This is so sad and ther has still been nothing done

Hurricane Katrina 2 years later things have gotten only worse. Crime has skyrocketed and folks don’t have money to rebuild. It’s amazing that this is how the government still isn’t helping us 2 years later.

WELL IM FROM NEW ORLEANS AND THE CITY IS GETTING BETTER

BUT PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN FEMA TRAILERS, I JUST GOT OUT OF MINE

AND IM FINALLY IN MY HOUSE [[ IM !7]]

SO I JUST HOPE NO SERIOUS HURRICANE COME AND MESS EVERYTHING UP

CAUSE THE CITY IS COMIN TOGETHER

I live in Southern Mississippi and there are still people living in FEMA trailers and with FEMA tarp on there homes. The Gulf Coast is still a mess. It’s still hard for a lot of people.

ALSO ALOT OF THINGS ARE OPENING UP AND BULIDINGS ARE GETTING REBUILD…THE ONLY THING THATS REALLY HAS GOTTEN WORST IS CRIME

I SEE THERE ISNOT ALOT OF COMMENTS ON THIS ONE , THIS IS SO SAD , I HAVE FRIEND THAT HAD TO RELOCATE HERE TO VA FOR NEW ORLEANS , AND SHE SAID WHEN SHE WENT BACK THIS SUMMER EVERYTHING WAS THE SAME , SHE SAYS SHE WANTS RO GO BACK BECUASE THAT ‘S HER ROOTS BUT AT THE SAME TIME HER CHILDREN NEED A LIFE AND NOW ORLEANS DOES NOT HAVE THAT TO OFFER ANYMORE, YOU KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE SAY THIS IS NOT A RACE ISSUE BUT LET THE HARDEST HIT AREA BE IN A PRODOMINITLY WHITE AREA THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN FINISHED 3 WEEKS AFTER THE STORM , THIS IS SAD, BUT YOU KNOW THE TYPE OF LIFE WE ARE LIVING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BUSH, i CAN T WAIT TILL OHBAMA IS ELECTED !

I heard about the crime being up. I’m so sorry to hear that crime is so high. I thnk the reason may be b/c people have no where to turn the Govt left them high and dry and are still doing nothing so people resort to crimes to make ends meet. Im not saying this is by any means right my heart goes out to New Orleans.

congrats #3 i know you are glad. my heart goes out to all of katrina’s victims.hopefully this hurricane season wont be as bad

“George Bush doesn’t care about Black People”, Isn’t that about right!!!!!!!!!!

I can hardly believe you guys are just now posting an article about this. You are one day late on the most tragic memory of all times. Yesterday was the anniversary, NOT today. I can not believe yall slipped. My prayers goes out to those lost in Katrina and those who are trying to get their lives together again 2 long years later. And to # 3 Keep ya head up. Tom Joyner did a great show yesterday with N/O.

I watched the documentary about a month ago and I had to pause it and walk away at times. Bless the victims.

#10 At least they posted something. Those other blogs could care less about serious discussion.

As for the video, I cried. I just ordered a copy of the film from HBO’s site, I wanna see the whole thing. Much love to everyone effected.

ANGEL

Thank you so much for hyping Spike’s When The Levees Broke. Earlier in the year, I ordered the 3 disc set from Netflix and became so entranced that I watched all 3 discs in a row, including the extras.

And it’s haunted me since then.

This is truly REQUIRED viewing. People should know that initially, the government DID NOTHING to help the victims in the first days of this tragedy! And fuk Bush going to New Orleans and saying that more help is on the way. Not surprisingly, Mississippi got more aid than New Orleans.

Please watch this.

@ BLK DDS

….and could you ever forget that haunting score?

I’M FROM FROM DA’ N.O AND I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RIDE KATRINA OUT.BUT I’M HERE ANMD I WISH FOLKS WOULD STOP BRINGING IT UP , BUT IT MADE HISTORY LIKE 911 SO.IT WILL ALWEAYS BE AS A CONSTANT REMINDER.I WOULD GO BACK , BUT AS YOU KNOW AIN’T S**** TO COME BACK TO SO I MOVED ON.504 WE IN DIS’ B****!!!!STAY UP!!!

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS WOW… WOW ABOUT EVERYTHING.. IM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH CL..I MEAN YOUR SO FAST TO POST ABOUT THE LATEST FASHION OR WHO SLEPT WITH WHO..BUT TO POST ABOUT A TERRIBLE EVENT..SOMETHING LIFT CHANGING..I MEAN COME ON..IM REALLY HURT WITH THIS.. BUT THE FILM WAS SOO SAD I JUST CANT BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE STILL IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT THEY ARE IN… BUSH DOESNT CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE..KAYNE WEST I AGREE.. I REALLY DO….

this is really sad. People should stop destroying nature, cause these kinda things are nature’s payback……

All the people affected: be strong n dont lose hope!

THANK YOU ANGEL FOR POSTING THIS. MY THOUGHTS TO ALL THE VICTIMS OF THIS CATASTROPHE.

THIS IS YET ANOTHER DISGRACE COURTESY OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION!! THEY WERE TOO BUSY SQUANDERING PUBLIC’S MONEY ON RUNNING THE DISASTROUS IRAQ WAR AND THEY FORGOT ABOUT THEIR OWN PEOPLE. FOR SHAME.

WILL HOPEFULLY GET TO CHECK OUT THE SPIKE LEE MOVIE

“GOOD JOB, BROWNIE”

@ 10 & 16

Hey Guys,

I apologize for not posting about this yesterday. I was actually waiting on clearance to post another clip of the Spike Lee Documentary, but never got a response from HBO. Therefore, I went on youtube and found other touching scenes from the doc.

NO WORRIES, ANGEL.

My heart goes out to everyone that suffered through the hurricane as well as those who are living in Louisiana right now. You all are in my prayers…

I’m in tears from watching that first clip. Does anyone know if HBO is re-airing the film?

And Angel who cares if you were a day late, it’s the thought that counts.

