Clearly I am feeble in some way

[korilian]

Today was my first lesson French. My first lesson advanced University level French.

As I was listening to the teacher blathering away (in French) what was expected of us for the next few weeks, I could just picture myself sitting in that English class I could have picked, instead.
Sure, I'll read a book in English and then write a single paged review on it in English. Can I? Can I? Can I?
Will Lord of the Rings do? Read that about a dozen times.
Hell! How about I do it in German! I speak German!

But nooo! I figured it would be cool to learn a new language! Challenge myself! Your going to the university! Be braniacy!

Which brings me back to that advanced University level French class... And the fact that I don't actually speak French...


Je suis une imbecile!


But enough about me. Here's something I've been wondering about all day; If New Orleans has finally been evacuated completely, then how come my local paper is still posting interviews with people who decided to stay because they couldn't take their pets with them? Am I the only one who keeps getting this image of city officials entering the city six months down the road, only to be confronted by the independent peoples republic of Nawlins? Could hardly fault them really.

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[nemo-gravis.livejournal.com]

All food and water is cut off and they are forcibly evacuating people (with an emphasis on the word force) as we speak. The one fun thing? The armed forces are involved in the evacuation now and with the powers they've been given to deal with it, they requisitioned CNN's boat to help with the evacuation effort :)

This entire sitch is so disgusting to me because nothing was done ASAP. The people were left to fend for themselves for days at a time, the town was blockaded by the National Guard and no one was being allowed out. Yes, that's right, no one was being allowed out. There were women and babies locked into the Convention Centre (locked in) with the dead and dying. Some kids were dying in fact. The reason? No one in there got food or drink for several days. But the guards outside were fine.

And thirty miles down the street from where another few thousand people were lying for days without information or food or water and dying by the dozen every hour, the food and supplies to help were being kept safe.

Do you know why? Because supposedly, Homeland Security didn't want to encourage people to stay in the city which they felt was bound to happen if they gave out any help. Oh, and yes, again, the city was blockaded to prevent people from getting OUT.

So basically, it was a death-trap. No help going in and most people unable to leave. That's starting to get better now. But honestly? The world is mad.

[korilian.livejournal.com]

Now that I did hear. Bastards.

I was also shocked to hear that the national guard shot some looters crossing a bridge. From what I heard they started the fire fight too. I get that they have to stop the outbreaks of violence, cuz things were really out of control, but just killing people cuz they armed up (I'm big with the anti-gun, but I don't buy that only looters armed up after everything that went down).

As for the whole, 'We stopped the looting, pat our back' thing. Whoopee. Way to fricking prioritize! The handful of television sets that didn't short circuit because of the water, have been preserved for mankind. Maybe they'll still work by the time people can re-enter the city to reclaim their shops and houses.
Except for those who didn't get aid in time that is.