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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:39 AM Original message |
New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. oh jeez a man can't win |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "plenty of ppl were not rescued until way after sept 1" |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. For God's sakes: the point is NO ONE should have been trapped |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I know what the point is |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. pitting one group against another would not seem to suggest |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. well everyone is completely missing my point |
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Ben Ceremos (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Furthermore, |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Exactly, smoking dope or stealing a car, or even armed |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Here we have someone who obviously never read 'The Pit and the Pendulum' |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. Right! Those who abadonded nursing home residents are prosecuted.... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I beg your pardon?? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. A death sentence isn't appropriate for the men who were at that jail. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. My gosh, that could have been Cheney or Bush locked in there |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. "at a different time..." |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. that's pretty goddamned disgusting... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Deleted message |
jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I disagree with you on this one. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. "not a damn thing they could have done better" |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. i was IN the event, were YOU |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. I think there is more than one story to tell here. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. How appropriate |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Who is "we" anyway? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Something HAS to be done to address this crime, legally. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. "some may have died" |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Hush! Tis cover up and finger pointing time. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. 2 men from our area were in that prison- they are still imprisoned |
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Julius Civitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
11. Third world country |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. "New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters" |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. They call it a 'prison', but it's a combo city jail/prison |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I did not know people were left abandoned to drown |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The guards there were/are a bunch of sadistic motherfuckers |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. wow |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. People asked me why prisoners elsewhere were cared for. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. Does Louisiana purge felons from voter roles? |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. Reminds me of "The Stand" n/t |
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doodadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Another Steven King fan! |
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nothometoday (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
56. AWESOME movie... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. the prison story on NOLA.com is a little different |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. the nola story sounds like the correct one to me |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. "nothing specially bad for the prisoners" |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. The only links I'm finding refer to the same episode, and don't mention |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Who was first isn't even the damned point |
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Catrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. You say you were there |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 08:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. nothing specially bad for the prisoners |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. How well I remember |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. How many, if any, died? This is horrible. It is worse if they died. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. One more disgrace |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. Unfortunate fact |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. And don't forget, most county jails hold not only people convicted |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. Are you sure that's true? B/c a co-worker of mine claims car jackings in |
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nothometoday (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. I have heard similar tales... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sounds about the same as the Convention Center! Terrible |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. Just when I thought that it couldn't get any lower... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 05:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. shameful. |
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The Independant (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
48. Eyewitness account |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-23-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Thank you for the report |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-05 09:07 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Did you see waterlines inside jail cells? How close did they get to ceilings? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-05 08:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Passive tense? |
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