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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:04 PM Original message |
Katrina Victims Testify on Racism's Role |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Next we'll be told Katrina never happened. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Exactly. Did you nominate? |
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Anita Garcia (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. But Katrina and Rita did happen... |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 05:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Welcome to DU, Anita |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wrote this article ... |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thank you. |
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Helga Scow Stern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thank you. I wish I could have seen all the testimonies today. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Thank you, Nancy, from the bottom. |
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LeahD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 01:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. This definitely deserves a kick. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 05:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. So well said; thank you for putting the horror into words |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. they were "guilty" of being in shock, traumatized and trusting--eom |
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kimchi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Thank you. |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. Katrina... |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Kick and nominated ~ Bush White Wash = Katrina nt |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. What a tremendously powerful article! |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. Excellent work! Thank you! |
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Helga Scow Stern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Recommended. I wish people would post more about the hearings. |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. This is what is hurtful. Fellow DUers, we should all be outraged. |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. *Co & M$M have effectively changed the subject |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Please rate the thread up so DUers can read! n/t |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. By dragging his feet, by ignoring the pleas, by being |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Done--I am personally kicking and recc'd every Katrina |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. So lets see. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. We ALL saw it. We all did. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. We need one more vote here. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is the "front page" on the MSNBC website. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Isn't that grand? |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Locked up without food, water or medicine for days, left to die = genocide |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. have you been following what happened to the prisoners? |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. I think I only read one or two articles about it. The treatment of just |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. you hit it-- "at war with the residents"--eom |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. kick and read please |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. All they cared about was the corporations. And how they would |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. KIck |
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NoGOP (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. Just outrageous |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. Message from my government: You are on your own after the big earthquake |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. For anyone who tries to claim that race wasn't an issue... |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. Amen Ninkasi...... |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Unless we Dems step up to the plate |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. I don't know if racism played a role, I would doubt it actually... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Racism was in play from beginning to now. I can't say "end" |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
56. Oh, I doubt that very much... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:14 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. If that's right, we're in bigger trouble than even I thought. |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. Kick...... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. "not a single person was marched into a gas chamber and killed" |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. and to the overpasses--held at gunpoint--no shade, no water, no food |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. kick |
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MsLeopard (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. K&R nt |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
33. So, as long as it wasn't EXACTLY like the Holocaust, it's fine? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It's quite frightening. n/t |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. If racism was the issue... |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Poor People in general. |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. It's not that ineptitude wasn't a factor here ... |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. What campaign coffer can I contribute to, to get rid of Miller? |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. I cannot believe that Rep. Shays called the survivor a liar. |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. He should be made to pay for this at the polls. The SOB. n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Mama D is just being |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Well I believe her. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Indeed, there are. |
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MellowOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. kick and nominated n/t |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. Guess that Elderly Gentleman Getting the Crap Beat Out Of Him |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Probably not....... |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 07:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Delete |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
59. Regular folks are told this all the time, from a variety of sources. |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. KICK |
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