All those in favor say AMEN!

 

In 1927, a major unnamed hurricane struck the city of New Orleans. It was actually more powerful than Katrina. The scope of damage was much more severe because this particular hurricane actually hit the city. Katrina missed it by 25 miles. The interesting difference is the response the government gave in 1927 to those hurricane refugees, compared to the refugees of Katrina, err- I meant "survivors" ---(sorry Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson). How much aid did the government dispense at that time? Zero, nada, not one dime. And you know how much aid the army offered? The only aid from the army came in the form of loaning the city of New Orleans tents and camp stoves. Ironically, later, the army sued the city for reimbursement. So what was the big difference here? It was the attitude the people had towards the government at that time, compared to the attitude that Katrina's victims have. The 1927 "survivors" expected nothing from the government. 80 years ago, people understood that the government was there to "protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Today, Americans expect the government to "provide life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." That's a major difference. And now, a week later, when the government failed on all three levels of local, state, and federal to provide for their needs, Americans were sorely disappointed. Reverend Jackson and reverend Sharpton spend their opportunities arguing about semantics."They shouldn't be called refugees, they should be called survivors" Unfortunately, they missed t! he boat. It was a perfect opportunity to deliver a very basic mess age to their people. Fact, if you are poor and uneducated in America, this is what happens. Fact, if you depend on the government, you will be sorely disappointed. Fact, if you are poor in America, there is no reason for you to be uneducated. Its free! 12 grades. And if you really apply yourself, there is enough grants and assistance out there for higher education, which will raise you above the poverty level. And no longer will you depend on the government and be disappointed. Its unfortunate that this lesson will be missed by most of the "survivors". A couple of other points should be brought to light. G. W. has asked the congress for 50 billion dollars worth of aid for the "survivors" and clean up of the city. Interesting isn't it? one million people displaced and out of work in that city, sitting all day in shelters, waiting for the next handout. Of course, the thought never o! ccured to anyone that just maybe, "hey, we should give all these folks jobs filling sand bags to plug the levees and clearing trees." (Wonder how many of them would want government aid if they had to work for it?) And finally, they haven't hardly begun the task of picking up dead bodies, and already the finger pointing has started. The congressional hearings and probes will go forever. Millions will be spent on a wasted diatribe of a bipartisan "witch hunting expedition"- all of which will be nonsense. If you're a democrat, you are going to blame the president. If you are a republican, you are going to blame the mayor and the governor. This is another case in point of how the government will once again fail its people, they could have spent the millions educating the poor and misplaced citizens of New O! rleans so that they could go out and get a new and better life, in stead of wasting it on useless blame investigations.

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FROM JOHN 

 

 

 

 

 

DAAAAAAAAAAAH  WHATS  WRONG  WITH  THIS  PICTURE

 

   Astrodome: Within two minutes of AFP photographer Stanly Honda electronically publishing a photo of Katrina victim Latesha Vinette holding up her Red Cross debit card, Ms. Vinette was paged by the management of Reliant stadium to receive a call from Mastercard asking about cash advances totally $65,237, the attempted purchase of a Ferrari automobile using her card #, along with hundreds of purchases from eBay, including, ironically, camping gear.

"I don't know what I was thinking" said AFP photographer Honda, who failed to obscure any of the card's digits, or expiration date in his photo. I guess I could have just had her put her thumb over the first four digits." Ms. Vinette's balance reportedly dropped from $2000 to .45 cents in less than three minutes.

Ms. Vinnette, and daughter Mychal Boykins will now face a slow, certain death from starvation and exposure, according to survival experts. "In the good ole US of A, giving folks internet access to your credit or debit card # is the kiss of death. "The Bush administration isn't going to be issuing "replacement cards," said one official. "We'll let Stan and Ms. Vinette work it out."

There's no "identity theft" here at all said a Mastercard spokesperson. Ms. Vinette failed to protect the privacy of her card, and we're not liable That's the beauty of a debit, versus a credit card, and why we've been pushign them so hard."

A spokesperson for Capital One said "I warned the people of New Orleans about this. The pillaging and plundering in our ads is all symbolic, this is the real thing."

Credit card companies years ago began using cards with fewer than the required numbers of digits on television and print advertising after hundreds of quick criminals attempted to use any actual numbers. The practice is akin to every television and movie phone number beginning with the ficticious prefix 555.

This time, however, spammers didn't have to spoof websites, go phishing, or do anything besides view the "Today's Most Popular" photographs section of Yahoo!News, in which Ms. Vinettes card is featured prominently. The photo rapidly climbed to the #1 "Most viewed" image of the section.

Stan has reportedly been put on administrative leave and will be sharing a margerita tonight with former FEMA director Michael Brown.

 

 

FROM CURT

    "County Judge Carl Griffith said today he has become so frustrated with the federal relief effort that he has instructed all local officials to use police force if they have to to take supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

""If you have enough policemen to take it from them, take it," Griffith said.

"His frustration comes as squabbling continues among federal, state and local over what some
characterize as a woeful lack of communication."

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/05/rita/3369454

 

FROM PAM

Remember how after 9/11, the Pentagon admitted on television THAT THEY WOULD LIE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DURING TIMES OF HEIGHTENED TENSION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS???

Well, they are DOING IT AGAIN! READ the following email sent to me from a reader in Massachusetts, near OTIS AFB.

In a previous email she told me how the local news told them that 2,500 hurricane evacuees would be flown to OTIS AFB to be placed behind a secretive barbed wire enclosure.

She LATER sent me an email stating how the NEWS NOW TOLD THEM THAT THESE EVACUEES WOULD NOT BE SENT TO OTIS AFB AFTER ALL. She breathed a premature sigh of relief.

I WARNED her to EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT TO LIE TO THE PEOPLE to cover up covert activities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...especially because of public awareness increasing regarding THE MANY CONCENTRATION /DETENTION CAMPS ACROSS THIS NATION...and MANY FEMA/MILITARY FACILITIES TO BE USED AS TERMINATION DEATHCAMPS IN A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY/MARTIAL LAW!

The following email tells it all. THE EVACUEES WERE INDEED FLOWN IN TO OTIS AFB, to be placed BEHIND BARBED WIRE ENCLOSURES!!!

For WHAT PURPOSES???

WHAT KINDS of PEOPLE ARE BEING HELD BEHIND BARBED WIRE THERE NOW???

Could they be FEMA RED/BLUE LISTED TARGETS TO BE TERMINATED??? OR some of the Louisiana militia picked up while trying to restore law and order in the aftermath of the hurricane???

Furthermore, does OTIS AFB HAVE GASSING CREMATORY FACILITIES ...LIKE TINKER AFB IN OK CITY, OK??? (And MANY OTHER bases besides, including MILITARY MICROWAVING DEATHCAMPS???)

WHY THE SECRECY?

WHY THE BARBED WIRE FENCE ENCLOSURE???

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE???

Finally, I must ask, HOW LONG WILL THE AMERICA PEOPLE REMAIN IN DENIAL OVER SUCH OMINOUS WARNING SIGNALS???

AS I have been telling them for ten years now, AN AMERICAN HOLOCAUST IS COMING...and they indeed WILL BE THE VICTIMS IN THE FUTURE!!!

The AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH IN THIS CRITICAL HOUR!!!

And we need to DEMAND THE TRUTH on behalf of the many victims as well!

Today it may be VICTIMS OF YESTERDAY'S HURRICANE...but TOMORROW IT MAY BE YOU!!!

READ the following email from Nancy of Massachusetts..........and WAKE UP!

-Pam Schuffert
www.AmericanHolocaust.homestead.com
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From: "nancy lagana"
To: "Christian Martyr USA Rev.20:4"

Dear Pam, I want you to know that the hurricane victims were flown in today TO OTIS AFB and did indeed arrive. I thought it was not going to happen or that we could hold it off by prayer. I realize now that nobody can interfere with God's timetable and only He is in control.


I want you to know that I am watched and followed constantly, both day and night. I know all my conversations are heard via telephone and all my e-mails are read.

I constantly tell the enemy that Jesus Christ is watching them watch me. I tell them every day that they have much to fear. I also rebuke the demonic aircraft that fly and hover above my house and also follow me with their global tracking devices both day and night.

I cover myself, my home, my car, my family, and friends who need to know Jesus with His Blood. I rebuke all governmental demons with the shed Blood of the Lamb.

Satan is desperate and I am no longer afraid of him. He and his army of demons are very desperate right now because they know the end is near and they will be eternally separated from Almighty God and His Son, Jesus Christ because their destination is the eternal lake of fire.


There will be no sting in death at persecution time because the moment you submit, there is no sting. The Holy Spirit has given me this awareness.


They need to fear US: You, and all of us
Overcomers have nothing to fear because we are covered with the Shed Blood of the Lamb. Satan has much to fear. He is desperate.
Love Nancy.

 

In Katrina I Didn't See Racism, I Saw Brotherhood

by Rabbi Aryeh Spero

   In New Orleans, beginning Tuesday morning, August 30, I saw men in helicopters risking their lives to save stranded flood victims from rooftops. The rescuers were White, the stranded Black. I saw Caucasians navigating their small, private boats in violent, swirling, toxic floodwaters to find fellow citizens trapped in their houses. Those they saved were Black. I saw Brotherhood. New York Congressman Charlie Rangel saw Racism.

Yes, there are Two Americas. One is the real America, where virtually every White person I know sends money, food or clothes to those in need

-- now and in other crises -- regardless of color. This America is colorblind.

The other is the America fantasized and manufactured by Charlie Rangel, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who constantly cry racism! even in situations where it does not exist, even when undeniable images illustrate love, compassion and concern.  These three men, together with today's NAACP, want to continue the notion of Racist America. It is their Mantra, their calling card. Their power, money, and continued media appearances depend on it. Often, people caught up in accusing others of sin neglect to undergo their own personal introspection. They begin to think they alone inhabit the moral high ground. It is high time these men peered into their own hearts at the dark chamber that causes this unceasing labeling of their fellow Americans as racist.  They may find in that chamber their own racism -- against Whites. There is only one real America.  Beginning Friday morning in Houston, thousands of regular citizens poured into the Astrodome offering water, food, clean clothes, personal items, baby diapers and toys, love and even their homes to the evacuees who had been bused in from New Orleans. Most of the givers were White, most of those being helped were Black. But there was Jesse Jackson, busy on TV, accusing the country of not putting Blacks -- i.e., him -- on some type of Commission he is demanding. Where was he early in the week? Not sweating with others from around the country who had scraped their last dollar to come help. With Jesse, its always about Jesse. After decades of hearing accusations from Jesse, Al, Charlie, the NAACP and certain elitists about how racist America is, it would have been refreshing to hear them for once give thanks to those they for years have been maligning. These self-anointed spokesmen for the Black community lead only when it comes to foisting guilt and condemnation, and not when it comes to acknowledging the good in those they have made a career in castigating. As a Rabbi I have a message I wish to offer to my fellow members of the cloth, Reverends Jackson and Sharpton: It is time to do some soul searching. Your continued efforts to tear this country apart, even in light of the monumental goodness shown by your White brothers, is a sin. There are no churches in the world like the American churches. And there are no better parishioners and members of churches anywhere in the world. These churches are saving the day. Their members -- infused by the special and singular teachings of our unique American Judeo-Christian understanding of the Bible -- are, at this moment, writing an historic chapter in giving, initiative, and selflessness. They are opening their homes to strangers. They are doing what government is incapable of doing. America works because of its faith-based institutions. It always has. That is what makes it America.

So next time the ACLU tries to diminish and marginalize the churches, saying there is no role for religion in American public life, that an impenetrable wall must be erected separating the citizens from their faith, cry out Katrina.

Next time the ACLU goes to court asking that U.S. soldiers not be allowed to say Grace in the Mess Hall and that communities be forbidden from setting up a nativity scene, ask yourself: without the motivation of Goodness sourced in Faith, would people offer such sacrifice? Where else does this Brotherhood come from but the Bible which teaches Thou Shall Love Thy Neighbor as Yourself. I saw brotherhood on Fox News, where 24/7 reporters used their perch as a clearing-house for search-and-rescue missions and communication between the stranded and those in position to save. In contrast, the Old-line networks continued with their usual foolish, brain-numbing programming. Those who always preach compassion chose profit over people. The New York Times has utterly failed America. Its columnists could have used their talents and word skills to inspire and unite a nation. Columnists such as Frank Rich and Paul Krugman, however, revealed their true colors by evading their once-in-a-lifetime chance to help and instead chose to divide, condemn, and fuel the fires and poison the waters of Louisiana. In them, I saw no Brotherhood. The newspaper always preaching compassion verifies Shakespeares They protest too much. Similar elitists here in the northeast and on the west coast have over the years expressed their view of the South as unsophisticated and Texans as cowboys.  Well, the South has come through, especially Houston and other parts of Texas, whereas, as I write this on Labor Day, the limousine moralizers are lying on east and west coast beaches thinking theyre doing their part by reading Times editorials and calling George Bush racist. How sanctimonious life becomes when proving you are not a racist depends not on living in a truly integrated neighborhood, but by simply calling others racist. Like so often in history, facts trump platitudes. Reality reigns. Those who always preach brotherhood, thus far have acted devoid of it. Those who for decades have been accused by elitists of not having compassion are the ones living it. They are: the churches, the military, and the sons and daughters of the South. Rabbi Spero is a radio talk show host, a pulpit rabbi, and president of Caucus for America.

