Fewer Bodies Than Expected Found in Sweeps -

[liberal N proud]

Let's see you kick out the media then amazingly, you don't find near the bodies that were expected, does anyone believe this?

Fewer Bodies Than Expected Found in Sweeps
Sep 09 1:22 PM US/Eastern
By DON BABWIN
Associated Press Writer


NEW ORLEANS


Authorities said Friday that their first systematic sweep of the city found far fewer bodies than expected, suggesting that Hurricane Katrina's death toll may not be the catastrophic 10,000 feared.

"I think there's some encouragement in what we've found in the initial sweeps that some of the catastrophic deaths that some people predicted may not have occurred," said Terry Ebbert, New Orleans' homeland security chief.

Ebbert declined to give a new estimate of the dead.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/09/D8CGS9R04.html

[kstewart33]

1. Great news, but I'm wondering about east of New Orleans

Another post said that bodies are everywhere, and no one has yet gotten in to rescue people and assess the situation.

[Imagevision]

18. And who is making this claim? - Jerkoff?

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[Imagevision]

19. any Link?

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[barb162]

47. and south of NOLA may be even worse

[Waya]

2. Bullshit....

...without the media to report even close on the accurate numbers they can say whatever they like....that doesn't make it true

[Imagevision]

21. bULLSHIT, EXACTLY- Kick media out, death numbers amazingly drop?

COVER-UP, HERE WE GO AGAIN...WHO CAN VERIFY THIS TO BE TRUE WITH NO REPORTING GOING ON??


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[wtmusic]

30. DHS are masters of propaganda

and how the hell would they know anyway? This is verbatim off a fax from Rove. :grr:

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Good news. Let's hope it really is true.

[Pirate Smile]

6. Right. Let's just hope more people got out then they thought.

[patrice]

4. Yeah, when "embedded" with the troops in Iraq, the Media are

truthtellers; when "embedded" with Katrina Survivors they are enemy political activists.

[Imagevision]

25. BUSH WILL HAVE HIS OWN "EMBEDDED REPORTERS"

TO DO THE REPORTING AFTER REPORTS ARE CENSORED FIRST...ONLY IN AMERIKA
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS??


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[Junkdrawer]

They did the same thing after Charley, but no one EVER says a word...

if you say anything, you're accused of WANTING a high death count...

Poor George Orwell is spinning in his grave...

[Imagevision]

27. tRUE, THEY DID DO THE SAME THING AFTER "CHARLEY"

JEB BUSH HANDLED THAT ONE WITH BROWN IN TOW...!

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Not for a minute do I believe this. They're lying..covering up

again. I hope it's true, but.....you KNOW these people. When they say something, the opposite is usually true.

[jsamuel]

7. I call BULLSHIT... reports from there yesterday said that they hadn't even

got orders to get the bodies yet, but now all of a sudden they are almost done cleaning an entire city of dead bodies?

Yeah right!

Just collect enough to sound "reasonable", then bulldose the rest with the debree and you are done!

What about all the dead bodies under the water that still isn't pumped out?

[flyarm]

42. i hate to say this or ask this...but the way they are pumping out water

can bodies be broken up and washed out with the water they are pumping/? have you seen the pictures of how the water is being pumped out?? those are powerful pumps...

i fear some of the dead will never be found and families will be left never knowing...

no one can have closure without mourning their dead...and i fear for the familys of the lost souls...

god please take the angels and give them peace for eternity...but ..give the families the truth and answers!!

if there is a god..please let him somehow stop this brutal ignorant dictator of ours..take us out of this misery..and stop *es murders!!

if i am to ever believe in a god again..please god ..get * outta here!

stop him now!!!!!!!!!!

how many deaths will you allow * to cause .. god?????
fly

[Zynx]

8. They haven't even pumped out parts of the city where most

of the deaths would probably be.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. Yup, but we can still hope there are fewer deaths than feared.

[Individualist]

9. "said Terry Ebbert, New Orleans' homeland security chief"

So much for credibility!

[nookiemonster]

10. No shit. Resume check please.

n/t

[obreaslan]

11. Fewer bodies than expected....

Will actually be reported. The rest will be ground up for landfill or dumped in an open grave. All those claiming there are more, will be detained, reprogrammed and discredited. Thank you, this has been the nightly news. :nuke:

[Chipper Chat]

12. "Fewer bodies than expected found"

"but we did see a lot of fat alligators."
Under-the-radar post-planning by the PNAC?

[Cleita]

13. How about the ones that were eaten by alligators and rats?

I think we will only know when they tally the missing who could be dead.

[CountAllVotes]

23. yep the bayou swallowed up a lot of people and pets

NO DOUBT! We'll never know how many died because they are gone, gone for good. Once they drain NO it will be the most gruesome discovery ever seen in our country and you can be money on that one! In the meantime, the creatures that live in the bayou are having a hey day!

