NOLA: A Criminal Act

[Me.]

Bush used the starving people of New Orleans as hostages to blackmail the Governor into turning the city over to his troops so he could:


<<<snip>>
“1. hand out all the reconstruction contracts to friends of the Bush Crime Family such as Halliburton; and
2. use his soldiers to control the exit and return of the inhabitants of New Orleans, to ensure that 'undesirables' - blacks and poor white race traitors who like living in a predominantly black culture - never come back so he can rebuild the city as an amusement park for white tourists.” Cont…

“The lie told to the Washington Post was just part of the pressure put on the Governor. Bush's plan explains why available troops were left out of the city when they could have been useful and were only installed as the city was being evacuated (they now serve as overarmed security guards), and why FEMA took active steps to prevent aid and aid workers from getting to the city. It also explains why the mainstream press spent so much time reporting on looting, rapes and murders, all in an attempt to force Blanco to agree to Bush's demands. The looting stories were almost entirely cases of people foraging for the food which Bush had ensured they couldn't have, and the rape and murder stores were largely fictional. The entire scenario was an attempt by the Bush Administration to make money off the tragedy caused by Katrina, an attempt that was partially foiled by Blanco's refusal to be blackmailed into handing the city over to Bush.

The struggle continues, and we must not allow them to get away with their evil plans. It would be a social, architectural, and cultural crime to let Bush destroy New Orleans. New Orleans needs to be brought back to life in its existing buildings, most of which can be saved, and with its former inhabitants. Did the Italian government contemplate rebuilding Florence someplace else after the 1966 floods? Does anyone ever seriously contemplate moving Venice, a very similar ecological disaster of a city that is also slowly sinking? The idea is laughable. Let's face it. There are only five culturally important places in the whole country: New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and . . . New Orleans. You just can't give New Orleans up so that some rich Republicans can make money. If the American political system were working properly, Bush's attempt to use the lives of the starving and dying citizens of New Orleans as hostages should lead to his impeachment and removal from office. This wasn't just total incompetence and negligence; it was a criminal act.”


http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/1719423.php

[LSparkle]

1. Your lips to God's ears

From what I've heard, New Orleans was a multiracial city, too -- an ethnic gumbo -- a big no-no (!) to the BFEE and company. It was a city that still valued life over wealth, where people could be poor but happy nonetheless. (Uh-oh -- these people are not playing their roles as desperate, slavish consumers!) It was a different way of life, and one that these capitalist pigs couldn't wait to do away with.

[texpatriot2004]

2. That's the New Orleans I want back; not some overdeveloped

homogenized version of the white fascist elite.

[Me.]

3. NO Was The Test Case

I believe. If they could get away with it there, and the American people gave them the pass they were expecting, no American city would be safe.

[H2O Man]

4. I suspect that

George W. Bush considers the hurricane as a sign from God himself to the president, saying He is displeased with the people of NO who are not registered republicans, and that it's George's bibical duty to remake the city in his own image.

[Me.]

5. I'm Sure You're Right

Also. while many things could have been done better I am amazed that the governor, under the pressure she was to get help to the people, held out against the blackmail. I think if she had let them federalize the city, there would have been a domino effect across the country. For I am sure to my core that if B*** and pals can figure out a way to subjugate the citizens of this country, they will and make us a military state. Eisenhower wasn't kidding when he warned us about the military industrial complex.

[H2O Man]

7. We are a military state.

If anyone can offer any serious evidence to the contrary, I'd be interested in knowing what it is.

[democrat_1997]

8. military state

Hmmmm. Let's see, you're saying BS like that and you haven't been arrested by the Facist militarist? Maybe you managed to shake off the Feds.

[H2O Man]

9. Good night! n/t

[Me.]

10. I Believe You Have The Wrong Forum

This is DU, not any other place.

[stepnw1f]

11. You Have a Very Hollywood Educated Concept of What Fascism Is

Or what a military state looks like. You must, because your statement is extremely condescending and at the same time ignorant. I hope you realize this and educate yourself more before being so flippant.

[damntexdem]

6. NOLA contendere ...

The Bushistas will spin to avoid admitting guilt. But watch where the money flows, and which corporations get yet richer.

[Me.]

12. The Money Trail Will Tell The Story

it always does