t r u t h o u t | 09.04

Living Paycheck to Paycheck Made Leaving Impossible
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405A.shtml
To those who wonder why so many stayed behind when push came to water's mighty
shove here, those who were trapped have a simple explanation: Their nickels and
dimes and dollar bills simply didn't add up to stage a quick evacuation mission.


Despite Warnings, Washington Failed to Fund Levee Projects
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405B.shtml
For years, Washington had been warned that doom lurked just beyond the levees.
And for years, the White House and Congress had dickered over how much money to
put into shoring up century-old dikes and carrying out newer flood control
projects to protect the city of New Orleans.


Met by Despair, Not Violence
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405C.shtml
"Sixteen in the clip!" one Guardsman shouted, a common refrain used to indicate
that rifles are fully loaded. But when they arrived, they did not find marauding
mobs. They did not come under fire. They found people who had lost everything in
the storm and, since then, their dignity.


Frank Rich | Fallujah Floods the Superdome
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405D.shtml
Frank Rich: As the levees cracked open and ushered hell into New Orleans on
Tuesday, President Bush once again chose to fly away from Washington, not toward
it, while disaster struck. We can all enumerate the many differences between a
natural catastrophe and a terrorist attack. But character doesn't change: it is
immutable, and it is destiny.


Hastert Tries Damage Control after Remarks Hit a Nerve
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405E.shtml
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert began his day yesterday explaining that he
really does not want to see New Orleans bulldozed, and he ended it defending his
absence from the Capitol when Congress approved a $10.5 billion hurricane aid
package. In between, a former president hinted he would like to throttle the
Illinois Republican.


NBC Deletes Rap Star's Anti-Bush Remarks on Telethon
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405G.shtml
Kanye West's impromptu attack on President Bush during a live telecast Friday
prompted NBC to delete his remark in its West Coast broadcast of the benefit for
hurricane victims. "George Bush doesn't care about black people," West
said.


What Happens to a Race Deferred
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405X.shtml
The white people got out. Most of them, anyway. If television and newspaper
images can be deemed a statistical sample, it was mostly black people who were
left behind. Poor black people, growing more hungry, sick and frightened by the
hour as faraway officials counseled patience and warned that rescues take time.


Maxine Waters Leads Action in New Orleans
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405Y.shtml
Louisiana black leaders, along with Maxine Waters and Jesse Jackson, want to
take Katrina victims to a shuttered Air Force base instead of shelters.