NOLA: The EVERYDAY Struggle
What's Goin' On? - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (feat Chuck D)
What's Goin' On? - Donny Hathaway
The truth is out there. You just have to look for it. Opening a newspaper or turning on the news, it's easy to forget that New Orleans is still in the "rebuilding" phase. Eff that. They haven't even crossed the bureacratic red-tape line.
All the while, the folks of New Orleans are just trying to get by. Grocery stores. Hospitals. Schools with teachers. Streets without guns. They're just trying to get by.
The truth is out there. We'll just help you look. Biochemical Slang presents: News you can USE (NOLA EDITION):
- You don’t have to go to Baghdad to see what happens when government loses its monopoly on force; just visit New Orleans. The title "BAGHDAD ON THE BAYOU" says it all.
- The PROJECTS: The slums or the best buildings in flooded New Orleans? I've never been a betting man, but...we all know what's gonna happen to the projects.
- Cam'Ron sure didn't help NOLA with his latest publicity stunt: Scared Silent: Fear of deadly retaliation mutes many NO witnesses.
- Teachers may soon be the next to flee NOLA.
- Not only did FEMA eff up its handling of Katrina, they couldn't even correctly count the number of meals they were forced to throw away after not even delivering them to the Katrina refugees.
- Foreign allies offered more than 854 million dollars in aid and oil to help those in need after Hurricane Katrina hit our shores. So far, only 40 million has been used and only 400 million has been collected. YOU do the math.
Good night and good luck.
posted by vik on Monday, April 30, 2007
3 Comments:
wats up man, its my first post here and i figured this topic was as good as any...I admit that when the whole katrina thing happened, i wasnt too concerned. I was still in high school and cared about other things like the never-ending pursuit of pussy. But anyways, it wasnt until this year, spring break to be exact, that I actually paid attention to the situation in NO. I soon learned about an opportunity through my college to volunteer my spring break down there and signed up as fast as I could
let me tell you man, the things I saw there are things I would never wish upon anyone. I was there a little over a month ago and everything is still shit. The houses look like they were JUST hit by the hurricane. I mean, theres fucking dvd's and bottles of half-drank liquor in these damaged homes.
Most of the time, there were entire blocks that were abandoned by its residents.
Now, about the police situation: When I was there, there was a scuffle between a couple, both residents of NOLA. When 911 was called, the 911 operator simply asked "Are they black or white?" (they were black) over half an hour later, two humvees with about three soldiers (or national guardsmen, i dont know) show up along with two cops. The fucking army showed up man! thats when I realized that NOLA is incredibly fucked up.
They say its gonna take fifteen years for NOLA to be the same again...lets hope it happens sooner
reNEW ORLEANS
what's goin on jince.
damn. this is what we need more of my dude. TRUTH.
we hear about the revitalization. we're gonna rebuild.
bullshit.
where are the results? where are the teachers for the schools?
i appreciate your comments jince. kudos to visiting nola and coming away with something.
PEACE
Your phrase is brilliant
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