Posted by lil' jimi on December 13, 2005, at 15:11:21
In reply to New Orleans, posted by Dinah on December 4, 2005, at 20:23:45
hi Dinah,
this is from Christy Smith(aka Reddhedd) at FireDogLake. She offers her Holiday Plea on behalf of those suffering in New Orleans.
http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_firedoglake_archive.html#113448888685330481in her post she sends us to:
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=uri:2005-12-12T201020Z_01_DIT272601_RTRUKOC_0_US-RETAIL-KATRINA.xml&pageNumber=0&summit=
>> > John Vollenweider -- aka Santa Claus -- is used to kids asking him for stuffed animals or remote control cars, but after Hurricane Katrina ripped apart New Orleans, the questions got much tougher."How will Santa find me? I'm not in my house any more," one child said....
"Can Santa make sure no more hurricanes get here?"...
"I tell them, 'Santa is magic. He'll find you wherever you are. He won't forget you,'" Vollenweider said, taking a break from listening to children's Christmas wishes on Monday.
To children who asked him to prevent future hurricanes, he said: "Santa will do his best, but some things even Santa can't control."
>> >so the citizens of New Orleans have to BEG for Washington's help? ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/national/nationalspecial/13advertisement.html?pagewanted=print
>> > A full-page advertisement - set to appear in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, paid for by former residents of the ravaged middle-class Lakeview section and billed as a "Message From Homeless New Orleanians" - pleads with Congress to pay for stronger levees.It also reminds the lawmakers that things are far from normal in a city where block after block remains ghostly and dark.
"Since the breakdown of the New Orleans flood protection system on August 29, 2005, we have lived like refugees in our own country," the advertisement says. "The residents of Lakeview and countless other displaced New Orleans communities are sending you this holiday wish in one voice - 'We want to go home.' "
>> >the reconstruction of New Orleans and the re-establishment and re-enforcement of her sea protection should be a vital national priority for all Americans.
New Orleans IS a vital cultural treasure and must be preserved.
And without any disrepect to our more extremely Libertarian friends, with whom i agree much of the time, it is a job that our government should do.
Please.~ texas loves new orleans too.
poster:lil' jimi
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