For all of our brothers and sisters..(also in christ)…who are still trying to live out that horrible situation….I pray for you to rise up. I can not imagine what you have experienced….The Tv reports could NEVER convey what that must have been like to actually survive. Our govenment needs an overhaul…we need REAL God fearing, caring people, to lead our counrty!….New Orleans Should be up and running shining like a brand new penny in every nook and cranny with all the money they have supposedly shelled out!….All the Billions!!!…(yeah right)… that went into that city should have new homes on every destroyed block by now….how come they can build all those beautiful houses on TV in 7 days (Extreme MakeOver Home Edition)…yet they cannot rebulid a few more in 2 years????….Ray Nagan have seemed to become relaxed in his roll as Mayor….I saw him yesterday on the news so impressed by being in his boss’s company, he now makes excuses as to WHY the city hasn’t progressed…blaming it on being…”caught in the middle of politics”
Come On Ray…when they were trying to hang you out to dry…..You were all Gung Ho…gangsta style….”Get ya azzez down here and do summin!”…Now you’re wearing taylored suits…and letting the buck pass on the very people who put you in office!…..Ray…Get that fire back, Rebuild at a faster pace!……and make sure the people that want to go back home can AFFORD to!

This was truly a sad and tragic moment in US history. The hurricane was a nuatural disaster but the way it was handled was truly the disastrous part. Many lives have been forever changed by this event, and I will continue to keep those affected in my prayers. It’s all about economics. Money makes the world go round. Poor people don’t count to the government and they proved it with their “fast” action in helping the victims of Hurrican Katrina. Shame on us America.

I’M SORRY ANGEL BUT I’M WITH #10: YOUNGSAVAGE & #16 DINA JONES.

I MEAN, I’M GLAD THAT U FINALLY DID DECIDE TO POST IT UNLIKE ALL OF THE OTHER DUMB & UN-INFORMATIVE BLOGS… BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN Y’ALL WERE LATE WITH THIS ONE… WITH EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT IT ON TV AND ON RADIO YESTERDAY & ALL WEEK, ONE WOULDA THOUGHT THAT CL WOULDA CAUGHT ON TOO…

ON ANOTHER NOTE: THANKS FOR POSTING IT ANYWAY. I’VE WATCHED “WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE” AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING SPIKE & HEARING FROM HIM PERSONALLY ABOUT THE ISSUE & I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIM & FROM THE FILM.

PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T SEEN IT, Y’ALL NEED TO DO SO IMMEDIATELY! YOU’LL LEARN SO MANY THINGS ABOUT OUR GOV’T THAT ARE SO SAD BUT TRUE.

@ #7

The crime rat there is INSANE. Within the last week, a family of 7 people were sitting in their front yard having a bar-b-que and a group of guys came up to rob them, made them lay down and shot all seven, killing two.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg.

meant “rate”

sorry for not spell checking-much love

@ THIRTEEN

http://www.hbo.com/docs/p...theleveesbroke/index.html

You know it’s been two years and the President has the nerve to pretend like he gives a damn about what happen down there! I mean at least sound like you’re sincere. But I think Kayne said it best…

OH OK ANGEL (#20) THAT EXPLAINS IT… OUR BAD

I’m from da N.O. and I really hate this time of year these days. I lived in New Orleans until August 28, 2005. I left the day before it went down. I lost a lot but it’s all material. If I could have my moms back (who passed shortly after the storm), I would lose it all again. My prayers are still with everyone that is still in the struggle. I miss home so much (I live in VA now) and although they consider this the south, it just isn’t the same as the deep south. There is nothing like the great city of New Orleans.

@ # 24 COFFEECOLOR

Tellin’ it like you know it!

2 years and thing still ain’t right. Ppl still living in a damn FEMA trailor…a crying shame!

I really do wish people would stop forgetting about Mississippi. They got hit just as bad, the media only talks about LA because the levies broke (and I’m not downing their hardships) but the eye of the storm went right over Pass Chrisitan and Bay St.Louis, people there lost their homes as well but no one seems to care…..It’s sad because since there’s no media coverage those people have really been forgotten about.
~Ms.Sweets~

This is a shame, Bush and the usa rush to give aid to other countries in a heartbeat, dumping billions into a war that I still don’t know what’s going on other innocent people getting killed. Our soliders could be here helping us rebuild this city. Immigrants coming to the us get better treatment and aid then we do. Better make sure you vote next year!

I went down for the Essence Music Festival in July….the soul of NO is still there. The government is full of shit before Katrina and post Katrina. Army Corp of Engineers are full of shit before Katrina and post Katrina. Its that simple. When have you seen the government rush down for anything if its not Florida or overseas????

The only thing I can say is go down to the NO and spend some MONEY!!! Tourism is there bread and butter….SPEND YA PESOS!!!! Spend ya money and don’t forgot like everything is cool….cause its not!! I hope HBO shows “When The Leevees Got Broke” again…Spike deserves a Pulitzer for THAT ONE!!!

If some of you were so concerned about this being posted yesterday than why didn’t you send the CL staff emails asking for a post. Or talk about it in the comment area like you do when Beyonce has another mishap. I knew for fact CL was going to make a post on Katrina because they always make sure to put up informative posts. Obviously some of you are quick to jump the gun and attack the staff when they are educating your ass!

As for the post at hand. I’m sad for everyone down there. I’m talking Mississippi and N.O.

This is a really sad situation. I went to New Orleans to volunteer last February & even then 6 months later it looked pretty much the same as it had weeks after the levees “broke.” I put that in quotes because all the residents I came in contact with were convinced they were blown up, but that’s another story.

So many people down there are still suffering and lost everything they had, which in many cases wasn’t much to begin with. Many are wayward, suicidal, and have lost hope. If nothing else, hopefully it was a wake-up call for those who thought they were guaranteed anything from the US government. Now we are at the height of the Hurricane season with over 12 weeks remaining & the levees are in a much worse state than they were in 2005. At lease Bush still had the time to fly in again for a photo op.

OH AND PLEASE DON’T GET ME STARTED ON STATE FARM INSURANCE……if they shit don’t stink to high heaven!!!! Didn’t have flood insurance…you screwed!!

Didn’t have wind damage….you screwed!!! Paid 25+ on home insurance in New Orleans….YOUR ASS IS SCREWED!!! People only getting 50% or less on what they paid on those damn premiun….DAMN SHAME!!!

People still paying mortage, but don’t have the house to live in….DAMN SHAME!!!

ITS THE AMERICAN WAY…ALL DAY, EVERY DAY!!

Sent money/saying prayers/ keep this in the news until it is no longer news.

W.C.A. (White Corporate America) are just itching to steal this land straight from under the residents noses. I bet if Trump drew palns for a “New New Orleans” the shit would be plowed, leveled and thousands of men in hard hats with trucks would be building levees of super size to protect the billions of dollars invested for the resort like communities. But since it’s just a bunch of dispaced negroes and unfortunate whites who hang around them…whatever!

