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socalover
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:06 AM Original message |
From the Superdome to the Astrodome - Racism!!! |
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muwriter
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Got a better place to put 25,000 people?? |
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LincolnMcGrath
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Military bases? |
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muwriter
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Bases are staging areas for relief and hotels alread have refugees |
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LincolnMcGrath
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Every military base in the south is being used for staging? |
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Horse with no Name
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. There are no hotel rooms within 100's of miles of NO |
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expatriot
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Divide them up into 250 groups of 100 and get them into hotels. nt |
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Horse with no Name
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. In an email I received today looking for items for the displaced |
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expatriot
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. there are rooms open in houston, and memphis and shreveport (hotwire) |
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Horse with no Name
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Hmmm |
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expatriot
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. thanks a lot! I was about ready to purchase 14 nights in Houston for like |
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Horse with no Name
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. oops! |
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az chela
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. bring in cruise ships |
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sam sarrha
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. closest place that big with toilets that flush.. |
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Extend a Hand
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. all over craigslist there are people offering rooms |
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VolcanoJen
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Logistics. We're talking about hundreds of thousands of people... |
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craigolemiss
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yup--should have just left them in a tent city someplace |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I hope you are being sarcastic |
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craigolemiss
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I hope the original post was |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I agree with the original poster |
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craigolemiss
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. I cannot fathom how assistance begits a charge of racism |
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melody
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. I AM SO MAD |
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craigolemiss
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Hmm another post 2 up from here says: |
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melody
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Didn't sound like he was defending it to me |
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me b zola
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
52. Was he the one doing the interview from Houston? |
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melody
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Thu Sep-01-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I think that was the same guy, yes |
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Cleita
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. White people would have probably been put up in motels. |
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MercutioATC
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I think it has more to do with socioeconomic status than color. |
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Cleita
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I thought FEMA was supposed to be able to make financial |
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MercutioATC
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. What type of financial arrangements? |
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Cleita
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. In times of emergencies, I thought they were supposed |
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MercutioATC
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. There AREN'T any hotel rooms available... |
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Cleita
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Thu Sep-01-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. This is a bad time, a big holiday weekend, but I really |
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VolcanoJen
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. After Hurricane Andrew, white people got tent cities. |
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applegrove
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. I cannot believe a man & his family in a minivan have such a hard |
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Horse with no Name
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. Many times auditoriums, gymnasiums, etc are used for these purposes |
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Cleita
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Sometimes when people are evacuated in California for |
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Horse with no Name
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Thu Sep-01-05 02:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
56. No immediate planning is apparent |
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JVS
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. It seems fucked up to me too. It's not as though the superdome people... |
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Horse with no Name
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:12 AM Original message |
Schools have already started in Texas |
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MercutioATC
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Schools? Are you nuts? |
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JVS
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I was thinking the kids could get a few weeks off |
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MercutioATC
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Yeah, but why? |
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JVS
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Because larger groups tend to harder to supervise and pay attention to. |
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MercutioATC
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. This isn't a long-term solution, it's emergency shelter. |
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kmla
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's not a long term solution, but it is a start. |
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DoYouEverWonder
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. All the mega-hotel chains |
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Cleita
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. A big holiday weekend is coming up, so they might |
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smurfygirl
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
24. If I owned Carnival Cruise lines |
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Liberal In Texas
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I heard on the radio today, NPR, that Carnival may be helping...the |
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Mr_Spock
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm not ready to call it racism |
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autorank
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
30. RECOMMEND THIS POST!!!! RECOMMEND THIS POST!!!!! |
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donheld
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
32. I think you are spot on |
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VADem11
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
39. What other place |
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SofaKingLiberal
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. They are being removed from the |
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Zen Democrat
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
50. Actually, I think the Astrodome is a good idea. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Sep-01-05 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
51. 70% of New Orleans is African-American |
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craigolemiss
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Thu Sep-01-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Thank god someone is pointing out the reality of the situation--NOT RACIST |
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