Oliver Thomas
Oliver Thomas
Oliver M. Thomas, Jr., is a Democratic politician from New Orleans. He served on the New Orleans City Council from 1994 to 2007. On August 13, 2007, Thomas resigned his council seat after pleading guilty to bribery charges...
blame everybody government ludicrous prepared shares talk
Everybody shares the blame here, ... but when you talk about the mightiest government in the world, that's a ludicrous and lame excuse. You're FEMA, and you're the big dog. And you weren't prepared either.
black died folks people poor protecting ramp saying talking thinking trying white woman
If he (Lawson) is saying they would do the same thing over again, is he saying the same woman who died on the ramp because she couldn't get over the bridge, is he saying he would let that woman die again? ... I don't think he's thinking that. I think he's talking political. He's just trying to make white folks in Gretna think he's protecting them from all those poor black people from New Orleans.
maybe shame
Maybe it has to be primitive, but it still has to happen. It would be an international shame if it didn't.
anybody assure sidewalk walking
Let me assure you, there isn't anybody walking up and down my sidewalk these days,
coming opera people soap
We don't need soap opera watchers all day. We need people who are coming back if you are able.
damage floor held major ought second structural terms together work
No major structural damage. No major damage in terms of a lot of the second floor units. A lot of the roofs: they held up pretty good. It's something we ought to be able to work together to work out. I just don't know why we haven't done it yet.
almost field football water
It's almost like a pancake, about a football field long, ... Right where there was a wharf there is water now.
behind desperate finding katrina seems situation storms worst
It seems like the storms attributed to Katrina never stop. We're still finding bodies. We can't seem to put the worst of this behind us to even get to rebuilding. It's just a very, very, very bad, desperate situation down here.
hug lean
We're going to have to lean on each other, hug each other.
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Where is the soul of New Orleans? ... Vegas and Utah , parts of Texas, California , Michigan , Baton Rouge. It's all over.
corps level near ninth nowhere quality
The patchwork the corps did on the Ninth Ward was nowhere near the level they did on 17th Street. It wasn't the same quality work.
time
This is something that should have been done a long time ago.
gave
This is a big loss. He gave a damn,
chosen god sure
God has chosen him right now, ... We need to make sure that he's successful.