A different POV about NO

[Fergie]

I think TRNDRVR's anti-Democrat radar went off.

GOD

Now he'll be to this thread in no time.

 

[BruteXJ]

I can walk 30 miles in 24 hours easily if I need to, probably much further.

I've been curious about fat poor people for a long time now. I can't figure it out.

I was poor once. I'm not now. I lived out of a '79 Chevy Caprice for more than a year. Even if you're 6'2" you can sleep comfortably in the trunk if everything you own is in garbage bags beneath you.

My XJ rides low in the back because I've always got enough canned food and water (rationed sensibly) for a week in the back, plus enough gear to provide for myself almost indefinitely if need be (excluding clothing). If the Jeep washed away, I'd find a way.

Couldn't, or wouldn't......that is the question.

I am my own responsibility.

 

[red91]

Maxine Waters said if the Superdome would have been filled with white people from the city, instead of the blacks from the projects, the response would have been different. Truer words were never spoken. But the fact that is was a sea of black instead of white supports the fact that people with means bailed, and those without were left behind.


Brian

Maine Waters is a POLITICAL WHORE...who needs to shut her mouth...same damn thing with hillary...

 

[Darky]

Wow, I'm amazed...in one post you have managed to accuse everyone else of being racist for not helping the people of New Orleans because a large portion are black. Then in the middle of that you say that there's a lot of blacks which means that they're poor. You accuse the authorities of not helping because they're black. You then equate black with being poor, as though that's a universal truth. Your next point you say that we need to help those who are mentally unfit to survive (ie: the ones who chose to stay behind) but those who have diabetes are out of luck. Survival of the fittest and all. That's awesome, I wish I could sound so serious while saying so little.

 

[GI-John]

And there are complaints at the shelters because donations don't include much XXL clothing.

Only in America can the POOREST also be the FATTEST.



In the famous words of Yakov Smirnov.....WHAT A COUNTRY!

 

[Captain Ron]

...

I am my own responsibility.

You, sir, are completely un-American. How dare you suggest...

You would be right at home as a citizen of most of the world though.

--ron

 

[Atl XJ]

Maine Waters is a POLITICAL WHORE...who needs to shut her mouth...same damn thing with hillary...

I couldn't agree more.

 

[WrenchMonkey]

I've already ranted enoung to let everyone know I loved every word of this.

For those that would like the original (easier to read/print) it's here:

The Intellectual Activist

Robert

 

[ECKSJAY]

You, sir, are completely un-American. How dare you suggest...

You would be right at home as a citizen of most of the world though.

--ron

Or this guy (I like him, hope they leave him be):

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050908/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_katrina

In the high and dry French Quarter, 48-year-old Jack Jones said he would resist if authorities tried to force him out of the home where he has lived since the 1970s.

While the streets were strewn with garbage, rotting food and downed power lines, Jones kept his block pristine, sweeping daily, spraying for mosquitoes and even pouring bleach down drains to kill germs.

Jones said the sick, the elderly and people who lack supplies should be evacuated — but not folks like him. He has 15 cases of drinking water, a generator, canned ravioli, wine, coffee and three cartons of Marlboros.

"I've got everything I need," he said. "I just want to be left alone."

 

[8Mud]

Wow, I'm amazed...in one post you have managed to accuse everyone else of being racist for not helping the people of New Orleans because a large portion are black. Then in the middle of that you say that there's a lot of blacks which means that they're poor. You accuse the authorities of not helping because they're black. You then equate black with being poor, as though that's a universal truth. Your next point you say that we need to help those who are mentally unfit to survive (ie: the ones who chose to stay behind) but those who have diabetes are out of luck. Survival of the fittest and all. That's awesome, I wish I could sound so serious while saying so little.

I can kind of understand where your coming from. But we are all a product of our experiences. You really have to separate prejudice from racism. About the second or third time some guy sucker punches you or hits you over the head from the rear, your gonna be leery of letting most anybody get behind you, some more than others. Right, maybe not, but sure as heck prudent, understandable and maybe even smart. Prejudice is an expectation, often racialy grounded. Which works both directions.
A true white (or black) racist would probably watch a black (or white) baby drown or walk in front of a speeding car and do nothing to help, just because there are black (or white). True racists are rare, the vast majority of people would help, the young or the old, as a pretty much color blind instinct. Both directions.
I could be wrong, but many of the people I saw on the news, appeared to be neighborhood types. They buy at the local store, don´t really get around much, a trip to downtown is a big deal. They may spend weeks within a mile or two of there home. Not the kind, who would be expected to up and evacuate a couple of hundred miles. Some people live larger, some peoples lives are more contained.
There was a window of about a day before the storm, when it may have been possible to mass evacuate. During the storm, not likely and as soon as the storm passed, the streets flooded. Though I have to admit, food and water drops to the people stuck, in a timely manor, may have helped and wouldn´t have taken that much effort. People forget, while New Orleans was one of the worst affected, it sure as heck wasn´t the only area hit. The Mississippi coast was flatened.
I live on a flood plain (where two rivers meet), top of the levee is about a foot or so under the upper floor window (though a mile or so away). A lot of old people in town, who don´t even own a car. A power plant, plutonium reprocessing plant, and others, who would probably get the first attention. New Orleans could be my little town real easy.
I really can´t see anybody sorting out evacuees according to race, I think people are blowing smoke through there rear ends, calling the catastrophy in New Orleans a racial thing.
I really beleive if some of the black leaders wouldn´t yell black so much and so often, most people wouldn´t even notice the difference, more than maybe at a passing glance. They seem to have made a business, of labeling other people racist. More the problem, than the solution.

 

[BruteXJ]

You, sir, are completely un-American. How dare you suggest...

You would be right at home as a citizen of most of the world though.

--ron

I'm just waiting patiently and preparing well.

I'm not wealthy, but I can travel free. Does anyone know how a person could volunteer to help labor-wise in the cleanup if you're not National Guard or other?

 

[Boatwrench]

BruteXJ,

Volunteer through the Red Cross or Habitat for Humanity. I recommend the former, not the latter.

Thanks.
Tom