America was the land of "pull yourself up by your own bootstraps."
Rev. Al Sharpton once said how could you pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you don't have any bootstraps?
Very sad rhetoric.
It's time to abandon N.O.
I will not spend one cent to rebuild that wretched hive of scum and villainy!
That is easy for the Rev Al to say, He was hoisted by his own petard.
And why don't you 'have any bootstraps'? BECAUSE WHITEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU ANY.
I remember hearing that my great-grandfather, who came over from Germany to Winnipeg, said that not only were the streets not paved with gold, they were not even paved and he had to do the paving. I don't think anybody who came over with the pioneers lasted long by sitting on the bank of the river and whining for goodies.