Two years after Katrina, Bush to visit New Orleans - pics

[Kadie]

But where were you when they needed you???

Bush to visit New Orleans
22 minutes ago

CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush next week will visit New Orleans and parts of the Mississippi coast ravaged two years ago by Hurricane Katrina, the White House said Friday.

Bush will arrive in New Orleans on Tuesday after a fundraising swing and a speech to a US veterans group to defend the war in Iraq, spokesman Gordon Johndroe told reporters as the president spent time on his ranch here.

On Wednesday, Bush and First Lady Laura Bush "Bush will visit New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This will be the president's 15th visit to the region since Hurricane Katrina," said Johndroe.

"The president continues to follow through on his commitment to help local citizens rebuild their lives and communities on the Gulf Coast," said the spokesman.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/pl_afp/usstormkatrinabush_070824182735

A combo picture shows New Orleans firefighters walking through water as a looted sports store burns in the background in the city of New Orleans August 31, 2005 (TOP) and the same site almost two years later on August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES)


A combo picture shows the scene outside the New Orleans Convention Center following Hurricane Katrina where on September 1, 2005 (TOP), a dead man was revealed under a blanket amid thousands made homeless, and (BOTTOM) the same site almost two years later on August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES)


A combo picture shows thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors outside the Superdome sports stadium during their evacuation in New Orleans, Louisiana September 2, 2005 (TOP) and the same scene almost two years later on August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES) REUTERS


A combo picture shows a rescued boy sitting on a highway overpass as a rescue boat looks for Hurricane Katrina survivors in New Orleans September 1, 2005 (TOP), and the same scene almost two years later on August 23, 2007 (BOTTOM). REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES)


A combo picture shows a victim of Hurricane Katrina floating at the steps of the New Orleans Superdome on September 2, 2005 (TOP) and the same site almost two years later (BOTTOM) on August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES)



A work crew guts a home 22 August in Lakeview, a suburb of New Orleans, almost two years after the flood surge and levee breach from Hurricane Katrina. US President George W. Bush next week will visit New Orleans and parts of the Mississippi coast ravaged two years ago by Hurricane Katrina, the White House said Friday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)


Flags commemorating people killed in Hurricane Katrina flutter in the wind at a cemetery in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb, August 24, 2007. REUTERS/Lee Celano (UNITED STATES)

[hatrack]

1. A Bush visit?!? Gosh, that's just so special I think I'm going to cry!!

:puke: :puke: and :puke: again.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Christ another fucking toxic storm to hit the gulfcoast

Thanks for the info. I'll stay home while the trash blows across the coast. What a fucking pathetic waste of tax dollars to fly that criminal anywhere.

[PA Democrat]

5. I hope you are up-wind, BOSSHOG.

Of course it's assumed that everyone except the brain-dead Bush sycophants will prevented from getting within shouting distance of the little lord pissy pants.

[BOSSHOG]

7. No doubt Photo-ops for bush and haley barbore

[Binka]

3. Oh Goodie Goodie Ben Will Be There Next Week Too

Now that he is out of the Marines Ben is heading to NOLA with his buddy Marvin to build some houses. He's had enough destruction in Iraq and wants to build something for fuck sake. I sure hope Mr Boosh tries a photo op with Ben. Ben will tell him to go fuck himself and ask why Jenna and Babs Jr aren't fighting HIS fucking war. :mad:

[zabet]

6. Thank goodness..

he made it out alive with this stinkin' war going on.

[Suich]

10. So happy to hear about Ben, Binka!

My son has been working in NO since last fall. If Ben needs a contact there, pm me.

:)

[HeeBGBz]

4. Another foul wind visits the coast.

A Category 5 noxious fart. The only thing he brings with him is a traffic snarl-up. Goody. Goody. As if driving around here wasn't a pain in the ass on a normal day.

[KamaAina]

8. I hear he's really really good at clearing brush

why doesn't he help them get rid of some of the TONS of debris that are still there TWO YEARS LATER?! (cf. second photo from bottom in OP)? Huh?

edit: what's a 'yera'?

[shraby]

9. Was an actual death toll ever released? I

never heard the total.

[Kadie]

12. I really don't know.

Probably not.

:shrug:

[Kadie]

13. Just found one article... more than 1450 lives lost.

snip...
In New Orleans on Convention Center Boulevard, which a year ago became a cauldron of human misery for thousands of stranded evacuees, the city erected a memorial wall bearing pictures and descriptions of a few of the more than 1,450 Louisiana lives lost.

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1156918147263560.xml&coll=1&thispage=2

[SeattleGirl]

11. Yeah, bet all you folks in that area are just thrilled.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[likesmountains 52]

14. THe comments a nola.com are very negative about his visit...worth reading!

[Swamp Rat]

15. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Mary Landrieu will be here next Monday