Bush visit halts food delivery

[RBHam]

By Michelle Krupa
Staff writer

Three tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent City Connection bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was halted because of President Bush’s visit to New Orleans, officials said.

The provisions, secured by U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, and state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, baked in the afternoon sun as Bush surveyed damage across southeast Louisiana five days after Katrina made landfall as a Category 4 storm, said Melancon’s chief of staff, Casey O’Shea.

“We had arrangements to airlift food by helicopter to these folks, and now the food is sitting in trucks because they won’t let helicopters fly,” O’Shea said Friday afternoon.

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[kansasblue]

1. yes it matters, but this seems like knit picking.

let it go. It happens where ever ANY president goes.

[w13rd0]

2. Bull fucking shit...

...that psycopathic prick stopped and delayed REAL relief efforts for fake photo ops and staged relief efforts.

[halobeam]

3. I'm with you.....

it is complete and utter bullshit....

That simple.

[Imagevision]

4. What the hell good comes out of him showing up ->only photo-ops!

the guys a loser and should take Brown and Jerkoff with him when he leaves.

[progressivebydesign]

5. I don't agree. A NORMAL president would INSIST that the food get thru! n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. He's a rat bastard!

He should have stayed the HELL away! But as usual, his precious rep. was FAR more IMPORTANT than the welfare of the victims' needs! FUCK HIM AND THE HORSE HE DIDN'T RIDE IN ON! :grr: I am SICK TO DEATH of people making excuses for his HORRIBLE BEHAVIOR toward people WHO ARE suffering BECAUSE OF HIM! :ARGH:

[AverageJoe]

7. That's beside the point

Never before has a president gone to tour a city that was destroyed by his personal malfeasance. Bush had no business there. His presence undoubtedly cost lives.

[yankeedem]

8. We had to hear about Clinton's "haircut" at LAX

for going on 10-years now (despite that the whole story isn't true). He can be pilloried for this.

[Poiuyt]

9. Well, Bush is going back there on Monday

Those people better stock up on food before then.

[idiosyncratic]

10. Same thing happend two years ago after devastating fires in San Diego

He came to a completely burned-out canyon and the aid workers and volunteers could not get in for hours before and during his visit.

What happened in NO also happened two years ago to the most vulnerable people who were burned out of their homes.

One community did not see any help for five days . . . and then it was from a local church, not the Red Cross or FEMA!