Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 23:19:27

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@snurcher.com> wrote in
news:Xns96C49C12E6027ndtcm@204.153.244.170: 

> John I wrote:
> 
>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>> 
>>> Nick wrote:
>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Speaking of rascism in the media:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/9uy99
>>>>> 
>>>>> Notice a pattern?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> (Both links are to yahoo.  the second was too long.)
>>>> 
>>>> So the people at Yahoo are the true racists.  I always suspected as
>>>> much. BTW, city officials are practically encouraging the looting
>>>> of food and water.  Nobody will be charged with any crimes related
>>>> to that.  Now the guys taking TVs and Playstations, on the other
>>>> hand, may be in a bit of trouble. 
>>> 
>>> (The pictures/captions aren't Yahoo's.  One was AP, the other was
>>> AFP. 
>> 
>> 
>> And it pretty much summed up the pattern of reporting.  There is no
>> doubt that bad actors were looting merchandise, however, the pooor
>> people caught behind are receiving no assistance from State or
>> Federal disaster relief.  People are dying in large concentrations
>> down there.  We know where they are, but it appears as though nothing
>> is being done.  The "looter" meme seems to be taking hold and is
>> serving to demonize people who are just trying to survive in the
>> absence of needed assistance. 
> 
> 
> Oddly, the people who have been doing the most are getting the least 
> press. The La Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries were the first ones in
> there with boats and have been pulling people out since it was safe to
> go in. The Lieutenant Governor went out to see the efforts in one of
> the boats and ended up spending the entire day helping pull people
> out. The remarkable part is there were not even any television cameras
> to see him to it.
> 
> There is as much being done as possible. People are being taken out of
> the city as fast as possible. But can you imagine trying to drive a
> boat through a city where you don't know what is under you or how deep
> or shallow the water may be? There are thousands of people still in
> New Orleans and they are getting them out. It just takes a ridiculous
> amount of time because of how slow you have to go in a boat and how
> few people one can hold. Personally, I think they should be using the
> helicopters to drop food and water to people who they can't get to
> right away. However, it is hard to send helicopters back in to help
> people when the people they are trying to help are shooting at them. I
> know it isn't all the people but what do you tell the helicopter pilot
> who is working to get people out? "We know it is rough out there, but
> try to dodge any bullets you see coming at you." These aren't all
> military folks. 
> 

I wonder if some of the gunfire is from people trying to call for help?  
Not that there aren't people whack enough to do it despite the 
devastatoin.

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