New Orleans not mentioned in the State of the Union

[01Snake]

Dan, you're my hero!

Signed,
Boutons

[Yonivore]

Nah, the guy who stopped the mom from stabbing her 2 kids. That dudes a hero. the guy who jumped in front of a speeding train to save someone he didn't know. That dudes a hero. The guy who drove his Hyundai loaded with food and rescued 5 New Orleans residents while the government was fighting over jurisdiction. That dudes a hero.

Agreed.

[MannyIsGod]

I"m much more leery of a society where the word here isn't tossed around enough as opposed to one where its used too often.

Some of you really do disgust me.

[bresilhac]

Bush's State of the Union Omits State of Louisiana

All Things Considered, January 24, 2007 · Survivors of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding along the Gulf Coast are unhappy that President Bush failed to mention the struggle to rebuild in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

In his speech, President Bush talked about the economy, education, healthcare, immigration, terrorism and Iraq, among other topics. But he did not talk about New Orleans and the challenges the city faces as it tries to recover. People in New Orleans noticed.

When Joe Aguda turned on his television last night in his FEMA trailer in the front yard of the house where he used live in, he heard President Bush talk about committing troops and resources to the rebuilding of Iraq.

But he didn't hear anything about rebuilding New Orleans.

Standing in the s of his house in mid-city New Orleans Wednesday, sifting through a few relics that survived in his attic, Aguda said his reaction was simple. "We've been forgotten," he said.

And Aguda says he can't explain why. "This is the largest national catastrophe to ever happen here in the United States and everything else took precedence."

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=7004942

Considering everything that is covered in these speeches, that's ed up.

I like many other Americans am sick to death of hearing about New Orleans and its unfortunate plight. Enough is enough already. The media as well as the White House have given that burg all the attention it deserves. Like a previous poster mentioned I keep waiting for the next horrible disaster to take place so that we can focus on some other community for awhile. For one thing I don't think it's the federal government's responsibility to rebuild New Orleans. It's up to Louisiana. Instead of subsidizing Tom Benson's Saints and spending tens of millions to refurbish the Superdome the state government should be rebuilding housing, infrastructure etc.

[ponky]

damn, here's where all the ignorant assholes hang out...keep waiting for the next national disaster, very classy

[Fillmoe]

thats cuz george bush dont like black people......

[Saddam's Ghost]

Agreed.

[01Snake]

damn, here's where all the ignorant assholes hang out...keep waiting for the next national disaster, very classy

Surely you cannot be that stupid to think we are waiting for the next disaster. Nobody is wishing disaster on anyone. It was simply a jab at how tired people are of hearing about Katrina. I don't recall all the attention to the people in Punta Gorda who's homes were decimated by Charlie or any of the other 3 hurricanes that pounded FL in 04'.

, I just noticed you're a Mavs fan. Maybe you are just stupid.

[xrayzebra]

Time some of those people got off their asses went back to NO and
took the jobs the illegals are doing there. Lots of work and they
sit around wanting Uncle Sugar to keep picking up the tab for their
life.

Got no more time for NO.

[Nbadan]

Katrina - The Promise

[boutons_]

dubya didn't mention yet-another huge fiasco of his mis-governing, incompetent Exec, his joke of DHS (remind, which color is the Cat 3 Hurricane Alert for Ridge's Risk Stoplight ) .

The American people haven't forgotten, never will.

NO is another glob of stuck eternally to dubya's legacy.