 

There are no victims only volunteers.......

FROM MY FRIEND CHERYL

"We Will Not Perish In this House, We Will Survive" Written by Cheryl Ford RN Tampa, Florida     September 21, 2005   "We will not perish in this house, we will survive."  Those were the words that were shared with me yesterday after having a long telephone conversation with Rechell Carter, a 41 year old single mother who survived for three days in an attic with her 14 year old daughter Brianna, her elderly parents, and six other people after their home was flooded in Violet, Louisiana.     In the last few weeks, while volunteering my time with the Katrina Caravan, I have encountered many sad stories. Rechell's courageous, yet tragic experiences inspired me to write about her families survival.    The worst of Hurricane Katrina had passed. The streets were dry, and the sun was shining again.  Rechell Carter, recalled how she was standing in her kitchen relieved that her home had only suffered one broken bedroom window as a result of the storm.  It was 9:00 AM, the morning after Katrina's winds had shaken there old wooden frame home all during the night. Rechell Carter was preparing breakfast for her daughter. The comfort of knowing they had survived the hurricane without much damage was interrupted by the sound of a woman's voice on a megaphone coming down the street. The voice had yelled,  "Mandatory evacuation, expect 15 to 20 feet of water."    Rechell recalls how the woman's voice echoed in the distance as she traveled in a police vehicle with the lights flashing up and down the other streets in her neighborhood. She said, the police car never returned again after the one announcement.  Not clearly understanding why there was an announcement for them to evacuate, knowing the storm was already over and the sun was shining, Rechell panicked after hearing that 15 to 20 feet of water was coming.   Rechell explained, that they did not have any extra money to evacuate. With a disability herself, she lives on a very limited income of $700.00 a month.  She didn't know what to do.  There were still no buses running as a result of Hurricane Katrina, and she is not an owner of a vehicle.  Not certain when to expect the 15 to 20 feet of flood waters, or, knowing how long they had to prepare, she immediately called to her daughter Brianna. She and Brianna decided to flee to her parents home, located one block away.  Rechell's home did not have an attic, however, her parents home did.     When she arrived at her parents home, she had found her parents and other family members still in bed. She called to her family and told them to get dressed right away, yelling, "There were supposed to be flood waters coming."   She said, about 40 minutes had gone by since first hearing the lady on the megaphone in the police car, when all of a sudden she heard a very loud explosion. "It sounded like a big boom, like something had been blown up."  Rechell explained that she and her family did not know what caused the explosion.     Hurrying to pack some food and water for her family, not knowing what they were going to do, or where they would go, her mother had come into the kitchen and shouted, "Rechell, what is that water on the kitchen floor!"  Before Rechell could grab for a towel, the water was already up to their ankles. She frantically ran for her elderly and obese father, helping to push him up into the attic. Rechell cried as she told me how within 15 to 20 minutes after hearing the loud explosion, the water had already reached the ceiling in their house.  Rechell shared how she and her family had barely made it into the attic before the house was overcome with dark, oily water.     Rechell continued,  "After hearing the explosion, it all happened so fast, it was like someone had opened the entire river and poured it on us. There was no time for any of us to do anything after that woman had come down our street telling us there would be 15 to 20 feet of water."     In between Rechell's tearful gasps for breath, she told me how their family cat had just had kittens, and how there was no time at all to save them.   Balancing and holding each other up on the attic beams, they each prayed for three long days that they would not fall asleep and fall backwards through the ceiling into the 20 feet of murky dark waters that had filled their home. They had managed to knock out 5 holes in different sections of the roof, so two heads could poke out of each of the holes and wave their shirts for help. All the time, hoping that the beams in the attic would not collapse.  During the three days, they had witnessed one red helicopter come and rescue three neighbors from their roof.  After that, every time they would hear a helicopter fly over, Brianna, 14 years old, would look at her Mom and say, "Listen Mommy, they are coming back to save us, please don't cry." However, the helicopters would pass them by. She said, there were many other families who were also stranded on the rooftops. Neighbors would often yell from one roof top to another asking,  "how everyone was doing?"     With only a bag of chips, a few pieces of bread and a bottle of water that was sparingly shared amongst ten people, the three days ended when they heard a voice calling to them, "Are you in there?"  The voice was Brianna's father who had swam through the murky and smelly waters pulling a boat on a rope to their home. "My daughter's Daddy saved our lives," said Rechell. They all slid from the rooftop into the boat.    Their nightmare was long from over. Brianna's father managed to bring them in the boat to the top of a dry levee. There, the family remained surrounded by the dirty flood waters.  Hundreds of others who had escaped the flooding in their homes had tiredly made it up the levee as well. Rechell continued, "it was horrible, we all felt like it was the end of the world; we had nothing but each other. We were all dirty, wet, tired, thirsty and hungry. Children were crying and parents were upset not knowing how to help them."     Rechell recalled how the men who she would have normally referred to as the "thugs" in her neighborhood, ended up being the "unsung heroes;" the people who had helped to save the adults and children on the levee from thirst and hunger.  She said she witnessed them leave the levee and wade out into the dark, dirty waters and push their fist and arms threw panes of the local store windows, often cutting their arms up badly, in an effort to bring the people and crying children food, water, diapers and juice. Another two nights had gone by according to Rechell, and there were still no signs of helicopters or rescue people coming to help the people stranded on the levee.    Mid morning of day three, Rechell recalls how a local man had driven into the water in a huge dump truck.  She said by that time, the people were so desperate for help and medicine, they jammed as many as they could into the back of the truck.  She said, "I thought the truck was going to fall over, there were so many people in it."  The man had driven them out of the water to dryer land.    From there, they had walked about three miles before they saw a large barge where hundreds, if not thousands of people, were sitting closely together.  There were National Guardsman surrounding the barge. She said the Guardsman gave them life vests and water.  They sat in the hot sun on the barge for another day, or so. She said after three days in the attic, and two nights on the levee, she began losing track of time. She did recall how they were told not to move around on the barge because it had no side rails and they did not want the people to fall over board. She remembered that from the barge they were transported to Algiers, and then escorted to buses where they were driven for 9 hours to the Astrodome in Houston.    Rechell explained,  "the people from Houston certainly tried, "they gave us water, food and juice, but being at the Astrodome, was just like reliving a different kind of nightmare."  She said, when in the Astrodome, they could not help but to feel like animals herded into an overcrowded pasture.  Rechell continued, "It was incredibly loud all of the time, and it was obvious that no consideration was given to the kind of people who were allowed in the Dome, or, who were being placed next to us on cots. There were people from all walks of life."     After 12 long days living in what Rechell describes as another... "frightening and inhumane experience," she explained how her fears were heightened when she and her daughter Brianna had gone to the showers stalls, to find they had been roped off with tape.  A man had told them to go away because the showers were being isolated as a crime scene. She learned that an eight year old girl had just been raped in the showers.     Rechell conveyed how 12 days was about all she could take in the Dome before finally breaking down into uncontrollable hysterics.  Her uncontrollable tears had brought a volunteer to her side who had made arrangements for the family of four to be taken to a smaller shelter in what used to be a boys home.  Rechell told me that she was still not sure where her parents, or other family members were. She said, they had all been separated in Louisiana when they boarded the buses to Houston.   Rechell said FEMA had given them some money, but it wasn't enough for the four of them to relocate into another home in an unknown city, to find transportation, or to eat while waiting on new jobs.  She said they have nothing, all is gone, but they are very grateful to God that they have each other. She ended by saying.......... "once we locate a home, my main worry will be to find my Brianna some counseling."   She said, Brianna is afraid to leave her side, ........."Every little noise is a memory of the loud explosion she heard before the waters came and rapidly filled her Grandma's home."   Needless to say, Rechell's story took my breath away. To think, there are thousands of devastated homeless families right now in America as a result of  a city who did not pay attention to the potential levee problems they were warned about many times over, is beyond belief!  After hearing Rechell's story, I as a concerned citizen and taxpayer, have many questions ringing through my mind. What was the explosion the family heard right before the rapid flooding had taken over their home? Why did the police woman appear to know exactly how much water would be flooding into Rechell's neighborhood? If there was an unexpected leak in the levee that would eventually cause a rush of 15 to 20 feet of water to pour into the neighborhood, why did the police woman have time enough to give warning to the neighborhood when riding up and down the sun-filled streets with a megaphone?  Why did there appear to be some sections of the city that were flooded, and others, such as the French Quarters, that were spared massive flooding?     I have taken Rechell's phone number and address, and I have given her mine. Somehow, someway, with the help of God, I will find a way to help Rechell's family. They have nothing but each other, and, whatever donations they receive from the generosity of people. They have no identification with them, because there was no time to retrieve anything. Therefore, until they can obtain picture ID, they are unable to cash checks, or money orders.   They were able to use some of the funds provided to them from FEMA to buy some new undergarments. They also purchased a cell phone so they could try and find other family members, and to hopefully, help them to make the necessary contacts in order to rebuild a new life somewhere.   If anyone is wishing to help Rechell and her family, please contact: Cheryl Ford RN at 813-695-0870, or by email at:  Fight4Terri@aol.com   About the Author: Cheryl Ford, RN (www.Fight4Terri.com) is not affiliated with any other group and works to protect the rights of the disabled community.

 

 

FROM LIONHEART

 

     3 FEMA LOOTERS,LYNCHED,MUTILATED AND HAD SIGNS POSTED ON THEM TO WARN BUSH AND HIS FEMA BUSHBABIES. One had the tongue pulled out of his head,while another had his hands chopped off. All
3 were left rotting on trees with expensive luggage, Rolexs
and other items from Sak`s 5th Avenue at their feet. Now who says there isn`t "TRUE"justice in America? LOL.

 

 

FROM MY FRIEND BARBARA

 

   Who would have thought we would ever hear this phrase spoken on a radio news
report in America: "Today, about 25,000 refugees were moved from the
Superdome in New Orleans to the Astrodome in Houston."

For days, we've watched the tragedy continue to unfold in Mississippi and
Louisiana and, if you are like me, you've wrestled with feelings of shock
and disbelief.feelings that, over the last five years, have become all too
familiar. We were barely into the new millennium when we saw towers falling
in New York City and planes crashing into the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania
farmland. We saw bombs over Baghdad and witnessed the ancient land of
Abraham become a war zone for his ancestors. You'd think we had seen enough, but then came the tsunami--a roaring wave that sucked life and innocence out to sea.

And now the fruits of Katrina. A city sitting in twenty feet of water.
Citizens hacking their way onto roofs and helicopters hovering over
neighborhoods. Optimistic rescuers, opportunistic looters, grateful people,
resentful people--we have seen it all.

And many have seen it up close. Katrina came to San Antonio in the form of
12,500 evacuees. Many of you are meeting them, feeding them, writing checks,
and manning shifts. And you, as much as any, have reason to wonder.What is
going on here? 9/11, Iraq, tsunami, Katrina. And I didn't mention nor intend
to minimize Hurricanes Dennis and Ivan and Emily.

Jesus criticized the leaders of his day for focusing on the weather and
ignoring the signals: "You find it easy enough to forecast the weather--why
can't you read the signs of the times?" Matthew
16:2-3 (MSG).

What are we to learn from all of this? Is God sending us a message? I think
so. And, I think we'd be wise to pay attention. There are some spiritual
lessons that I think God would want us to learn through this tragedy. The
first lesson we see is.

I. The Nature of Possessions: Temporary 
     As you've listened to evacuees and survivors, have you noticed their words?  No one laments a lost plasma television or submerged SUV. No one runs through the streets yelling, "My cordless drill is missing" or "My golf clubs have washed away." If they mourn, it is for people lost. If they
rejoice, it is for people found.

Could Jesus be reminding us that people matter more than possessions? In a land where we have more malls than high schools, more debt than credit, more clothes to wear than we can wear, could Christ be saying:   "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15)?

