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  • Katrina calamity in America?
    3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Dwarika Nath Rath from India
    We, in the third world countries has an cinematic impression about the sensitivity of the US citizens towards it’s citizens.There is an impression that it can go to any extent and spend billions in the rescue operation of it’s citizens.
    The US Govt.s deliberate silence sending warnings to the countries on Tsunami is a well known chapter. And again reaching with aids with heavy military to Srilanka and other S.E. Asia countries is an open truth. The post (…)

  • Hurricane Katrina: Is Looting a Question of Skin Color?
    3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by SPIEGEL ONLINE
    If the pain and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina wasn’t enough, now the looting has started on the streets of New Orleans. But many people simply need to feed their families and are consequently forced to "borrow" food from waterlogged grocery stores. So what makes somebody a looter? And does it have anything to do with the color of their skin?
    It didn’t take long for reports of looting to filter through. No sooner had Hurricane Katrina’s winds died down, than (…)

  • CASTRO REITERATES MEDICAL CARE OFFER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
    3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO REITERATES MEDICAL CARE OFFER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN HIS REMARKS DURING THE TV ROUND TABLE.
    Our country is ready to send, in the small hours of morning, 100 clinicians and specialists in Comprehensive General Medicine, who at dawn tomorrow, Saturday, could be in Houston International Airport, Texas, the closest to the region struck by the tragedy, in order to be transferred by air, sea or river to the isolated shelters, facilities and neighborhoods in the (…)

  • ’Cowboy’ Bush failed in Katrina evacuation, says Chavez
    3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a vocal critic of the U.S. government, on Wednesday called President Bush a "cowboy" who had failed to manage the Hurricane Katrina disaster and evacuate victims.
    "That government had no evacuation plan, it is incredible, the first power in the world that is so involved in Iraq ... and left its own population adrift," Chavez said in a cabinet meeting broadcast live on television.
    His remarks came as U.S. authorities (…)

  • A Poor Day To Die...
    3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    A Poor Day To Die...
    In the terrible currents of fear and wind and rain, Left with nothing but their feet and maybe not even that, No dime no nickel no car no gas, Maybe no job if they left - I guess now it’s too hard to laugh, The stench and the heat and the waters full of death and disgust, Six days with nothing but bullets and broken promises, Thirst and pain and confusion comprise everything, Bodies plugging the bathtub drains, Call it looting or scavenging to survive, When the world (…)

  • At Least One Bush Helped Hurricane Surviviors
    3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Chicago Tribune reported in section 1 on page 5 Friday that 14 members of the Waveland, Miss. Police Department survived the hurricane surge waters by clinging to an eight foot tall bush in the yard for dear life. They plan to transplant it to a memorial site when the new police station is built. Somehow, I doubt they will be singing "Hail To The Chief" in remembrance.
    Dan Stafford

  • the "White" House shows its true colors
    2 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The world has seen the cataclysmic aftermath of Katrina. There has been an outpouring of support throughout the world. Many countries have offered immediate, life-saving resources. But the jackals and hyenas in the current hub of power in d.c. (comics) refuse all offers to help, saying that this is an "internal affair".
    The "white" house is glad to see the devastation. More reconstruction $$$ into Halliburton’s (etc.) pockets. There’s only one thing money can’t buy, and that’s poverty. (…)

  • Don’t Give Your Hurricane Donations to the Red Cross
    2 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Establishment charities have history of withholding disaster funds
    Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones | September 1 2005
    As the aftermath of hurricane Katrina continues to wreak mayhem and havoc amid reports of mass looting, shooting at rescue helicopters, rapes and murders, establishment media organs are promoting the Red Cross as a worthy organization to give donations to.
    The biggest website in the world, Yahoo.com, displays a Red Cross donation link prominently on its front page. (…)

  • So, really, who blew the levies?
    2 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    9/11/2001 - planes crash into World Trade Center twin towers. Later, the Towers collapse in the only known collapse of steel framed buildings EVER. Some skeptics claim they were purposely imploded.
    George Bush, Condi Rice and others government officials say they never imagined planes being used as weapons.
    8/29/2005 - Hurricane Katrina slams into the southern shore of the US. Especially hard hit is New Orleans. Late in the day, levies, holding back the waters of Lake Ponchartrain, break, (…)

  • Aid Offers Will Be Accepted From Countries
    2 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
    In a dramatic turnabout, the United States is now on the receiving end of help from around the world as some two dozen countries offer post-hurricane assistance.
    Venezuela, a target of frequent criticism by the Bush administration, offered humanitarian aid and fuel. Venezuela’s Citgo Petroleum Corp. pledged a $1 million donation for hurricane aid.
    The United Nations informed U.S. Ambassador John R. Bolton it was prepared to support the relief (…)