Quotes about stranded (16 Quotes)




    Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out.

    Otherwise we have stranded gas, nowhere to go. So connecting to the pipeline is absolutely critical to raising funding and moving ahead with larger elements of the project.




    After meeting with Louisiana officials last week, Rev. Jesse Jackson said, quote, 'Many black people feel that their race, their property conditions and their voting patterns have been a factor in the response.' He continued, quote, 'I'm not saying that myself.' Then I'll say it. If the majority of the hardest hit victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were white people, they would not have gone for days without food and water, forcing many to steal for mere survival. Their bodies would not have been left to float in putrid water. They would have been rescued and relocated a hell of a lot faster than this. Period. I mean, reporters and crews are getting to stranded people, and government and military agencies can't Why don't the networks run FEMA When I saw pictures of black people taking things from stores, my first thought was 'How are those Nikes necessary for your survival' And then it hit me People need shoes and clothing. Some escaped the floods with just the clothing on their backs. We have American citizens, not 'refugees' from an underdeveloped country, waiting for food, water, shelter, and electricity for four, five, six days.

    Mr. President, thousands of people are stranded in New Orleans, still waiting for help. Some are wondering if America will help them or if they need to turn to Mexico. Many are saying that the government has let them down, that they're being treated like animals, not human beings. What do you say to them.


    When Michael Brown admitted to reporters that he didn't know thousands of survivors were stranded at the New Orleans convention center without food or water, even though TV journalists had been reporting that fact for hours, his appearance before us today became inevitable.


    Last year, when we were in Mobile, Al., covering Hurricane Ivan, we heard the stories of poor people, many of them black stranded downtown because they had no way out.


    There is a Free Trade System with love and charity being exchanged and caring acts being passed on to others. Example Leather clad motorcyclists assisting when I was stranded. There are also the consumers who do not pass on the caring acts they only consume love (not ever quite receiving enough).

    These poor black people were left stranded in the city when federal government had resources readily available and they didn't deliver the resources and I think people died because of this and these are tough questions that need to be answered.

    As we're talking today we haven't seen any diversions, but we're getting near to that point where the risk is much greater. As you get closer to July, you'll have customers who remember what happened five years ago who were stranded without service making other arrangements.



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