We see an entire riverboat casino washed up three blocks and placed on top of a house in a neighborhood. You see demolished ,000 cars that will never be driven again, hidden in debris. And in the background of our minds we hear the quiet echoes of Jesus saying, "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?"
(Matthew 16:26).

Raging hurricanes and broken levees have a way of prying our fingers off the stuff we love. What was once most precious now means little; what we once ignored is now of eternal significance.

A friend and I attended a worship service at Antioch Baptist Church last
Sunday night. Several African American Church leaders had organized an
assembly to pray for the evacuees that have ended up in San Antonio. Many of them sat on the front rows. dressed in all the clothing they owned:
t-shirts, jeans. Their faces were weary from the   week. But when the music
started and the worship began, they came to their feet and sang with tears
in their eyes.

They were rich. Are you that rich? Were all your possession washed away,
could you still worship? Would you still worship? If not, you are holding
things too tightly: "Tell those rich in this world's wealth to quit being so
full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage--to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they'll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life" (1 Timothy 6:17-19 MSG).
Through Katrina, Christ tells us: stuff doesn't matter; people do.
Understand the nature of possessions. Be equally clear on:

II. The Nature of People: Sinners and Saints

We see the most incredible servants and stories of selflessness and
sacrifice. We see people of the projects rescuing their neighbors, we see
civil servants risking their lives for people they've never seen. My wife
Denalyn and I toured a shelter supervised by one of our neighbors here in
San Antonio. We met a family of some twenty cousins and siblings.

One six-year-old girl told Denalyn about the helicopter man who plucked her off a third story porch and lifted her to safety. That child will never know who that man is. He'll never seek any applause.He saved her life. all in a day's work. We saw humanity at its best. And we saw humanity at its worst.

Looting. Fighting. We heard stories of rapes and robberies. Someone said, "The heavens declare the glory of God but the streets declare the sinfulness  of man." The video footage in New Orleans has confirmed the truthfulness of that quote. Can you imagine not being able to sleep in the Superdome for fear that someone might try to rape your daughter if she went to the restroom in the middle of the night?


We are people of both dignity and depravity. The hurricane blew back more than roofs; it blew the mask off the nature of mankind. The main problem in  the world is not Mother Nature, but human nature. Strip away the police barricades, blow down the fences, and the real self is revealed. We are barbaric to the core.

We were born with a me-first mentality. You don't have to teach your kids to argue. They don't have to be trained to demand their way. You don't have to show them how to stomp their feet and pout, it is their nature. indeed it is all of our nature to do so. "All of us have strayed like sheep. We have left God's paths to follow our own" (Isaiah 53:6).

God's chosen word for our fallen condition has three letters- s-I-n. Sin celebrates the letter in the middle. "I". Left to our own devices, we lead a godless, out of control life of ".doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it" (Ephesians 2:3 MSG).

You don't have to go to New Orleans to see the chaos. Because of sin, the husband ignores his wife, grown men seduce the young. The young proposition the old. When you do what you want and I do what I want, humanity and
civility implodes.

And when the Katrinas of life blown in, our true nature is revealed and our deepest need is unveiled: a need deeper than food, more permanent than firm
levees. We need, not a new system, but a new nature. We need to be changed from the inside out. Which takes us to the third message of Katrina:

III. The Nature of God's Grace: Inside Out Much discussion revolves around the future of New Orleans. Will the city be restored? Repaired? How long will it take? Who will pay for it? One thing is
for certain: someone has to clean her up.

No one is suggesting otherwise. Everyone knows, someone has to go in a clean up the mess. That is what God offers to do with us. He comes into sin-flooded lives and washes away the old. Paul reflected on his conversion and he wrote: "He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:5). Our sins stand no chance against the fire hoses of God's grace.

But he does more than cleanse us; he rebuilds us. In the form of his Holy Spirit, God moves in and starts a complete renovation project. "God can do anything, you know--far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request
in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us."  (Ephesians 3:20 MSG).

And what we can only dream of doing with New Orleans, God has done with soul after soul, and he will do so with you, if you let him.

The most disturbing stories from the last week are of those who refused to be rescued. Those who spent their final hours trapped in attics and rooms regretting the choice they'd made. They could have been saved. They could have gotten out. but they chose to stay. Many paid a permanent price.

You don't have to pay that price. What rescuers did for people on the Gulf Coast, God will do for you. He has entered your world. He has dropped a rope into your sin-swamped life. He will rescue, you simply need to do what that little girl did, let him lift you out.

I mentioned my visit to Antioch Baptist Church last Sunday night. A local minister, Pastor L. A. Williams gave a message on this one verse: "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." (Gen. 6:8).

The minister helped us see all the things Noah could not find because of the flood. He could not find his neighborhood. He could not find his house. He could not find the comforts of home or the people down the street--there was much he could not find. But what he could find made all the difference. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah found grace in the eyes of God. If you have everything and no grace, you have nothing. If you have nothing but grace, you have everything.

Have you found grace? If not, I urge you to do what that little girl told us she did. When the rescuer appeared on her porch, she grabbed him, closed her eyes, and held on. That's all you need to do. And if you never have, and would like to, I urge you to reach for the hand of your rescuer, Jesus Christ.

Your Redeemer lives, too. This hurricane was his tool to get your attention.  Trust in Him while you still can.

 

 

 

From Dr. Stephen A. Rhinehart:

We are 400+ miles North of Rita right now (North Florida) and the winds are gusting to 20 knots tonight with rain bands already heading West to Texas. I have been thru Hurricanes since 1950s but have never seen weather patterns like this one - this storm is going to be Huge. I expect all remaining gasoline available will be shipped to Texas starting tomorrow - we had a large tanker come into port (Panama City, FL) this weekend to unload refined gasoline. The coastline of Texas will be changed forever after this storm hits. I sense this storm will destroy our remaining oil and gas production/refining facilities in the Western Gulf - we are facing 500+ billion in damages from Rita and probably many large insurance companies going bankrupt in US as well as utilities defaulting on bonds (such as Entergy in LA and MISS) - causing coming major problems in Bond Markets and ETFs. This may well be the tipping point when the magnitude of the damage from Katrina/Rita is realized by Congress and the world in coming months. We are about to lose 30% of our refining capacity and hundreds of large petro-chemical plants (i.e., many near the water). In 70+ hours our lives (and those worldwide) may change forever as regards energy consumption and costs of food and this is just the beginning of events. The impact of these two Hurricanes (Katrina/Rita) is going to cause "Generational Changes" in our life styles and we need to come together as a people of God to help each other. The US Government is going to run out of resources with the magnitude of these events - do not depend on FEMA or other Agencies to help you in an Emergency. Have an evacuation plan (cellphone numbers and back-up contact points) and carry canned/dried food - try and keep gas tanks full if storm approaches (not lower than 1/2 tank before refilling). We cannot restore 80 years of oil & gas infrastructure by throwing money at the problem - it will take 15+ years to build new refineries. We must take responsibility for our lives and loved ones - be prepared for coming price shocks in commodities and possible start of economic chaos (this is the End Times). I have been involved (for over 30+ years) with modeling vortex flows from large storms and there is no "warm water" theory that explains the sudden and exponential-type growth of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It maybe possible these storms are coupling with solar energy output (flares) from the Sun - nobody can explain what is happening. We know very little about this planet's weather patterns and storm behavior but this is definitely new business. Please pray for all those in the path of Hurricane Rita. Peace, Stephen  

 

 

FROM DI

 

American's in the south are still reeling from the hardships and disasterous results of Hurricane Katrina as another Category 5 Hurricane, named Rita now approaches to eat away, blow, and devour more of the United States of America, her people, her property, and her homeland.

 

Meanwhile, we the people of America have not recovered and yet BARELY and responded to the devistation from Katrina.  I ask everyone sitting safely and securely in Washington DC, WHAT NOW?

 

As stated in many articles since the devistation of Katrina, America is not ready for another disaster; yet here it is, on our doorstep.  We are NOT prepared!  I don't intend to waste time in blaming anyone for this, but again, encourage one and all to action!

 

WE THE PEOPLE must CONTINUE to be ever more helpful, loving and caring to our fellow Americans as well as all people and living things.  We have ALL been feeling the the aftermath of these disasters through higher gas prices, higher food costs, and we will all go ON feeling the needs of all people now residing in this Great Nation.

 

As "Rita" continues on her present path of destruction, things can only get worse across our land, within our communities.

 

How can I reach enough American's, enough of our Government to say clearly enough and get one and all understand the conception, 'AMERICAN IS IN A TIME OF NEED AND DISASTER NOW'?  America is being destroyed by the forces of Mother Nation.  We are NO LONGER this great, prosperous, RICH land; we are now the impoverished, the poor, the beaten, not by war, but by Human Disaster by Storms!  We MUST care for our own People, NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, if American's are to continue to live!  We can not deny our American People's needs in this time of GIANT PROPORTIONS OF DESTRUCTION FROM THE FORCES OF WEATHER.  We need clean water, bottled, temporary housing, emergency service, especially MEDICATIONS AND MEDICAL ATTENTION as with these disasters we will, once again, see diseases that we had long since thought gone forever from our lives.

 

Mr. President, Senators, Congressmen and Women, AMERICA HAS NEEDS OF SURVIVAL OF IT'S OWN RIGHT NOW.  PLEASE HELP US AS WE HAVE HELPED YOU, SUPPORTED YOU, ELECTED YOU, HAD FAITH IN YOU!  STOP the abomination of our American Assets to aid and assist other Nations right now as WE, THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION ARE THE ONE'S IN THE GREATEST NEED RIGHT NOW.  Don't allow the RED TAPE and other Governmental BS to stop the aid to those of us who are in urgent and utmost need!  The American People are coming together in remarkable giving, sharing, caring, donating at this time of severe need and want on American shores.  THEY are setting the example.  So WHY IS IT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS DESTROYING ASSISTANCE AND AID, DENYING IT FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES OFFERING AID, TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

 

 

From a Mississippian

 

To my friends and family:

 

What I have seen since Katrina:

 

The poor and the wealthy hurt by the storm.

 

Black, white, Hispanic, Oriental and Indian all hurt by the storm.

 

Christian people giving, giving, giving.

 

Churches going all out to minister in Jesus' name.

 

Neighbors going door to door helping one another.

 

Thugs and hoodlums going door to door looking for someone vunerable.

 

Ice and water being fought over as police tried to keep the peace.

 

People coming up from New Orleans taking over empty houses because shelters are full.

 

Out of town volunteers coming with food and staying for now a week still serving it.

 

The Churches all over this part of the country doing what Christians do in a crisis.

 

FEMA doing a wonderful job in getting help to us.

 

The Red Cross doing a great job in the shelters.

 

The Salvation Army doing a great job in the community.

 

Four Hundred crewmen from everywhere bring back the power to our homes, churches and businesses.

 

Lines at service stations a block to a mile long.

 

National Guardsman patrolling the streets of Mccomb along with Kentucky policemen protecting us from the hoodlums and thugs of McComb, Pike County and New Orleans (the most dangerous city in the world before Katrina.)

 

Drug dealers working outside shelters.

 

Doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel working tirelessly, even sleeping in the hospital to do the job God called them to do.

 

WHAT I HAVE NOT SEEN;

 

The ACLU setting up a feeding line.

 

People for the American Way helping in the shelters.

 

The NAACP doing any work whatsover.

 

The American Atheist organization serving meals in the shelters.

 

Jesse Jackson directing traffic at the gas stations.

 

I could go on but you get my message. Its the Christian people with love and compassion who do the work.

 

The gripers in Congress should come on down and get in line to pass the water and the ice. Are you listening Hillary, Chuck, Teddy and all of the sorry loafers we call Senators and Congressmen. They don't have a clue as to what this life is all about here on the Gulf Coast.

 

FROM KATHY

  

 I would like to inform you on a couple of things that I do not know if you know about.  When New Orleans flood not only did a State Hosp flood (they take care of a lot of poor and some
veterans also).  But the VA Medical Center and the Veterans Benefits Administration all which is about a block away for the Super Dome also flooded.  Also the VA Medical Center in Biloxi MS was damanged, she stood right across from the beach.  So now veterans have to drive about 5 hours or more to be seen at a hospital and the Louisiana veterans will have to go out of state to be seen by the Administration.  Just a little information to let you know.

 

FROM Charles.L.Tompkins
  The President seems to have forgotten these guys during his speech.

A review of IWO JIMAS work in New Orleans from the departing XO...

