Big Easy to Big Empty

August 29th 2006 marked the one year anniversary of the devastation in New Orleans caused by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This Special Greg Palast Report brings you exclusive footage and the stories you won't hear on the other networks — the hidden political agendas and the suppressed eyewitness reports.

Big Easy to Big Empty - The Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans
In this half-hour film, Greg Palast and his team travel to New Orleans to investigate what has happened since Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast last year. On his visit, he discovers that the population of New Orleans is miniscule, the reconstruction sparse, suicide rates are climbing, and many have not, nor know how to, return to the city that care forgot. He examines why residents had to leave, what really caused the flood and why they aren't returning.

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News & Politics

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• nola
• fema
• bush
• new
• orleans

[mscubana]

You have drowned yourself in your own ignorance. Shouldn't the pigs on Wall St receive the same judgement for their crimes against "God" for their continuous engagement in greed? Projecting religion into any argument is a fallacy in itself.

[lkw32]

You know what Bush didn't give a fuck about them people down in New Orleans just like he don't give a shit about the African American race. Don't let that muthafucker win, you can always find a way with FAITH. I know it's hard and I pray for everyone's safe return to their place called home. DON'T LET THAT MUTHAFUCKER TAKE YALL LAND AND TRANSFORM NEW ORLEANS INTO WHAT THEY WANT IT TO BE...FIGHT FOR WHAT'S YOURS, IT'S HARD BUT THIS BATTLE IS THE LORDS, HAVE FAITH AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM HE :)

[slovakmath]

oh! poor niggers. Woe is me.Maybe next time you will take a little responsibility for your own life and wont expect big brother to baby-sit you. Woe is me, oh poor niggers

[meno0611]

Thanks for my professor for sharing this video in our ethnicity and race class. This is beyond unbelievable.

[doctorj2u2]

@emanres100 You deserve the company of your own hatefilled mind. Sad. Very sad.

[emanres100]

In light of the fact the people of America have been betrayed by the negro race and its unending hatred for innocent white people (which is why we call them niggers, besides the fact they call themSELVES niggers and trick us into using the word so they can accuse us of it), it is not surprising that New Orleans wasn't given a hundred billion to rebuild everyone's house an give everyone a fake job. The Democrats would have, but they are murdering us all, white AND black This video is propoganda.

[TheRealtalk504]

new orleans had 2 suffer because of this big NEW WORLD ORDER

[missspoonful]

Thank you so much for exposing this. Your work of reporting is of paramount importance and I'm very glad someone went after the truth behind what was really a social, political disaster.

[kidbleau]

Hey Greg,

I have been watching this over and over. What a Fine piece of Work.

We also hung this on my blog today, New Orleans Ladder, in line with Dr Ivor van Heerden's lawsuit against LSU, which is imminent.

Please come by and check it out and tell us what you think. We could really use you down here right now coming up on what looks to be a Heavy Weather Hurricane Season.

You are such a Herolero!

Thank you,

Editilla~New Orleans Ladder

[MzeeDala]

After they win the Superbowl their pain would be eased and their wounds would be healed! God willingly they would win it today, the city needs it bad!

[SteffanLlwyd]

Race and class have got tied up together 'specially in America. In the UK we have class real bad and less difficulty with race. We were horrified by what the BBC reported from New Orleans and how it all came about the way it did.