I stopped posting and just watched the nightly news.
The cables are ONLY concentrating on the bad stuff; mostly in New Orleans.
They like it. They are stirring the pot, playing the race card, and, IMO, inciting this hatred and blame game.
If you watch the regular news, the NG is there, the water and food IS getting there; they ARE moving people out on buses to Houston.
In the outlying areas, help IS there. The people are NOT rioting; the people are NOT standing around waiting for somebody to help them; they are helping each other and working together; they are THANKFUL to be alive and thankful for the help they are getting.
If you watched the nightly news, you would have seen the story about the OTHER people in NO who have stayed in ther homes (or have found other places to stay, even squatting) and who have banded together to await help and rescue; they said that they think they could make it five more days WITH water they are finding. Yes, they are going through other homes for food and water, but they are NOT in the streets; they are living on the roofs of buildings, sleeping inside at night, because THEY are scared of the people in the street.
My point? We're WAY too hung up on the crap CNN, MSNBC, and NBC are feeding us. People in outer areas are COPING, people; they know this was a storm of gigantic proportions.
Now, two other personal opinions of mine (and scream if you want to, I'm beyond caring now)
First, as a prediction: when the buses arrive in Houston, Dallas, wherever, we are going to see the SAME things going on there that we are seeing in NO right now.
And, secondly, I am so furious about the reporters and the ingrates who are screaming on TV and who are driving this HATEFUL "Who is to blame" that I wanted to hire the Goodyear blimp and fly it over New Orleans and scream to them all
From what I saw on MSNBC, there are a lot of people dying at the New Orleans Convention Center for lack of basic supplies (water, food, and medicine.) The reporter claimed that he saw babies dying of dehydration.
The response is too little and too late. It's a disgrace.
And, just because people in suburban New Orleans are okay... that doesn't excuse the situation in the city.
You are so right, your entire post. And I had that same thought, that when those buses get to Houston, we'll see the same bad behavior. I hope not, but fear we will. Interesting to see how Texas deals with it. They're planning to house, feed all of them, and even educate the kids. Wow.
Well, it's a pathetic performance all the same.
And, we're prepared for a terrorist attack?... Ha!