#41

I had to stand up and applaud! I was floored when I heard how they did the people. But after doing a little research I found out they’d been doing this for years. People from Hurricane Hugo didn’t get their premiums worth either and the government ain’t doing a thing to them.

Funny you should say that Trump does have something boiling down here at the moment. As someone living here it’s moving along at a snail’s pace but it’s moving. Now if the murder rate would only go down….

I WAS IN N.O BACK IN JULY AND IT STILL LOOKED A MESS. IM GLAD DAT THE ONES THAT ARE STILL THERE GOT A PLACE TO STAY BUT IT MADE ME MAD THAT HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY STILL LIVE IN FEMA TRAILERS….WHERE ARE OUR PRIORITIES??

I never realized how wide and big that hurricane was. It damn near almost reached Michigan. I’m still amazed at how those black people down there were and continue to be dogged out by the US Government. Oh wait, I’m not surprised at all…

Well I just want to say that this is truly truly sad and my prayers goes out to everyone involved I watched the doc. and I just cried I am not from there but I can only imagine what these ppl went through and are still going thru

I absolutely enjoyed reading Barbara Bush’s comment about how all those people were better off living in that hella crowded football stadium b/c it was better than their pre-hurricane conditions. Some of the most evil, ugliest thoughts about her ran through my mind after I read that.

44.

kmniles
Thursday, August 30, 2007
#41

I had to stand up and applaud! I was floored when I heard how they did the people. But after doing a little research I found out they’d been doing this for years. People from Hurricane Hugo didn’t get their premiums worth either and the government ain’t doing a thing to them.

NILES, I’m from Charleston and was home during Hurricane Hugo…THIS RIGHT HERE…THIS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW….THIS IS NOT THE SAME!!! We got alot of redneck REpublican deep up in SC….THIS CRAP THE GOVT DOING TO THE NO “AND” MISS would not have been tolerated. Ol Mayor Riley wasn’t playing that sh*t!!!

It has 25% to do with race and 75% to do with wage class and votes….that’s my opinion….since we having GROWN FOLKS TALK RIGHT NOW!!

I didn’t watch all this video the ones from when the hurricaane happened was enough to make me cry; bodies in the water, bodies rottening, that stadium story. to me it was the most mishandled natural catastrophe that I’ve seen in my lifetime. just sickening- made me feel so sad about humanity.

THANKS ANGEL, I UNDERSTAND!!!! JUST SO SAD THOUGH. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GURL.

i just watched the film last night and i cried, it very emotional I am still in disbelief our people were called refugee’s and if you look up other words that relaate this is what you get: >>>>>alien, boat person*, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré

This was not the case these people where only looking for some way to survive… my prayers are with everyone who lost someone or something.. Best wishes to everyone. I pray that they have begin to live again… peace and blessings

You know shyt’s getting surreal when Sean Penn is traveling to Iraq and spittin’ his version of foreign policy.

Then he turns around flies to NO, rents a boat, and singlehandedly plucks Kartrina survivors out of the flood waters, with no regard to the toxins and diseases floating in the muck and mire.
Yeah, some might say that because he brought a camera crew it seemed self-serving, but I believe he wanted to chronicle what he saw as an injustice to the people of NO (the man has serious hate for Bush and his policies).

I give him serious props for that one.

the people criticizing Sean Penn need to shut the hell up!!! Were they down there pulling people from home, walking in water full of human body waste and dead bodies??? If not, SHUT THE HELL UP!!

As long as lives were saved…THAT’S THE “ONLY” THING THAT MATTERS!!!

People kill me with that mess…do you think the people he saved family’s care about him having a damn camera…PLEEEEEEEEZE!

Other moments from the documentary I won’t forget are the segments with Terrance Blanchard and his mother returning to her damaged home, the woman who lost her 7 year old daughter, later identified by her book bag, and the story of the guy from The Wire and his father.

Deep shyt, indeed.

WHEN KATRINA HAPPENED & THE LEVEES BROKE, I WATCHED IT ON TV IN SHOCK, LIKE MOST. THEN IT BECAME VERY REAL WHEN I VOULNTEERED AT THE VET’S COLLISIUM HERE (AZ), AND SAW REAL PEOPLE FROM N.O./MS FLOWN ALL THE WAY OUT HERE. WE HAD TO TAKE THEIR CLOTHING/SHOE SIZES THEN RUMMAGE THROUGH RACKS OF CLOTHES JUST TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING CLOSE TO WHAT THEY COULD WEAR…CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE HAVIN TO UP & START ALL OVER AGAIN! YALL MOST DEF IN MY PRAYERS.

@55

I hope that wasn’t for me, I was giving him high praise. If I’m speaking out of turn, I apologize.
Peace.

@ #36

I am with you on that! I am from Mississippi, and it’s like we didnt suffer through a hurricane! We lost a whole lot here! We suffered just like N.O. did! I agree it was just that the media didnt cover MS like they did N.O. There are still people living in FEMA trailers! There is still neighborhoods that have destructed homes! There are still people that are mourning the friends and relatives that theyve lost. There are still people that cant come back home because they have nothing! My heart goes out to everyone that went through this tragic storm. I just wish that people will just stop only mentioning N.O.

58.

bambam
Thursday, August 30, 2007
@55

I hope that wasn’t for me, I was giving him high praise. If I’m speaking out of turn, I apologize.
Peace.

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Oh no I was talking about the people that criticize him…I know what you meant. its all good

@ #60 IAMDARKAQUA

All good here, too.

as far as the cameras, it’s no different than anyone else who went there to help and brought a camera to show all of us removed from NO how bad it really was and how much really wasn’t being done. I mean nothing says “what the hell?” like seeing a family of 4 wading through murking water past a dead body and knowing that this isn’t suppose to be a 3rd world country without resources. The delay in how help was dispersed was unbelievably horrific.

I doubt anyone who’s rebuildt there will ever get flood insurance, most of Florida isn’t flood covered. My parents got dropped from Allstate after Andrew and we barely got touched by it. The world rotates on money, everything else follows.

@59- sorry I didn’t mean to discount MS and all the other areas, it was a huge storm.

man I hope New ORleans gets back to point were it was lively and good food on every corner bcuz all my friends (i live in houston) who are from the N.O just keep saying they want to go back home but most ppl are back though.

@ 59

I think my sarcastic statement about Mississippi receiving more financial aid than Louisiana was a bit out of step. I was basing it on an article I read on a political blog I was reading wherein it was suggested that Bush gave more aid to Mississippi because there were more registered Republicans in that state.

