if you honestly think i've developed this opinion from just one thread, you haven't been paying attention.
if you honestly think my comment had no hints of sarcasm or exaggeration, you have a poor grasp of literary devices.

>> ^Shepppard:

>> ^peggedbea:
now where are the sifts proto fascists to tell me how the victims deserved it?

If you're honestly comparing something of this magnitude to a girl being arrested, you've got problems lady.

>> ^peggedbea:

now where are the sifts proto fascists to tell me how the victims deserved it?


If you're honestly comparing something of this magnitude to a girl being arrested, you've got problems lady.

In reply to this comment by Duckman33:
Thanks man!

In reply to this comment by enoch:
just another clusterfuck that is called katrina.
these cops are fucking cunts.
*promote!

anytime man! us 80's metalheads have to stick together..
knowhatimsayin?

Thanks man!

In reply to this comment by enoch:
just another clusterfuck that is called katrina.
these cops are fucking cunts.
*promote!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'treme, hbo, new, orleans, katrina, hurricane, first, nation, native, american' to 'treme, hbo, new orleans, indians, katrina, hurricane' - edited by therealblankman

Great scene from a fantastic show. Season 1 just wrapped up with episode 10 last week.

For those who haven't seen the show, "Treme" is a New Orleans neighbourhood... it's pronounced "treh-may".

This scene shows a New Orleans Indian group paying tribute (funeral isn't the right term) to one of their Chiefs who died in the hurricane and flood- his house is in the background. Can't blame them for not wanting a tour bus full of gawkers snapping photos of a private and mournful moment.

Well-put! Thanks a lot for the clarification, timtoner. Your comment reminded me of a book I read recently: "Playing Indian," which tells a kind of history of this country as seen through the ways in which people have 'played out' the 'role' or adopted the 'image' of first nation people.

Anyway, your point is well-taken. I do think that one of the really complicated components of this scene is the fact that we encounter two instances of 'tourism' in it: one is a sort of 'cultural' tourism, while the other could have no better name than 'disaster' tourism (the latter of course being problematic in perhaps much more obvious ways).

>> ^timtoner:

This might be a touchy point, but giving this video a 'native' 'american' tag is a bit of a stretch, and 'first' 'nation' is right out. The New Orleans Indians are a wonderful adaptation of African culture to a new setting. They adopt the name and general aesthetic as gratitude for all that the Aboriginal Americans did for runaway slaves during the antebellum period. The elaborateness of their costumes came in direct response to Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show passing through the area in the 1880s.
Still, a powerful scene.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'treme, hbo, new, orleans, katrina, hurricaine, first, nation, native, american' to 'treme, hbo, new, orleans, katrina, hurricane, first, nation, native, american' - edited by kulpims

This might be a touchy point, but giving this video a 'native' 'american' tag is a bit of a stretch, and 'first' 'nation' is right out. The New Orleans Indians are a wonderful adaptation of African culture to a new setting. They adopt the name and general aesthetic as gratitude for all that the Aboriginal Americans did for runaway slaves during the antebellum period. The elaborateness of their costumes came in direct response to Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show passing through the area in the 1880s.

Still, a powerful scene.

>> ^Bradaphraser:

>> ^ghark:
How many people are actually staying? Surely it is common sense at this point to move away from the area - are people waiting for the government to tell them it is not safe, or is that they need financial assistance to move?

Same reason so many people didn't leave New Orleans after Katrina... not everyone can just pack up and leave.


Also because the government is apparently seriously downplaying just how awful things are, even to the people getting sick.

>> ^ghark:

How many people are actually staying? Surely it is common sense at this point to move away from the area - are people waiting for the government to tell them it is not safe, or is that they need financial assistance to move?


Same reason so many people didn't leave New Orleans after Katrina... not everyone can just pack up and leave.

I wonder good sirs, and ladies if in BP's haste did they fail to follow state law? Inquiring minds are just dieing to know. I'm now reminded of Black-water in New Orleans.

http://www.allbusiness.com/crime-law-enforcement-corrections/criminal-offenses/8902475-1.html

I'm guessing the laws in LA are lax, unlike the laws in VA, which require all Security Guards to display proper identification (license) at all times. See the section on Virginia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_guard#United_States

Another tip, Armed Security Officers may make Lawful Arrests. Although the general rule was never make an arrest unless it was a felonious offense and you have concrete proof (Multiple Eye Witnesses, Surveillance Footage, or Someone's life is in danger). All other offenses were to be differed to Peace Officers. During my time, I never once saw a crime, except trespass.

Compliance with the provisions of this article shall not itself authorize any person to carry a concealed weapon or exercise any powers of a conservator of the peace. A registered armed security officer of a private security services business while at a location which the business is contracted to protect shall have the power to effect an arrest for an offense occurring (i) in his presence on such premises or (ii) in the presence of a merchant, agent, or employee of the merchant the private security business has contracted to protect, if the merchant, agent, or employee had probable cause to believe that the person arrested had shoplifted or committed willful concealment of goods as contemplated by § 18.2-106. For the purposes of § 19.2-74, a registered armed security officer of a private security services business shall be considered an arresting officer.

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+9.1-146

local New Orleans radio show host on BP Oil Spill:

http://videosift.com/video/Garland-Robinette-14-Scary-Truths-about-BP-Oil-Leak

local New Orleans radio show host on BP Oil Spill:

http://videosift.com/video/Garland-Robinette-14-Scary-Truths-about-BP-Oil-Leak

>> ^dotdude:

Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans area on 8/29/05.
http://www.skeetobiteweather.com/createstorm.asp?stormnum=1352&
;year=2005
Hurricane Rita hit west Louisiana around 9/24/05. This press conference (in New Orleans) is happening prior to Rita making landfall - when the storm's exact course was in flux.
http://www.skeetobiteweather.com/createstorm.asp?stormnum=1358&
;year=2005


That's the context I was lacking from this, thanks for posting the time line. This guy sounds like a movie character, one of the good guys