N.O.P.D. - Braving Everything to Restore Order

I have heard from my brother and two sisters still in New Orleans. They are well and helping the police as they can.

They and the police officers they have been feeding, doing laundry for and generally being there for psychologically are not only devastated but outraged.

My siblings were taking care of one of the policemen who committed suicide.

He was so distraught over the sheer number of people who had taken up arms against civillians, the police and the aid workers...and his guilt over having to shoot and kill so many citizens was overwhelming. When I mentioned the Bush Administration's spin that the local authorities had failed...my brother lost it.

To Paraphrase without the profanity:

"I dare anyone to try to smear the names of these brave men and women who have done the impossible without support from our government! Many have made it back to their homes only to find their wives and children dead and yet they are still there in New Orleans going out every night and doing what the National Guard refuses to do. "

"As late as Friday, the National Guard would not go into the worst areas and forced the police to go have the fire fights and drag out the bodies of the deceased while the Guard remained at their safe post near the Convention Center." My brother said the police are afraid when the actual body count from shootings is realized it will be a loss of human life beyond imagining.

This is why no autopsies are being performed on the deceased.

"Jefferson Parish Sherrif, Harry Lee said FEMA cut the phone lines to disrupt their rescue efforts and he had to have his own people reconnect them and place armed guards to prevent FEMA from attempting it again. "

This is the truth of the Bush Agenda. This is straight from the Police and Sherrifs on the ground in New Orleans.

When communications are restored and the truth gets out to the world BUSH IS TOAST!

Genocide is not going to go over well with the American people or the world.

Bless these brave distraught souls who have remained with the New Orleans Police Department for standing their ground and protecting the lives of the innocent civillians and rescue workers even though their lives have been shattered, we owe them a debt of gratitude I am afraid we will never be able to repay.