  Walley, Michael A. XO [mailto:walleyma@lhd7.navy.mil]
Stewball,        IWO JIMA has been on station for more than one week pierside New
Orleans River Walk.  I finally have time to sit down at the keyboard to
throw down a few observations wrt the crew of IWO JIMA and her efforts in
JTF KATRINA.  Feel free to pass on to your JODITE addresses if you deem
appropriate.        IWO JIMA was into the second day of Initial Assessment/Underway
Demonstration (IA/UD) (an engineering training inspection), and outbound
in the channel when we were ordered to return to port.  We returned
pierside in the early evening to commence loading stores for Hurricane
Katrine Disaster Relief Efforts.  The supply folks worked through the
night loading stores with five fork lifts, including one offered and
operated by our sister ship SAIPAN.  IWO JIMA shifted colors, underway
just after noon the next day; pulling the brow while still literally
craning stores onto the aft elevator.  IWO JIMA pushed at flank bell after
loading more store and equipment via LCAC in Chesapeake Bay.  Three days
later we were on station 15 miles south of Biloxi/Gulfport, MS.  We spent
one day offloading the SeaBees, engineers, and nearly all our humanitarian
stores.  Our three CH-53's flew round the clock moving MOGAS, bottled
water, MRE's, and helo Pack-Up Kits (PUKs - to sustain helo operations).
Our five SH-60's and two H-3's flew SAR and moved pax.  And on that same
day, we moved more than 200 Sailors ashore who spent hours cleaning the
debris from a local church.        That evening, we were ordered to pull anchor, and once again proceed
at flank bell to the mouth of the Mississippi.  We reached the delta by
sunrise, flew on CPG-2, rcvd our river pilot, and proceeded up the
Mississippi River at best speed.  The pilot became emotional on the
bridge, shedding a few tears as he thanked the watch teams for our
assistance.  He gave a personal narrative as we steamed up the river,
witnessing first hand the destruction of Katrina in Louisiana.  There were
absolutely no leaves on any tree, giving the image of a mid-winter day in
New England (except the temperature was in the low 90's), the helmsman
noticed there were no birds, whole communities were erased, hundreds of
barges littered the banks, and smaller vessels came to rest on roadways,
backyards, and even one lodged in a tree.        The entire 8 hour transit up the river, our flight deck was manned
and operational.  One H-60 was tasked on a SAR and removed stranded
evacuees.  Another was flown up the river to New Orleans to recon the
River Walk, where we were to berth.  The CH-53's continued on their
all-day mission to move supplies from Pensacola to New Orleans and bring
an 84 member medical augmentation staff to IWO JIMA.  Still another H-60
flew to the Harry S Truman to bring staff and reporters.        As we pulled pierside, New Orleans was nearly deserted.  We
suspended helo operations long enough to throw the lines over and lower
the brow.  Before we reopened the deck for business, we had three helos
stacked in a holding pattern; two codes and a medivac.  The River Walk
terminal was occupied by the 119th MP battalion who had arrived the day
after the hurricane passed through.  The OIC met us on the pier, and
informed us that his folks had been sleeping on concrete, eating MRE's,
and had no showers since they arrived.  IWO JIMA took on our first mission
bringing 140 RI NG for showers, a hot meal, and assigned them troop racks.
Word spread like a California wildfire that Hotel IWO JIMA had arrived.
The 125th MP Battalion marched eight miles through the city to reach our
pier that evening for a shower and some food.  These folks on the ground
are HEROES - they brief at 0600 and move out on rescue missions throughout
the city, most days not returning until near midnight.  They gear up in 90
degree heat as they work their way through debris and sludge that has
settled in the communities as the flood waters recede.  We are honored to
berth as many as possible at night for a few hours of rest.
Unfortunately, the inn filled quickly, and we are only able to house a
fraction of the Guard and Active Troops.  This has not stopped the
National Guard, 82nd Airborne, first responders, and government workers
from lining up at our quarterdeck like Walmart at Christmas.  We
accommodate all, we turn away none.        Immediately upon arrival, the crew organized to clean up the pier.
There was trash, debris, and broken glass everywhere.  If this was to be
our new home, we wanted to show the City of New Orleans we take pride in
being here.  We then moved into the terminal and beyond, our engineers
fixing a city park water fountain and cleaning the park grounds.        The next day the flight deck began 24/7 operations (a deck manned
for nominally 10 hours of operating per day) receiving a dozen medivacs
and numerous VIP hits.  During the first three days alone, our flight deck
crews executed more than 700 evolutions! - and has not slowed much since
then.  The SWIFT transits the Mississippi every three days restocking IWO
JIMA, TORTUGA, and SHREVEPORT by M-boat and Vertical Replenishment by
helo.  The PFO, FEMA, CDC, JTF staff, CPG-2, CPR-4, have all made IWO JIMA
their home and command and control center.        The Air Traffic Controllers work 24/7 (again, only manned for 10
hour operations) maintaining aircraft separation in a most challenging
helicopter environment while the Tacron folks have established a regional
Search and Rescue Medivac Command and Control Center onboard.  The Ops and
C5 folks are engaged with a 24-hour watch in our Combat Information Center
and Comms spaces.  Maintaining our connectivity with the rest of the world
is absolutely critical.        The culinary specialists are manned to feed and care for 1200 crew,
but have been feeding close to 3000 per meal in addition to working
lunches for military and civilian VIPs.  They have accomplished the
impossible in laundry services, and prepping rooms for VIPs and their
staffs.  Guests have included the Commander in Chief, the Vice President,
Governor of Louisiana, Mayor of New Orleans, Parish Presidents, the CNO,
Homeland Defense Secretary, FEMA, PFO, JTF Commander, and more than 25
Flag and General Officers.  These Sailors have executed their duties
flawlessly, with smiles, and without so much as a whisper of a complaint.        The engineers hit the streets on the third day and commenced their
'Fix-it' routine.  Items repaired include dewatering a hospital basement,
air-conditioning units in the River Walk Terminal and Convention Center.
Today they move to the City Hall.  Those that aren't involved in repairs
have set up and help man a food line outside the Convention Center for
First Responders.  All this while maintaining water, electrical power, air
conditioning and services for more than 2500 guests on IWO JIMA.  As the
President told our Chief Engineer, bThe water is hot, and the air is cold
your foolks must be doing a tremendous job!b        Our security team has also worked endless hours securing the
perimeter and monitoring thousands of 'guests' who walk on board.  They
received the highlight of their professional career working with US Secret
Service for the President and Vice President's visit.  Deck Department is
working extremely hard keeping the ship maintained in 4.0 condition,
despite the heavy traffic of personnel across the quarterdeck.        The Navy Chaplains have provided services and counseling for the
hundreds of National Guard and DoD members while organizing community
relations projects with the local parishes.        Our Public Affairs folks and photographers start at reveille meeting
the press on the pier.  They also had the personal privilege and
professional honor of working with White House Staff and National Press
during our VIP visits.        Our hospital and medical staff have been busy with evacuee medivacs
and military personnel injuries, saving patients from knife wound, gunshot
wound, and vehicle mishap, among countless others, while maintaining a
24-hour sick call (outpatient care).  In addition to running Hospital
Suribachi, they have delivered medical supplies to numerous hospitals in
the city who were running low.  Today, webre hosting the Department of
Health and Human Resources planning meeting to work the Hospital plan for
the next six months.        Our Supply folks have been challenged to the limits keeping IWO
JIMA, all her guests, the first responders, and the citizens who have lost
everything fed and hydrated.  Ordering, receiving, and distributing food,
water, and medical supplies on a scale unprecedented for this ship.        Finally, our SeaBees and LCAC crews continue to stay busy in
Pascagoula, Gulfport and Biloxi, cleaning up, laying causeways, and dozing
debris.        Through all this the crew remains upbeat.  We held all-hands
quarters in the hangar bay to begin the day on 9-11, and I was privileged
to address the crew.  We followed by sounding the ships bell over the 1MC
at 0846 (north tower), 0903 (south tower), 0945 (Pentagon), and 1010
(Shanksville) followed by the word "REMEMBER".  The CO charged the crew on
this sober anniversary with helping our fellow citizens in need once
again.        With less than one month remaining prior to attending PCO school, I
could not have imagined a more rewarding experience than watching this
crew with an average age of 20 put their shoulder to the wheel on such
short notice.  Many gave up Labor Day vacations, family weddings,
reunions, and even being present for their spouses giving birth, for an
opportunity to help in the Relief Effort.  Dozens of IWO Officers and
Sailors came into my office to rip up their leave chits when we received
the orders to get underway.  Others, who recently transferred, or who were
billeted to staffs, requested to deploy with us on a moment's notice.  And
one can never forget the families who give their loyal support, despite
the immediate hardship of separation from loved ones and no knowledge of
when we will return.  To a Sailor, to a family, they believe in this
mission.        Despite the accomplishments of the crew, I am saddened to report
that it is only a drop in the proverbial bucket.  The devastation as I
flew over the city and surrounding counties can not be captured by video
alone.  The expanse of acreage that has been laid to waste in Katrina's
wake will bring the most stubborn of individuals to tears as viewed from
500'.  Our thoughts and prayers remain with the citizens of the Gulf Coast
who have lost so much.  In final analysis, IWO JIMA has become a hotel, a
Command and Control Center, a heliport, a hospital, a chow hall, a town
hall, the local stores warehouse, a media center, and a Laundromat.  Her
crew attempts to assist in any way they can unfortunately, we on IWO JIMA
wish we could do more.         Stew, as always, appreciate greatly your extraordinary efforts in keeping the JODITES connected.

v/r,  Sheriff  M.A. Walley
Captain, U.S. Navy
Executive Officer
USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7)
Phone 757-444-6139 (DSN 564)
Cell 571-228-9435

 

 

FROM JORDON

 

  What actually happened in New Orleans these past two weeks? We need to
sort through the rumors and distortions.  Perhaps we need our version
of South Africa's Truth And Reconciliation Commission.  Some way to
sort through the many narratives and find a truth, and to find justice.

I spent yesterday inside the city of New Orleans, speaking to a few of
the last holdouts in the 9th ward/ bywater neighborhood.  Their
stories paint a very different picture from what we've heard in the
media.  Instead of stories of gangs of criminals and police and
soldiers keeping order, there were stories of collective action,
everyone looking out for each other, communal responses.

The first few nights there was a large, free community barbecue at a
neighborhood bar called The Country Club.  People brought food and
cooked and cooked and drank and went swimming (yes, there's a pool in
the bar).

Emily Harris and Richie Kay, from Desire Street, traveled out on their
boat andbrought supplies and gave rides.  They have been doing this
almost every day since the hurricane struck.  They estimate that they
have rescued at least a hundred people.  Emily doesn't want to leave.
She is a carpenter and builder, and says, "I want to stay and rebuild.
I love New Orleans."

Emily describes a community working together in the first days after
thehurricane.  She also describes a scene of abandonment and
disappointment.  "A lot of people came to the high ground at St.
Claude Avenue.  They really thought someone would come and rescue
them, and they waited all day for something - a boat, a helicopter,
anything.  There were helicopters in the sky, but none coming down."

So people started walking as a mass uptown to Canal Street.  Along the
way,youths would break into grocery stores, take the food and
distribute it evenly among houses in the community.

"Then they reached Canal Street, and saw that there was still no one
that wantedto rescue them.  That's when people broke into the stores
on Canal Street."

I asked Okra, in his house off of Piety Street, what the biggest
problem has been.  He said, "It's been the police - they've lost the
last restraints on their behavior they had, and gotten a license to go
wild.   They can do anything they want.  I saw one cop beat a guy so
hard that he almost took his ear off.  And this was someone just
trying to walk home."

Walking through the streets, I witnessed hundreds of soldiers
patrolling the streets.  Everyone I spoke to said that soldiers were
coming to their house at least once a day, trying to convince them to
leave, bringing stories of disease and quarantine and violence.  I
didn't see or speak to any soldiers involved in any clean up or
rebuilding.

There are surely reasons to leave - I would not be living in the city
at this point.  I'm too attached to electricity and phone lines.  But
I can attest that those holdouts I spoke to are doing fine.  They have
enough food and water and have been very careful to avoid exposing
themselves to the many health risks in the city.

I saw more city busses rolling through poor areas of town than I ever
saw pre-hurricane.  Unfortunately, these buses were filled with
patrols of soldiers.  What if the massive effort placed into
patrolling this city and chasing everyone out were placed into
beginning the rebuilding process? 

Some neighborhoods are underwater still, and the water has turned into
a sticky sludge of sewage and death that turns the stomach and breaks
my heart.   However, some neighborhoods are barely damaged at all, and
if a large-scale effort were put into bringing back electricity and
clearing the streets of debris, people could begin to move back in now.

