conspiracy theory

[Ilovethemall]

Check this out from an influential black leader in the US - no wonder that country is fucked up - and yes kids, that means white and black are fucked up!!

"I heard from a very reliable source who saw a 25 foot deep crater under the levee breach," Farrakhan explained. "It may have been blown up to destroy the black part of town and keep the white part dry."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/14/201055.shtml

 

[Yman]

And look at the source.....

Even Rev. Jesse Jackson had long ago distanced himself from Mr. Louis Farrakhan. I suppose this story was published as another anecdote to reveal the absurd ideas of Farrakhan and it once again shows why he's not really a ' player ' anymore.

 

[Maury Beniowski]

an influential black leader in the US

Black yes, influential, no...

 

[Ilovethemall]

yup

I say influential because they had one of the current rap stars - I forget the name of the guy on CNN and he refused to refute this theory because he wasn't there and it was "possible".

I agree that he has been out of the loop for a long time, but still to put this junk on any major news program....groan.

 

[Yman]

News ????

well, maybe that should tell you something about the news program that's carrying the story.....

 

[Herb_The_Perb]

What an idiot -- blowing up the levee would not keep the white parts of the city dry. It would flood some white parts, and cut off the higher ones from the rest of the area.

 

[mexman]

Always a racial spin

This whole New Orleans thing has nothing to do with race and everything to do with the fact thay never believed it would happen, and when it did it was due to total disorganization with a bunch of leaders, being the govenor of louisanna and the head of fema, Mr. brown hole. Had it been only the Mayor of new orleans and Bush calling the shots things would have gotten done quicker. Not defending Bush here either, he's the one that appointed that butthole, useless fuckin butthole. He looked like a guy that would have to call his mom before he does anything. The govener was eating him for breakfast. Totally disorganized and nobody calling the shots, thats what happened. Racial, no. When the city is largely black, just sheer numbers will tell what they will be affected more. I totally am on thier side saying things should have been a lot faster. The racial slanders from side to side will never end. After this one there will be something else happen and it will be just another excuse to stand up and blame race. There are many cases of racism each day, but blowing up th levy???? Hasn't this guy ever seen the erosion that water would do once it has a pinhole to go thru. Black or white, he's a fuckin bozo.

 

[cancowboy2001]

Even a blind squirrel ...

How come this crater didn't show up on TV? By now we've all seen that hole in the levee a zillion times...has anyone else seen the crater?
And how come media give this idiot a soapbox instead of providing sensible discussion?

This was reported in the Globe & Mail on Sept 5:

...
Mr. Anderson had seen lots of storms come and go in his 41 years living in the Big Easy. Katrina was bad, but not the worst he'd seen. It didn't knock a window out of his house. After it fled Louisiana for Mississippi, Mr. Anderson and his neighbours went out on their lawns to compare notes.

"Then we heard a loud boom," says Mr. Anderson, a juvenile detention officer. "We thought it was a generator at first but then we later learned that it was the levee. That someone was trying to put a hole in it to relieve some of the water pressure or divert some water or something and that hole led to a much bigger one.

"Someone was trying to do the right thing, I think, and it created a much bigger problem. It's going to all come out, what happened. I don't think you can blame this on racism."
...

I never saw any follow-up as to what they had actually heard ....
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