US won't let Canada aid hurricane victims.

[fooj]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/31/235829/261


<snip>
On tonight's news, CTV (Canadian TV) said that support was offered from Canada. Planes are ready to load with food and medical supplies and a system called "DART" which can provide fresh water and medical supplies is standing by. Department of Homeland Security as well as other U.S. agencies were contacted by the Canadian government requesting permission to provide help. Despite this contact, Canada has not been allowed to fly supplies and personnel to the areas hit by Katrina. So, everything here is grounded. Prime Minister Paul Martin is reportedly trying to speak to President Bush tonight or tomorrow to ask him why the U.S. federal government will not allow aid from Canada into Louisiana and Mississippi. That said, the Canadian Red Cross is reportedly allowed into the area.

Canadian agencies are saying that foreign aid is probably not being permitted into Louisiana and Mississippi because of "mass confusion" at the U.S. federal level in the wake of the storm.

<snip>


And please read through this thread - you'll see how this fits the ongoing pattern and also how very much the Bush Administration has to be held accountable for in the suffering and devastation in the South.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Thread title: CNN/New Orleans:"Mayor blasts failure to patch levee breeches" and that's {only the beginning)

We're in trouble, folks. We've got to turn this around...and fast!

[madeline_con]

1. And those pesky Canadian Rx drugs....

we can't have THOSE down here!

[opihimoimoi]

7. Them Canuks must be laughing at our gross incompetence

and rolling their eyes at the same time...BushCo and his minions hads days to prepare and only now they react...ACTing like they know what the fuck they doing...

Where are those 3 Stooges when we need um... at least they had a shiny happy ending...

[Lilith Velkor]

14. I don't think so

Canucks in general are too decent to laugh at death and misery, even that of USAmericans.

[nine23]

24. No. We're not laughing at anybody's "gross incompetence"...

...or anything else for that matter. This is a natural disaster with enormous human consequences. Fuck Bush, fuck his mismanagement (with FEMA, levee maintenance, etc.) leading into this tragedy, fuck all of that.

These folks in the Gulf states need our help. NOW. Donations in Canada are mainly going to the Red Cross and Salvation Army...hopefully, CASH going to these agencies will help get the ball rolling where it counts.

Bush...(and I'd just like to reiterate: FUCK HIM) will get his later. There's no time for his bullshit at this time; Canada views these folks as our brothers and sisters needing help. Bush is NOT in any way in this mix...

[opihimoimoi]

32. Nobodys laughing at the victims or the event....

I'm saying the Peeps in charge made some bonehead decisions and now are spinning their way out....

Bush cut the budget to fix N.O. 9 months ago and now looks rather foolish. That he stayed in a vacation mode while the disaster unfolded is another moment to roll eyes. etc etc...

[opihimoimoi]

33. Nobodys laughing at the victims or the event....

I'm saying the Peeps in charge made some bonehead decisions and now are spinning their way out....

Bush cut the budget to fix N.O. 9 months ago and now looks rather foolish. That he stayed in a vacation mode while the disaster unfolded is another moment to roll eyes. etc etc...

[opihimoimoi]

34. Nobodys laughing at the victims or the event....

I'm saying the Peeps in charge made some bonehead decisions and now are spinning their way out....

Bush cut the budget to fix N.O. 9 months ago and now looks rather foolish. That he stayed in a vacation mode while the disaster unfolded is another moment to roll eyes. etc etc...

[orleans]

26. lol.....actually too late for that. more like a smile. n/t

[SoCalDem]

2. and who knows..they might sneak in terra-ists across the border

:sarcasm:

[wli]

8. the fundies are more worried that married gay couples might show n/t

[KeepItReal]

3. People in Mississippi and Eastern New Orleans/La. are helpless

And Bush & Co is turning down aid?

[fooj]

4. Yep. From all over the world.

:grr:

[wli]

11. Especially from our enemies who are desperate to appease us.

"Please don't invade us. We'll give you lots of cut rate oil" -- Iran
"100000 temporary residences/shelters, please don't hurt our allies." -- Russia
"All the cheap oil and doctors you want. Please don't invade us or assassinate me." -- Venezuela/Chavez

Usually empires take these bribes.

[stevietheman]

5. Mass confusion = Bush's pride?

I mean, I can imagine him saying "We're not letting any furriners help us!" while many executive branch minions are trying to make the opposite case without getting swatted by the chimp-in-chief.

