An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State

Intellectual Activist ^ | 09.02.05 | Robert Tracinski

[Dr. Marten]

The Horse's Mouth

[Jeff Head]

Lessons learned from Katrina

See LESSONS 3 and 4.

It is clear that the thin veneer covering the putrid, infected, festring sore that is the welfare state is very thin indeed.

[kublia khan]

ping for a later read

[rocksblues]

Excellent Post! Nominated for the best of 09/06/05!

[dynachrome]

Might be a dupe post, but well worth the repost.

[konaice]

Excellent Post! Nominated for the best of 09/06/05!

Too late, its been posted about 4 times already.

[tophat9000]

bump

[CarlPerkins]

I agree with that completely!

[rocksblues]

First time for me.

[konaice]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475798/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476662/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477607/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1478729/posts

[Finny]

Excellent post. This article is spot-on.

[quantim]

Rush has been beating, pounding, drilling this point for days - it's getting good exposure.

[Dr. Marten]

"Might be a dupe post, but well worth the repost."

...ooops

[Dr. Marten]

"Might be a dupe post, but well worth the repost."

...ooops

[The SISU kid]

BTTT

[2001convSVT]

This has to be the best account of the New Orleans situation I have read. The said fact is that New Orleans isn't the only city that the welfare mindset has taken hold. I know that when the SHTF in American big cities we will see a lot more of this. The advice I am giving to my family and friends is to stock up of food, arms and anything you will need to ride out a disaster and don't depend upon anyone but your family, friends and church.

[prairiebreeze]

Pinging the Snow Show list to a fine article I just ran across. It's been posted multiple times on FR, you may have seen it already.

If not, well worth the read.

[prairiebreeze]

Posting a ping to the ATRW list for a fine article.

[meema]

Yes! It's a fine article!

[lysie]

I've seen this first hand, as many of you have.

My mom, dad, brother and I lived in a project for 10 years or more in the late 50s and early 60s. People of all colors and nationalities lived there as well.

At that time, it was a stepping stone to a home of their/our own.

At the project, at least one member of a family worked.

Through the years, after money was saved for a house, families moved. These were good, hardworking families.

Something happened in the mid 60s...welfare.

What a difference it was...very noticeable....loud parties at night,destruction of apartments,etc.

We moved, shortly after.

Once in a while I go back to the area. It's sad to see the state that it is in... because I look at it as some of the best years of my life. Having that many friends to roller skate, play baseball, hopscotch, swim, etc., within a short distance, was like one big summer vacation.