Lin: my head a'splode!!!
I don’t want to see anyone pointing fingers. I don’t want to hear any talk about blame. Because I know that along with George Bush and Michael Chertoff and Michael Brown, they’re talking about me.
Word.
I just read that they're planning on moving the Superdome refugees to the Astrodome in Houston. Excuse me, but wtf?!? Why aren't they planning to shelter people in hotels, camps, anything but another sports stadium? I cannot imagine such a venue being anywhere near comfortable or appropriate for long-term shelter. Will the refugees be forced to stay inside the Astrodome?
I also see something sinister in the underreporting of casualties. The Metafilter comment referenced by Eric Olsen is absolutely shocking.
He got very quiet with me when I told him the numbers that have been public so far. He asked what have they said? I told him 50-80...he said "dude..we are picking up 30 at a time...thousands are dead...why aren't they saying...I guess I better shut up then...don't give my name" word for word in the call..
At first I thought it may have been because the media will only report *confirmed* casualties. But then I thought back to 9/11, when the original estimates were at 10,000, then revised downward over time to 3,000, give or take a few. Why the serious underreporting of deaths in LA and MS?
Naught to do with New Orleans specifically, but I've had the Pretenders' "My City Was Gone" running through my head.
I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY CITY WAS GONE
THERE WAS NO TRAIN STATION
THERE WAS NO DOWNTOWN
SOUTH HOWARD HAD DISAPPEARED
ALL MY FAVORITE PLACES
MY CITY HAD BEEN PULLED DOWN
REDUCED TO PARKING SPACES
A, O, WAY TO GO OHIO
WELL I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY FAMILY WAS GONE
I STOOD ON THE BACK PORCH
THERE WAS NOBODY HOME
I WAS STUNNED AND AMAZED
MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
SLOWLY SWIRLED PAST
LIKE THE WIND THROUGH THE TREES
A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO
I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE
HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE
BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE
THE FARMS OF OHIO
HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS
AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR
FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS
SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO
(sorry 'bout the caps - cut 'n' pasted from the Pretenders site)
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