From Gulf to Gulf

[felicitas macgilchrist]

> Presumably they did not anticipate having their evacuation personnel 
> fired upon by hurricane survivors. Or is this a routine occurrence in  the 
> aftermath of a hurricane?

There are rumours (Gabriella is totally right, there is excellent reporting, 
in the blogs and the mainstream media, and even Fox News criticized the Bush 
administration) that it was not in fact 'evacuation personnel' who were 
fired upon, but the helicopters which were whizzing overhead - past the 
stranded - to secure the oil reserves, etc. These same rumours suggest that 
the issues of race and violence are merely a front to cover for the economic 
issue here. Not a lot of people have commented on the priority which seems 
to have been given to saving the oil, before the people were rescued. (Just 
an idea ;-)

The other thing was, how about we add the DA perspective to the op-eds 
around? In our privileged position (with lots of credibility and 'category 
entitlement' in these prof/dr titles), we would be listened to by the media, 
and perhaps be worthy of a place in the op-ed pages. Would be a nice channel 
for all the energy (and experience and keen observations) seen in these 
email lists. And writing at the speed required for news media might help us 
empathize with the news writers (some of us) analyse? Plus op-ed pieces can 
squeeze in so much context and analysis, for which there is no room in hard 
news. Sorry for suggesting this as if no-one has done it yet, I'm sure some 
of you have.
(And I'll write if someone will lend me their professor title ;-)
All the best,
Flyss


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felicitas macgilchrist
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Hogue" <alan at INCOMMUNICADO.ORG>
To: <DISCOURS at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: From Gulf to Gulf


> On Sep 6, 2005, at 6:22 PM, Christian Nelson wrote:
>
>> On Sep 6, 2005, at 7:21 PM, Elizabeth Brandt wrote:
>>
>>
>>> CNN said that the public hospital was not evacuated because  someone had 
>>> shot at the helicopter which delayed evacuation for at  least 2 days.
>>>
>>
>> Which begs the question as to why Homeland didn't have security  people 
>> in the area.
>> --Christian Nelson