Either way, it was insensitive and you have my apologies.

My condolences goes out to all effected by Katrina…this just shows you that you cant rely on anyone but yourself to get things done…you obviously cant wait for the govt, their too busy spending billions fighting a never ending war, stealing money, and participating in homosexual activity in public bathrooms

I don’t even know what to say about this anymore…I really wish I could help out physically because I don’t know who to trust financially because of all the bullsh*t goin on. The only reason I’m unable to help out physically is because I have my family to take care of including a new born, but I always said if I didn’t have these things in my life I would have def put my all into helping out any way I could because I put myself in there shoes especially as a black women and would expect my own people to do more than they are even though that is not fully our responsibility. Now I just pray for my people STILL living in these damn FEMA trailers that were only made to live in for a few weeks and also pray that something comes along that allows me not to feel so helpless cause this is not a good feeling.

I watched Oprah yesterday and just really found out about how bad the crime is there and it is so sad, they say everything was going fine until the “thugs” and drugdealers came back. For the population to be so small the killing toll there is the highest in America (someone please correct me if I’m wrong). I want to know why? I kinda have a good idea why but i choose to keep it to myself cause I hate to offend anyone. This Government really need to stop bullsh*ttin and do what they supposed to do, ain’t nobody to blame but themselves. I mean they got life real f*cked up cause aint no damn way ANYBODY is supposed to live like this!

By the way that Spike Lee Documentary is the TRUTH

Whoever on her is from N.O. please believe that you all are in my prayers and those who died in vain will not be forgotten. Not by me atleast!

I AM A SURVIVOR AND EVERYDAY THAT I WAKE UP I AM REMINDED OF THE STORM. I LOST MY BELONGINGS AND SOME FRIENDS TO THE STORM. FEMA FUCKED OVER PEOPLE WHO HAD REAL JOBS AND CAREERS. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO GOT MONEY FROM FEMA WAS THOSE WHO DIDN’T WORK AND DIDN’T DESERVE IT. AND THAT’S REAL! I THANK SPIKE LEE FOR HIS DOCUMENTARY, WHICH WAS AS ON-POINT AS IT GETS. AND I THANK HIM FOR HIS COMMENTS ON CNN, “WE AS AMERICANS HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS….IT IS NOT OVER!” IT IS NOT OVER. I AM IN ATL BUT IT IS NOT HOME. I MISS IT BUT IT’S A MESS THERE AND I REFUSE TO LIVE IN THAT SHIT. SOME PARTS ARE BETTER, BUT IN MY OPINION, THE CITY IS NOT IN CONDITION FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN IT. THE HOSPITALS ARE LIMITED AMONG OTHER THINGS. BUT MY CITY WILL BE BACK BECAUSE WE ARE N.O. SOULJAS

TO FETI_21,
I AM FROM NEW ORLEANS AND IT HAS BEEN THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD,ON AND OFF, SINCE THE EARLY 1990″S (I THINK 1994 WAS THE FIRST YEAR). SO THIS MURDER SHIT, IS NOTHING NEW. IN MY CITY RETALIATION IS A BIG ISSUE. YOU KILL SOMEBODY, THEY PEOPLE KILL YOU, AND SO ON AND SO ON. IT’S SAD BUT THAT’S JUST SOME PEOPLE STATE OF MIND. ALSO WE HAVE ALOT OF PRIDE, WHICH CAN BE A BAD THING……

I’m from New Orleans, and even though there is progress, we are still struggling everyday to rebuild. Check out 2-cent.com, we have a video up that show the tourist industry making money off of our disaster. Is it helping us? Or keeping us from rebuilding? You’ll be the judge

THIS IS TO NIC:
I AM A HURRICANE KATRINA SURVIVOR AS WELL BUT I’M SORRY I’M HEATED THAT YOU SAID YOU SUFFERED LIKE US IN NEW ORLEANS! HELL NO YOU DIDN’T! YOU WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WHERE YOUR HOME USED TO BE, YOU WAS ABLE TO BE IN YOUR CITY. WE COULDN’T GO INTO OUR CITY FOR AT LEAST 6 WEEKS AFTER THE STORM! YOU WASN’T SITTING ON TOP OF YOUR ROOF TOP FOR 5 DAYS(IN 100+ DEGREE HEAT!) TRYING TO GET HELP! YOU WASN’T IN THE SUPERDOME OR CONVENTION CENTER WATCHING PEOPLE DIE IN FRONT OF YOU. NOT TO MENTION THE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS! YOU WASN’T IN THE DOME WHEN THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS DROPPING WATER FROM THE TOP OF THE DOME(WHICH THEY WAS SUPPOSE TO HAND OUT TO HYUDRATE PEOPLE) SO THAT BY THE TIME IT HIT THE BOTTOM IT HAD EXPLODED ON PEOPLE! YOU WASN’T ESCORTED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WHERE YOUR LOVED ONE WAS DYING BY GUNPOINT BY THE NATIONAL GUARD! YOU CAN’T IMAGINE HOW THAT FELT BECAUSE YOU WAS ABLE TO GO BACK INTO WHAT USED TO BE YOUR CITY AND STAND NEXT TO WHAT USED TO BE YOUR HOME, SO PLEASE STOP. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT HIT YOUR STATE AS WELL(I HAVE FAMILY IN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA WHO WERE AFFECTED) BUT I MEAN DON’T SAY IT WAS AFFECTED THE SAME, CUZ IT WASN’T……….

HEY QUE! I KNOW YOU FROM MCMAIN!

[[FROM NEW ORLEANS]]YEAH MY NEIGHBOR HOOD WAS NICE AND QUIET UNTIL THE THUGS CAME BACK AND THEN THEY HAD A CRACK HOUSE ABOUT 3 HOUSES DOWN, AN ELDERLY LADY OWNED THAT HOUSE AND SHE LIKE NEVER CAME BACK…SO THEY HAD BROKE INTO IT AND TURNED IT INTO A CRACK HOUSE, IT WAS ROUND THE TIME OF JULY 2006–AND I WAS 16 AND I WAS CHILLEN IN THE FEMA TRAILER AND HEARD A GUNSHOT THAT I IGNORED CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY THOSE CRAZY DUDES JUST SHOOTING THE GUN IN THE AIR CAUSE IT WAS LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY..UNTIL I LATER ON HEARD THE COPS AND SEEN THE FLASHING LIGHTS, SOMEBODY KILLED A DUDE THREE HOUSES DOWN FROM ME ACROSS THE STREET, SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD AS HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR.[[I KNOW THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THE WITNESSES TOLD ME]] BUT I HAD WENT OUTSIDE THOUGH==IT WAS AROUND 2:00 am–I KNOW I SHOULDNT HAVE LEFT THE TRAILER BUT I DID.]]…ALL OF SUDDEN THE DUDE WHO GOT SHOT GIRLFRIEND AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS CAME AND SHE WAS CRYING AND SCREAMING, I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE–I JUST WISH OUR CRIME RATING WOULD GO DOWN…IM SERIOUSLY TIRED OF IT…SOMETIMES I BE THINKING LIKE–MAYBE WE SHOULD MOVE, BUT THEN AGAIN I LOVE MY CITY AND ITS HARD TO LEAVE