Certainly some people do not want to move back, but many of us do.  We
want to rebuild our city that we love. The People's Hurricane Fund - a
grassroots, community based group made up of New Orleans community
organizers and allies from around the US - has already made one of
their first demands a "right of return" for the displaced of New Orleans.

In the last week, I've traveled between Houston, Baton Rouge,
Covington, Jackson and New Orleans and spoken to many of my former
friends and neighbors.  We feel shell shocked.  It used to be we would
see each other in a coffee shop or a bar or on the street and talk and
find out what we're doing.  Those of us who were working for social
justice felt a community.  We could share stories, combine efforts,
and we never felt alone.  Now we're alone and dispersed and we miss
our homes and our communities and we still don't know where so many of
our loved ones even are.

It may be months before we start to get a clear picture of what
happened in New Orleans.  As people are dispersed around the US
reconstructing that story becomes even harder than reconstructing the
city.  Certain sites, like the Convention Center and Superdome, have
become legendary, but despite the thousands of people who were there,
it still is hard to find out exactly what did happen.

According to a report that's been circulated, Denise Young, one of
those trapped in the convention center told family members, "yes,
there were young men with guns there, but they organized the crowd.
They went to Canal Street and `looted,' and brought back food and
water for the old people and the babies, because nobody had eaten in
days. When the police rolled down windows and yelled out `the buses
are coming,' the young men with guns organized the crowd in order: old
people in front, women and children next, men in the back,just so that
when the buses came, there would be priorities of who got out first."
But the buses never came.  "Lots of people being dropped off, nobody
being picked up. Cops passing by, speeding off.  We thought we were
being left to die."

Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky, paramedics from Service
Employees International Union Local 790 reported on their experience
downtown, after leaving a hotel they were staying at for a convention.
"We walked to the police command center at Harrah's on Canal Street
and were told ...that we were on our own, and no they did not have
water to give us. We now numbered several hundred. We held a mass
meeting to decide a course of action. We agreed to camp outside the
police command post. We would be plainly visible to the media and
would constitute a highly visible embarrassment to the City officials.
The police told us that we could not stay. Regardless, we began to
settle in and set up camp. In short order, the police commander came
across the street to address our group. He told us he had a solution:
we should walk to the Pontchartrain Expressway and cross the greater
New Orleans Bridge where the police had buses lined up to take us out
of the City...

"We organized ourselves and the 200 of us set off for the bridge with
great excitement and hope. ...As we approached the bridge, armed
Gretna sheriffs formed a line across the foot of the bridge. Before we
were close enough to speak, they began firing their weapons over our
heads.  This sent the crowd fleeing in various directions...

"Our small group retreated back down Highway 90 to seek shelter from
the rain under an overpass.  We debated our options and in the end
decided to build an encampment in the middle of the Ponchartrain
Expressway on the center divide, between the O'Keefe and Tchoupitoulas
exits. We reasoned we would be visible to everyone, we would have some
security being on an elevated freeway and we could wait and watch for
the arrival of the yet to be seen buses.

"All day long, we saw other families, individuals and groups make the
same trip up the incline in an attempt to cross the bridge, only to be
turned away. Some chased away with gunfire, others simply told no,
others to be verbally berated and humiliated. Thousands of New
Orleanians were prevented and prohibited from self-evacuating the City
on foot. Meanwhile, the only two City shelters sank further into
squalor and disrepair. The only way across the bridge was by vehicle.
We saw workers stealing trucks, buses, moving vans, semi-trucks and
any car that could be hot wired. All were packed with people trying to
escape the misery New Orleans had become."

Media reports of armed gangs focused on black youth, but New Orleans
community activist, Black Panther, and former Green Party candidate
for City Council Malik Rahim reported from the West Bank of New
Orleans, "There are gangs of white vigilantes near here riding around
in pickup trucks, all of them armed."  I also heard similar reports
from two of my neighbors - a white gay couple - who i visited on
Esplanade Avenue.

The reconstruction of New Orleans starts now.  We need to reconstruct
the truth, we need to reconstruct families, who are still separated,
we need to reconstruct the lives and community of the people of New
Orleans, and, finally, we need to reconstruct the city.

Since I moved to New Orleans, I've been inspired and educated by the
grassroots community organizing that is an integral part of the life
of the city.  It is this community infrastructure that is needed to
step forward and fight for restructuring with justice.

In 1970, when hundreds of New Orleans police came to kick the Black
Panthers out of the Desire Housing Projects, the entire community
stood between the police and the Panthers, and the police were forced
to retreat.

The grassroots infrastructure of New Orleans is the infrastructure of
secondlines and Black Mardi Gras: true community support.  The Social
Aid and Pleasure Clubs organize New Orleans' legendary secondline
parades - roving street parties that happen almost every weekend.
These societies were formed to provide insurance to the Black
community because Black people could not buy insurance legally, and to
this day the "social aid" is as important as the pleasure.

The only way that New Orleans will be reconstructed as even a shadow
of its former self is if the people of New Orleans have direct control
over that reconstruction.  But, our community dislocation is only
increasing.  Every day, we are spread out further.  People leave
Houston for Oregon and Chicago.  We are losing contact with each
other, losing our community that has nurtured us.

Already, the usual forces of corporate restructuring are lining up.
Halliburton's Kellogg Brown & Root subsidiary has begun work on a
million US Navy contract for emergency repairs at Gulf Coast naval and
marine facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina.  Blackwell Security -
the folks that brought you Abu Ghraib - are patrolling the streets of
our city.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the rich white elite is already
planning their vision of New Orleans' reconstruction, from the
super-rich gated compounds of Audubon Place Uptown, where they have
set up a heliport and brought in a heavily-armed Israeli security
company.  "The new city must be something very different," one of
these city leaders was quoted as saying, "with better  services and
fewer poor people. Those who want to see this city rebuilt want to see
it done in a completely different way: demographically, geographically
and politically."

While the world's attention is focused on New Orleans, in a time when
its clear to most of the world that the federal government's greed and
heartlessness has caused this tragedy, we have an opportunity to make
a case for a people's restructuring, rather than a Halliburton
restructuring.

The people of New Orleans have the will.  Today, I met up with Andrea
Garland, a community activist with Get Your Act On who is planning a
bold direct action; she and several of her friends are moving back in
to their homes.  They have generators and supplies, and they invite
anyone who is willing to fight for New Orleans to move back in with
them.  Malik Rahim, in New Orleans' West Bank, is refusing to leave
and is inviting others to join him.  Community organizer Shana
Sassoon, exiled in Houston, is planning a community mapping project to
map out where our diaspora is being sent, to aid in our coming back
together.  Abram Himmelstein and Rachel Breulin of The Neighborhood
Story Project are beginning the long task of documenting oral
histories of our exile.

Please join us in this fight.  This is not just about New Orleans.
This is about community and collaboration versus corporate
profiteering.  The struggle for New Orleans lives on.

 

FROM MURPHY

  Louis Farrakhan does not know what he is talking about when he says
the levees were blown to save the white people.  There is no way to
"save" the rich areas of New Orleans by blowing up any levee.  The New
Orleans business district, uptown where rich and poor live only a few
blocks apart, and a large area of downtown New Orleans (both white and
black) are surrounded by four levees.  The Missippi River levee, the
levee separating New Orleans from Jefferson Parish, the lakefront
levee and the Industrial Canal levee.  (I lived in that area for 63
years). The 17th St. Canal separates part of New Orleans from Metairie
(Jefferson Parish).  When the 17th St. Canal levee was blown all of
the New Orleans business district and uptown where the big homes are
was inside the levees and subject to being flooded as well as many
poor sections.  The only thing that saved some areas was that they
were on higher ground. Many of the poor who were trapped in the flood
and walked to the Superdome are inside these levees. There are no
levees separating some rich areas from some poor areas in New Orleans.
The Industrial Canal levee does separate the lower ninth ward from
the rest of the city.  That canal runs from the river to the lake.
There are a lot of white people living there and a lot of big homes.
One of my daughters lives there.  Blowing up the Industrial Canal
levee would not save the New Orleans business district.  The
Industrial Canal levee was blown on the East side and would only flood
New Orleans East and the area down river from New Orleans.  That would
not protect the business district and French Quarter.  I have two
daughters who live down river from New Orleans and their homes were
probably flooded.  I also have one daughter who lives in New Orleans
East.  None of these has been able to return to their homes yet.  If
the Industrial Canal levee was blown on the opposite side, that water
would only have gone in the same area that was flooded by the break in
the 17th St. Canal levee.  All of New Orleans was subject to being
flooded by the breaks in these levees.  The only thing that would save
you was if your house was on higher ground.  Blowing up a levee to
save certain areas is not a possibility.  I do believe these levees
were blown up on purpose, but not to save any particular area.  

      Note: My house in the 8th ward was flooded during Hurricane Betsy in
1965 and at that time there was talk about the levee being breached to
save the rich.  But that was not possible because we and the rich were
all inside the same four levees.

 

 

FROM STEVE

People of New Orleans had better take note. All the homes in the Lakeview area, (17th St. Canal) and the 9th Ward (Intercoastal Canal bombing) have been underwater for three weeks and the houses have to be destroyed because of the mold growth. The houses are full of it, up the walls, into the ceilings, furniture looks like its grown fur.

FEMA is there all right - doing nothing. The Slidell mayor said he tried to get his city some help - trailers - and since he bypassed the man in charge, their city was taken from the list of those needing help. Slidell was damaged worse than Gulfport and Biloxi - but have never been visited by FEMA or the Red Cross.

The mayor of Chalmette can't pay his policeman this month; and they have no housing. He said all he can do for the people who have moved back is to give everyone a gun and tell them to take care of themselves.

The police chief in Kenner had a fight on tv with the Kenner CFO, who refused to find housing for 500 Hispanics in an apartment complex. FEMA and the Red Cross are bringing them food - but their toliets won't flush, the apartments are either wind damaged or full of mold. The CFO is a "rich minority" and is treating the hispanics like they aren't worth helping. FEMA only goes in with armed guards.

FEMA is a damned joke; Bush a damned liar. They want New Orleans for large oil companies corporate offices. I'll bet they get it. With Karl Rove in charge, you can bet on it too.

All the hospitals in New Orleans have lost all certification. They can't practice medicine until they can re-certify - and FEMA is doing nothing... so they want 180,000 to return to New Orleans with no medical facilities. (no one can return now until the hurricane threat is over)

Bush is going to let this whole country go down the drain rather that stop his stupid tax cuts and unqualified appointees.

And you know, the republicans are believing his crap!!!!!!!! News reporters need to get here now and show what state things are in after 3 wks under FEMA. People need to realize the only terrorists we have to worry about now are those in Washington, DC.

FROM TOBY

 

Our "old" neighborhood in Biloxi is gone. There are no buildings -

in that part

of Biloxi - which did not sustain catastrophic wind and water damage. Our old house

on Walker Street in Old Biloxi had been washed from its foundation and split in half.

One half blew into the old church - across the street, effectively destroying the

century-old church building. The other half of our former house washed into the

street where the stormwaters eventually dropped it. Neighbors report that

you can see our bathtub/shower unit and toilet in the one end of the house and the

kitchen (other side of the house) permanently impaled in the church building. Keith's

former fabrication shop (30x40) had been ripped from its foundation and expanded

and stretched by the excessive wind and water loads. This building had been engineered

to withstand 160 miles per hour winds. (So, how powerful WAS Katrina, never mind

what we are being told.)

Tidal surge in the Back Bay community approximated 14 feet. Our nearest neighbor,

Arthur, had been diagnosed with lymphoma two years before. Arthur is about 35 years

old. As he battles cancer of the lymph system, Arthur's most cherished possession is his

terrier. Arthur and his beloved dog were caught off-guard by this huge wall of water smashing

through his Walker Street home. He managed to get himself and the dog into the attic;

that is, until the water arrived there too. Arthur kicked off the attic vent out of the gable

and escaped onto the porch roof with the dog. The water kept rising. With nowhere to go,

Arthur spotted a large piece of insulation foamboard rushing by him. He stuffed the dog into

his shirt and leaped onto the styrofoam board, using it like a surfboard. Arthur road out Katrina's

fury on this surfboard, while anchoring himself to a turbine vent on a nearby Headstart

building.

