[altroots] smoke and mirrors in NOLA

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Subject: Potemkin Village USA
Two interesting items: one from a German TV operation and the other from
the office of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). Anybody who has ever
worked with the White House--whether Democrat or Republican--on such PR
operations should not be surprised. But more important, has anyone seen any questions or reports on this in any public media? 
 
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Sunday 04 September 2005:
There was a striking discrepancy between the CNN International report on
the Bush visit to the New Orleans disaster zone, yesterday, and reports
of the same event by German TV. ZDF News reported that the president's
visit was a completely staged event. Their crew witnessed how the open
air food distribution point Bush visited in front of the cameras was
torn down immediately after the president and the herd of 'news people'
had left, and that others which were allegedly being set up were
abandoned at the same time. The people in the area were once again left
to fend for themselves, said ZDF.
and from the Landrieu office, quoting from a statement she released: 
"But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th
Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I
saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle
on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot
again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that
yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential
photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this
morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and
decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast - black and
white, rich and poor, young and old - deserve far better from their
national government.

"Mr. President, I'm imploring you once again to get a cabinet-level
official stood up as soon as possible to get this entire operation
moving forward region-wide with all the resources - military and
otherwise - necessary to relieve the unmitigated suffering and economic
damage that is unfolding."


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