Jails Opened in NOLA?

Sep 10, 2005 17:51

I have received an e-mail from my sister about the man-made disaster in NOLA. Not the turf battles and such that have made the local, state, and federal response too little too late, but the "welfare state". Most of the e-mail doesn't bear repeating. ::sigh:: But ( Read more... )

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beagledave September 11 2005, 00:19:17 UTC
Not true .

One of the more annoying aspects of this whole situation is how various rumors and legends are feeding into people's pre-conceived notions about society.

The "they released the prisoners from jail, that's why NOLA is a zoo" is a myth from the right.

The "media is racist and using 'looting' for black folks and 'finding' for white folks" is a myth from the left.

Not the finest hour for my country.

IMHO, of course ;)

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