Flood survivors cuffed as evacuation begins

[donsu]

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1913892005


ARMED police have begun to handcuff hurricane survivors who refuse to leave their homes in New Orleans.

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Volunteer rescuer Gregg Silverman, part of a 14-boat contingent from Columbus, Ohio, said he expected to find many more survivors in the city's flooded streets. Instead, he found mostly bodies.

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On other bodies his group encountered, he said: "Obviously we are not recovering them. We are just tying them up to banisters, leaving them on the roof."

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Speaking at the White House, President George Bush said every family affected by Hurricane Katrina would receive the initial sum of £1000 in aid. He also declared Friday September 16 a national day of prayer and remembrance for Hurricane Katrina's victims. (hunh?)

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the world is watching

[yy4me]

1. £1000 ...-As in money? Is he on another planet?

How much more embarrassed by this idiot can we take?

[Sal Minella]

3. This is from "The Scotsman," a British newspaper.....

[longship]

2. Not a good thing

This is going to boomerang on the local authorities.
These people are not criminals!!

[Trillo]

4. Of course they're criminals.

They're not doing what 'authorities' are telling them to do, so lock 'em up!

Ain't Freedom Grand?