BBC News site on New Orleans....

[somebody]

That is definitely the problem , reaction, solution game!<br><br> We scream: the federal govt. didn't do anything! Now the calvery comes in with... we're going to clean this all up and build new levees and have a govt. port to insure safe flow of oil, etc. Hip hip hurray! Our right wing brothers will all band together and say see... this admin. is making us safe, and rebuilding, and doing good for human kind! <br>And they get what they want, just like 9/11 <p></p><i></i>

[Peachtree Pam]

sounds plausible to me. If drug smuggling can increase, they are there, no matter what the political cost. And it will be minimal..as the sheeple sleep....... <p></p><i></i>

[DrDebugDU]

The drugs issue is a good point as well. After all NO is a major coke transport hub...<br><br>Just read something else (sadly unconfirmed yet)<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>KoKo01 (1000+ posts) <br>Thu Sep-08-05 04:25 PM<br>Original message<br><br>Mexican Army now Comes to the US to bring the Aid that we've sent to Iraq!<br><br>Not in 150 Years has Mexican Military Operated in the United States. Will they be working with our National Guard? How does this sit with the Right Wingers.<br><br>Will the Canadian Mounties now be called into service.<br><br>Can anyone BELIEVE THIS? BUSH BRINGS IN THE MEXICAN MILITARY! Should we worry about this or be happy that they are willing to help us. Is this LEGAL? So many questions!<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4699647">www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4699647</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Brrrr... I have to close the window. I feel a draft coming up... <p></p><i></i>

[Col Quisp]

Question: Were any of the parishes mentioned below affected by the HAARPocane? If they were, then why did FEMA claim it had to be "asked" for help by the Gov?<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Louisiana<br><br>The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 26, 2005, and continuing.<br><br>The President's action <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Catahoula, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn.<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding. <p></p><i></i>