Laura Bush sees progress in New Orleans, but slowly

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26168627.htm

Laura Bush sees progress in New Orleans, but slowly


NEW ORLEANS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - First lady Laura Bush said on Thursday that New Orleans had made good progress in recovering from Hurricane Katrina but acknowledged that government aid efforts had been "very, very slow."

She made the comments while visiting two schools, including one which officials said was still awaiting government funds to get back on its feet.

"I want people around the country to realize how big the devastation is," she said. Katrina flooded 80 percent of New Orleans and left more than 1,300 people dead.

But, Bush said later, "really, you know it hasn't been that long, so the progress is good. But I know it's discouraging to people to still have debris everywhere."

[FSogol]

1. Progress report from Trent Lott's porch reconstruction? n/t

[jedr]

2. Now that Pickles has higher ratings than "smirk"

I guess she gets to serve the kool-aide!

[pinniped]

3. What about the people still unaccounted for?

?

[hatrack]

4. C'mon, Pickles - tell us how it's really working out well for them!

Like mother-in-law, like daughter.

[flordehinojos]

5. what a doped up idiot!

[adarling]

6. No shit sherlock

man, can't stand that woman. She will always be the Joker to me.

[KamaAina]

7. "Really, you know it hasn't been that long"

nearly half a year, dingy! But what the hey, it's "kind of fun for them", right, like a big ol' camping trip? :grr:

[Pastiche423]

8. I want what drugs she's taking

and I want them at no charge!

Nancy realy needs to talk w/her about just saying NO to drugs.

P.S. I don't give a shit who she's married to. That is no excuse.

[VegasWolf]

9. Yes, they finally fixed the ceiling drip at the NO Country Club. nt

[WI_DEM]

10. The progress being black people are gone and lily whites will

rebuild NO--to make it "their kind of town"--I'm sure that's what she see's as progress.

[saltpoint]

11. What a bold position taken here by the First Lady.

Why, there are MILLIONS of us out here who believe the city will be restored and rebuilt in one or two weekends, tops.

[ninkasi]

12. Laura can shut her useless mouth

or stuff another pill or drink into it, whichever, and stfu. She has absolutely no comprehension of the trauma the people of New Orleans are facing. Many of them are still spread out all over the country, sent by their government to states far away. Some have no homes to come home to, no neighborhoods, no relatives; their lives have been in turmoil since Katrina hit, and they are still suffering.

If Pickles gave a damn, she'd get her worthless, POS husband to stop spying on innocent Americans, and stop thinking of ways to funnel more money to his cronies, and do something about restoring the jewel that was New Orleans. Some cities are irreplaceable...New York City, San Francisco, and New Orleans come to mind. I was born in Houston, Tx, and while it's my native city, there is really nothing so unique about it that could not be replaced, as far as the rest of the country and the world are concerned. Yes, to me, and others it would be a loss, but honestly, as a landmark city, it does not compare to New Orleans.

The very heart and soul of New Orleans has always been it's vibrant mix of people, all races, and the roots that go back so very far in American history. Smirk and his gang are letting it wither and die, so that the wealthy can swoop in, buy the land, and build some God-awful mutant city that they think will recapture the magic of New Orleans, but it will be only a cheap copy, a pale, shoddy imitation of the city that was.

Give the people of New Orleans the funds, let them back, and let THEM rebuild. If this country can afford needless and brutal war, and tax cut after tax cut for billionaires, it can afford to rebuild New Orleans, and the rest of the suffering Gulf Coast. Why boast about how many schools are painted in Iraq, if American citizens still sleep in tents?

Sorry to post and run, but I need some fresh air. Be back later.

[goclark]

13. When she is kicked out of the WH maybe

she would like a little row in the Potomac and a Katrina survivor could be her rower.