NEW ORLEANS - Thieves hauled off $100,000 worth of heavy equipment that was being used to help build a Lower Ninth Ward memorial to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. A Bobcat excavator and a Bobcat T300 Skid Steer Loader, both of which require trailers or flatbed trucks to transport, were removed from the site sometime between midnight and 6:30 a.m. Saturday, construction company officials said.In the neighborhood that remains nearly pitch black at night almost a year after the levees failed, the equipment didn't last three days at the site.Can you really blame them???? Almost a year and no fucin homes put up and some assholes are tryin to build a memorial for the dead people (no disrespect) and sayin fuc the ones that are alive, I would have stole the equipment too. Why the hell are they even building a memorial in a town where anyone that its quot;SUPPOSEDquot; to be for isnt even there to see it because they are out of a home and jobs, what the fucs the purpose????
The people who stole that stuff,are probably hooked on drugs
What a victomization. Poor people. HEY! It's been a YEAR! GET A JOB SUPPORT YOURSELF! QUIT BEGGING FOR A HAND-OUT!@ . . . This message offered by a reciepient of Rita. Although it seemed more like it was from Sam Kinneson
What do you expect from Ray School Bus Naigen who blames everyone else for his failures. Yes the system fell apart, but he was supposed to be in charge of his city. New Orleans was on the skids long before the levees broke. It just took this to expose it. All the years of mismanagement and no real fixes to existing problems led up to this event. Finding yourself in the midst of a crisis and then waiting for the Federal Government to bail you out is just bad policy.
Yeah, I didn't see that in the TP and I read it every day. No real surprise, but I firmly believe that the Lower 9 has every chance at recovery as do other, less hard hit neighborhoods. Residents must return and must be a part of the recovery process. No exceptions, no waiting for handouts. This means rolling up your sleeves and cleaning up your house, your block, your neighborhood. Wanna blame Nagin? Try again! New Orleans has been broke and devoid of sound education, sound political processes for DECADES. Wanna wait for Entergy to swing by and turn on your power, maybe pour you some iced tea? Maybe Bellsouth will also come over and rip out your drywall? This city is overrun with a population that can no longer take care of themselves, and this is why it looks like it does after 12 months. Come drive down my street. I took 4 feet of water. My street looks good. Most everyone is back. I pick up the trash in the street. Neighbors made and hung street signs. I mow the neutral ground. That's how it works.
I feel such great sorrow for the victims of Katrina. The pain and suffering that they still to this date, are going thru! Some have lost everything! Even family members, and have gotten no help! This is just another example of our wonderful' government...let's go police other countries, and charge our own people horrible prices for gasoline! And if a disaster happens, well it's every man for himself until tax time, Oh, and don't forget to vote for me! Even if you don't have a bed to sleep in, tonight!