Our contact and his wife, a Biloxi police department tenured employee, stayed in their

beachhouse during Hurricane Katrina. This house had weathered 1969 Camille with little

or no trouble. As Katrina made her approach, Toby and Kathy observed a series of 25-foot

"tidal waves" bearing down on their house. Desperately, they stuffed bed linens between the

wood door and the storm door in an effort to keep the water out. Somehow, it worked. They

did receive several inches of water in the house, but they did not drown. The couple's other

house on Back Bay received a 14-foot surge, although the structure survived.

Our contact reports there are dead corpses everywhere. He found a body wedged underneath

the fence across the street from his house. Arthur located a corpse washed up underneath

his house. It is reported to us that the media is grossly understating the number of dead,

which

appears to be in the thousands. In Biloxi/Gulfport, there are dead and bloated corpses

everywhere, not yet picked up by authorities. Our contact reports that the smell of death

permeates everything.

Contrary to current news reports, the situation in Biloxi, Mississippi remains very desperate.

Power is spotty, as is water and sewer. No one -- I repeat -- no one has a house left. There

is no shelter anywhere.

We asked our contact if there was a way to come into Biloxi this weekend, so that we

could gather information to report back to our list. We were told that this was impossible.

The city is gated and locked down. There are hundreds of military checkpoints; and - if

you can't demonstrate that you live in Biloxi - you simply cannot get in.

And, that is a very good question: How do you put this mess back together? How do you

put your individual "mess" back together? The federal government will throw millions at

Mississippi, in an effort to rebuild the lost eight cities. But, if you are the average guy, looking

at total destruction and mayhem, where do you find the funds to begin again, and where do

you possibly find the energy to do so? We don't think it's possible - on the individual level.

 

 

FROM MY GOOD FRIEND LAVON

 

 From a friend.  Since we have over 22,000 here, I'm glad they took their guns away before they left La.  The people I know that live near the astrodome are ready to move because of this same activity.

 

My sister that lives in Baton Rouge called last night. She was majorly pissed off and rightfully so.  She lives next door to a church that opened it's doors to the people that needed shelter.  At first there was about 10 people there and it was no problem. Last night she called and said there was over 90 now staying at the tiny church and it was ALL TRASH.  The pastor and congregation had provided them with clothing, food, transportation, etc etc.  EVERYTHING they needed.  People in the church have offered jobs, temporary housing, and NO ONE would take the offers.  They all want to just sit and wait on FEMA and go back to N.O. after they "get their money".  

 Sis said now the church's newest residents are walking up and down the streets at all hours of the day and night...forming little groups of members.  Keep in mind this is a very, very rural area that is extremely quiet!   sis said the "residents" made sure they saved their radios cause they BLAST them all night long while they walk up and down the street, throwing rocks at cars, kicking mailboxes, being loud, obnoxious, vulgar, and even being disrespectful IN the church! 
   the pastor said he may have to close the church just to preserve it!  The church has a small gym and the showers and toilets have been damaged, clogged up on purpose, water left running, and a few were even "discovered" being intimate in the showers!  THAT'S JUST WRONG....ESP IN A HOUSE OF WORSHIP.

 

FROM HP

 

 I was very disturbed when I read this: hope you will be to!
READ - A VOLUNTEER IN HOUSTON............
This is from a guy here in Houston that went to volunteer his time to
help
the hurricane victims. It is pretty sad and disappointing to think
people
could be so ungrateful.
SO I VOLUNTEERED..........
I thought I might inform the few friends I have on my recent traumatic
experience. I am going to tell it straight, blunt, raw, and I don't give
a damn.
Long read, I know but please do read!!!
I went to volunteer on Saturday at the George R. Brown convention for
two
reasons.
A: I wanted to help people to get a warm fuzzy.
B: Curiosity.
I've been watching the news lately and have seen scenes that have made
me
want to vomit. And no, it wasn't dead bodies, the city under water, or
the
sludge everywhere. It was PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR. The people on T.V. (99%
being Black)
were DEMANDING help. They were not asking nicely but demanding as if
society
owed these people something. Well the honest truth is WE DON'T. Help
should
be asked for in a kind manner and then appreciated. This is not what the
press (FOX in particular) was showing, what I was seeing was a group of
people
who are yelling, demanding, looting, killing, raping, and SHOOTING back
at the
demanded help!!!!! So I'm thinking this can't possibly be true can
it???? So I
decide to submit to the DEMAND for help out of SHOCK. I couldn't believe
this to be true of the majority of the people who are the weakest of
society. So
I went to volunteer and help folks out and see the truth. So I will tell
the
following story and you decide:
I arrived at the astrodome only to find out that there are too many
volunteers and that volunteers were needed at the George R. Brown
Convention Center.
As I was walking up to the Convention Center I noticed a line of cars
that
wrapped around blocks filled with donations. These were ordinary
Houstonians
coming with truckloads and trunks full of water, diapers, clothes,
blankets,
food, all types of good stuff. And lots of it was NEW. I felt that warm
fuzzy
while helping unload these vehicles of these wonderful human beings. I
then
went inside the building and noticed approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of
clothes,
shoes, jackets, toys and all types of goodies all organized and ready
for the
people in need. I signed up, received a name badge and was on my merry
way,
excited to be useful.
I toured the place to get familiar with my surrounding; the entire place
is
probably around 2 million sq. ft. I noticed rows as far as the eye can
see of
mattresses, not cots, BLOW UP MATTRESSES!!! All of
which had nice pillows
and plenty of blankets. 2 to 3 bottles of water lay on every bed These
full-size to queen-size beds by the way were comfortable, I laid in one
to see for
myself. I went to look at the medical area. I couldn't believe what my
eyes
were seeing!!! A makeshift hospital created in 24 hours!!! It was
unbelievable, they even had a pharmacy. I also noticed that they created
showers, which would also have hot water. I went upstairs to the third
floor to find a HUGE
cafeteria created in under 24 hours! Rows of tables, chairs and food
everywhere - enough to feed an army! I'm not talking about crap food
either. They
had Jason's Deli food, apples, oranges, coke, diet coke, lemonade,
orange
juice, cookies, all types of chips and sandwiches. All the beverages by
the way
were put on ice and chilled!!!! In a matter of
about 24 hours or less an
entire mini-city was erected by volunteers for the poor evacuees. This
was not
your rundown crap shelter, it was BUM HEAVEN.
So that was the layout: great food, comfy beds, clean showers, free
medical
help, by the way there was a library, and a theatre room I forgot to
mention.
Great stuff right????
Well here is what happened on my journey:
I started by handing out COLD water bottles to evacuees as they got off
the
bus. Many would take them and only 20% or less said thank you. Lots of
them
would shake their heads and ask for sodas! So this went on for about
20-30
minutes until I was sick of being an unappreciated servant. I figured
certainly
these folks would appreciate some food!!! So I
went upstairs to serve these
beloved evacuees some GOOD food that I wish I could have at the moment!
***The following statements are graphic, truthful, and discuss
UNRATIONAL
behavior***
Evacuees come slowly to receive this mountain of food that is worth
serving
to a king! I tell them that we have 2 types of great deli sandwiches to
choose from - ham and turkey. Many look at the food in disgust and
DEMAND burgers,
pizza, and even McDonalds!!!! Jason's Deli is better than McDonalds!!!!
Only
1 out of ten people who took something would say "thank you" the rest
took
items as if it was their God given right to be served without a shred of
appreciation!!! They would ask for Beer and liquor. They complained that
we
didn't have good enough food. They refused food and laughed at us. They
treated us
volunteers as if we were SLAVES. No not all of them of course, but 70%
did!!!!!! 20% were appreciative, 10% took the food without any comment
and the
other 70% had some disgusting comment to say. Some had the nerve to
laugh at us.
And when I snapped back at them for being mean, they would curse at
me!!!
Needless to say I was in utter shock. They would eat their food and
leave
their mess on the table; some would pick up their stuff many would leave
it for
the volunteers to pick up. I left that real quick to go down and help
set up
some more beds. I saw many young ladies carrying mattresses and I helped
for
a while. Then I realized something, there were hundreds of able bodied
young
men who could help!! I asked a group of young evacuees in their teens
and
early twenties to help. I got cursed at for asking them to help!!! One
said, We
just lost our ****ing homes and you want us to work!! The next said, Ya
Cracker, you got a home we don't. I looked at them in disbelief. Here
are women
walking by carrying THEIR ****ING BEDS and they can't lift a finger and
help
themselves!!
WHY THE **** SHOULD I HELP PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO HELP THEMESELVES!!!!
I waved them off and turned away and was laughed at and more "white boy
jokes" were made at me. I felt no need to waste my breath on a bunch of
pitiful
losers. I went to a nearby restroom where I noticed a man shaving. I
used the
restroom, washed my hands and saw this man throw his razor towards the
trash
can...he missed; he walked out leaving his disgusting razor on the floor
for
some other "cracker" to pick up. Even the little kids were demanding. I
saw
only ONE white family and only TWO Hispanic families. The rest were
blacks -
sorry 20% to 30% decent blacks and 70% LOSERS!!!!!
I would call them -----, but the actual definition of a ----- is one who
is
ignorant, these people were not ignorant they where ARROGANT ----. The
majority of which are thugs and lifetime lazy ass welfare recipients. We
are
inviting the lowest of the low to Houston. And like idiots we are
serving the
people who will soon steal our cars, rape, murder, and destroy our city
while
stealing from our pockets on a daily basis through the welfare checks
they take.
We will fund our own destruction.
By "US" I don't mean a specific race, I mean the people who work hard,
work
smart, have values and morals. Only people who want to help themselves
should
be helped, the others should be allowed to destroy themselves. I do not
want
to work hard, give the government close to half the money I earn so they
can
in turn give it to a bunch of losers.
I don't believe in being poor for life. My family immigrated here, we
came
here poor, and now thank God, and due to HARD WORK we are doing fine. If
immigrants who come here, don't know the language can work and become
successful... WHY THE **** CAN'T THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMEGROWN DO IT!!!
If we continue to reward these losers then we will soon destroy our
great country. I just
witnessed selfish, arrogant, unappreciative behavior by the very people
who need
help the most. Now these same people who cursed me, refused my city's
generosity, who refuse to help themselves are DEMANDING handouts on
their own
terms!!!!!!! They prance around as if they are owed something, and when
they do
receive a handout, they say it's not good enough! Well you know what -
these
types of people can go to hell for all I care!
Thad Johnson
Unfortunately, this is true. That is why the ,000 debit cards were
discontinued -- some people were selling theirs. It was also reported
that some
were leaving, going to Dallas and trying to get more. These people were
afforded medical attention that you and I could not afford, some have
been given
completely furnished houses, and apartments have been furnished and
provided
for many. I was very generous after the New York City tragedy, and we
made
millionaires out of those people. I have been more careful this time as
I do
NOT want to make millionaires of these people. We will ALL pay a hefty
price
before this is over.

 

--Richard L. Johnston, M.D.

University of Mississippi Medical Center
3805 Crane Blvd. Jackson, MS  39216
601-981-3896 (home)
601-573-0472 (cell)
601-984-0214 (pager)

 

FROM BRIAN

FEMA BLOCKING RELIEF HELP

 

 

There are several good objectives (from their point of view):...

*They give Halliburton the "rebuild" contracts...

* They get to expose "gun confiscation" for future reference by public...

* They get to try out "private contractors" and coordinate them with foreign troops and governmental-traitor agencies to solidify future large-scale takeover efforts...

* They get to make the public and local government officials everywhere of exactly "who is in charge" REGARDLESS of their protest(s) etc.,.,

*They get to once again exploit weapons of mass destruction that the public knows nothing about (like the 1970's "Weather Weapons" U.N.Treaty(s)...aka "Scalar", "ELF", "HAARP" weaponry...)

* They get to use their No. ONE FAVORITE TOOL/WEAPON upon the general public at large...."F.E.A.R." (Fake Evidence Appearing Real )

 

Of course the stories I'm hearing also relate to "Agenda 21" with its "population control" measures....

 

Either way, its not looking good for the US Constitution...does it!?!

