two jobs, in fact! I pay my bills on time, my credit cards aren't maxed out or overdue, my kids are fed, there's gas in the cars, and I am repaying my mortgage at the rate of two payments/month so I can own this house in much less than the 30-year actual term of my loan. At my current income level had I been down there rather than 6 hours away and relatively unaffected I likely couldn't have afforded to do anything but hope for the best, myself. I don't have the cash on hand to put my family up in a hotel for an extended period or anything like that - so, if I were still trapped in New Orleans would my lack of wealth make me unworthy of assistance in your mind?

P.S. - I receive NO government assistance of any kind, for the record. If I can't do it on my own I don't want it, tyvm.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

i dont know what the **** you people are talking about , this is one of the most racist events i have ever witnessed

Teh stupidest person award goes to Lemans. But you come in close second

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

While his comment was blatantly offbase, it is true that in ALL of the pictures I'VE seen of refugees and chaos, ALL if not close to all of the people in the picture are african-american.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif this is quite true and it makes me angry. they only show the blacks who can't speak english well and they are always stealing something while when the wites do the same thing, it is called gathering supplies. this is true and we have talked about it extensively.

 

[Hundreth 10+ year member]

Okay, this whole racist thing is getting a bit out of hand. To all of you saying that all you see is black ppl doing whatever, you have to realize that the population in new orleans is 70% black to begin with. So lets stop saying the blacks are doing whatever, lets just say THEY are doing whatever.

I really do think that THEY are morons though, I don't care under what circumstances you judge them. Looting and whatever fine, but RAPING!?? shooting a police officer in the head!? hijacking rescue boats!? shooting at rescue helicopters!?!? Thats just the most ridiculous shit i've ever heard.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Shoot to kill. The shit has hit the fan on this one boys. Lock and load.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

an EMT was shot late last night/early this morning

absolutely unbelievable