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Thread ID: 19958 | Posts: 7 | Started: 2005-09-02
2005-09-02 19:08 | User Profile
[url]http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/02/D8CC99505.html[/url] National Guardsmen Reach New Orleans Sep 02 2:06 PM US/Eastern
By ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS
Four days after Hurricane Katrina struck, the National Guard arrived in force Friday with food, water and weapons, churning through the floodwaters in a vast truck convoy with orders to retake the streets and bring relief to the suffering.
"The cavalry is and will continue to arrive," said Lt. Gen. Steven Blum of the National Guard.
At the New Orleans Convention Center, some of the thousands of storm victims awaiting their deliverance applauded, threw their hands heavenward and screamed, "Thank you Jesus!" as the camouflage-green trucks and hundreds of soldiers arrived. But there was also anger and profane catcalls.
"Hell no, I'm not glad to see them. They should have been here days ago. I ain't glad to see 'em, I'll be glad when 100 buses show up," said 46-year-old Michael Levy, whose words were echoed by those around him yelling, "Hell, yeah! Hell yeah!"
"We've been sleeping on the ... ground like rats," Levy said. "I say burn this whole ... city down."
2005-09-02 19:10 | User Profile
I'd like to see a photo of Mr. Levy. Too bad the article doesn't show him.
2005-09-02 19:15 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]I'd like to see a photo of Mr. Levy. Too bad the article doesn't show him.[/QUOTE] I think he's a white, straight, Christian, Southern male.
2005-09-02 19:46 | User Profile
No, he's black in all likelihood. Nobody white's gonna raise "Hell yeah!"s out of that crowd.
2005-09-03 11:20 | User Profile
[QUOTE=il ragno]No, he's black in all likelihood. Nobody white's gonna raise "Hell yeah!"s out of that crowd.[/QUOTE] Sorry, Ragno, I forgot the smiley at the end of my post. It should have read as follows --
I think he's a white, straight, Christian, Southern male. :rolleyes:
2005-09-04 00:48 | User Profile
I've run across several Levy's in my time and all of them were Jews. But this doesn't sound like anything a Jew would say.
2005-09-04 04:26 | User Profile
[QUOTE=weisbrot][url="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/02/D8CC99505.html"][/url] "We've been sleeping on the ... ground like rats," Levy said. "I say burn this whole ... city down."[/QUOTE] This sounds like a call to riot. Perhaps Levy is dissapointed that his party is over.