 

in Christ,

brian

FROM BONNIE    I am sending this out because I think that it is good to hear a story from someone who has been there (other than the news).  I think that this not only reflects the “Delta spirit”, but also the human spirit.  Have a great day! Retired Captain Dave Mattingly's account.......... Dave, last weekend I was unexpectedly involved with Delta in the Hurricane Katrina evacuation from New Orleans and wanted to share my experience and observations with my fellow retired Delta pilots. Friday, Sept. 2nd, I was in the GO (Delta’s General Offices) changing some of my insurance when I remembered a request that Ron Stowe (use caution when responding to requests from Ron J) posted on the DP3 website requesting volunteers to man the phones for a few hours in the Operations Control Center (OCC) to help our fellow employees affected by Katrina. Since I was in the neighborhood, I went to the OCC and was wandering around trying to find the right volunteer desk when a call came in from someone (I believe the Air Transport Association) asking if and how many aircraft Delta could provide for the evacuation. They said the commitment would be for 30 days with the government being able to cancel with a 24 hour notification. Joe Kolshak, Tracey Bevington--the Manager of Charter Operations (I don’t think she had been to bed since the original evacuation flight--24 hrs before), the Manager of the OCC and other people I didn’t know conferred for about 20 seconds and then said Delta would provide six aircraft and crews. None of the people involved mentioned that we were broke or asked if Delta was going to get paid or how much---rather it was that people were hurting and Delta would help.  I told Tracey that I was a retired L-1011 pilot and part time pharmacist at Walgreens and asked if she needed help. She said she needed protective medical gear for the crews flying into New Orleans and had been having trouble trying to get the supplies. I called the District Office of Walgreens in Atlanta and told them what we needed. They called back within 5 minutes and said they would provide what ever and as much as we needed for the crews and were at that very time beginning to pull all the rubber gloves, masks and antibacterial cleansers from the shelves in several of their stores and boxing them for the flight to San Antonio (I have been blessed to have worked for two awesome companies.) Arriving in San Antonio (SAT) early Saturday morning with the crew medical supplies, I called Tracey at the OCC and asked her where she wanted them. She then told me that they had major problems with transportation because the transportation company was using their vans for FEMA and asked if I would rent a 15 passenger van and start driving. I have to admit that as I climbed in the van I thought to myself; my company may go broke, I may lose my pension and I have just put a $3,800.00 charge on my AMEX  card---I am not improving my position! Driving the “evacuation transport” gave me the opportunity to see and talk to a lot of the onsite Delta people sent to Texas to support the airlift. There was maintenance, ACS, charter coordinators, CSA’s, ticket counter staff, ops people, station manager’s staff, flight crews and others that I may have forgotten. Most of the Delta people had been up for two days with only 1-2 hours sleep and were exhausted. There was a constant flow of Delta people between the SAT airport, Kelly AFB and the Crockett Hotel. During this time the airlift was constantly changing, as evacuation sites filled up, requiring the Delta people, although totally exhausted, to turn on a dime. In the latter part of Saturday afternoon the Lackland Evacuation Center (Kelly AFB) started to fill and flights began to be sent to Austin. In the early hours of Sunday, Texas decided they could not take any more people and the OCC moved to open the New Orleans to Atlanta (Dobbins ARB) air- bridge. This necessitated getting everyone up (many who had just gotten to bed after being up for two days) to board a ferry flight departing at 6:30AM to Austin to pick up the evacuation aircraft for the flights to New Orleans. The company boarded more food for the evacuees than these aircraft have probably seen in the last five years and then we were off to MSY. Before going to Texas I had been watching a lot of the news coverage so I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect in the disaster area, ­but I wasn’t anywhere close to reality. It was like trying to get your arms around hell. Even though I had spent 30 years flying into New Orleans (MSY), I had trouble picking out landmarks on our arrival because of all the water and missing buildings. The only thing that looked the same was the runway. The inside of the terminal looked like it had been sacked. It was strewn with trash and discarded personal items and it seemed like feces was everywhere because of the people being sick. There were dead bodies in the lobby waiting for refrigerated trucks. It was worse than anything I have seen in 3rd world countries when I was flying “The Flying Hospital” L-1011 aircraft­ and we saw some bad stuff. Bad as the material damage was it didn’t compare to what the people went through. When we arrived, the recovery effort was in full force with people being pulled off of rooftops and out of the water by the helicopters. The helicopters were then making parallel approaches on both sides of runway 27 and landing about every 20 seconds---the operation was massive. After landing the people were immediately brought to the airport. After a cursory security check they were boarded on our aircraft. Probably 95% of the evacuees had never flown before. It is almost impossible to describe the terrible shape they were in. An hour before they got on our airplane most of these people were on rooftops or in the water and many had not had food or water for up to five days. All the evacuees had a dazed look - ­it was like they were looking through you. One man boarded in just his boxer shorts (all he had left.) Many people were barefoot An elderly crippled man had the bottom 12 inches broken off of his artificial leg and was hobbling trying to walk. People were boarding with dogs of various sizes -- most with only a piece of rope around their neck. One 80 year old grandmother had climbed to 3 different roof tops to be rescued. As the people got on, they continually asked us where we were taking them. Many of the people had been separated from their families and were asking if we had any knowledge of their relative’s location and wanted to give us their phone number in case we had their family on another flight. Several of the evacuees with mental conditions who had not had their medications for several days were going through an additional hell. It broke everyone’s heart to see any human being in this shape, ­let alone Americans.  Toward the end of our boarding, the 2nd Delta aircraft pulled in behind us. As we taxied out through all the military traffic and took off with our load of people and animals, we resembled Noah’s ark more than an airliner. It would have been appropriate for the inscription that is on the Statue of Liberty to have been painted on the side of our aircraft. On the flight to Dobbins ARB the smell in the cabin was almost unbearable. These poor people had been pulled from filth and had not had the opportunity to clean up, When we tried to cool the cabin down to help with the smell, people started shivering because most of them were sick and in some stage of shock. As we were dropping into Dobbins and the evacuees were looking out the window at their “new home.” I wondered what they were thinking. In contrast to the confusion in MSY, the folks at Dobbins were “standing tall”. The governor came on board and made a short PA welcoming them to Georgia and telling them they were our new “brothers and sisters” and we were going to put our arms around them and help them repair their lives. Hopefully, as they walked down our steps to the ramp they were walking into a better life. As turmoil has swirled around our airline, I had often wondered what it is like there now. As a retiree, I felt like I could walk around the tent and hear the noise, but I didn't know what was actually happening inside. Many of you have expressed the same thoughts. I have often wondered if the people still think the same way we did­ - do they share the same set of traditions and values we had when we worked for Delta­ - if I went back to work, would I recognize my company. Through a fluke, I was fortunate to spend three days inside the tent interfacing with employees from a cross-section of departments, from management down. I have confidence that what I saw was the average Delta employee and not an anomaly. Let me assure you, you have done a good job of handing down the traditions and values of Delta to this 3rd generation, just as the 1st generation handed them down to us. What I saw were Delta people working, caring and giving to others---just like “the old Delta” I knew. I saw management committing resources. OCC people working to exhaustion (hopefully Tracey has been to bed by now.) Pilots waiving their contract, so as to keep flying­, doing whatever it takes to get the people to a safe place. Flight attendants possibly exposing themselves to Hepatitis-A and dysentery by hugging the evacuees and helping them to walk as they boarded---while not wearing the available rubber gloves---because they did not want the evacuees to think we regarded them as aliens or outcasts. Because of the kindness, gentleness and respect shown to the evacuees by all Delta employees, be it ground personnel, mechanics, customer service, charter coordinators or flight crews, the evacuees were being given back a sense of human dignity on their long road to recovery. Through out this operation the quirky, irreverent Delta sense of humor that we all loved was alive and well and got us through some rough spots. I still chuckle when I think of Walter Goodwin (was a manager in the Atlanta Chief Pilot’s Office for many years and now a charter coordinator) looking over at me with a big grin at some point in the chaos and saying, “Mattingly, it took us 31 years, but we are finally getting some work out of you.” Gosh I miss those times.                                                                                                               Just before we took off for Dobbins, I was standing on the ramp at MSY and could not help but notice how the two tall B-757’s tails carrying the bright Delta colors stood out amid a mottled sea of green, grey and brown military aircraft and debris. They must have looked like two beacons of hope to the evacuees as they boarded.  It’s easier for a company to be generous and compassionate when the company is doing well and making money, but it is a true test of a company’s character to offer to take care of the less fortunate when that company itself is bleeding to death and in need of life support. Standing on that New Orleans ramp and looking up at those two Delta aircraft, I experienced the same overwhelming feeling of pride in what Delta stands for as the day I first pinned a set of Delta wings on that black and gold uniform. Know that the Delta heart ­-- its employees -- is as strong and good as ever. In some ways we are akin to the evacuees as they face an unknown future, for we as Delta employees are also looking at uncertainty as we enter this new phase of our corporate lives -- Bankruptcy. Hopefully God will look on Delta and her people with the same compassion that we extended to the refugees in New Orleans.   I pray that God will take special care of each of you as we begin this uncharted flight! Dave Mattingly Captain, L-1011 (Retired) P.S. I may be wrong, but I believe that Delta operated more evacuation flights than any other air line. From A Louisiana Sheriff Deputy I am a Sheriff's Deputy who is part of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in the New Orleans MSA. Mayor Nagin has been speaking furiously about the lack of everything from the State and Federal Government. Here is some info: 1. There are two States here: Louisiana and the City of New Orleans-Orleans Parish. Always has been and always will be. When a State Law passes, Law Makers ALWAYS write whether Orleans Parish will allow the Law or not. 2. When the MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) meets for Disaster Planning and Equipment Purchases (6 times a year for the last 15 years), we all agree how we will spend the Federal Money as a team since we are in this together. Orleans DEMANDS they will choose how they will spend their portion. 3. During Communication Infrastructure Planning we ALL (N.O. MSA) purchased Satellite Phones. We all pay several hundred dollars a month as a "Just In Case Measure". Orleans said their Infrastructure was TOP NOTCH and the money would be better spent on Ford F-150 Pickup Trucks. I dunno what they bought, but it wasn't SAT phones. 4. The looting, Rape (newly wedded European woman was raped and beaten as well as MANY others), etc. That is life in New Orleans. Why people find New Orleans a romantic, cherishable place is beyond 90% of all Louisianans. It is hot. It stinks. None of us even go into New Orleans without a sidearm and we prefer to leave our women at home. Rapes, thefts, and murder in New Orleans are as common as a high speed pursuit in California. ! 5. When we enter New Orleans to issue an arrest warrant, the SCAT (Street Crime Arrest Team) is ALWAYS present. Me and/or other officers have been part of 18 arrests in New Orleans and been shot at 17 times, 11 of those were with AK-47's and 3 of those 11 had two 40-round clips taped together. 6. Even before Mayor Nagin took office the Fed's and State were never allowed to do anything to improve New Orleans. New Orleans ALWAYS wanted the cash to do their own improvements, their way. 7. There was no way in Hell the State was gonna make a move until New Orleans asked for help. There was No way in Hell the Fed's were gonna make a move until the Governor asked for help. That is Law. 8. The people looting and shooting have it better than ever. Those areas are known for people living in crappy homes without electricity. Now they have some flood water in their home. They stole guns, ammo and food. They have never had it so good and don't want to leave. 9. The people whining the loudest about racism are the same people who always whined about racism. 10. Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard declared martial law Monday night. Mayor Ray Nagin didn't want to alienate any refugees and allowed all this to happen. We sent officers in to help. As a report of an officer being shot and supplies and boat stolen we BEGGED Mayor Nagin to pass Martial Law. NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!! After 2 days, Our department left New Orleans to die, then Mayor Nagin decided to declare Martial Law. In our own Parish, we have arrest several refugees. We have recovered stolen Corvettes, Escalades, Mercedes Benz, BMW's, etc. A young Black female ran over one of our officers. She was driving a Nissan with a VIN from an Oldsmobile 88 and a Plate from Alabama registered to a Ford Van. An elderly white man died because our Hospital was unable to fill his Oxygen Bottle. Refugees have stolen an EMS Generator at the Mobile Command Center. Refugees have stolen an Energy Truck trying to restore power. Most Parishes are out of gas at all stations and most of us! cannot drive to work. All gas stations have a 15-20 minute wait for gas. Some stations are selling only 2 gallons per customer. One station raised prices to $5.64 a gallon. The owner refused to lower prices. We promptly hooked him in the cuffs and dumped him in jail. There are tons more. Mayor Nagin had years and so did his predecessors to prepare, But they refused and they refused everyone else's help. Now he is Bitching because no one is coming and everything is falling apart. The media is asking why was the State and Fed's not prepared, New Orleans NEVER allowed us to hold drills. All other Parishes and Baton Rouge have drills just for this. The media is asking why no help is coming for the dead. They're dead. We are only worried about the living. We are tying the dead to a tree or pushing them aside in an attempt to save the living.     Urgent: New Orleans laborers deserve a living wage!   Last summer during our family vacation, long before Hurricane Katrina, I noticed a man on the beach buying free drinks for everyone.  When someone asked the occasion, he called out, “I just learned this is going to be one of the worst hurricane seasons in years.”  A woman asked, “And you are celebrating -  WHY?”   He boasted, “I’m a government contractor.  The bigger the storm, the richer I get, and there’s one hitting Cuba right about now.”   His words made my skin crawl. I thought of the man after Katrina hit the gulf, knowing he would be in line for the rebuilding feeding frenzy.  Making matters worse, President Bush's first official response to the hurricane was to suspend the Davis-Bacon Act which would have allowed laborers to be paid the prevailing wage, which in New Orleans is .40 per hour.  Now, thanks to the President’s suspension, contractors are free to hire workers at poverty wages. With so many people desperately in need of work, and a systemic climate of poverty in the region, the President's action was simply wrong.  Haven’t the people suffered enough than to now allow contractors to come and pay paupers wages to the workers?  Isn’t this exactly the opposite of what we wish for our brothers and sisters? We need to see that this decision is reversed.  Please write to your members on Congress and ask that they demand that the President honor the Davis-Bacon Act and allow workers to be paid a living wage. (Here's the link:  http://ga3.org/campaign/davisbacon)   Soon you will hear more about what FaithfulAmericans can do to create a climate of compassion, hope, and genuine justice for the victims of Katrina, and inevitably, the victims of Rita.  But for now, we ask you take massive action on this one measure to compel Congress to reverse this unfortunate decision. Your gifts, your prayers, and your actions on behalf of the victims and survivors do matter, both to their hearts and to their futures.  More than ,000 in relief has been sent to Church World Service by FaithfulAmericans for Katrina relief.  Your prayers continue to sustain them.  May your voice empower them now.  Blessings to you, Vince Isner and your FaithfulAmerica Team     No Exit; Descending into hell with George Bush  By Mike Whitney  -- -- The bodies of the mangled and bloated corpses are no where to be found on America's news programs. Like the countless dead in Iraq they're purged from the coverage and stripped from the public record. They've been replaced by the well-scrubbed visage of the Potemkin-president issuing his comforting words for his people.  "New Orleans will rise again," Bush crowed, invoking the worn phraseology of the slave era.  For a White House that prides itself on appearances and spends over million per year on public relations firms; the Bush monologue on national TV was a dismal performance. His limp promises of restoration, all ringing with the same free-market timbre that has left Kabul and Baghdad in a shambles, fell well short of the mark. The ruinous affects of his tenure are now everywhere to be seen and even the media's impenetrable smokescreen seems to be lifting.  Disaster follows Bush like a shadow. It is the one inescapable fact that haunts his 58 years, and it should provide some meager relief for those who believe that he and his vile regime cannot be brought down.  Just look around; Iraq, Afghanistan, Enron, Cheney's energy-papers, the deficits, the courts, the UN, Israel-Palestine, New Orleans, the corporate-corruption, the war-profiteering, the incompetence, the lies; everything Bush touches is reduced to rubble. No institution, however protected, can withstand the onslaught of his withering company; the vast wreckage extends in every direction.  "Character is fate," Marcus Aurelius said; it is a straight line drawn from a man's birth to his final hour. Some men will fail in everything they do and there is no force in the universe that can alter their destiny.  Harken, Arbusto, Spectrum, the Texas Rangers and now the United States of America; all following the predictable downward spiral into the muck. The trajectory cannot be amended by simply putting down the bottle. Failure is an indelible blotch, like the mark of Cain, forever embossed on the soul of its victim. Its part of Bush's genetic-code, as integral to the whole mechanism as the cocky-drawl or the lumbering gait.  The Project for the New American Breakdown is headed for the political land-fill scuttled by its luckless wagon-master corporate-George.  The street scenes of submerged New Orleans, now littered with the unattended carcasses of blue-faced victims is the Bush legacy. It can be softened with the dulcet prose of the New York Times or air-brushed by the feigned-compassion of TV-anchormen, but the truth keeps popping its head up through the weeds revealing the devastation.  New Orleans won't go away; won't disappear "into that good night." America's beloved Southern port-o-call has been vanquished by neglect, pummeled by the erosion of its wetlands and the weakening of its levees. Now, the tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing the previously thriving metropolis much like the people of Falluja, Tal Afar and Samarra.  In Iraq the effects of Hurricane George can be seen throughout the Sunni heartland. Rumsfeld continues to storm through Iraq's underbelly like Tecumseh Sherman on his march to the sea leaving only tent cities and desolation behind. The relief agencies are simply overwhelmed by immensity of the human catastrophe. There's no way they'll be able to meet the people's needs.  Bush, of course, just shrugs off such sentimentality. What possible difference could their suffering make? Besides, there's no longer even a trace of a plan for Iraq, just the fiendish abuse of force and the drunken-elation in slaughter.  None of it makes sense, nor should it. The nation is sinking in an ocean of hubris and delusion. Reason and decency have vanished into the desert sirocco; only the rapture of utter destruction persists.  There's no stopping this juggernaut. Washington's ruling-elite are hell-bent to continue; flailing away at every obstacle in their murderous path. This week it's Iraq, next week it's Syria; what possible difference could it make? America won't be digging out after this orgy of terror anyway. Bush has led us to the brink. The economy is teetering, our alliances are crumbling, and the nation is ambling towards disaster. All the while, the Dear Leader has fixed his vision on the deepest part of the quicksand and trudges onward.  America won't dodge the Reaper this time.

