Dead Bodies Floating By. OMG!

[leftchick]

Katrina aftermath : The body of a victim of Hurricane Katrina floats in floodwaters in New Orleans. Thousands of troops struggled to counter armed looters and help tens of thousands of refugees flee New Orleans where chaos reigned three days after the murderous Hurricane Katrina. (AFP/James Nielsen)

[Shakespeare]

1. It's about damn time they finally started showing that.

People need to know what's going on down there, and we sure as hell don't need the news to shelter us from unpleasantness.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[nookiemonster]

8. I agree!!

Fuck the filtering. The truth is harsh.

Handle it.

[fishwax]

28. I agree totally

people need to see. And then they need to get pissed off.

[AuntiBush]

31. The "Truth" hurts!!

It's harsh, alright. Let the world see it "and" those FReepers! Take a long look FReepers. This is your man. Handle it is right!

[fleabert]

37. ditto nt

[Bouncy Ball]

2. This isn't America.

That's got to be it. This is a bad dream. Or someone has transported me to some other country and didn't tell me. Maybe they knocked me unconscious and took me somewhere else.

Because this CAN'T BE AMERICA. It simply can't be. We don't just let people DIE like that. Not if it can be helped. And a lot of this, a hell of a lot of this, could have been prevented.

Nope. THat's what I'm going to start telling myself. I need to name this new country I have found myself in.

We're-Fuckedistan?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. We have more in common with Baghdad than we could ever dream of

[daleo]

10. My first thought too.

It is mind boggling, all the symbolism.

[txindy]

18. You've got that right

We're seeing the devastation, chaos, and death in NO that the MSM is keeping us from seeing in Iraq. And Americans are shocked and appalled by it. Makes me wonder what might've happened had this country been shown what's truly happening in Iraq.

God, I feel so incredibly sickened by all of this.

[fob]

17. bushcuntry* - is about an apt name as I can think of, and I've

been taken there too!

[friesianrider]

3. Our country has officially hit as close to rock bottom as the US can.

I realize the majority of the country is still intact and we're still EXTREMELY fortunate to live here, but when shit like this happens in the United States of America...we've hit rock bottom as the "superpower" of the world. May whoever that person is rest in peace.

About the only "good" thing in that photo is this wonderful woman feeding and watering her dog. I worry so much about the animal victims in this - if people can't get clean water to drink, their pets won't either.

What an ungodly sin to see this happening before our eyes. :cry:

[ContraBass Black]

4. Did you see the War of teh Worlds?

Yeah. :scared: :puke:

[mshasta]

21. that is so true I guess.

it was a prediction

[tallahasseedem]

5. I cannot believe this is happening.

This is a disgrace.

[DS1]

7. OMG!

OMG! OMG! OMG!

[Lex]

9. Unbelievable.

:cry:

[leftchick]

11. she is feeding her puppie and a dead person floats by

it is all so surreal in the most tragic of ways.

[friesianrider]

12. It'sthe only good thing in that photo, that's for sure.

The poor people who fled with their pets can barely get clean water for themselves...I can only imagine what will happen to all the pets people evacuated with. :cry:

[Malikshah]

16. Reminds me of Caputo's opening to A Rumour of War

re: Vietnam war...

coming to Vietnam and seeing pigs feeding on the corpses of the dead...

[leftchick]

23. ugh

and a timely reminder.

[Beaverhausen]

13. oh god

[benito]

14. bumping for the Malloy crowd.

Fucking speechless.

[The Jacobin]

15. Look how calm she is.

She is just standing there with here dog.

I think she has become numb to that sight by seeing it too many times.

There are many more pics like this -- we need to get indy media in there right away.

[Eric J in MN]

19. She may not have seen that dead body in the photo. (nt)

nt

[Zenlitened]

20. I don't know that she's calm. She might not even see the body.

:shrug:

[jayctravis]

24. or is used to it

[jayctravis]

25. This photo should be on every front page of every newspaper

and a copy of every one forwarded to the white house.

[zulchzulu]

22. Freedom is on the march

Freedom is there for those who want freedom because it is on the march. Since freedom is on the march, it is...um...marching. It is freedom that people love because freedom is marching. It's hard work. It's...um....freedom.

If you don't need freedom today, don't get freedom. That's because freedom is on the march.

[babylonsister]

29. Freedom.... march.... .freedom... .march...

Ain't we lucky, and aren't the Iraqis? :sarcasm:

[NJCher]

35. your new career

Speechwriter to a chimp.




Cher

[babylonsister]

26. My heart bleeds, but what is

being ignored in Iraq? This blivet SUCKS in every way!

[me b zola]

27. Welcome to Amerika

:cry:

[distantearlywarning]

30. Liberal lies. All liberal lies.

The FEMA people said today that no dead bodies had been reported in New Orleans and I believe them. After all, they wouldn't LIE to me, would they?

Would they....?

[mopinko]

32. and * hopes they will all float away

how many will be tossed out to sea, i wonder. hard to have a death toll without the bodies, ya know.

[babylonsister]

33. These people are AMERICANS and I am pissed off;

what prevented the powers that be to not take action?
What the FUCK is our new committee doing, that being HOMELAND SECURITY?
I've seen this asked often; what if we had had a terrorist attack? Would they have been more prepared? I DON'T THINK SO!!!
Inept assholes are controlling this country!

[leftchick]

34. I know and agree

:cry:

[Nothing Without Hope]

36. People are dying AFTER being "rescued" too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4569722
Thread title: 100 Dead after being rescued from roof tops

Many bodies are never going to be found. And the longer it takes, the harder they will be to indentify if they ARE found. What horror for the families waiting to find out if their loved ones made it out.