t r u t h o u t | 09.03

Stirling Newberry | Domestic Affairs
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305A.shtml
There will be millions of words written on Hurricane Katrina, and billions of
dollars spent. Already, the documentation of how inept planning combined with a
criminally negligent ignoring of clear warnings about the possibility of a major
disaster along the Gulf Coast has come to light.


Across US, Outrage at Response
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305C.shtml
There was anger: David Vitter, Louisiana's freshman Republican Senator, gave the
federal government an F on Friday for its handling of the whirlwind after the
storm. And Representative Elijah E. Cummings, Democrat of Maryland and the
former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, declared, "We cannot allow it
to be said that the difference between those who lived and those who died"
amounted to "nothing more than poverty, age or skin color."


The Poor Were Left to Suffer
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305D.shtml
With the rotors of President George W. Bush's helicopter sounding overhead, New
Orleans' poor and downtrodden recounted tales of murder, rape, death threats and
near starvation since Hurricane Katrina wrecked this city.


Five Days after Katrina, Refugees Waiting
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305E.shtml
A day after the National Guard finally arrived in force and began mass
evacuations, thousands of people remained behind Saturday as fires belched
ribbons of smoke over the city and sporadic gunfire echoed through the night.


New York Times | Katrina's Assault on Washington
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305F.shtml
Do not be misled by Congress's approval of $10.5 billion in relief for the
Hurricane Katrina victims. According to the New York Times, the relief action is
prompted by the graphic shock of the news coverage from New Orleans and the
region, where the devastation catapults daily, in heartbreaking contrast with
the slo-mo bumblings of government.


Mark Fischetti | They Saw It Coming
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305G.shtml
The deaths caused by Hurricane Katrina are heart-rending. Mark Fischetti claims
that the suffering of survivors is wrenching. Property destruction is shocking.
But perhaps the most agonizing part is that much of what happened in New Orleans
this week might have been avoided.


Cindy Sheehan | Dangerous Incompetence
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305X.shtml
Cindy Sheehan: How many of us marveled and were so discouraged and amazed when
he was "re-elected" the second time? We saw what he had done to the world.
Dangerous incompetence should never be rewarded, let alone be rewarded so
handsomely as in George's case.


Marjorie Cohn | The Two Americas
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305Y.shtml
Last September, a Category 5 hurricane battered the small island of Cuba with
160-mile-per-hour winds. More than 1.5 million Cubans were evacuated to higher
ground ahead of the storm. Although the hurricane destroyed 20,000 houses, no
one died.


Lawmakers of Both Parties Criticize US Response
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090305Z.shtml
Members of Congress from both parties acknowledged on Friday that the federal
response to Hurricane Katrina had fallen far short and promised hearings into
what had gone wrong.