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[Real Reality]

The United States of Shame
In camps set up on the outskirts of New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina victims, no trace of the civilized nation known as America was to be found.
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005090523888

[igotthisguitar]

A child in charge of `6 babies'
By Ellen Barry Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Tue Sep 6, 9:40 AM ET

In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader.

They were holding hands. Three of the children were about 2, and one was wearing only diapers. A 3-year-old girl, who wore colorful barrettes on the ends of her braids, had her 14-month-old brother in tow. The 6-year-old spoke for all of them, and he told rescuers his name was Deamonte Love.

Thousands of human stories have flown past relief workers in the last week, but few have touched them as much as the seven children who were found wandering together Thursday at an evacuation point in downtown New Orleans.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20050906/ts_chicagotrib/achildinchargeof6babies;_ylt=AqurgSx06D_KaREhElovt.UDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[magicwolfman]

I agree with the title of this thread, it is remarkably accurate.

[manlyboy]

Hang on a second. The US government warned us about people like you. You're playing that blame game thing that we shouldn't be listening to. True patriots should be looking at the bright side of things. For instance, did you know Trent Lott's getting a big shiny new house out of this? Now there's cause for a cathartic outpouring of optimism.

[Hollywoodaction]

Well, the photo-ops are embarrasing: military helicopters landing to deliver food to give the impression on the 6 o'clock news that Bush is on top of things , Bush showing up in New Orleans, hugging to black teenagers, army trucks entering New Orleans, etc.

The reality is that the people who remain in New Orleans, mostly blacks, have been intentionally prevented from leaving the city on foot. It's now a well-known fact that they were forced to remain in squalor at the New Orleans Convention Center with criminals and monsters in their mist. It's despicable. Personal safety is a basic human right, and it's the government's responsibility to make sure these people are safe. To think there are babies there just breaks my heart. (Someone brought up the point that keeping poor black folk there is a bit too reminiscent of the riot at Justinian's Hippodrome.)

[Dan]

The world loves to jump at any chance to put down the U.S.

As for Korea, it wasn't too long ago that soldiers clashed with students, and the government leaned on the press to claim it was a communist uprising.

Heck, that's what my parents told me when I was very young. The hilarious thing is, my dad took part in some protests back in his day.

[Mr. Literal]

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[Dan]