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Thu Sep-01-05 09:12 PM
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"This is not the America I grew up in" |
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Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 09:13 PM by Must_B_Free
whew; chilling comment on Aaron Brown...
answer from the reporter after Aaron askes "Did you ever in your life think you'd see in this country the things you have seen this week?"
"This definitely is not the America I grew up in"
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:12 PM
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:43 PM
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12. exact quote, as transcribed by me: > |
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Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 09:43 PM by Stephanie
Aaron Brown: "Did you ever think in your life that you would stand on the soil of the United States and see the things you have seen this week?
Correspondent: "I'm trying not to think about it, Aaron. It's not the America I grew up in."
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:13 PM
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2. That was David Mattingly. |
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He was visibly shaken by what he has seen in New Orleans
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:14 PM
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:wow: CNN had the Breakfast of Champions today!
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:20 PM
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6. yeah, I think it's all the reporters actually having to live |
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in the situation that they're usually so protected from... the truth is actually affecting them so they want people to know.
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:18 PM
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4. That jumped out at me, too. |
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:19 PM
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He really brought the point home.
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:22 PM
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7. ,me either and i am sitting here in tears...my heart is so broken |
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and i feel so helpless ..all i want is those precious people to get out and into safety..this is criminal..absolutely criminal..and i want * es ass impeached now!!!!!!!! now is not soon enough!
i have hate in my heart for all who let this happen!
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:23 PM
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Just Me
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:28 PM
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9. It's insane. FEMA is too broke to address an anticipated emergency? |
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How the fuck is that possible? :shrug:
The BushCO/neoCON regime have FUCKED the safety and security of our country in order to profiteer from an aggressive foreign policy.
That regime is an enemy to our people and our country and the world.
Please, sink that regime. Make them go away. They are HURTING US! :cry:
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:38 PM
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10. I think this crisis will profoundly affect millions, not just the victims. |
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I think the level of chaos and human suffering will have a major impact on reporters, politicians, and others. I hope it will have the effect of waking people up to the unbelievable poverty millions in the US face daily. The tragedy could have been mitigated greatly had so many people not been living in total poverty to start with.
I'm having strong feelings, myself, that it's time to get serious about corporations that are sending jobs overseas. Perhaps that sounds like a leap in thinking tonight, but it's time address poverty and joblessness in the nation, and I started this week by cancelling accounts with companies that I know have outsourced jobs to India and the like. And, I made my reasons known. Why are we not offering work to all Americans? Why are the CEOs and stockholders getting rich on the backs of our children? Why, if we are such a kick-ass country as some want us to believe, are we allowing generations to grow up with nothing to work toward? This is at the heart of many of the heartwrenching stituations of Katrina's aftermath. Poverty.
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Thu Sep-01-05 09:40 PM
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11. Did dubya write your post..it's confusing as hell |
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