*ack*!!!

:kick:

[mmonk]

14. Let's hope so

but also, face it. It remains to be seen if reports are truely accurate yet.

[rocktivity]

15. How many became animal bait or floated out to sea?

:headbang:
rocknation

[neuvocat]

16. There's other places besides New Orleans

that have plenty of dead. This all reeks of a coverup.

[Imagevision]

40. other places besides New Orleans? -- that also report less deaths!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[snappyturtle]

17. Believe this?

Absolutely not! Without the media taking pictures, we'll never know....except from the survivors being unable to find loved ones....but by then, the administration will put a moritorium on such stories---morale and all! :sarcasm: Anyone remember, and this is disgusting, but that movie with, I think, Edward G. Robinson, "Soylent (sp?) Green" ? Gruesome thought....but.......

[Imagevision]

37. Recommend this up ...please.

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[qanda]

20. Which can only mean one thing

When Bush flew over the city, the miraculous healing power of his presence resurrected the dead.

[spinbaby]

26. There's a good zombie movie in there somewhere

[Zynx]

36. Indeed. After all, he does speak to God.

[krkaufman]

22. Which would mean that the inital city/state evacuation of the city...

... was executed about as well as could be expected.

And the main f-up was the absence of any immediate post-hurricane relief.

Keeping the fingers crossed that the toll stays low.

[bunny planet]

24. They just officially called off the search and rescue mission today and

announced they would now begin the search for bodies. How can they now be saying that they know with any certainty that the toll may not be as 'catastrophic' as feared. Tell that to one family member who lost a loved one unecessarily in this calamity.

It's just too early to say yet, I hope it's true. Fact is that unless there is independent corroboration for the amount of bodies found, they can cover up the actual numbers and they will probably attempt to do just that.

[Individualist]

28. Exactly!

The following statement is included in the AP article on www.nola.com: "Numbers so far are relatively minor as compared to the dire projections of 10,000," Ebbert said.

So far! They've just started looking for bodies. As I stated in the other thread on this topic, I'll be very interested to hear what Mayor Nagin has to say about Ebbert's statement!

[demo dutch]

29. Who is saying this - Locals or FEMA? According to article

it seems like it's not the local authority.

[Individualist]

32. Terry Ebbert, New Orleans' homeland security chief.

How's that for credibility?

[demo dutch]

34. So not a "true" local?

[Individualist]

35. I don't know if he's a local or not,

but he's definitely a fed.

[eglide]

38. Terry Ebbert works for the City of NO

appointed by Mayor Nagin

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-03-25/commentary.html

[Individualist]

41. If he's part of Homeland Security,

he takes direction from Chertoff. I still want to hear Mayor Nagin's comment about Ebbert's statement.

[eglide]

48. New Orleans has its own Homeland Security office

Its explained in the link I attached.
Nothing to do with FEMA or the federal DHS
Ebberts was executive director of the New Orleans Police Foundation
before the appointment by Nagin.

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-03-25/commentary.html

[demo dutch]

43. in that case I'm slightly more inclined to believe the statement

[Horse with no Name]

33. I still stand by my comment

That the only ones that will be counted are the ones who have family members who insist on it.
The homeless and the people who fall through the cracks of society will in essence, cease to exist, without any mention being made of how they died.

[Imagevision]

39. Deaths that some people predicted may not have occurred?

Amazing timing, right after they annonuce that reporters are being kicked or asked not to photograph the dead? -- why not, they can easily blur faces out where there was anything left to visualize!


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[stevietheman]

44. I think Ebbert can be trusted...

he was one who said on the Thursday after the hurricane there was still no "command and control" (with regards to FEMA) (1) and "This is not a FEMA operation. I haven't seen a single FEMA guy." (2)

(1) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/01/AR2005090102428.html
(2) http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5249697,00.html

[melody]

45. An outrageous lie

It'll be interesting to see where the missing persons count is versus their bushit numbers.

[mtnester]

46. That press release was written days ago

you all know that don't you?

[Ms. Clio]

49. C'mon, they are just showing respect for the people they murdered

[catmandu57]

50. In the meantime

Survivors are scattered to the four winds going to whoever will take them in, families are busted apart, there are bullitin boards crammed full of messages looking for people.

And in all this confusion, GREAT NEWS INSTEAD OF 25,000 DEAD WE ONLY HAVE 9999. I don't believe them, I don't trust them, I'll never trust anything any government tells me again.

They've blackboxed the dead.

[GreenPartyVoter]

51. If RWers ahil this talking point we have to come back with

well we'll never no howmany washed away, or were eaten by alligators and dogs.

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