According to ESPN, an agreement in principle has been reached between the NFL and New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson that will have the team returning for practices for 2006. That will likely lead to them playing the whole season in NO.
…Under the accord, which is expected to be finalized soon, the Saints will return […]
Shades of Major Ed Bush! Another NG official has stepped forward to reassure us that the reports of widespread murder, rape, and other violence at the Superdome were just plain wrong:
…The colonel in charge of the National Guard at the Louisiana Superdome in the days after Katrina said the shelter of last resort was a […]
From this:
resident Bush’s advisers insist that he’s not abandoning conservatism in his commitment to rebuild the Gulf Coast. But a mark of conservative thinking is properly identifying problems before dedicating billions to solving them. The president hasn’t done that in New Orleans. Instead, in his September 15 speech from Jackson Square, Bush vowed to combat […]
Could someone look through the long article Nagin gets mixed reviews: Evacuation plans, Superdome use criticized and put the salient points in comments, squaring what's in there with what's been previously posted?
This interview downplays the charges of violence at the Superdome.
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Apparently they forgot to add something to their $250 billion aid package. Tim Coulon, chairman of the Louisiana Stadium and Expedition District, wants FEMA to pay to upgrade the Superdome so it can be used as a shelter in the future. If FEMA won't pay, he says it shouldn't be used. They want upgraded […]
Getting a late start, Reuters downplays the reports of violence in "Accounts of N.Orleans violence questioned". It's a very standard article in the genre, concentrating on Maj. Ed Bush of the Louisiana National Guard and including:
Bush, who spent eight days in the Superdome, said New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and former Police Chief Eddie Compass […]
Current thinking is that there were six bodies found in the Superdome:
Of those, four died of natural causes, one overdosed and another jumped to his death in an apparent suicide, said Beron, who personally oversaw the turning over of bodies from a Dome freezer, where they lay atop melting bags of ice. State health department […]
The NYT tries to downplay the reports of murders, rapes, carjackings, and assorted violence in "More Horrible Than Truth: News Reports". Somehow I don't think the story is going to stand the test of time as various reports are confirmed.
…And many of the urban legends that sprang up - the systematic rape of children, the […]
Hidden among the tales of human waste, gunshots, sickness, and death, comes the charming news that said student - who spent one day at the Superdome - has a message for America:
…The people she is worried about are the thousands left behind who aren't getting much help from the government.
"We didn't have proper assistance, and […]
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