Neglegent Homicide?

Charles Foti, Louisiana's attorney general has charged two owners of a New Orleans nursing home with negligent homicide because, to quote Reuters the state "presumes" 34 residents of the facility drowned during the flood. No need for autopsies: elderly patients seldom die of natural causes, especially under stress. That's why Salvador Mangano Sr., 65, and his wife, Mable, 62, decided against evacuating these folks. They thought their patients stood a better chance of surviving Katrina and the government's "help" in their own beds. Given the number of elderly people who died in their wheelchairs at the Superdome, anyone with any sense would have agree. Talk about negligent homicide! Even if we forget about the 34 souls the Manganos supposedly killed, the state to date has contributed to 389 deaths in Louisiana alone. Government's poor maintenance allowed the levees to crack; its false promises of salvation during an emergency persuaded many people to make bad choices; its incompetence at rescue work and its deliberate thwarting of private efforts killed more..... Attorney General Charles Foti has worked for the "beast" most of his life. According to Foti's own website, he first "served" as "an attorney for several local, state and federal agencies." Then he "served" "for 30 years as one of the most innovative law enforcement officials in the United States, Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff.... In his tenure as Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff, he oversaw the expansion of the parish jail, growing from 800 prisoners in 1973 to more than 7,000 currently." Behold the measure of success for Our Rulers. Those who incarcerate 10 times as many people as their predecessors, who rip almost 10 times as many victims from their families and shatter almost 10 times as many futures and dreams, strut among us as attorneys general. One of Charles Foti's special interests is "the elderly and the disabled." He claims that he "has for many years been an advocate for the elderly." Unless, of course, they happen to own nursing homes when Louisiana's authorities need a red herring to distract attention from their own criminal neglegence. And Foti is doing his best to reel that herring in. According to Chuckie: "We feel we have criminal negligence,They did not follow the standards of care that a reasonable person would follow in a similar circumstance."-----Is he talking about the Manganos or FEMA? "They were warned repeatedly both by the media and by the St. Bernard Parish emergency preparation people that the storm was coming. Their inaction resulted in the death of these people."--------- He MUST be referring to FEMA! The Manganos not only cared for their patients, they invited friends and family to take shelter with them at the nursing home because they considered it to be safe. The Manganos neither starved anyone or held them at gunpoint as was the case at the Superdome. The Manganos had to make a decision and they did. Government agencies are still in the process of decision making and the storm has passed! Did the Manganos make a bad decision? They probably did. Did Government agencies make bad decissions? Most definately!

Bush Vacation

Help DR. BEN!

"A week or so ago I experienced the single most traumatic week of my life," So on 090805 I put on an old nasty "Mr. T I PITY THE FOOL" tshirt to go salvage what I could from our wrecked home....LOL.... My friend Jay Scully and I were driving to my former house on 2nd Street in Gulport, Ms. that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. I arrived at the railroad tracks when the MP's wouldn't let me cross a barricade that is literally 200 feet or so from my house. They told me "no one" could pass and so I would have to take another route which was about an extra 20 minutes of driving. Now thanks to Dubya Gump and Mr. Cheney gas is really expensive and extremely hard to get anywhere Katrina has destroyed so needless to say I was extremely aggravated that they wouldn't let me pass. Then suddenly a long line of dark cars pulls up and they start honking at me to backup to let the long line of cars through the barricade that supposedly no one can drive through. Well that pissed me off even more so I waved a middle finger at the caravan. I drove the extra 20 minutes and finally made it back to my destroyed house filming video of the destruction along the way. A few minutes later I overheard a neighbor say that Dick Cheney was down the street talking to people. Now I know Dubya Gump and Mr. Dick do NOT control the weather but I am no fan of them for several reasons. Unlike some people I am in the business of saving lives so I am not happy about the fact that so many people have died in the aftermath of Katrina due to the slow action of FEMA not to even mention the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time for all the wrong reasons i.e. Iraq. And for those who don't know Mr. Cheney is infamous for telling Senator Leahy "GO **** YOURSELF" on the senate floor. Now my neighbor was talking to two police officers at the time and so I asked them if me and my friend could go down and see what was going on. They said they were looking forward to talk to the locals...LOL. So we grabbed my Canon digital rebel and my Sony videocamera and started walking down the street. And then right in front of the destroyed tennis court I used to play on Dick Cheney was giving a pep rally talking to the press. The secret service guys patted us down and waved the wands over us and then let us pass. Anyway I was standing about 10 feet away from Mr. Cheney while my friend was filming. I then took a picture of him and then yelled "Mr. Cheney Go F**** Yourself....Go F**** YOURSELF....Go F**** Yourself...you *******". I had/have no intention of harming anyone but merely wanted to echo Mr. Cheney's infamous words back at him. At that moment I noticed the secret service guys with a panic stricken look on their faces like they were about to tackle me so I calmly began walking back to my house waved to one of them and said "Have a nice day". My friend videotaped a little bit longer and then he came back to the house. We were loading the things we could salvage and about 10 minutes or so later two MP's waving M-16's showed up at my house. They said they were looking for someone who fit my description who had cursed at the VP. I told them I was probably the person they were looking for and so they put me in handcuffs and 'detained' me for about 20 minutes or so. My right thumb went numb because the cuffs were on so tight but they were fairly courteous and eventually released me after getting all my contact info. They said I had NOT broken any laws so I was free to go.
My wife, Lisa Marble, was featured on CNN after having our baby Sofia Grace shortly after the storm but the truth is we are still luckier than many people down here because at least we didn't die in the worst natural disaster in the history of our nation. Nevertheless I thought I could try to raise some awareness to the bad policies of the Dubya Gump administration and also possibly raise some money to replace the many things we lost. So I am going to auction the mini-dvd we personally shot of the event plus a bunch my personal footage of the disaster....(not to be mistaken with the video shown on "The Daily Show" or anywhere else which is already all over the web). I will also grant an interview to the winner if so desired." For those who wish to help me directly my paypal id is 'clone9@yahoo.com'

Ben Marble, M.D.

http://hurricanekatrinasucked.com/

FEMA SUCKS!!!!!

Adding fuel to recent and growing criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, a recently revealed government memo shows that the federal agency tasked with handling emergency relief efforts waited until after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast before seeking additional authority to deploy thousands of Department of Homeland Security personnel to the area. The August 29 memo from Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael D. Brown to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, which was obtained by the Associated Press, asks for 1,000 workers within 48 hours and 2,000 more within seven days.The category four hurricane hit land around 6 a.m. on Monday, August 29. Later that day, President George W. Bush declared Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana disaster areas. FEMA had already positioned some teams in the area, but waited until after the hurricane struck to ask the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA's umbrella agency, for additional help. The letter from Brown to Chertoff is polite and deferential. It does not sound urgent. "It is beneficial to use DHS employees as it allows us to be more efficient responding to the needs of this disaster and it reinforces the Department's All-Hazard's Capabilities," wrote Brown. "Thank you for your consideration in helping us meet our responsibilities in this near catastrophic event."The letter says that training will be provided for the requested personnel and that their responsibilities would be to "establish and maintain positive working relationships with disaster-affected communities and the citizens of those communities" and to "convey a positive image of disaster operations to government officials, community organizations and the general public."

Katrina's victims need a bed.

If anyone is within 500 miles of New Orleans & has an extra bed, couch or cot you can help. Please help if you can. These people have lost everything!

http://www.hurricanehousing.org/