[Prodemsouth]

13. You got it right! Bush's pride. The people should demand he

be removed immediately. It has nothing to do with partisanship. Our Governor is a Republican- and he is doing an excellent job addressing the gas panic and price gouging in our state. Bush is just incompetent and has shown a lack of interest in his duty as President so he should be dismissed immediately. His using a middle finger at the press shows he is too immature for the job as does his vice President's profane outburst in the US Senate. Citizens as far back as the 60s, 70s, and even the 80's would have never tolerated such a President. The country was just much smarter then than it is today.

[aquart]

6. You mean Canada is PREPARED for an emergency?

They have this DART thing all prepped and ready to go? Unlike us?

[applegrove]

10. It takes bad water & turns it into good.

[nolabels]

15. The US is prepared for disasters

We are prepared to make them disasters as worse as possible, that why we have GWB installed in the POTUS slot


http://www.gwjokes.com/pictures/6thsense.php

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. Bushco wants these people to die. Face it.

There is NO other explanation since we all know they aren't incompetent. Right?

[earth mom]

21. That's what I think too. There is no other explanation.

Who turns down help? And help from awesome Canadians who are our closest neighbors?!

Absolutely UNREAL & Totally DISGUSTING!!! :grr:

[craigolemiss]

12. say it with me--"mass confusion"

"mass confusion""mass confusion""mass confusion""mass confusion""mass confusion""mass confusion""mass confusion"

F-ed up from day one---Big thrills for the Air Force one fly-by today--thanks Shrub.

[Nothing Without Hope]

16. Here is the permalink to this important dKos post, by Markos himself

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/31/235829/261

There's much more in the dKos post - you need to read it all. It's predictable - the Bushies don't want to relinquish "power" or admit that they are totally clueless.

To see how the massive damage in New Orleans and now the lack of relief of people throughout the hurricane stricken region is directly caused by the actions of the Bush Administration now and over the past years, read through this thread. It will sicken you but you need to get the whole story.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4523783
Thread title: CNN/New Orleans:"Mayor blasts failure to patch levee breeches" and that's { only the beginning:}
Nothing Without Hope GD Forum Wed Aug-31-05 09:49 AM

OUR National Guard is being used for cannon fodder in the Middle East while the neocons have gutted FEMA and hurricane/flooding prevention programs while setting up what is supposed to become their Pentagon-directed domestic military police force. A terrible, fascist plan with catastrophic and ongoing results.

[fooj]

18. It's one hell of a frightening situation, isn't it?

Peace.

[Nothing Without Hope]

22. Since I wasn't in Indonesia after the tsunami, yes, it's the worst I've

ever seen. Worse all the time.

[enigmatic]

17. It's true

It was talked about tonight on our local news, as well as CTV.

[JaneGat]

19. Aid of the kind that Canada is offering

(Thank you Canada) would go a long way in alleviating the mass confusion. * doesn't care.

[glarius]

20. The Premier of Ontario also has offered a team from the Ontario Hydro

to help with the work that needs doing....He's still waiting to hear back from the U.S.A.

[Nothing Without Hope]

23. WHAT GIVES BUSH THE POWER TO REFUSE AID TO OUR SUFFERING CITIZENS?

Congress needs to convene immediately and overrule crazy, murderous decisons like this.

[anarchy1999]

25. Let me see if I have this straight? Canada can't help, nor can Cuba,

Venezuela, Spain, France, Germany is that about right? This is not good. We are all standing by, how can we best help and we have zero information. This is an absolute outrage.

I love you all here. Thank you again and again and again, DU'ers rock the world. I really just can't believe all this right now.

I'll check in early tomorrow and then I'm off to Crawford. I'm also having lunch in Dallas with a couple of movers and shakers, I hope. The Reverend Peter Johnson and a group of his friends, Rev. Johnson was one of the youngest volunteers in the Civil Rights movement and marched with Rev. King.

www.maroonnation.com

www.rapademics.com

[orleans]

27. apparently the u.s. isn't being of much help either

according to bushie: "dozens" of rescue helicopters instead of hundreds.

[fooj]

28. Where are the fucking swift boats? This is unforgivable.

They are perpetuating chaos. It's intentional at this point, IMO.

Peace.

[me b zola]

29. Unbelievable.

More deaths will be on this monster's hands :grr:

[orleans]

30. bushie: the death-time pResident n/t

[Tyranny_R_US]

31. Can't Kathleen Blanco say something about this?