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underthedome (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:39 PM Original message |
Reports of shootings, carjackings and looting near the Superdome -CNN |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Carjackings? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Good point.... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. They probably don't know that unless they've had access to radios. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Maybe they meant "Boatjackings"? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, hope those idiots... |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. There is no logic to it |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. You didn't see Londoners behaving that way during the Blitz |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Well you had some real leaders then |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. London was organized |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Are you sure about that? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You've brought a moment of enlightenment! Have never heard about this. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I'm talking about assaulting, carjacking (violent crime) |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You May Be Sure There Was Violent Crime, Sir |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. It's been a free for all for some here today to paint these people, |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. In Disordered Circumstances, Sir |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. From the original link |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Your're comparing the actions of a serial killer |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. LOL: Perfect post |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. Too bad it didn't eviscerate me |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. So the British looted too---not really a surprise but nice to document |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. I didn't see it ( I wasn't born yet) but my grandmother sure as hell |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. Some things were different in London during the Blitz |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I can imagine myself |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 12:55 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Well bully for you |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Good point. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. no doubt people are getting desperate...the water is rising |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Is the Superdome located in the area that they are trying to evacuate |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. yes |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. ...and some here expect them to act like perfectly genteel men and |
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Roy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
55. Nahhhh..... these guys plan ahead.... |
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Chico Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Plus the prison is rioting |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Typical activity following the breakdown of social order |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. A glimpse into the future |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. God, you're right. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Bingo. |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's part of their "freedoms" living under a democracy |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Times-Picayune: Looting difficult to control |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Most of the pics of looting that I've seen have been for essentials |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Bleach? |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. disinfectant |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Ah |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. For cleaning scummy, slimey, moldy gunk from walls, floors, etc. n/t |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Bleach is a good all-purpose disinfectant. n/t |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 11:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Purifies water. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. tennis shoes!! OMG! Not that!! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. When there were civil rights marches in Birmingham, Alabama |
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dasmarian (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. !!!!!!! PRISONERS HAVE TAKEN HOSTAGES IN NOLA |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Carjacking???? Where will they drive????? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. they are saying the Nat Guard and police have control of Canal Street |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Hundreds of people walking the highway with no where to go. No author- |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. FEMA not around, not assistance around. They are just drifting. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. they were told to leave their hourse which were flooding!! But on one |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. they were on the Interstate and many started to walk to DOME> |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. one one to pick these people up to take them places. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. refugee situation--clothes on back with no where to go. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. saying the water stincks already. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. as water rises misery rises. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. NO dodged the bullet yesterday--then the leevey broke and all holy |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. people are hungry, wet, hot and thirsty. these are ones that can walk |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. In times of stress, Civility=thin veneer. |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 10:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. I can't believe some DUer's attituded "this wasn't too bad".. At first MSM |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-05 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
53. Too bad Bush cut billions of dollars to NOLA and shipped NG off to Iraq |
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