THANKS FOR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING (ALL THOUGH I DIDN’T WATCH TV AT ALL YESTERDAY, CUZ I AM REMINDED DAILY!) KATRINA. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHEN YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS LONG AS YOU DO! SO THANKS AND AS FAR AS SEAN PENN, ANGELINA JOLIE, AND BRAD PITT, THANK YOU. MR. PENN, THANK YOU FOR RISKING YOUR LIFE TO WADE THRU THOSE HUMAN BODY, ALLIGATOR, SINK-HOLE, SNAKE INFESTED, AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE, WATERS TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF MY CITY! U SIR DESERVE A METAL! AND TO ANGELINA AND BRAD, THANKS FOR SPENDING YOUR MONEY AND HELPING TO REPAIR THE LOWER NINTH WARD WITH YOUR FOUNDATION! GOD BLESS…………

For those who did not go through or can not relate, Spike’s Documentary is very accurate and on point!
Thanks for remembering!

Yeah N.O. been crime infested for years. The reason why I like where Kanye was coming from is because he told how they were blaming blacks for looting, but white people were doing whats necessary to survive. Yeah the video is sad, but it showed the truth and reality of the country we live in.

2yrs 2yrs and we can’t rebuild a major US city that is a sad fact. Lord

Wow, if that video doesn’t shock or bring some kind of emotion out of you, i don’t know what will. I can’t even imagine being in that situation and said “Oh my god” when i saw the dead bodies just lying around. I’ll have to get that documentary ’cause this was my first time seeing that footage. My prayers are with all of the victims and their families. To the survivors, stay strong ’cause you are in my prayers too.

lets waste money on a war that is doing nothing that is half way around the world, and not use the money to help out our own states, stupid dumb ass government.

THANKS FOR THE LOVE & SUPPORT C.L
MUCH LOVE TO ALL MY NEW ORLEANIANS….
WE STILL STRONG.

i know this is a gossip blog, but this was by far the BEST blog of the WEEK….definitely some heartfelt and intelligent decision. My heart goes out to all the NO and MISS soldiers that posted today. We all can imagine what it was like, but you lived and are still fighting a daily battle. I will continue to have you in my thoughts and prayers. Maybe the CL crew will do a update on what’s going on thru your eyes….HEY WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THE ANNIVERSARY TO BE UPDATE…life don’t stop

I remember reading somewhere in Essence how there was atleast $840 million in Aid money donated from Foreign countries to help Katrina Victims and only $40 million was used. Now if NO was predominalty rich white folks, every cent of that money would have been used. Its f*cking sickening. I f*cking hate America at times. This whole damn country is ran by f*cking serpents, devils, and homos. After watching that entire clip, my heart was full of anger and rage and hate, that I could have a damn heart attack at this very moment. I swear one day on my ancestors graves, these white f*ckers gonna pay. I want all of them to burn up in holy smoke. Its funny how they could make Michael Vick out to be such a monster over some damn dogs but when white people do all types of sh*t to Earth, they dont see it as THEIR fault, Its probably mother nature just acting up. Wrong you stupid bastards, Mother Nature unleashing her fury for wrecking the damn planet. White people have committed the most heinous acts of history and slowly but surely they are brainwashing everybody to forget about what they did.

*Calms Down*, Im more mad about this situation than anything else and Im not even from New Orleans, I from Nyc. After venting out my complete hatred and frustation, I must say the people who live in New Orleans are some strong people. I highly doubt us people in New York could come out as strong and brave as you guys were. Hell, us people in New york will pass out when the storm dumps about 3 inches of water and the subway stations shuts down. I hope and know that slowly but surely New Orleans would come back out on top again. You guys have to. Your city needs you and I know that even though times seem so hard right now, you guys will rise through it. Dont give up to those who feel lost. After the storm comes sunshine. Much love to everybody.

man when i looked at that video i damn near cried but im mad more because they are suffering and no one is doing nothin about it. i dont like seeing people like that. if i had the money and the power best believe n-o would be on its feet but nothing has even been started. half those people are in poverty how are they gonna rebuild? if bush was an american he would help his fellow americans. fuck iraq n its stat quo.

this is the saddest thing in the world i have a whole new perspective on this fucked up world now i fuckin hate it i pray for all these katrina victims

peace

This is just as sad as the day it happened. It just makes it even worse when I think about how much incompetence there is on a national level and that all those people suffered and died and just floated away. All those people in that Super Dome…and then I flip the channel and see Lil Wayne and Birdman with all their ice and grills and cars. I am sure they probably helped and contributed, but it just gets me that with so much wealth between all those celebrities that those cities haven’t been repaired. You could change someone’s life with the sale of one of those pinky rings…God that video just made me so very sad…

I recently visited New Orleans and feel in love with this city. It was heart breaking to go through the Ninth Ward and see that little or nothing had changed. However, it also hurt that most of the repairs needed for these families to come back to their homes were to expensive for them to afford. We all need to band togethere to help revitalize this city and bring back all the people that once livied here…WE HAVE TO SAVE N’ALWINS

I mean not to go on, but where’s Oprah? Jordan? Cosby? Diddy? Jay? Like I said, I’m not saying that these folks have not done anything, but just imagine if all those folks got together at one time and went down there and publicly gave like $500 million and stayed to oversee it for a few months to make sure it went where it was supposed to go?

A lot of donated money got lost in the system and never made it to the N.O. but I’m sure some of it made it to the war.

I live in Mississippi. I live about an hour and 45 minutes from Gulfport,MS and we felt the effects of Katrina. Trees and light poles were tore out of the ground, roofs blown off homes and trees fell on homes. It was scariest day of my life, because hurricanes never came that far inland. My family were fortunate enough to make it out of New Orleans before Katrina actually made landfall. Thanks Angel for posting this, because it definitely makes you stop and look at life a whole lot differently.

