And yes, WE are to blame. WE are the ones who let this entitlement mentality thrive. WE are the ones who permitted this lawless underclass to prey on us. WE are the ones who laid down our arms and who looked away sheepishly while generations of parasites squandered the American legacy of independence and self-reliance. None of that could have happened if WE had stopped it.
We all know the reason the looters weren't shot on sight: it would have been a racial nightmare. Even now, the bloviators are posturing and pontificating, trying to turn this into a race issue. Who are these people that they can intimidate an entire nation into accepting anarchy rather than risking their wrath? They're people WE empower every time WE cave into their PC demands.
WE tolerated "affirmative action." WE tolerated Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and Lou Farrakhan and all the rest of those predators. WE continue to tolerate legislators who steal our money to feed gangsters, welfare breeders, and the very people roaming the streets of New Orleans now.
Hold yourself blameless if you want, but unless you were out actively fighting these cancers, you were complicit in their success.
That's not to say there are not acts of heroism coming out of this tragedy. People in Texas and surrounding states have opened their homes and hearts to the refugees. Rescuers are working beyond human endurance to retrieve the stranded and bring in supplies. There are going to be a thousand stories of sacrifice and nobility to emerge once these waters recede, to offset the disgusting scenes of looting and plunder.
But this never should have happened. Not in America. Not in MY America. Not in OUR America.
Good on yer, IronJack. Your message needs to be printed on posters and distributed to every streetcorner in America. Johnson's Great Society doomed this country to a cultural paralysis that will keep us impotent and ineffective until We The People cure it.
Actually, I was out there fighting. I registered to vote on my 18th birthday and was in the first class to do that. I have been active in politics for years. I used to write my senators when you had to use a pen or a regular typewriter. I regularly wrote editorials all of which were published. I have never missed a chance to vote. So Yes, I have done my duty.