by Qutb » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:40 pm
"On tonight's news, CTV (Canadian TV) said that support was offered from Canada. Planes are ready to load with food and medical supplies and a system called "DART" which can provide fresh water and medical supplies is standing by. Department of Homeland Security as well as other U.S. agencies were contacted by the Canadian government requesting permission to provide help. Despite this contact, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Canada has not been allowed to fly supplies and personnel to the areas hit by Katrina. So, everything here is grounded. Prime Minister Paul Martin is reportedly trying to speak to President Bush tonight or tomorrow to ask him why the U.S. federal government will not allow aid from Canada into Louisiana and Mississippi.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> That said, the Canadian Red Cross is reportedly allowed into the area.<br><br>Canadian agencies are saying that foreign aid is probably not being permitted into Louisiana and Mississippi because of <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"mass confusion"</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> at the U.S. federal level in the wake of the storm."<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/31/235829/261">www.dailykos.com/storyonl...235829/261</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>WASHINGTON - In a dramatic turnabout, the United States is now on the receiving end of help from around the world as some two dozen countries offer post-hurricane assistance.<br><br>snip<br><br>However, in Moscow, a Russian official said the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency had rejected a Russian offer to dispatch rescue teams and other aid.<br><br>snip<br><br>Offers have been received from Russia, Japan, Canada, France, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, Jamaica, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, China, South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, NATO and the Organization of American States, the spokesman said.<br><br>snip<br><br>Still, Bush told ABC-TV: “I’m not expecting much from foreign nations because we hadn’t asked for it. I do expect a lot of sympathy and perhaps some will send cash dollars. But this country’s going to rise up and take care of it.” <br>(any day now - my comment)<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>“You know,” he said, “we would love help, but we’re going to take care of our own business as well, and there’s no doubt in my mind we’ll succeed. And there’s no doubt in my mind, as I sit here talking to you, that New Orleans is going to rise up again as a great city.”</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9161198/">msnbc.msn.com/id/9161198/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br> <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:black;font-family:century gothic;font-size:x-small;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Qutb means "axis," "pole," "the center," which contains the periphery or is present in it. The qutb is a spiritual being, or function, which can reside in a human being or several human beings or a moment. It is the elusive mystery of how the divine gets delegated into the manifest world and obviously cannot be defined.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><br></p><i></i>