What did people expect when they re-elected “No Bus” Nagin? It shouldn’t have suprised me since these are the same folks that thought they could out run a hurrincane even though 3/4 of it’s citizens had already bounced. Its actually the local Government that is slippin’ on distributing the funds. When is it time for peole to be self sufficent. We can’t expect the Gov’t to come wipe our noses everytime we sneeze.

I JUST WANTED TO POST AND SAY I THANK GOD FOR ALL THE PPL THAT GOT THROUGHT THIS. I AM PROULDY FROM NEW ORLEANS, 7TH WARD HARDHEAD TO BE EXACT, AND I REMEMBER THE VERY DAY THIS ALL WENT DOWN. PPL DIDNT KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS BAD. IT AFFECTED MY WHOLE FAMILY. NEW ORLEANS CARRIES A LOT OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO ME. ITS MY HOME. ITS MY LIFE. AND OUT OF ALL PLACES IN THE WORLD, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE MY PLACE? I AGREE, CRIME HAS GOTTEN WORSE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RIVER YAY. AND THE SAME APT I LIVED IN BEFORE THE STORM, THE RENT HAS SINCE THEN DOUBLED. I AM CURRENTLY LIVING IN NC. BUT AFTER 2 YEARS, I AM FINALLY GOING TO MOVE BACK TO NEW ORLEANS, MAYBE THE COVINGTON OR METARIE ARE AND MARRYING THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, ALSO FROM NEW ORLEANS WHERE HE LIVES NOW. GOD BLESS EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THIS. WE ARE TRUE SURVIVORS YA DIG!

ANYTIME I THINK OF HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE MISTREATMENT OF MY PEOPLE BY THE GOV’T I SWEAR IT MAKES EYES WELL UP WITH TEARS

FOR ANY HUMAN TO BE TREATED THE WAY THEY WERE WAS INHUMANE-ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T WATCH THE DOC THAT SPIKE LEE DID ON HBO-I HOPE WHEN DAY I CAN BRING MYSELF TO WATCH IT

JUST FROM WATCHING THE NEWS BROADCAST ALONE I BECAME VERY ANGRY AND DEPRESSED-I DONATED MONEY THROUGH RED CROSS BUT IT WASN’T ENOUGH TO FEEL AS THOUGH I HAD ACTUALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE

THE RACE ISSUES IN AMERICA ARE SO BLATANT AND MANY BLACK PEOPLE KEEP SINGING THIS “KUMBAYA” NONSENSE AS IF “WHITES” MORESO THE “GOV’T” REALLY ACCEPTS US AND VIEWS US AS EQUALS

IT’S NOT THE REALITY AND THAT IS WHY I DON’T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE POINT THAT WE SHOULD BE DATING OUTSIDE OUR RACES AND MOVING OUT OF THE INNER CITIES-IT’S OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE ONLY WAY BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED IS IF WE DO IT OURSELVES

I KNOW MANY MAY DISAGREE WITH MY VIEWS AND PERSONALLY I DON’T CARE-DATE WHO YOU WANT, MARRY WHO YOU WANT, BUT OUR PEOPLE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND EVERY BLACK PERSON SHOULD BE FOCUSING THEIR ENERGY ON IMPROVING OUR SITUATIONS-BY MARRYING BLACK, INCREASING HEALTHY BLACK FAMILIES, THUS CREATING HEALTHIER RESPONSIBLE BLACK CHILDREN TO CARRY ON OUR LEGACY

I’M NOT ANTI-WHITE I’M JUST PRO-BLACK AND I DON’T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT

WHITES CAN HELP IF THEY LIKE, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY NOBODY ELSES BUT OUR OWN-

BAILEY, I COSIGN DAT TO DA FULLEST. MY FIANCE”S BROTHER MARRIED A WHITE GIRL, AND WE THINK SHE PUT VODOO ON HIM. SHE WONT EVEN WORK, JUST TAKIN AND TAKIN FROM HIM. ITS LIKE SHE IS SLOWLY KILLING HIM. THEY HAVE 2 BOYS AND HE FEELS SO TRAPPED. HIS MAMA BEGGED AND BEGGED HIM NOT TO MARRY THAT GIRL. WE ARE NOT RACIST IN THE LEAST BIT. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ALL SHOULD PULL TOGETHER LIKE U SAID. NOW I KNOW EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT, BUT BLACK PPL ITS IN OUR NATURE TO BE STRONG. WE SURVIVED ALL THE SLAVERY AND EVERYTHANG THE WHITE MAN TRIED TO TAKE FROM US. JUST FOR THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN. BUT YET WE TOO BUST TRYING TO COMPETE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER AND TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN. IN NEW ORLEANS, THE WHITE PPL ARE SCARED OF US, THEY LIKE US, BUT THEY ARE SCARED. THE CRIME IN MY CITY IS OUTRAGEOUS! ITS NOT THE WHITE MAN KILLING US. WE ARE KILLING US. WE ALL NEED TO PULL TOGETHER AND BE STRONG AND EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER. AND IT ALL STARTS IN THE HOME. BETTER FAMILIES BUILD BETTER COMMUNTIES AND BETTER CHURCHES. ME AND MY FIANCE ARE REALLY GOING TO TRY TO TOUCH AS MANY PPL AS WE CAN. BECAUSE WE WERE ORDAINED BY GOD AND HE HAS REALLY SHOWN HIMSELF TO US. WE AS BLACK PPL MUST FIRST HELP OURSELVES BEFORE WE CAN HELP OTHERS AND INVITE THEM INTO OUR WORLD. RACISM STILL EXISTS TODAY. AND ITS NOT GOING ANYWHERE NO TIME SOON. A FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGTHERE STAYS TOGETHER. AND WE AS BLACK PPL MUST DO THAT BEFORE WE CAN HELP ANYBODY ELSE. NEW ORLEANS IS A VERY SPIRITUAL CITY ANYWAY, SO I’M UP FOR A CHALLENGE……..

