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What's Behind the New Orleans Crime? Find Out Here

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Posted by Captain America 2005-09-02 00:03|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 got my italics and highlight mixed up...oops

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-02 00:10|| 2005-09-02 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 cops ~~neutered by the NAACP and ACLU~~ that have been corrupt for centuries.

I'm no friend of the two above agencies, but the N.O.P.D. is its own worst enemy.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-09-02 02:59|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-09-02 02:59|| Front Page Top

#3 This is the very real, very dark side of Carnival. The current New Orleans Mayor, the cops, etc are the logical result of "anything goes" local political attitudes.

Can anyone imagine this kind of crime/rioting happening in a post catastrophe Salt Lake City?

Posted by Dave 2005-09-02 06:25|| 2005-09-02 06:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Dave,

Absolutely not. Mormons, are, for the most part, extremely law-abiding, helpful to their neighbors, and strong believers and supporters of the Constitution--including the Second Amendment.

Posted by mac 2005-09-02 07:04|| 2005-09-02 07:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Wasn't Samuel Browning a Mormon?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-09-02 11:08|| 2005-09-02 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 That's John Moses Browning, gun designer, Mormon, and resident of Utah. His family also started the Browning Firearms company.

Posted by DO 2005-09-02 11:23|| 2005-09-02 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Let's not forget the fall-down at the Louisiana and Mississipi state levels and the regional levels. It's the governor that has the control over the state NG. The governor's office could also coordinate a state level effort to get resources into NO and Southern Mississippi. I am sure there is a lot of food, water, and transportation resources in each of these states that could be bought, rented, or commandeered to help out in NO. Walmart has stores, warehouses, and trucks all over the south and is headquartered in Arkansas, I believe. A few phone calls to coordinate or even offer to pay for shipments could have dumped a lot of relief on NO in short order. It may or may not actually be happening, who's to tell with the MSM the way it is today. For people to be saying this is a failure by the Feds, is not apportioning the blame broadly enough.

Posted by DO 2005-09-02 11:35|| 2005-09-02 11:35|| Front Page Top

#8 DO - right, the governor is in melt down mode.

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-02 12:26|| 2005-09-02 12:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Caller on the radio this morning (KMPS in Seattle) was talking about the breakdown in law and order in NO and then went on to say thay she and her husband moved from there ~ 2 months ago. She made him quit as an EMT because of the dangerous conditions. As an EMT he went into the homes of Blacks and would be threatened while trying to tend to their loved ones. The point to her story was that civil rights was still a long way from being 100% accepted there by both Blacks and Whites and she saw this anarchy as an extension or the conclusion of this lack of acceptance. Interesting perspective.

Posted by USN, ret. 2005-09-02 14:34|| 2005-09-02 14:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Sounds like "Old Detroit" in "Robocop"

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-09-02 15:44|| 2005-09-02 15:44|| Front Page Top

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