Daily Archives: September 2, 2005

Kanye West: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” (click for the video) Kanye West at the NBC Concert for Hurricane Katrina Relief Fuller transcript from Tracy and Eric: Kanye West at the NBC Concert for Hurricane Katrina Relief: Mike Meyers reads off prompter … switches to black singer, Kanye West: “I hate the way … Continue reading »

trigem: I’m so going to catch flak.. hah!

CNN 9/2/05 One New Orleans police sergeant compared the situation to Somalia and said officers were outnumbered and outgunned by gangs in trucks. “It’s a war zone, and they’re not treating it like one,” he said, referring to the federal government. The officer hitched a ride to Baton Rouge Friday morning, after working 60 hours … Continue reading »

The scale and suffering of the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina has enthralled me via cable tv and the web. I’ll start at channel 60 with MSNBC, then go downwards through the channels to FOX and CNN. What concerns me the most is that there’s so much suffering going on at a local level, but … Continue reading »

CNN 9/2/20 Terry Ebbert, New Orleans’ homeland security chief, told WWL-TV that he thinks FEMA’s response to the disaster has been an “embarrassment.” Walter Maestri, the emergency management director in suburban Jefferson Parish, said FEMA and other federal agencies are not delivering help nearly as fast as it is needed. Yet, back in Washington, Homeland … Continue reading »