the hidden horrors of mississippi
the hidden horrors of mississippi
hiding the devastation to score political points ...
We keep hearing from the Republican excuse makers that the problems in New Orleans are the fault of its Mayor, and of Louisiana's Governor. So how are things in their state, the one with a former GOP party chairman as Governor and two greasy insiders as Senators? Hint: not so great. But the Republican strategy of suppressing information has been more successful there in restricting information from getting to the public.
The information we do have paints the picture of a state out of touch with the situation on the ground, vulnerable elderly left alone in their own feces to be robbed and terrified, and a toxic waste situation so badly neglected that entire areas have become "haz-mat" zones. People there are suffering, too, but their misfortune is being downplayed for political reasons. A media fascinated with the photogenic misery of New Orleans has unwittingly played into their hands.
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Consider Bay High School in Bay St. Louis, Miss. It was an unofficial shelter turned cesspool, the sight of which ... should be considered a crime..,..people in their 70s, 80s and 90s wallowing in their own waste on the auditorium floors. They had been brought to the school and abandoned, most unable to move without help.
"Rats wouldn't even go in there," said Turner, of Bay St. Louis.
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