Anytime this situation is bought up tears well in my eyes. I saw that this was posted yesterday but didn’t have enough courage to post because I didn’t want to be crying at my desk at work. I know alot of people who have suffered and I also have family members who actually died. I am so pist off the way the President handled this situation. He can spend billions on this pointless war but he can’t even help his own (or should I say our own). I am pist at Ray Nagin for not letting the residents know as soon as he was aware of the fact that they needed to evacuate. I am pist that they didn’t send enough transporation for the ones who didn’t have transportation so they can get the hell out of N.O. too. And I am pist at the fact that it is 2 fucking years later and the N.O. is still in shambles. There are alot of things I am furious about. Too many to list here. I just want to say God bless everyone affected by this. And in the words of the Late Great Tupac….Keep Your Head Up.

what’s really sad is that ppl don’t care…
this blog has like 90 something replies when a blog about beyonce, rihanna or ciara would have about 200 in a matter of hours. we don’t care. the world makes me sick. it just goes to show how our minds think. It’s not just “bush” its everyone. I’m from mississippi and alot of the new orleans and southern mississippi victims came to northern mississippi. alot of them didnt know where their families were or friends. it was awful. whats even worse is the treatment that alot of them got when they went to different areas. Especially TX. My family and I used to go to New Orleans and the Coast for summer vacation. It was beautiful down there. Ppl have this image in their heads that Mississippi is this rural heck state when its not. The gulf coast was amazing…wonder houses, businesses, beaches, everything and now its gone. I think back on the ppl that I met while visiting and I just want to cry because they might not be alive anymore because ppl don’t care. I cried every single day that this was happening, I honestly couldnt watch anything else. I remember seeing that guy on there who couldnt find his wife. Over 1700 ppl died in Hurricane katrina… over 800 ppl are still missing. we can spend over a million dollars every 3 days in a pointless war but we couldn’t help a city that made more money than the state of New York and Washington. Ppl say it wasn’t a racist thing, yes it was. Believe me, let this would have happened to an un urban area….shit would not have went down like that. we need to open our eyes. we care about the wrong things. its cool to have fun but just know its other important things exist. How much time have you dedicated to helping? How much money have you spent in? Not just with hurricane Katrina but other important issues has well. Have you signed the Jena 6 petition? Are you a member of the NAACP? We need to get it together ppl…we’re so lost as a race and as a country as whole.

WOW, YALL HAVE REALLY TOOK ME BACK, ALTHOUGH I WASNT THERE IN THE STORM WHEN IT HAPPENED, MAN I CRIED AND CRIED WHEN I HAD TO GO TO THE AIRPORT AND PICK UP MY MAH MAH AND PA PA AND LIL COUSINS AND THEY HAD ON A BRIGHT YELLOW T SHIRT THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN FROM THE SUPER DOME. ALL OF THEM. I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD! THEY WERE INVITED INTO OUR HOUSE AND I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS LIKE 15 PPL UNDER ONE ROOF. WE ALL WENT THROUGHT IT TOGETHER. AND I AM DIGUSTED BY THE IMAGES WE SEEN ON TV OF US, LIKE WE ALL WERE JUST LIVING FOUL AND NASTY AND GHETTO. WE ARE NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. BUT THE IMAGE PORTRAYED US TO BE ANIMALS. TEXAS PPL DID NOT LIKE US, I DONT CARE WHAT THEY SAID, THEY DID NOT WANT US THERE. I HAVE FAMILY THAT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND JAILED IN TEXAS AND WERE TREATED WORSE JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE FROM NEW ORLEANS. MY HOME IS TRULY SPECIAL AND I AM GOING TO DO EVERYTHANG I CAN TO GET IT BACK RIGHT. NEW ORLEANS PPL ARE SO SPECIAL AND WE ARE SO FUN AND ALIVE AND CAREFREE. IT REALLY IS THE PARTY CITY, WE ARE ABOUT FAMILY , AND GOOD FOOD AND GOOD COMPANY AND GOOD MUSIC, AND WE WILL WELCOME U INTO OUR HOUSE WITH NOTHIN BUT LOVE. NOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE THANG I DO LOVE ABOUT MY NAWLINS FOLKS IS THAT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, OH WE CAN SHOLL NUFF FLIP THE SWITCH BABY. WE ARE SOME REAL GENUINE PPL. I REMEMBER JUST WALKIN UP THE CORNER, AND OLD MEN AND OLD WOMEN JUST SITTIN ON CHAIRS OUTSIDE SELLING PEANUTS AND HUCKLE BUCKS. AND I HAVE FAMILY THAT STILL CUT CHICKEN’S HEADS OFF AND JAR THEIR FRUITS AND VEGATABLES. MAN I LOVE MY FAMILY! I CAN’T WAIT TO GO BACK TO MY CITY, I OWE THAT TO MYSELF, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY COMMUNITY. I AM NEW ORLEANS!

OMG BLESS ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD TO ENDURE THIS AND THAT ARE STILL LIVING THROUGH IT. MORE CELEBRITIES AND WEALTHY PEOPLE SHOULD RAISE MORE MONEY BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CERTAINLY ARE NOT HELPING. GOD BLESS THEM ALL!

OMG, this is so sad, seeing all these people crying, community after the storm and all the dead bodies really touched my heart. I’m actually crying because I can’t believe something like this has happen in our history. I never saw the documentary (cuz I don’t have HBO) but I’ll try my best to find it

Love me some Bey.

i ain’t gonna lie i miss my city (New Orleans) like i don’t know what..I’m talkin about the Old New Orleans..the way things used to be..i’m so glad and i thank God everyday that i left in a matter time b4 that storm hit..I AM FROM THE LOWER 9TH W/D SO IMAGINE HOW I FEEL BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING THERE..NOT EVEN LIVABLE (IF THAT’S A WORD)..i’m just glad i took going to houston as a short vacation because if i didn’t i would have been dead like some of my other fellow new orleanians..just floating away cuz i surely can’t swim..i didn’t have no kind of clothes or shoes at all! i’m just glad God took me out of that situation because i knew i wasn’t gonna handle that too well..but I LOVE NEW ORLEANS FOREVER AND WISH THINGS WERE THE SAME BUT I HATE TO SAY IT WILL NEVA BE

It’s unfortunate what happened to those brothers and sisters but it will continue to happen and it must because black people don’t respect the Most High and they damn sure don’t respect each other. Our people are too fearful and that makes them unable to commit to a thought process, much less what it takes to build up a community. Some of the same people that post on a topic like this and act frustrated are the same ones that get angry when you say anything about the white man (James 1:8). Whatever. Sean Penn could be a CIA agent for all we know so all the people celebrating that man are only making him another idol (Prov 12:20). How the hell does the man go from Iraq to Katrina unless the government allows him to (Job 1:7)? That’s a national security risk to have a high profile man jumping to all these highly sensitive virtual warzones, acting like Rambo, and the government not be involved or cosigning this man in some way. Most of these actors are being used to deceive the people and introduce new doctrines believe it or not. For those who think that the government does not shut down the actors that are really against them, think again. Once Charlie Sheen tried to make the rounds with his belief that 9/11 was an inside job, all of a sudden the story leaked that the man likes to sleep with crossdressing male prostitutes, lmao.

