You have to wonder if this may have happened more than once

[cornermouse]

I think this deserves some extra attention.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/sep/14/relief_workers_victims_job_mix/?hurricane_katrina

What was envisioned as a mission of mercy to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina ended in anger and disillusionment for two Lawrence residents.

Instead of handing out food and water to victims in New Orleans, they found themselves under the supervision of no-nonsense, “kind of scary” foremen who had them cleaning up a hurricane-ravaged casino in Biloxi, Miss.

“I felt really bad about working on a casino for rich people when there are people suffering,” Kalila Dalton said...

...When Dalton and Tucker of Lawrence and others from the Kansas City area said they wanted to leave Biloxi, they were told there was no transportation for them and if they tried to walk away they risked being shot by National Guardsmen enforcing martial law...

The story gets worse. They were on the bus for 30 hours, upon arrival told that they could take a two hour nap, marched in file to the work site, told to clean up a casino, given bologna sandwiches and oreos for dinner, told that they would work 16 hour days, bused to a hotel 2 hours away and allowed to sleep for 4 hours before getting up and starting all over again for 6 weeks pay rate of $7.50 an hour which they never got paid.

This is America?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Is this a credible source?

Not saying it isn't: I just don't know the site. Amazingly awful story.

[cornermouse]

3. Yes.

Its the Lawrence, Kansas newspaper. A way to double check is to go to refdesk.com and go through the newspapers to Kansas and then pick out the Lawrence paper, older articles.

[Double T]

2. It is ALL and ONLY about the money in America......

people's and animal's lives are paled by the making of The Almighty American Dollar.

[wishlist]

4. Gov. Haley Barbour definitely talked more about casinos than anything

In the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, I was struck by how many times Haley Barbour talked about the casino damage rather than loss of homes and communities on the gulf. It was disgustingly obvious that casinos were top priority for him.

It has been verified that Cheney and those in highest authority directed electric workers to restore power to gas refinery there, rather than to making sure hospitals and homes got power. I believe it was MSNBC that interviewed electric workers who verified that hospitals got their power a day later because workers were ordered to bring power instead to the refinery first.

[malaise]

5. I have a question

is it true that the barges on which the casinos stood smashed ashore and did severe damage to life and property and why are we not hearing about this in detail.

[frictionlessO]

6. You're right it should be looked at by a goodly number more people.

Thank and Nom (of course)...