FROM A FELLOW PATRIOT

Hurricanes Steered To Bring About Martial Law?

SCIENCE EXPERT ALLEGES KATRINA WAS STEERED TO DELIBERATE LANDFALL

Hurricane RITA, which threatens to become a category 5 hurricane, is
on a collision course with the Texas coast and it could have a hugely
damaging impact on oil refineries around Houston
http://headlines.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?
partner=accuweather&myadc=0&article=0

If it does, our country could be thrown into economic turmoil and
martial law could be declared nationwide as our cities would descend
into chaos and rioting because our whole society is built on a
foundation of oil. I hope this does not happen, but having just
relistened to an archived radio show that I originally heard two
weeks ago, this time to take notes, In light of Hurricane Rita now
bearing down on the Texas coast, I feel concerned enough to urge you
to listen to what McCanney has to say at
http://jmccanneyscience.com/sh09-08-05-7megfile-bestsound.ram

DISTURBING NOTES FROM MCCANNEY's RADIO SHOW

Firstly, Jim McCanney, MS, is an expert on weather manipulation,
having written numerous scientific papers and a book about it:
http://www.jmccanneyscience.com/

Secondly, he provided enough detail to convince me that he's someone
we should pay attention to.  He asserts that energy for hurricanes
comes from the ionosphere, and that the eye of a hurricane is
actually an electric field. He states that hurricanes can occur over
cold water too, citing the "Perfect Storm" off the New England coast
of 1991.

Thirdly, he states very matter of factly, claiming to have helped
develop the science that makes it possible that satellite guided
lasers can be used to ionize the path in front of a hurricane for the
purpose of steering it to an intended landfall. He states that
originally this technology was intended to steer hurricanes AWAY from
populated areas so as to MINIMIZE the damage they do, but he asserts
that with Katrina, it was horribly misused for evil purposes.

He asserts that his scientific papers were translated into Russian by
Russian scientists who then gave our government information about
weather manipulation so that we could use it to PROTECT ourselves
from hurricanes since they don't occur in Russia, but do occur in US
waters.

He asserts that this technology makes it possible to drag hurricanes
around by the lip just as it would be possible to make a person go
where you want if you put a ring through their nose or lip and
attached a cord to it to yank on it.

He asserts that just before the hurricane would have hit New Orleans,
it made a 90 degree turn just before landfall, which steered it
directly into oil refineries just EAST of New Orleans off the
Mississippi coast.

He asserts that the pattern of levvy breaches around New Orleans
indicates that explosives were used to blow them citing that the
official explanation that theywere caused by a storm surge didn't add
up because of breaches occurring on the
River side and on the Canal side of the city (away from Lake
Ponchartrain). He states that when the levvy's broke, the storm surge
had ALREADY OCCURRED the day BEFORE. He flat out accuses FEMA of
being responsible for blowing the levees. While there is no proof of
that, it would be consistent with their OTHER actions which were
clearly more geared towards establishing government CONTROL over the
city than to save lives.

He notes that people who have been saying that weather
manipulation "is
scientifically impossible" are wrong, and points us to a UN
Resolution signed during the Carter Administration in 1976 as hard
evidence of its reality:
http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/enmod/intro.htm

He asserts that this UN Resolution only makes it illegal to use
weather modification technology to attack ANOTHER COUNTRY but that it
DID NOT make it illegal to use against YOUR OWN PEOPLE.

He asserts that our own SPACE COMMAND at NASA has the ability to
steer hurricanes, and flat out states that this just happened with
Katrina.

He also stated that he feels it is highly likely that ADDITIONAL
contrived events will occur for the purpose of triggering martial law
in the USA.

At the time he did this radio show, Hurricane Rita didn't yet exist,
but it sure does now, and its heading for Houston Texas and all the
oil refineries there.

THE MOVIE "OILSTORM" AIRED IN JUNE-
WHATS HAPPENING NOW SEEMS LIKE
ITS FOLLOWING A SCRIPT....

Earlier this summer, a movie came out called "Oil Storm" that almost
seems like it was a SCRIPT for what we're now seeing unfold in REAL
LIFE. SEE SAMPLE CLIP FROM
MOVIE: http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/oilstorm/main.html

(Read this synopsis of this TV movie which aired in June:
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/oilstorm/main.html

Am I categorically stating that we're soon going to be under Martial
Law nationwide?

No, I'm not, but with hurricane Rita currently taking aim at the
Texas coast, I can't just pretend I didn't hear his radio show in
case he IS correct.

Am I categorically stating that I agree with what McCanney is saying?

No, I am not, I don't know enough to know if he's correct or not, and
I emphatically hope he is WRONG, but I can't dismiss what he's saying
in light of the fact that FEMA actively murdered a huge number of
people in New Orleans by not allowing people to get bottled water
that Walmart tried to deliver or to allow coast guard boats with
diesel fuel to be unloaded, and that FEMA cut emergency phone lines
of the Jefferson Parish President forcing him to position armed
sheriffs to defend them once fixed.

This has been very well documented, so it seems to me like the New
World Order is making its move on America RIGHT NOW in an effort to
DESTROY our country so as to usher in the New World Order- a global
totalitarian state.

"We have been abandoned by our own country." (Jefferson Parish
President) See News
Footage:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10121.htm

CODEX, of course is just one small PART of this GENOCIDE AGENDA.

WHAT TO DO:

If you live in a big city, you may want to develop a contingency plan
for getting out, in fact you may want to LEAVE NOW because we face a
very uncertain future.  Check out this website about intentional
communities if you'd like to quickly get to a self sufficient
community outside of a city:
http://www.ic.org

Look what happened in New Orleans after martial law as declared: they
wouldn't LET anyone leave(!!) I saw footage of Geraldo Rivera inside
the Super Dome pleading for the government to let the people inside
the dome LEAVE the dome, and another reporter stated that FEMA had
sealed the city, and wasn't letting anyone walk across the causeway
to Gretna, and safety.

Could this happen in OTHER cities if things degenerated via a huge
economic depression and or via suitcase nukes or dirty bombs exploded
in one or more major cities?

What do YOU think?

I'm not trying to scare the hell out of you with this discussion, its
just that its better to be prepared for any eventuality than to not
even think about what seems to be unfolding right under our noses.

As far as CODEX goes- I am encouraging people to hold meetings of
friends, family, health food store owners and staff to show them
Kevin Miller's DVD "We Become Silent" and to let them listen to the
Audio Tape of the talk I gave in July at the PANLA Conference. Both
will help people see thru the spin against our mssg coming from the
pharma dominated vitamin trade associations such as NNFA.

IAHF is selling both the DVD and audio tape for just .
IAHF 556 Boundary Bay Rd., Point Roberts WA 98281 USA

Unless we amp up the level of awareness, we're not going to kill FTAA
(Free Trade Area of the Americas) which would force Codex
harmonization upon us. (See this well written article by Paul Taylor,
Board Member of the National Health Federation, consultant to the
Dr.Rath Foundation:

THE GROWING THREATS TO DSHEA:
http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/us/index.html

If Hurricane Rita does slam into Houston, wrecking the oil refineries
there, it could trigger a huge economic depression which could cause
rioting to break out in all our major cities which could easily
trigger martial law.  It could be just like the movie OIL STORM.

I SERIOUSLY hope I am wrong! I REALLY hope this does not happen. I
hope McCanney is wrong in what he's saying, but thought you all
deserved the benefit of the doubt.
Please listen to his show and decide for yourself what you think and
please forward this message. We could all be in for a very rough ride.
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