The Big Easy

A misunderstanding was being blamed for a riot that broke out at the Louisiana Super Dome yesterday.

Thousands of New Orleans residents were falsely told to go to the Superdome to be rescued. They showed up expecting to receive a check from President Obama, who was in town attempting to show that his administration is making things better on the Gulf Coast.

“I heard somebody say “head down there cause Obama gonna give us our stimulus money for Katrina,” Ninth Ward resident Shaniqua Johnson told ABC News. “We didn’t get nothin.”

When the thousands that showed up realized that there was no Obama and, more importantly, no checks, things turned ugly.

CNN reporter Campbell Brown, traveling with the President, viewed the scene.“They started busting up seats, tearing down the goal posts, setting fires. It looked like Detroit on Hell Night!”

In a scene reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina National Guard and State Police were called in to try to restore order.

Clavin James, 22, put down the armful of New Orleans Saints football uniforms he was carrying long enough to recount his harrowing experiences during Katrina.

“The police came through the hood sayin we need to get out and that lootin was illegal. So I hit the Foot Locker, got mine and came down here waitin’ for a ride out. I had to wait four days! That’s some bullsh*t! Then another week to get my FEMA trailer and a month for the gov'ment checks and donation money to show. This is America, man. Why it take so dam long for me to get my money?”