Prosecution of St. Rita's Employees? What about *?

[LSparkle]

Irony: Alberto (Senor Torturo) Gonzales considers whether to prosecute workers at St. Rita's nursing home because they possibly DIDN'T THEIR JOBS while the media fawns all over *'s half-assed statement about "taking responsibility" for the feds' response to Katrina. Prosecutions of the people on the ground who were only doing the best they could; excuses for the people who had the power to do so much and did so painfully little.

[ixion]

1. no big suprise from the maladmin that loves torture and cruelty

:-(

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Kinda like prosecuting soldiers for Abu Ghraib instead of policy makers

like himself.

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. Is that the one where many residents were abandoned

and drown? I would not have a problem with prosecuting that and it will be something to point to later.

[LSparkle]

4. Yes -- if they were criminally negligent, prosecute them ... BUT

I don't think people should give * a pass when HE WAS LIKEWISE WARNED and didn't mobilize the resources requested by the state and city that could have saved lives. He should also be HELD ACCOUNTABLE for his (criminally negligent?) behavior, especially because SO MANY MORE people were depending on him.

[Kailassa]

5. Carers

I'm only familiar with one nursing home, and I believe the staff there would risk their lives to help their patients. But in that rising flood, where it was not possible after the flooding started to bet people out, and we know that help was promised every day and never came, it could be that all the staff could do was finally try to save themselves.

We don't know the details, we don't know even if the staff did survive. And if they did, we don't know how appalling this situation must have been for them. It could be that they will never recover emotionally from having had to leave people they had grown to love to drown there.

Any talk of prosecution here is only an effort to deflect blame. Sure, it should be investigated, but only by someone who realises that the staff were victims too.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

6. it is on CNN now

they called the families, the owners said they would stay at the nursing home.

They talked about how during other hurricanes that old people were put on buses and died there from dehyrdarion.

Said that this nursing home had weathered all storms over a 20-30 year period.

They were concerned that some patients would not survive an evacuation, according to a nurse, Tammy Daigle who is on TV now.

Why didn't someone in the parish make sure they evacuated.

My viewpoint - Bush should be tried for murder, he caused many people to drown, thousands.

[Kailassa]

7. Broussard audio

http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-2037

Isn't this the same nursing home Aaron Broussard was referring to? How come the Feds could evacuate a big prison after the flooding started, but day after day give only empty promises to evacuate these people? And Then have the cheek to go after the workers!!!

Three people had already died of dehydration while being evacuated from another nursing home. Those cars leaving New Orleans were standing still more than they were travelling; it was taking 8-9 hours and a full tank in muggy heat to get anywhere. And there was always a chance the roads would jam right up, and people trying to escape would be the ones in most danger. So we can't blame people for not forseeing that the home, which had already weathered 4 hurricanes, would not be the safest place this time.

[Obamarama]

8. There's a saint named Rita???

And no, her last name isn't Crosby!

[burythehatchet]

9. its worth noting the possibility that testimony may have to be

taken from administration officials.

[Contrary1]

10. I heard on the news

that the owners refused rescue workers trying to evacuate them.

[LiviaOlivia]

11. kick