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September 3, 2005
"A Single, Lonely Piece of Equipment"
"Perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment."
This is obscene.
Posted by Eric at September 3, 2005 9:13 PM
Comments
Eric, Has that press release been withdrawn? The link is dead and I can't find the press release on her site.
Posted by: Ralph Luker at September 3, 2005 11:52 PM
Ralph,
You'll find Senator Landrieu's press release here:
http://landrieu.senate.gov/releases/05/2005903E12.html
Posted by: john a at September 4, 2005 9:28 AM
This is obscene, but sadly, this is the Bush administrationn over and over again.
Posted by: elliottg at September 4, 2005 12:23 PM
More obscenity,
From a Reuters story:
"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld toured a medical facility at New Orleans' international airport on Sunday. He spoke and shook hands with military and rescue officials but walked right by a dozen refugees lying on stretchers just feet away from him, most of them extremely sick or handicapped."
Posted by: Will at September 4, 2005 12:48 PM
This is sad but true. Politics.
Posted by: Sarah at January 9, 2006 2:29 AM