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Huh?-->He is a super smart guy and makes great films, but gets too emotional and ruins his own reputation. Oh really?? Why wouldn't ANYone be emotional about this? AMericans down there were FORGOTTEN!!
What I don't get is how you 1. Say you only watched it at your wifes insistance? Why did she have to insist? Did'nt you want to know what really happened there? 2.What Spike believed is JUST what the residents believed why single the director of the film out? Explosions were heard according to them as well.I still ask the question of how come Micheal Moore was M.I.A if there was a time for him to make an appearance that was it.

Spike Lee did not sugar coat anything went he put this documentary together. He showed us what the News didn't. He left it up to us to make our own judgements. The government let those people down and have not done enough to correct the situation down there. After seeing this film I think we need to change the face of government and give others a chance to make it better. Obviously the people in power have no idea how to run a country, let alone a disaster.

A powerful documentary. I was impressed at how many different opinions were included. As for the differences between "When the Levees Broke" and "Fahrenheit" I think there are many. For one, Michael Moore natrrated and appeared on camera in his film. In "W.T.L.B." Spike Lee let the story be told by the people who lived it. I didn't get the impression that Spike Lee felt it was important to put himself at the center of his documentary film. ~ Fitz

Fitz I agree! To me? There's nothing no director could say that the people that went through they themselves couldn't cover.Take the woman Mrs.Phyllis Montana for instance her anger alone came across in the film as gut wrenching as well as her heart warming strength.She was seriously AWESOME!
Mz Scorpio considering how correct your post really is? Continue to vent! That is why When The Levees Broke means SO very much the people in the gulf coast hardly got the chance to.This is just where you come in. To cover the places Spike & the media did not.

SlverDoor.If an underconstructed levee washed out everything you own & held dear to you.You're telling me you can be back on your feet in a matter of 12 months!? People there & most of the Gulf Coast had great jobs,degrees,college education,& some were also senior citizens with much less.SO it may in fact be easy for people like yourself to blog how they aren't doing enough to get on their feet. Yet our country that is incredibly arrogant & so quick to claim the title The Land of Opprotunity did VERY little to save the lives of it's citizens those 5days!!For people to now 12 months later call those that survived lazy or in Houston they're labeling some there bad tenants is horrendous. As a former New Orleans resident what exactly would you have done if this included you?? Place the blame where it belong the drainage is from UNjust wars & a AWFUL administration.The money blown on that could restored The Gulf Coast EASILY.

Once again you are right wrightmommy, State Rights take precedence over Federal involvement.
It took Nagin and Blanco 5 days to stop fighting and ask for help.

PROUDMUM and others, when are you going to man up and stop being scared to say what you REALLY mean. You guys constantly refer to the victims of Katrina as CITIZENS or AMERICANS. Say what you really mean..THE BLACK PEOPLE in new orleans were ignored and treated badly by our government.

Quit playin ExMPD!! LOL What channel were you on watching that destruction BET perhaps?? Blacks weren't the only ones mistreated down there & you KNOW IT! Don't go there. Yes of course Nagin & Blanco dropped the ball as far as evacuation was concerned yet the same crap could easily happen here not everyone here has cars either!! We have ridiculous traffic without chaos (did you even see downtown D.C. on 9/11 I DID) We are in NO way prepared if something like that occurs here!! Exodus would be just as chaotic now as it was then.TRUST ME. Since when was I ever afraid to speak da real up on here? I ain't the one you've got me mixed up with other sugarcoaters. C'mon now....

Thank you MdPrdMum, and you're correct, blacks were not the only race horribly affected by this tragedy..the entire HUMAN race has been torn apart by this. The south definitely has it's race issues, but the white people (wealthy or not) lost loved ones, property, and family memories that can never be replaced, just as the blacks, asians, and latinos lost theirs. I was always proud of my country until 8/29/05. It was then that the reality of the state of our government came into focus. Our president and his elected officials forgot the most important things of all FAMILY and HOME. They were so busy trying to fight a war we have no business being in, that we didn't have enough troops and resources to take care of our own. I will never be able to erase the nightmares from my heart, and I will never be able to forgive my government for abandoning us during the time of our greatest need. Color of skin is irrelevant. We will all hurt over this for years to come. Spiritually, emotionally, physically and economically.

Wrightmommy, I'm am perfectly capable of being proud of my country AND disagreeing with a war that I truly believe we should not be in. Oh, I'm sorry, you must have forgotten that it's my right as a US citizen to have an opinion and voice it as well! I am embarrassed by a government that goes to other countries and tells them they are doing things wrong and yet that same government can't and won't take care of it's own people....you can't possibly think it's ok to leave people stranded and helpless the way our government did.

Lets see if I can get the quote by the "mayor" of New Orleans right....
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin criticized efforts to redevelop the world trade center site when confronted in a TV interview about delays in rebuilding his city after Hurricane Katrina.During the interview a correspondent pointed out flood-damaged cars still on the streets of New Orleans' devastated Ninth Ward. Nagin replied "You guys in New York can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and its five years later. So lets be fair"

And you all keep trying to draw attention from the mayor by putting the blame on the feds. You are as bad as he is. Confronted with a problem, he brings up others difficulties. "A hole in the ground" is his words. What in the world. How can anyone be that stupid and insensitive. He was asked about flood damaged cars and this is what he brings up. But hey, lets all focus on the president.