new orleans
This is shocking, the situation in New Orleans is serious and I am convinced it is MUCH bigger than is getting reported in the mainstream American media. I just heard a report from a Dutch radio journalist who described it as all-out war down there. All this happening while the ineffective/impotent/incompetent federal government can't figure out where to even start. Why is the city not being helped? I can't help but wonder if the Bush administration even sees the largely minority populations currently suffering as people worthy of federal relief efforts. I doubt Bush cares about much other than the fact that his vacation was interrupted a few days early. This country is a mess.
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you've seen these?
this was stunning
http://www.zen41771.zen.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/WWL-AM%20Interview%20Nagin.mp3
especially the final few seconds...
Posted by r. at September 4, 2005 06:43 AM
this was also a telling outburst!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_images/splash/kayne_west.mov
Posted by r. at September 4, 2005 06:51 AM
Posted by: r. | September 4, 2005 8:35 PM
Fred Frith made a good point when he told me in a lesson once, shortly after 9/11, he said, "If I were an optimistic person I would believe that this tragedy could wake America up and change it for the better. But I'm not really an optimist." The same holds true for this disaster, I think.
Posted by: roddy | September 6, 2005 12:20 PM
in a related story, i learned a new word in japanese last week while watching the news here...'looting' interesting that my own country would teach me this in this context. it reminded me of the time that i learned how to say 'i stepped in shit' in japanese when i was hanging out with my japanese friends in paris. environment is the greatest teacher.
Posted by: r. | September 6, 2005 1:30 PM