Subj : Re: Mayor Nagin To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 17:09:46 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote: > 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! I think that whatever happens he will be negatively associated with this disaster. Unfortunately, his political career is probably over. .