Hurricane Katrina

Photo courtesy of Ruffit at Flickr It never ceases to amaze me that we keep seeing additional allegations of abuse, fraud and waste come to light as a result of the Katrina hurricane, and it's aftermath. Brian Beutler of the Media Consortium (courtesy of AlterNet ) wrote a pretty telling article of the abuses dealt to laborers, who went to New Orleans to assist in the reconstruction/clean-up effort. Brian reports: In the two years since the disaster, there have been thousands of testimonials -- issued to both government officials and private advocates -- about a wide taxonomy of abuses.The most frequent complaint workers cite ... Read Full Story

CONSERVATIVE TALKBACK RADIO HOST NEAL BOORTZ IS NOT THE KIND TO TAKE TOO KINDLY TO THE LOWER CLASSES IN PARTICULAR, especially such forced out of New Orleans thanks to Hurricane Katrina in 2005: Media Matters for America has duly noted where Mr. Boortz suggested that a Hurricane Katrina refugee in Atlanta consider Mrs. Warren's Profession as her meal ticket out of State welfare, and has dismissed the Lower Ninth Ward diaspora as "worthless parasites" (yes, he did use that phrase; hear the recording and/or read the transcription if you don't believe me). The former item is enough to wonder if Mr. Boortz has in ... Read Full Story

By The CATO Institute – Individual Liberty, Free Markets, Peace The New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit, the federal court of appeals where I once clerked, has … Go here to see the original: OPINION:Victims Sue Energy, Oil Companies for Hurricane Katrina Please Share or Bookmark this post Read Full Story

Get Dentalplans.com Coupon Here Objectives. We analyzed the response of the Chicago Department of Public Health with respect to its effectiveness in providing health care to Hurricane Katrina evacuees arriving in the city. Methods. Between September 12 and October 21, 2005, we conducted a real-time qualitative assessment of a medical unit in Chicago’s Hurricane Victim Welcome and Relief Center. A semistructured guide was used to interview 33 emergency responders in an effort to identify key operational successes and failures. Results. The medical unit functioned at a relatively high level, primarily as a result of the flexibility, creativity, and dedication of its staff and the ... Read Full Story

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the United States and the international community watched while a catastrophe displaced hundreds of thousands of Southern Louisiana residents; crime, starvation, and contamination condemned much of the New Orleans area; and minorities and the poor were neglected in one of the worst failures of U.S. government responses in our country's history. Since then, analysis has uncovered only the surface of a bungled and half-hearted response to the Katrina disaster.  The Washington Post is reporting an exclusive story today on the continued waste of 6 million meals totaling more than $40 million due to the lack of planning ... Read Full Story

FEMA AND DUBYA GUMP  "STILL" "PISSING" IN KATRINA VICTIM'S FACES, AND TELLING THEM IT'S "RAINING"!!! WHERE IS THE F**KING OUTRAAAGE??? FEMA GIVES AWAY $85 MILLION OF SUPPLIES FOR KATRINA VICTIMS!!! Story Highlights Bureau of Prisons, Postal Service and other agencies get  "FREE" KATRINA GOODS.  FEMA spokesman: Giveaway is "not news"; agency unaware people still need goods. {UNAWARE KATRINA VICTIMS "STILL" NEED SUPPLIES??? THIS IS TOTALLY "BULLSH*T"!!! AFTER THREE YEARS, PEOPLE ARE "STILL" HOMELESS!!!  FEMA KNEW!!!  THEY DELIBERATELY WITHHELD SUPPLIES AND "DONATIONS" FROM KATRINA VICTIMS!!! THE BIG QUESTION IS "WHY"???} Head of New Orleans nonprofit says, "These are the very things that we are seeking" FEMA ... Read Full Story

Dear Missnexus.com readers, Three years after Hurricane Katrina, there’s finally a bill in Congress that will give Katrina survivors a fair chance to rebuild their lives. But it won’t become law if enough representatives don’t stand up to support it. The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act would hire 100,000 Gulf Coast residents and evacuees, providing them with training and jobs to rebuild their homes and communities. It started as nothing more than a good idea, but after thousands of ColorOfChange.org members called on Congress to support the plan, and after years of persistent activism from students and Gulf Coast organizations, it now has a ... Read Full Story