'Times-Picayune ' Writes Another Open Letter to President (E&P)

[moobu2]

"Dear Mr. President,

Welcome to our wounded city. This is your third visit since Hurricane Katrina devastated metropolitan New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast two weeks ago. You will see that the obituaries for the Crescent City were premature. You can detect a pulse, albeit a faint one. New Orleanians, who are known for resilience and love of their hometown, are clamoring to return and rebuild. Commerce is stirring in the French Quarter, in the Central Business District, in Jefferson, St. Tammany, St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes. Substantial numbers of federal troops finally arrived to restore law and order. Much too late, but they are welcome nonetheless.

But don't kid yourself, Mr. President. This is only the beginning of what must become a gargantuan and sustained effort by you and your administration. A vast stretch of our homeland, your homeland, has been wrecked, submerged, washed away, contaminated, gutted. A huge diaspora of Americans has been scattered across the land. New Orleans, a crown jewel among American cities, is deeply stricken. What you are seeing today, Mr. President, is the aftermath of the worst, the most widespread disaster to befall an American city and its surroundings in the history of our country.

Such a catastrophe, Mr. President, calls for a commensurate response from you. It is not enough to have sent a massive deployment of troops. It is not enough to have visited three times. And, though we appreciate your intention, it is not enough to have removed the ineffectual head of FEMA from the scene.

Now comes the real test of your intention to make New Orleans work once again."

More of the open letter here with a short E&P commentary

[cyr330]

1. Fuck the Times Picayune

They endorsed Bush twice. . . The only reason they're getting on their high horse is because THEY have been affected. Had this happened elsewhere, the TP would be going about its merry way just endorsing Repigs left and right. . .

On edit: N.O the crown jewel of American cities? Granted it has its bright spots, but it's generally a cesspool. I know, because I lived there for 10 years. It's dirty, littered, rotten, decaying infrastructure, racist as fuck, in the top 3 cities in crime rate. . . I don't think any of these things make a "crown jewel."

Furthremore, its economy depends on tourism, so the majority of jobs are in the service industry WITHOUT benefits or very limited benefits, minimum wage, etc. It wasn't too viable before the flood, and I just don't buy the happy horseshit about its future AFTER the flood.

[surrealist]

2. tutt tutt

gettin a little testy, aren't you? Life is a dream, remember?

[cyr330]

3. Good point

hehehe I DO need to chill out. Thanks!