Anyone watching MSNBC? Who was...

[ohio_liberal]

I just walked back in the house and MSNBC was showing some footage of an official crying on TV. He said "for God's sake, just shut up and send us someone". Anyone know who the guy was?

[skooooo]

1. it was the guy on meet the press

[Edgewater_Joe]

2. Aaron Broussard, Jefferson County Parish President

He was on MEET THE PRESS talking about FEMA refusing water and cutting off emergency phone lines, and how one of his aides' mother died because they couldn't get to her to resuce her.

[ohio_liberal]

7. Thanks

Wow, that was really disturbing. I feel terrible for the poor guy. Was it on Meet the Press that the got the footage?

[DU me]

13. We need to start a thread about FEMA cutting the only working communicatio

n lines, refusing water from Wallmart's trucks (loaded with water) and refusing the distribution of fuel delivered from the Coast Guard.

This needs to be verified and EXPOSED!

Why would this happen?

[DU me]

17. FEMA-- CUT LINES OF COMMUNICATION, STOPPED WATER & FUEL DELIVERY

Somebody PLEASE start a thread about this!!!!!!!!! We need to give these actions it's own attention and exposure!!! I don't have enough posts to do it myself.

[skooooo]

3. go here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608

MR. AARON BROUSSARD: We have been abandoned by our own country. Hurricane Katrina will go down in history as one of the worst storms ever to hit an American coast, but the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will go down as one of the worst abandonments of Americans on American soil ever in U.S. history. I am personally asking our bipartisan congressional delegation here in Louisiana to immediately begin congressional hearings to find out just what happened here. Why did it happen? Who needs to be fired? And believe me, they need to be fired right away, because we still have weeks to go in this tragedy. We have months to go. We have years to go. And whoever is at the top of this totem pole, that totem pole needs to be chain-sawed off and we've got to start with some new leadership.

[ohio_liberal]

8. Thank you!

Man, the local level politicans are so screwed by the Feds.

[Seabiscuit]

15. "Who needs to be fired"? You have to ask? The entire Bush Cartel.

Starting with Shrub on down.

[cynatnite]

4. Broussard...a parish president I believe

The entire clip has been posted. It's a must see. I was crying my eyes out when I watched him :cry:

[Jeanette in FL]

5. Was it Aaron Broussard from Meet the Press

He is the guy from Jefferson Parish President, begging for help 6 days later. I wasn't watching but that who it sounds like to me.

[ohio_liberal]

11. I didn't catch his name the first time around

It was only a short clip. He was critical about the Feds having press conferences and then he just fell apart.

[bhunt70]

6. I think his name was Aaron Broussard.

It was really hard to watch while he told that story and got so upset.

That's real people. Not a photo op.

[ohio_liberal]

9. It was really hard to watch

MSNBC only showed a short clip but it had me in tears. Jesus.

[Opusnone]

10. Just had to get up and pace the room for a minute

I'm really losing it here. That was not a poor black man crying on TV, that was a white man. He called this the greatest abandonment of humanity in U.S. history (paraphrasing). Please, people, help these poor souls. Stop letting the governement lie to us. Is there anybody out there?

[ohio_liberal]

12. Seriously, I think its to the point that we have to do it ourselves

The Feds are one huge clusterfuck. The only person getting things done at the Federal level in N.O. is General Honore. The rest of these people in outlying areas are fucked. It's going to get to the point that individuals and other cities are going to pack up their own shit to go help.

[Jeanette in FL]

14. They are going to show more

on MSNBC. This is Marrero which is in Jefferson Parish that was begging for help a few hours ago in posts

[ohio_liberal]

18. Oh God, oh God!

Are they getting nothing there?

[Flaxbee]

16. does anyone have an msnbc link?

nt

[Yellow Horse]

19. Here. Nominate link, kick this link, and blast video everywhere! nt

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4626880

:kick: