Hurricane Katrina Quotes - Page 2

• A miracle is a single mom who works two jobs to care for her kids and still helps them with their homework at night. A miracle is a child donating all the money in their piggy bank to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. That's where you'll find the hand and face of God.

  Cathie Linz

  Mom, Jobs, Children

  Cathie Linz (2006). “Good Girls Do”, p.85, Penguin

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• I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim.

  Carlos Mencia

  Taught Us, People, Swim

  "New Orleans Web Denizens Steamed Over Mencia's Orpheus Invite" by Lauren List, www.mardigras.com. February 05, 2009.

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• Moreover, it is so important that people have the opportunity to share their stories and have them documented. There have been large-scale oral history projects after many events, from September 11th to Hurricane Katrina. Many oral history projects are much more confined, but equally valuable. We can learn about different working conditions, living conditions, trauma experiences and much more through oral history.

  Patricia Leavy

  Opportunity, People, September 11

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• Recent events in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reaffirmed for me, however, the complete folly of any Republican strategy to increase black representation in the Republican Party by appeals based on race. Whatever the name- 'African American Outreach' or 'Black Republicans for Bush'- any effort to attract blacks or any other ethnic group to the Republican party, based on explicit or implicit appeals to race or ethnic identity, are not only a waste of time and resources, but are also misguided and potentially quite damaging to the nation.

  Ward Connerly

  Party, Names, Race

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• In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.

  Bobby Jindal

  Home, Louisiana, Dozen

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• A good two years after Hurricane Katrina I remember feeling so devastated and so ignorant that there was so much damage still left. I felt like here I was an American and this is an American city and the government hasn't done enough and people haven't given back enough. Everyone forgot and the city was lying in waste.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Lying, Government, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need, .. Right now, the victims of Hurricane Katrina need our help. Entire communities have been destroyed. Families have been torn apart. Many are still missing. Tens of thousands remain homeless. As the recovery proceeds, we in the Senate pledge to do everything in our power to help rebuild the shattered lives across the Gulf Coast.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Recovery, Government, Profound

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• Please, accept the most sincere words of sympathy over the natural disaster that affected the United States . I know that hurricane Katrina that hit the US south-western coast led to casualties, left homeless dozens of thousands of US citizens and inflicted a strong damage to the economy of this region. I ask you to convey my condolences to the next of kin of those killed,.

  Vladimir Putin

  Strong, Condolences, Hurricanes

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• As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

  Bobby Jindal

  Communication, Government, Louisiana

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• Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain.

  Paul Gillmor

  Gasoline, Devastation, Hurricanes

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• We are deeply saddened by the tremendous loss of life and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, .. Starbucks has a long tradition of striving to bring together people and communities where we do business. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and many others impacted by this natural disaster; our prayers and thoughts are with all the families who have lost loved ones.

  Howard Schultz

  Prayer, Lost Love, Condolences

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• Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island.

  Bobby Jindal

  Rhode Island, Islands, Years

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• Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses and emergency shelters wouldn't allow their animals.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, People, Shelter

  "Pets Should Be Evacuated, Too" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2011.

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• What if Manhattan was hit by Hurricane Katrina?

  Jadakiss

  Rap, Hip Hop, What If

  Song: What If, Album: The Last Kiss, 2009

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• To be sure, the story of Hurricane Katrina does have a moral for anyone not deliberately blind. The races are different. Blacks and whites are different. When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western Civilization-any kind of civilization-disappears.

  Jared Taylor

  Race, Civilization, Doe

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• I think it is absolutely reprehensible to believe that any member of this House, Democrat or Republican, would want to do anything that would jeopardize the ability to find out exactly what happened leading up to hurricane Katrina and exactly what happened in the aftermath.

  David Dreier

  Believe, Thinking, House

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• We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We couldn't do it, but God did.

  Richard Baker

  New Orleans, Hurricanes, Hateful

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• Fraud is common when you give away billions. Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top $2 billion. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, and at least one sex change operation.

  Mark Skousen

  Girl, Sex, Vacation

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• As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar.

  Rick Renzi

  Summer, America, Energy

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• Hurricane Katrina was caused by political correctness. I said it!

  Carlos Mencia

  Political, Politics, Hurricanes

  "Mind of Mencia". Comedy, 2005 - 2008.

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• The Bush administration has now provided three case studies in arrogance, isolation and destructiveness: Michael Brown during Hurricane Katrina, Ambassador Jerry Bremer in Baghdad and Secretary Paulson at Treasury. It is a tragic and very expensive legacy. No conservative and no Republican should doubt how much it has hurt our cause and our party.

  Newt Gingrich

  Hurt, Party, Arrogance

  "Dawn of a Newt Age" by David Corn, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2009.

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• Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue.

  Ross Gelbspan

  Real, Names, Oil

  "Katrina’s Real Name" by Ross Gelbspan, www.motherjones.com. August 30, 2005.

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• I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, that there was to be a homosexual parade on the Monday that the Katrina came, and the promise of that parade was that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other Gay Pride parades. So I believe that the judgment of God is a very real thing, and I believe that the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans.

  John Hagee

  Monday, Believe, Pride

  "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. March 7, 2008.

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• It is safe to say that almost every person living in New Orleans at the moment Hurricane Katrina struck shared your belief in an omnipotent, omniscient, and compassionate God. But what was God doing while Katrina laid waste to their city? Surely He heard the prayers of those elderly men and women who fled the rising waters for the safety of their attics, only to be slowly drowned there.

  Sam Harris

  Prayer, Men, Elderly

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• You saw on your TV what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The Reserves or National Guard are usually the people we use for those national emergencies. They weren't here, they were over in Iraq, and so we were less protected.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  New Orleans, Iraq, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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