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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:34 AM
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Massive Explosions rock New Orleans riverfront - Independent
i hope they are still congratulating each other on the fantastic response by the feds...we are led by little selfish, greedy children...so fucking sad...NO burns!

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article309770.ece

Massive explosions today rocked the New Orleans riverfront a few miles south of the French Quarter.

The blasts jolted residents awake at 4.35am local time (10.35am BST). The cause and the extent of any possible damage was not immediately known.

An initial explosion sent flames of red and orange shooting into the pre-dawn sky. A series of smaller blasts followed, and then acrid, black smoke could be seen even in the dark. The vibrations were felt all the way downtown.

The explosions appeared to originate close to the east bank of the Mississippi River, near a residential area and rail tracks. At least two police boats were at the scene.

Chaos has spread through this desperate city since Hurricane Katrina struck, despite the promise of 1,400 National Guardsmen a day to stop the looting, a $10.5 billion recovery bill in Congress and a relief effort that President George Bush called the biggest in UShistory.

The hungry beg for help, bodies lie along flooded sidewalks, and bands of armed thugs have thwarted fitful rescue efforts.
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Paradise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:41 AM
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1. The Fall of the * Empire! n/t
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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:46 AM
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2. we are witnessing the destruction of an entire city...
first by nature then by inept and pathetic/criminal federal rescue response...

make no mistake...mother nature started this, this admin made it 100 times worse!

this is unbelieveable...the level of incompetence, heads should fucking roll becuase of this...starting with the chimp himself...fuck this admin,
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Paradise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 07:03 AM
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3. The criminal neglect and aberrations of these evildoers
Edited on Fri Sep-02-05 07:13 AM by Paradise
have contributed to this destruction,
and, now, their complete, utter, and apathetic incompetence has compounded this into an atrocity!
Evil begets evil!
It was bound to happen!
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