SCOOP COMMENTARY: The Betrayal Of New Orleans

SCOOP COMMENTARY: The Betrayal Of New Orleans

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Rosalea Barker
From Thursday morning's SF Chronicle: Louis Delasorsse, 38, had been at the Superdome since it opened. "It's no picnic staying here. My real heartache is I don't know about my mother, grandfather or grandmother. They wanted to stay at home. I begged ... See... Stateside With Rosalea: Glimpses

John Roughan
'Rapid' disasters--tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, even cyclones--come suddenly and most go away almost as quickly. All disasters, however, change people's lives, alter their way of thinking but most of the time, those affected by nature's power ... See... John Roughan: A Creeping Disaster?

Mark Drolette
As the unmitigated horror in New Orleans and environs unfolds and the type of immediate, massive government assistance that was needed from the earliest moments of Katrina’s landfall Monday scandalously and unforgivably fails to materialize, it is impossible ... See... While Bodies Rot, Bush Couldn’t Care Less

Greg Palast
The National Public Radio news anchor was so excited I thought she'd piss on herself: the President of the United had flown his plane down to 1700 feet to get a better look at the flood damage! And there was a photo of our Commander-in-Chief taken looking ... See... Bush Strafes New Orleans - Where Is Our Huey Long?