World stunned as US struggles with Katrina

breitbart ^ | 9/2/05 | Andrew Gray

[Ciexyz]

There were fears of child snatching for sexual slavery, during the tsunami recovery period. All was not fine and dandy in Asia.

[Libertarian444]

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, in a veiled criticism of U.S. political thought, said the disaster showed the need for a strong state that could help poor people.

No, Mr. Asselborn, a "strong state" is the PROBLEM, not the solution. Dependence on the state is precisely the reason so many were left stranded in New Orleans in the first place.

[MNJohnnie]

Our political body is in need of serious cleansing.

This is what you get when you turn your major metropolitan areas into one party feifdoms. Just what did those millions of HS dollars given to the City of NO and the State of LA BUY us after 9-11? Where are the 1st responders and the disaster contingency plan they have been "studying" since Oct 2001? Why are the NO school buses sitting there under water? Did they even TRY to move anyone or are all the local officials too busy posturing for the cameras?

[kabar]

I'm talking about how badly some of the victims are behaving, the looting, the whining by the MSM, the whining by the Mayor, the governor etc. That is what I meant by different levels.

This isn't new. Many of our major cities have suffered looting and riots. Remember Watts? Or the reaction to the Rodney King jury verdict? Or the riots that erupted after MLK was assassinated?

[MNJohnnie]

What the hell does this hurricane and the looting raping etc. that is going on have to do with the french heat wave?
Do you get off on bashing the french?


Oh I see. Only hysteric Anti-Americanism allowed. Maybe the point is Europe should clean it's OWN messes up before it has the arrogance to lecture anyone else. Let's drown Marseilles and see how good YOU do by day 5.

[newfrpr04]

It funny that the people of New Orleans do not blame the mayor or the governor. They only blame the Federal Government. I haven't heard anyone from the MSM attack the governor or the mayor.

[najida]

Nope,
that still isn't what I meant.

It's more mindset than violence that I'm referring to.

[SolarisRocks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1474602/posts

[technochick99]

This is the primary story in all this, yet we are not hearing it.

Why is it that our media will only present the worst about America, be it this crisis or Iraq?

[johnb838]

Sri Lanka has pledged $25,000 to our relief efforts. What, did these people really believe our streets were paved with gold and ours was a land of milk and honey? Give me a break.

I wish we could bring all our soldiers home, put 60,000 of them on the border, send the rest home, and next time these cheese weasels call with a problem, tell them to call the UN, maybe they'll pass a resolution for them.

[lugsoul]

Every network, cable and broadcast.

Even when I went to grab a bite yesterday at lunch, the TV in the sandwich shop was showing police surrounding a bank in Gulfport that was being robbed.

Anyone that doesn't understand the difference between 15,000 refugees in the entire town of Biloxi, with road access in and out of town, and 15,000 refugees in a single building in NO with no access and no supplies and people dying in their midst just doesn't have any understanding of what is happening down there.

[johnb838]

Funny to hear the socialists saying this is due to not enough socializm. It's BECAUSE of socializm this is happening.

[headsonpikes]

Let's have the same sort of catastrophe hit Vancouver, BC then we will see just how competent YOUR officials are on day 5.

The Governor of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans welcome your solidarity, I'm sure.

I'm not trying to 'kick you when you're down'; I'm just surprised that events drifted out of any semblance of control for three days and counting!

Americans are seen as 'can-do' people; so this is truly shocking to me.

[darkwing104]

Thanks.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Agreed, we have bred 2 generations of losers that rely on government handouts.....welfare states help no one. Look at the native americans, they too have existed on welfare and they are not better off because of it. These poor people are enslaved to the almighty welfare check....no freer than they were 200 years ago.

[lugsoul]

Thanks for that - I saw that thread earlier and was looking for it.

[lugsoul]

NYC has not had a disaster than compared in any way to what NO is facing.

There, I said it. Again. When Rudy was responding to 9/11, he had a 95% + functioning city to respond with. NO has next to nothing.

[NYCynic]

BS, this whole crisis is overblown. Yes, there is some looting and shooting, this happened because of a failure of local govenment. However, the rest of the states hit by the hurricane are coping fine, with a minimum amount of lawlessness.

Exactly. But don't expect the media to show it. Some jerk anchor on MSNBC last night ticked me off when he defended their continuous loop of looter footage with: "Unfortunately viewers don't want to see the good stuff. They only tune into the bad stuff." Excuse me? I'd rather see 400 hours of people helping each other than 4 seconds of looting. I believe these 24/7 cable news outlets have done us all a disservice by turning news into supposed entertainment.

[longtermmemmory]

Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach are rat counties and they have an emergency plan. They seem to "play well" with others.

[colorado tanker]

They don't understand we have a federal system where much responsibility resides with state and local officials. Here, we had a Governorette and Notmayor incapable of doing their jobs and a city full of people incapable of caring for themselves or their families, entirely dependent on government.