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Current Events » in reply to Superdome evac halted, shots fired!!!!!!

It's Somalia all over again, New Orleans is the new Mogadishu.

Lee — 9/1/2005 7:07:47 PM (archived)

Don't see this sort of thing happening in the more civilized areas of the disaster zone.

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Superdome evac halted, shots fired!!!!!! - carl - 9/1/2005 1:55:29 PM
- It's Somalia all over again, New Orleans is the new Mogadishu. - Lee - 9/1/2005 7:07:47 PM
  - Ah yes, blame the victim. The easy answer for lazy thinking. - DL - 9/1/2005 8:05:38 PM
    - Seconded, and with bells on. - Mary Anne - 9/2/2005 1:53:08 PM
- the sad thing is that stuff like this will cause some people to hold back on donating to the victims. - Scott Evil - 9/1/2005 2:07:01 PM
  - re: the sad thing is that stuff like this will cause some people to hold back on donating to the victims. - Larry J - 9/1/2005 3:17:56 PM
    - outside reinforcement needed - Daniel - 9/1/2005 4:24:15 PM
      - re: outside reinforcement needed - Larry J - 9/1/2005 6:26:03 PM
        
        A question - Robert - 9/2/2005 1:59:41 AM
        
        An answer - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/2/2005 4:31:34 AM
        
        I'm thinking Section B-52 sounds good. - Scott Evil - 9/1/2005 7:36:45 PM
        
        Actually - Robert - 9/2/2005 1:49:58 AM
      - Sad part about it - CARL - 9/1/2005 4:43:23 PM
        
        Were there tickets provided for the busses, trains, etc.? - Mary Anne - 9/2/2005 1:58:11 PM

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