tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post6589460964576019014..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Prayers Ascending for Katrina Victims Two Years LaterSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-76351164990807500752007-09-04T07:39:00.000-07:002007-09-04T07:39:00.000-07:00It stands to reason that the poorest people would ...It stands to reason that the poorest people would be the hardest hit in such a disaster. Low-lying flood-prone land is the cheapest anywhere - Chicago as well as N.O. The cheapest land is bought by the poorest people. When this kind of flooding occurs, it is inevitable that the poorest people will be driven out. This has nothing to do with any kind of "concerted effort".<BR/><BR/>The questionRonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-670027813498416202007-08-31T03:45:00.000-07:002007-08-31T03:45:00.000-07:00Ronf: I don't know where the commenter came up wit...Ronf:<BR/> I don't know where the commenter came up with "concerted effort" comment either.<BR/> Clearly and honestly, the destruction occurred in some of the poorest neighborhoods of NO. We'll have to blame that on someone, but it is sophomoric to say that Ray Nagin and those around him are trying to keep out poor people.<BR/> Nagin is dependent on the votes of poor people and is certainly notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-73346044189129658632007-08-30T12:17:00.000-07:002007-08-30T12:17:00.000-07:00We've seen a concerted effort to keep the poor fro...<I>We've seen a concerted effort to keep the poor from returning to New Orleans, where most have spent their entire lives, revealing some of the worst of what is wrong with our government and our class-based society.</I><BR/><BR/>What happened in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast is truly an Act of God and the consequences were tragic. As is bound to happen, some people responded heroically, othersRonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-62152560391850818562007-08-30T10:00:00.000-07:002007-08-30T10:00:00.000-07:00Valerie -- apologies for leaving Alabama out -- I...<STRONG>Valerie -- </STRONG> apologies for leaving Alabama out -- I would better have just said "the Gulf Coast" and left it at that.<BR/><BR/>Blessings!SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-81055175735004714652007-08-30T09:44:00.000-07:002007-08-30T09:44:00.000-07:00I encourage and participate in prayers for the peo...I encourage and participate in prayers for the people of New Orleans, but please, please remember as well the others along the Gulf Coast, in Mississipi and Alabama. They suffered estruction which equalled that in New Orleans, destruction on a scale unimaginable to those who haven't been through it. Those people have been -- by comparison with New Orleans at least -- completely forgotten by the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-49379454964949409742007-08-30T05:01:00.000-07:002007-08-30T05:01:00.000-07:00We've seen a concerted effort to keep the poor fro...We've seen a concerted effort to keep the poor from returning to New Orleans, where most have spent their entire lives, revealing some of the worst of what is wrong with our government and our class-based society. New Orleans today shines a spotlight on the sort of hate toward the poor that has been endemic to our government and our culture over the past quarter century, and this is truly a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-75093861255555398552007-08-30T04:04:00.000-07:002007-08-30T04:04:00.000-07:00Dear Rev. Russell: After five trips to New Orlean...Dear Rev. Russell:<BR/><BR/> After five trips to New Orleans during the first 10 months after the catastrophe I can tell you that what I (and other members of my church) saw has stayed with us.<BR/> I constantly feel pulled to go back down and plan to again soon.<BR/> For those who haven't been there the sheer size of the area affected is mind-boggling. Television pictures simply are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com