[Mb-civic] Re:How the Free Market Killed New Orleans

[Rhaerther at aol.com]

Many other nations, such as the Dominican Republic and Qatar have also  
offered aid.  Today Castro offered to send MASH medical units to rural  Louisiana 
as well as medical supplies.  Hopefully Codi can find time in  between her shoe 
shopping and the Shrub can his handlers to pull his head out of  his ass long 
enough to accept.
 
What is really disturbing is the way the refugees at both the Superdome and  
the Convention Center were treated.  The Superdome is gearing up for the  
Saints season, plus hosts other events year round.  They can easily handle  
stockpiling supplies to feed 100,000 people at a whack, not to mention toilet  
paper.  The Convention Center, while not as large, also has to keep  supplies on 
hand.  Where were they?  I read an unsubstantiated news  report that after a few 
days some people used a forklift to force open a  shuttered concession stand 
in the Superdome, where the people immediately  grabbed what they could.  I 
was watching CNN Thurs night, there was a clip  of a woman who was wandering 
back halls of the Convention Center looking for  food for her children.  The 
camera crew showed her finding a  well-stocked pantry.  Why wasn't this food being 
made available to the  people there as well?  Free market my ass, the 
bastards responsible for  operating those facilities need to be questioned regarding 
the accuracy of what  they could have done and didn't do.
 
I'm waiting for FEMA to get invoices for $4 bottles of water from both  
facilities.  FEMA should tell them to go to hell.
 
Richard Haerther
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