Great story because they helped themselves.
the Immigration and Nationality Act
The Immigration and Nationality Act defines "refugee" in Sec. 101(a)(42) as:
(A) any person who is outside any country of such person's nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last habitually resided, and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, or
(B) in such circumstances as the President after appropriate consultation (as defined in section 207(e) of this Act) may specify, any person who is within the country of such person's nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, within the country in which such person is habitually residing, and who is persecuted or who has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. The term "refugee" does not include any person who ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. For purposes of determinations under this Act, a person who has been forced to abort a pregnancy or to undergo involuntary sterilization, or who has been persecuted for failure or refusal to undergo such a procedure or for other resistance to a coercive population control program, shall be deemed to have been persecuted on account of political opinion, and a person who has a well founded fear that he or she will be forced to undergo such a procedure or subject to persecution for such failure, refusal, or resistance shall be deemed to have a well founded fear of persecution on account of political opinion
These SOB's are criminal anarchists, not heroes- The ero they are begins with a "Z" not a "H".
I haven't read all the thread responses yet, but how do you "commandeer" a bus that the police told you to take??
I wrote the two authors of this piece and told them what horrible titles. To think people were getting upset about the finding vs.looting pictures. This is a blatant misrepresentation of what happened.
Great story..ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
God bless them. Can't blame them for wanting to escape that tumultuous situation. They gave a damn. Apparently the local and state government doesn't or they'd get those busses down there a lot earlier than they have.
I like these folks! They had gumption and initiative. They are now safe and dry because they didn't wait for the gub'mint to help them.
God helps those who help themselves!!
God helps those who help themselves.
Great story and good thinking by the NO police.
I wonder how long before these folks are arrested for "stealing a school bus".
That ain't 'looting' that's 'commandeering.'
Looting is when you steal something you intend to keep for yourself. Somehow, I doubt this young man intended to keep this bus as his own after the emergency was over.
Note, they didn't have to have politicians forcibly "tax" their hardearned and scarce funds, and they used more intellectual ability than did the so-called local and state "leaders" who bemoaned their situation and looked to their nanny federal government for solutions. That strategy now provides them an excuse for blaming FEMA, the President, and Washington.
If you are a conservative who believes in America's founding ideas, then you will judge these people by their actions and the positive results of those actions--not by their patterns of speech. They were brave beyond belief, and they were looking out for each other! That is the spirit of the people of Jamestown, of the pioneers who forged through a wilderness to the West, and it is a spirit that is to be encouraged!
The leaders of the Far Left, on the other hand, use good grammar, but their ideas are bankrupt and counterproductive, always looking for ways to gain power for themselves by causing citizens to look to government for answers to their problems.
More power to this young man and his busload of independent thinkers!
And they didn't just save themselves, they stopped and picked up people on the way. They not only took the initiative they thought of others too.
Ping.
This kid deserves a medal.
God bless Jabbar Gibson for having the strength and courage to save all those folks.
Question....
I've only heard Col. Hunt (On O'Reilly) say that the Gov. of La. NEVER 'pulled the trigger' to request Fed. assistance. Correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't the Gov. of any State have to request help in order receive Fed. help? From what I understand, NG troops from one State cannot enter another State without being requested by said state's Gov. Correct? If what I've heard from Col. Hunt is correct, how can the MSM continue to critize the President and his response time. This is really bothering me and if anyone can set me straight I'd appreciate it.
Gibson for Mayor!