Subj : Re: Mayor Nagin To : alt.tv.farscape From : John Iwaniszek Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 17:04:27 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote in news:Xns96C56F0D6C897ndtcm@204.153.244.170: > Nick wrote: >> John Iwaniszek wrote: >>> Nick wrote: >>>> John Iwaniszek wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you listen to NPR, you probablly heard an out of context clip >>>>> of this interview: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.zen41771.zen.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/WWL-AM%20Interview% 20Na >>>>> g in .mp3 >>>> >>>> I pulled this from another story. >>>> >>>> "In an interview Friday on NBC's 'Today,' Federal Emergency >>>> Management Agency director Michael Brown stood behind the massive >>>> federal relief effort that's under way." >>>> >>>> 'I understand the mayor's frustration. ... We have been having a >>>> continuous flow of commodities into the Superdome, there were five >>>> trucks arriving last night to feed well over 50,000 people.'" >>>> >>>> He knows the people are no longer in the Superdome, right? >>>> >>> >>> He has more important priorities than Emergency Mangement. He has >>> to get the message out: >>> >>> "Director Brown, thanks for joining us. As things stand, what is >>> your biggest challenge tonight as we speak? >>> >>> Mr. MICHAEL BROWN (Federal Emergency Management Agency Director): >>> Stone, I think it's conveying to the American public just how >>> catastrophic this disaster is." >> >> Interesting part at the 9 minute mark where the mayor is talking >> about how a lot of the looting of hospitals and stuff is probably >> being done by drug addicts who can't get a fix. >> > > That is quite an interview. It's all true too. > Yes. That part was quite frightening. His honesty was refreshing. The dialect was ineresting, and his passion really got to me. Nagin for President! .