Atrios: Spellman says Baby Dies at NO Convention Center

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CNN's Spellman on conditions in the Convention Center:

We've just gotten word that there are many, many dead bodies, and while they were there they even saw a baby die.

Evil useless fuck Chertoff took time out of his busy schedule promoting national preparednesss month on Fox to say this:

"The critical thing was to get people out of there before the disaster," he said on NBC's Today program. "Some people chose not to obey that order. That was a mistake on their part."

Lots of these people were poor. No cars. No credit cards. Nowhere to go. WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO?

Fucking heartless clueless monsters.

-Atrios 11:03 AM

There must be a reckoning for this. Impeachment isn't enough. Jail isn't enough.

What is?

[roguevalley]

1. Oh god. Oh god. This is too much.

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2. I'm killin' angry.

nt

[phusion]

3. How the fuck can someone

in a position of power to HELP people, like Chertoff (aka Son of the Devil), say something like that?!

This is unreal. Unreal.

"That was a mistake on their part." :argh: :argh:

[expatriot]

14. No, Chertoff is not just in **a** position to help he's IN CHARGE

He is Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA is under his Department. Fucking bastards. Killers. Fuck this shit.

[vptpt]

4. They don't understand poverty.

I'm sure they believe that these people were poor because they didn't try hard enough to make their way in the world. Rich people just don't understand...the American Dream is dead. There's no more "pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" anymore. You have to have money to start with to make any money. If you start off screwed, most likely you'll end up screwed.

That's America today.

[LiberalEsto]

5. I thought the * misadministration was pro-life

but I was obviously mistaken

[Boomer]

10. That only applies to pre-natal life

Once you're out of the womb, you're own your own.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Is this another baby or the one said to have died at the SuperDome?

Either way, I curse ** for letting this happen.

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8. Maybe the Dome

and the Conv. Center are part of the same complex?

[blm]

7. ALSO: The NEWS CHANNELS WERE STILL ON THE ARUBA STORY and didn't give

the urgent coverage necessary to make people believe that the worst WAS about to happen.

[KittyWampus]

16. I didn't grasp that til just now reading your post. please start a thread

with that title? it's more enlightening then arguing about looting.

[OneBlueSky]

9. there are thousands at the Convention Center and they have received . . .

absolutely no attention, never mind help . . . no food and, more critically, no water . . . there are no authorities there at all -- no cops, no National Guard, no FEMA, no Red Cross, no Salvation Army, no one . . . and people are already dying in large numbers . . .

this is absolutely unforgivable negligence . . .

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15. FUCKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!

I hate Bush. God I hate him.

What price will he pay for this? What fucking price? Whatever it is, it won't be enough.

[MaineDem]

11. I'm certain some pregnant women didn't evacuate

How many have have gone into labor? How many have delivered? With no water they must have been very dehydrated. What's been happening to them and their babies?

I thought about that this morning. Actually when I got into bed last night...a comfortable dry bed... I cried thinking about those people with no beds, no homes, no NOTHING!

I can't believe this is happening in 2005 in the United States. One would think that after 9/11/2001 we would be in excellent shape for handling disaster. Fuck you George Bush!

[shanti]

21. i just read

about a woman who swam for help for her young son. as she was swimming, she went into labor. she managed to find a hospital and give birth, but still doesn't know about her son :cry:

[OneBlueSky]

12. dupe . . . delete . . . n/t

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[The Backlash Cometh]

13. Where was the fucking buses, Chertoff?

This group is so disconnected from the poor they just left them to die.

[dogday]

17. And we are refusing help from Canada....

This administration better get some help in this country. We are in dire need of it. Shame on them....

[TornadoTN]

18. Can someone confirm that this is the Morial Conv. Center?

That place is massive and right along the Mississippi River (I have been there several times for conferences and trade shows).

If it is, why the hell are they not getting a boat of supplies or relief from the river? I still dont know why the helicopter soultion hasn't been used, but this whole thing is beyond belief.

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. Fuck! So NOW who are the baby killers, FReeptards!

:cry: :grr:

[pursuivant]

20. Whew, at least it wasn't a fetus!

That would have been a tragedy. Hundreds of poor black people drowning? Well, it's their own damned fault.