Katrina was a government sponsored destruction of that entire area for the purposes of cleaning that area out and making it a city for the white elite, a port for the oil that they plan to smuggle from Venezuela after they invade and conquer that country, and a satanic sacrifice. They chose the name “Katrina” for the storm because August 29 was used throughout Greco-Roman pagan worship history to commemorate a celebration for the goddess of WITCHCRAFT (which New Orleans was reknowned for) Hecate/Diana/Isis/Ishstar/Ashtoreth/the queen of heaven, etc (Judges 2:13, Jer 7:18, Acts 19:21-41, etc.). The name “Katrina” comes from the name of the goddess “Hecate” which means to “purify through torture”. That’s exactly what happened to that land and the inhabitants of that land. As a matter of fact, in the celebration of Hecate/Katrina on Aug. 29th, the custom was to sacrifice black dogs. Look it up yourself. These people in power are practical jokers and one only gets satisfaction from a joke if certain people understand that they organized the whole thing.

The government used that HAARP weather modification program to increase the eye of the storm to wipe out the damn city, in conjunction with the bombs that destroyed the levees planted by the government’s black ops military units. Contrary to what’s believed, these people at the top worship Satan at a high level and still keep their pagan practices from the Greek and Roman times because they know who they are in history, we don’t.

Hurricane Katrina is something that we’ll never fully know the truth about until the people that are responsible for it are dead (Eph 5:12). That’s the only time the white man fesses up and acts like he will hold himself responsible for his heinous crimes. Like someone touched on already, Trump and all the other land developers were already waiting in the wings to gulp up the lands left desolate by the storm so that they could reap the massive benefits (Jer 22:13,14, Hab 2:12). The Lord brought that storm to New Orleans and allowed the white man to exacerbate it in order to cleanse that place because of how our people were destroying each other (Jer 16:4-6). The Lord controlled that storm and brought that death and destruction so that our people could wake up (Job 37:10-15, Psa 83:15, Isa 28:2. etc.).

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Damn, good post sis.

I will continue to keep the ppl who’ve suffered during Hurricane Katrina in my prayers.

Im pissed that the government hasnt done more to assist financially with the rebuilding of NewOrleans. Here it is 2+years after the levees broke and the tragedy occurred nearly wiping out NewOrleans and most of the city ,with exception to the French Quarter still resembles a war zone. Many of the native residents couldnt return of they wanted to because its still a disaster zone.The insurance companies are giving the home owners a hard time with their claims so ,that they can rebuild.Then we have this azzhole of a president acting as if they have done as much as they can,and making more meaningless promises to the city. Funny how he has no problem going to congress to try to get more money for the war whenever he feels like it,but he cant ask congress to set aside more $$ to rebuild the Gulf coast and newOrleans! Damn shame!Cant wait until his azz is out of office.he should have never made it to office!

I watched the documentary “When the Levees broke”by Spike Lee 2 times ,and it was very informative. I have been to NewOrleans before but unless your a resident you dont get the full impact beyond the occassional news coverage of what happened in Gulf Coast and newOrleans until you watch this,and see the actual people effected by this tragedy! It was so sad to see people revisitng areas that they once called home and not even being able to recognize where they once lived,because it was so tore up. When Katrina occurred I said “give it a year or so and they will have it back up and running. 2 years later the tourist area is up and running but many of the other areas (9th ward ) are still tore up. They stil have people living in Fema trailers,though the number has decreased some since Katrina (and according to latest coverage of Oprah Winfrey show last week many in the trailers are getting sick,because they werent meant for long term residency. I just wish that the government woukd step up more.This is why we as people have to vote,stop making excuses abd take your azz to vote .Numbers are power and these poliicians need to realize that charity begins at home ,andbthey work for US ,because oftentimes we put their azz in office .When the tsunami occured it was tragic as well.I think about alo the people from our country who donated funds, clothing etc to that country ,even our government and heer we have a tragedy in the USA and everyones shrugging their shoulder and acting like they dont know what needs to be done.

Ok I said enough but 1 more thing. I hope that the Crime rate in new orleans goes down because in times like this the last thing that black folk or any folk need to be doing is contributing to the already high crime rate and making a bad situation worse. This is a time to rally together as a show of support for oneanother and as a show of love for the city!

This is sickening after two whole years it hasnt changed has bush given our people any aid…KANYE WEST is VERY CORRECT…devil bush knew this would happen why werent there any preparations??…People may not believe this but people were sent to blow up the barrier levees which were supposed to prevent the exposure of water if something like this happened … they did this purposely..whisked up all the white people and left our people to drown and die..what person could do this..DEVIL BUSH!!! sick!…My condolences to all our people who passed..dreadfully.

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Who gives a shit? Blaming the gov because they “Hate black people”….come on now that gets old after awhile. you can only blame others so much. Yeah they were late going to new orleans i was in Alexandria at the time and the streets were full of people from there as well as an abandoned wal-mart in pineville. Face it shit happens and this time it happend to a majority of blacks so it’s time to throw out the old race card. This is exactly what spike lee wanted. Every one of his films are geared to pump up black people. I would glady punch that crybaby in the teeth if i saw his beanhead lookin ass. As for blowing up the levee’s? Come on now i know even with new orleans schools being below national average you CAN’T be THAT stupid. What about the black people looting each others houses? What about the ones robbing each other in the streets? Way to stick together! How about the ones firing at the helecopter trying to airlift the people from the hospital? Oh, and i suppose you all forgot to mention the fact a white guy stole a school bs and loaded it up with people of ALL races and drove it out of new orleans. Honeslt yhwy would they want to rebuild the 9th ward? DO you DESERVE a brand new house when most of the places there were already Hud and Gov projects? You would want to rebuild one of the most drug ridden neighborhoods in new orleans? Face it black people your fucked so do like the whites and work your ass of for something. I don’t see a free ride coming this time you may have to sweat for it. Before you call me omg a RACIST just remember you have said the same in your above posts so i guess we are all racists in the world to some extent. RIP The people that died should have swam a lil better. The people that didn’t should work a little harder. Btw obama most likely isn’t going to get into office black people are too lazy to vote and white people will actually vote mcains old half dead ass in before they vote obama in even if he is becoming a nice little uncle tom.