Queen 'shocked' by hurricane damage

[steve2470]

http://icnorthlondononline.icnetwork.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15917142&method=full&siteid=50102&headline=queen--shocked--by-hurricane-damage-name_page.html

Aug 31 2005




The Queen has sent a message of sympathy to the United States and said she was "shocked and saddened" at the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Some 20 British tourists were among the thousands huddled in horrific conditions at a makeshift refugee camp in the New Orleans Superdome.

At a briefing at the Foreign Office, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said there were no reports of any British deaths and that diplomats were "doing all that they can" to assist those in distress.

Conditions deteriorated by the hour in New Orleans where rescue teams struggled to deal with tens of thousands of refugees stranded without power and dwindling supplies of food and water.


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[CountAllVotes]

1. oh

big fuckin deal queenie. Why don't you offer to HELP!?

[gWbush is Mabus]

5. at least she wasn't PLAYIN' GUITAR!!!

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. She can't offer to help.

That's Blair's job.

[xmas74]

10. True.

it's his job, not the Queen's job, to offer an aid package. She can offer moral support and make her voice strongly heard to Blair but he is the one who will offer aid.

[CountAllVotes]

14. that is what I am *hinting* at

Oh Tony Blair where are you?

:grr:

Some fuckin ally huh?

[Benbow]

11. That's the Prime Minister's role - but tell me why the UK should

fill in for your National Guard? Speaking as a Brit, I hope that the US will allow the UK to do something - but not something that allows President Bush to think that it is OK to neglect "homeland security" in favour of his military adventures in the Middle East because some other country will always cover his butt.

[mr blur]

15. And have your beloved leader turn her down?

Murca don't need no help. Greatest country in the world isn't it?

By the way, what's Bush doing today to offer sympathy and support to the people devastated by this terrible event?
Thought so.

[tgnyc]

2. Can she help a brother out with a chopper or somethin?

[tgnyc]

3. Doesn't she have a big-ass boat named after her?

Tell her to send that shit over here if she wants to help.

[CountAllVotes]

4. damn queen!

she doesn't give a shit about us here in America. She loves our money but not us. Fess up queenie, you don't give a shit either.

Bring em on Tony Blair (where are you anyway?).

:grr:

[Benbow]

8. Er, of all people, the Queen does not need American money

And America is the richest country in the world. It is not Queen Elizabeth's fault that your President could not organise a whelk stall.

[Benbow]

9. It would not look good if the Queen did more than your own oil barons

- let them lend their yachts to help evacuate their fellow countrymen and women.

[swimboy]

6. I appreciate her kind words and wd like to hear from other heads of state.

[RaleighNCDUer]

16. I'm still waiting to hear from our own head of state. nt

[patdem]

12. Okay, we've had Canada, Venezuela and England..where the hell is bush**

Hasn't his cake digested yet??? oops..I should say it properly...'His cake'..:grr:

[Tyranny_R_US]

13. She should send her two boys to help our with the relief efforts

because we need it.

[CountAllVotes]

17. yeah especially the one that

wears the swastika on his arm! (oh Harry boy, where are you?)

:grr: