Posted on 09/01/2005 10:22:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Apparently you've never been to New Orleans or fail to see how unfortunate it is that those blacks who are in power have done little to nothing to help those they claim to represent.
The black leaders in Louisiana have so smothered those who really need the help that they have become indistinguishable from each other. This is unfortunate because there are many black groups who are doing a wonderful job representing their constituents, although they're never given the opportunity to shine publicly. Why? Because they are an embarassment to the so-called "black leaders."
No doubt they helped but if one had pride in their home, don't you think it would be kept clean?
It just goes to show you the depth of the welfare mentality that exists there.
It would be sad if folks consider themselves "just plain white people" as that is liberal nomenclature and says zilch about culture or ethnicity. People ought to be aware of their origins and proud of American culture or at least what American culture once stood for: a Christian federation that took Greek philosophy, English law and Roman government and forged a new nation well worth assimilating into.
Without a common culture, there is nothing (in)it for you or I to protect this country, or to maintain its values or system of government.
I completely agree. That said, I do not believe that forced integration is any better than forced segregation. It goes against the American tradition of liberty.
That is nonsense. The mayor and the entire city itself has propped them up with a welfare lifestyle, in which work seems optional. I know it's easier for some people than others, but how can you claim they have no political power?? How many republicans are in charge down there??
I didn't mean "plain white person" to be deragatory, I consider myself to be a "plain black person". I meant that you don't see white people calling themselves Irish-American, Italian-American, etc. In addition, many if not most whites in American today are of several European ancestries- saying you are Italian-German-Polish-Irish American is a mouthful. Their culture is American, not the culture of their ancestors who came here over a hundred years ago or more.
So poverty is an excuse for looting, raping and shooting at rescue workers?
Interesting. (/sarcasm)
I don't think they have had hundreds of years to assimilate.
The clock doesn't start, IMO until 1955 or later.
You are correct. I would've been more correct to say "never been assimilated".
You are correcting something I didn't say.
I said that, except for the areas where they are concentrated these people (the ones who are sacking the remains of N.O.) are invisible.
And it's a good thing, too, because IF their fellow Americans, black and white, had a good look at them on a daily basis, they would be in trouble.
Actually, it was one of my favorite places.
I was born in, and lived for a long time in Brooklyn, NY and I know enough to know where to go.
I'm going to miss Cafe du Monde, Galatoire's, and Commander's Palace - and I really liked the Royal Sonesta.
But the projects - you can see them anywhere.
From a tank.
Never said you can't tell the difference, I said you can't yet discern what the percentage of thugs is as opposed to good folks trying to stay alive. This means we can't blanketly label everyone as filthy "looters" and ask they be shot on site. Some of them are stealing other 'things' to barter with for food and water. The Cheif of Police, Eddie Compass, said even his own officers were breaking into stores to get food, water and supplies. The people are up to their necks in water and chaos, they see their own police 'looting' and they're supposed sit around and have a love-in?
This isn't a typical flooded city like we've seen so many times on the news, it's a disaster of unequalled proportions in American history. And who's to say that some of the people stealing guns aren't doing it defend their own lives or the lives of their families? Nobody else was there to defend them.
Most do not.
Sometimes the truth is not pretty. Note (see thread) the liberals at CP can't handle the truth. They never could...
Well fellow, I'm considered from the deep south, and have family in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana. I also have family in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, California, Texas, and New York. I have( unlike you)visited and spent time in all of these states. But believe me when I tell you that you are not alone in knowing people how live like that, and you can find them in other communities across the globe. They are not concentrated in the "DEEP SOUTH" as you may think. In fact there is a label for these type of folks in civil society: They are called Criminals.
SO trust me when I tell you that the Deep South is not like a "Third World Country", in relation to any other state in the Union, or anywhere in the world for that matter!
In fact, many of the movers and shakers in all of the Southern communities I have traveled, are every bit as sophisticated as any Northeastern Community or individual, I have ever had the the good fortune to meet.It is also equally true that the depraved Armonk Southerners(NOT POOR), are as equally depraved as those found anywhere in the Northern States.
The only difference between any class of Southerners, when compared to any other class of people in this nation are, that we in the South don't view others with the same "Ignorant, Elitist prejudice" in which they view us.
So I suspect that you have not been too well associated with the Southern culture. In fact it is clear that you most likely have never even been here.
I frankly believe that you have formed your opinion of the Southern culture from using the same old prejudicial assumptions that the North had of the South, of which, predates the Civil War.We in the South have always been aware of this condescending view of our culture,and your comments add evidence that this ancient attitude about Southerner still exists.
But no need to apologize. We poor ole back water hill billy's just shake our heads and accept the ignorance of those who are so puffed up with their pathetic little world view, and find their delusions of us rather comical.
I don't believe you realize just how profound the statement you made here really is. It is absolutely irrefutable.
IT is written that Jesus said, "The Poor you shall have with you always." In the years after I was first saved, and still learning his teachings; I often wondered how a Loving God could allow people to live in poverty. I have since learned that it is in fact not his will for anyone to live being dependent on others, but to be dependent on him.
I am 47 years old now, and the fullness of what Jesus was actually saying in that statement, is suddenly becoming clear.
Thanks
Oh, put a sock in it.
I lived through three hurricanes last year. The first one, Charley, knocked power out to my entire home town for four days, and it was six before my lights came back on. And my community was lucky - Charley was only a Cat 2 when it came through here. In Hardee and DeSoto Counties (which are very poor, rural, with lots of Latinos and blacks), as many as 75 percent of the homes were severely damaged, many to the point of being uninhabitable. The city of Punta Gorda, wher Charley made landfall, was all but leveled. A year after the storm, lots of folks in Punta Gorda are still living in FEMA trailers.
And not in a single one of these places was there anything even approaching the anarchy in New Orleans. No one bulldozed the doors to the local Wal Mart and ran off with as many DVDs and mp3 players as they could carry, no one dragged 14-year-old girls into restrooms and raped them to death in the shit and the empty crack vials. No one shot at cops or relief workers or power crews or any of the volunteers who came down here from all over the country and helped us clean up and put our lives back together.
And you know what else? we were grateful for the help we received - we sure as hell didn't throw food back at the people offering it to us and saying ,"I ain't eating that. "
This August 13, the residents of Punta Gorda marked the one-year anniversary of Charley's landfall. They gathered together for a celebration - they celebrated the fact that they were alive, that their community, while still bearing many scars, was coming back better than ever, and that they had a bright future to look forward to, than ks to their faith and their hard work. One year from now, hell, even ten years from now, the people of New Orleans will probably still be sitting in the mud and the sewage, when they're not preying on one another, having refused to even think of lifting a finger to help put their community back together again, and blaming George Bush and the Republicans for their plight.
btt
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