Do you think the President should visit New Orleans during Mardi Gras to show his support for the city?
152284
Yes, dressed in a grass skirt and Wellington boots.
107225
There are alot of questions here so I'll try to answer them all.\n\n"When New Orleans was hit with the hurricane and wiped off the map, in my heart I felt I should give money to help the people. That was just common nature for a U. S. citizen to naturally do for our country or other country's around the world no mater what type of government they have in place." \n\nI feel two ways about this matter.  One is this Country gives to much monney to other Countrys and not enoth to this one.  But at the same time the people in Orleans where asked to leve and did not they had two weeks to pack up and leve but they did not.  What could we have done when so many people picked not to leve?\n\n"What I am concerned with is if the money I gave, got to a PERSON from that specific state or other country I sent the money to?"\n\nQuestion?  Who did you give you're money to?\nJust waching MSNBC and they said that there was alot of "fraud and abuse" that people where doing over there.  (check out url for more info.)  Makes you feel just a tad less sorry for these people.\n\n"Why is it that our government can't take responsibility and pay up, for there mistake in the first place. From what I have read, it was known that those levies could not hold a category 4 or 5 hurricane years or decades ago, but failed to strengthen them back when it was first discovered? \n\nI don't think any mistakes where made.  The truth is that  New Orleans is sinking as it stands now New Orleans is lower then sea level.  The reasons that thoes levies have not been fixed are one the cost is to grate for a city that is sinking and two they don't even know if it's posablem to fix them.  Even if they are fixed and we get another "Katrina" it's posable for this to happen again and again.  "IF" we do fix these levies we are putting peoples lives at risk.\n\n"Do you think it was rude of the two presidents to ask us to give more money when it is our nature to give, even until it hurts?"\n\nDo I think it's rude?  No, I don't.  \n\n"Did you help when 911 happened ?"\nYes, but I feel as if it was not enoth\n\n"or Live Aid?\nor Live8?"\n\nLive Aid, No.  Or Live8 don't know what that is.
251197
I feel that he is trying his best for all the chaos that he is facing since begining of his presidency. We should support him, anyway he won the election that means most American chose him to run this country. I am not Bush supporter but I believe that we should support whoever run our country at this moment.
142421
In New Orleans on Fat Tuesday! haha, but seriously check out the jazz section in your local cd store like FYE or Tower Records or something, you'll see loads of Mardi Gras music, but I would recommend instead of that one song to peruse some of Dr. John's music, you'll thank me later.
421997
i think we should stick bush over there and then see if he changes his tune a little bit;)
69140
Because he's an idiot who has rich friends who profit from wars. We should impeach the moron. Do you remember what Clinton always said. Are you doing better now since I took office or worse. You won't hear George W say that. JFK said ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country you .... sure wasn't heard in New Orleans except we heard give me give me give me
1118300
New Orleans, the Titanic, and the President's approval rating...   why would you give the answer away?  jeeze oh well 2 points  yay
980702
I think he has done a heck of a great job defending us against terrorism. He could work a little harder against immigration, but he has done a lot for humanity. He might not be the most well spoken president but the man has done what he thought was right for us. God says that he puts kings in power and he takes them out of power. So whether it's George Bush or Bill Clinton, they have a purpose to be there.
173583
Well, Mardi Gras came and went........its a celebration of zombies......so I'm thinking.......uh.....yeah!
605154
i would love it. it would be so awesome. i would also be celebrating. i would support him all the way though the whole campaign and term(s). bring it on.
917387
I think it's good to help people no matter where they are, but it's true that a lot more focus needs to be done here.  How can Bush say he is concerned with the welfare and safety of the Iraqi people when he can leave his own people stranded in New orleans for all of those horrible days? He was on vacation when he knew a huge storm was coming. Did he send troops there to protect his own people? I see your point.
682531
His attitude isn't bad, it just is different than what you have.  He should have not gotten re-elected, but it basically was a black/white issue.  Blacks voted for him, whites voted against him.  The whites of New Orleans see how blacks feel on the national level now. Because you are a minority your candidate will never win.  David Duke or Satan himself (if he was white) could run for president of the US against Barack Obama or some other major black candidate regardless of political affiliation and win.  It's a black/white issue, you don't think racism is here... HERE IT IS.  Just went the way you aren't used to seeing it.  Another interesting case of this was OJ, different reasons and whatnot, same thing though.  These are some of the very few cases where I think the blacks won and whites lost. It's a sucky feeling isn't it?  To be on the wrong side of the road, imagine if everything in the country everyday seemed to go this backwards.  Welcome to my world!\n\nOh, and by the way, he brings up black and white issues because in New Orleans black and white issues come up everyday.  I just came from down there a couple months ago, well, Baton Rouge. A lot of people are still there from Katrina.  It is ridiculous how the whites look at us in public.  They don't want to sit by us, look at us, or anything. I didn't do anything to them. That is why Nagin brings up race so much, because if he didn't he wouldn't have gotten elected.  No other candidates would have done anything to help the lower class, they never do.
223926
no offense but i think george w bush is a bad president because he left the victims in the Katrina inside New Orleans for a whole week (7 whole days). If the news and camera crews could come to new orleans i think that bush could have gotton a plane and semt people out of their!
37848
How could you possibly say no? Would your city be worth rebuilding? Political corruption? You think New Orleans is the only city that has run into a few issues? Dare we look into the corruption of our own cities? Or are we just lucky enough to have not been hit by a natural disaster so that we don't have our city plastered all over the media? \n\nFolks........forget what you see on the media. Please think of the people that live there. Forget how the media portrayed some of the people. Reactions during a disaster are not our common behaviors. Survival instincts kick in. \n\nYes.....it is MORE than worth rebuilding. And we should be coming together to do it...not righteously condemning a city which we all know is symbolic of much of America these days. \n\n*steps off soap box*
250446
Mardi Gras might have been smaller overall (8 days of parades instead of 11), but it was the best one yet.  I've lived in New Orleans for the past 11 years - 3 of those on the parade route.  On the second weekend of parades, the crowds were huge!  Just as big as before.  The parades were more exciting and the atmosphere was the most upbeat ever.\n\nI think that mardi gras was a huge success and a good way to help the recovery and rebuilding process
1174544
I would thank him for showing interest in the electoral process and maybe ask him if he would like to join my gay friends, black and Hispanic friends as we go around registering people to vote. We don't have to discuss political viewpoints, we just want people to vote.
87215
No I don't think so and I am so sick of hearing the race card get played.\n\n1st of all Mayor Nagin had the power to evacuate his City before even bothering to contact the President but Mayor Nagin failed.\n\n2nd of all a lot of residents of New Orleans chose to stay in their homes when they were warned.