Posted on 09/03/2005 3:35:13 PM PDT by Chief Engineer
Agreed that the federal destruction of the inner city family and the replacement of personal responsibility with government responsibility played a part here.
Question: Did the authorities release criminals from jails into the streets of New Orleans?
This piece suggests they did.
Libs Lie and people die.
Yes, it was reported that they did. Now, remember there is no State Prison there, so these were the local bad actors in for less serious offenses, or a smaller population of really nasty characters awaiting trial. Probably lots of drug dealers, thieves, and gangsters, and a few rapists to boot.
Hmmmmmm
Looking at the hoards of people in the Superdome, Convention Center, etc. I was struck by their helplessness. They seemed to be like children, waiting for an adult to rescue them. In a British article yesterday I read about a group of British students who had the wherewithal to group together for protection, putting the women in the center and placing chairs around for protection. I wonder if families with children thought of doing this to protect against roaming predators. Personally, I would have sought out other families like ours and got SOMETHING organized, for Pete's sake.
They just looked like sheep waiting to be preyed upon, and preyed upon they were. I can't help but wonder if they believe they will inevitably be victimized, and so they just wait their turn.
IOW, I just saw a lack of gumption, drive, creativity. I'm certain they were, and still are, in shock. But to sit and wait for days on a bridge? Come on.
Having said that, I am so glad they have been relocated. Perhaps getting out of inner-city NO may give some of them a chance at a better life and a more hopeful future.
Yes,theses people must be giving hope give jobs so they
can get off the WELFARE TRAIN of DOOM.
Thanks for posting the article.
A few of us were on to it yesterday.
This fiasco in NO represents basically a state-wide failure of govt.
Much of the state appears to have been appointed in a political patronage manner. From US senators down to the lowliest policeman,many of whom have deserted, the failure of state and local govt. is ever pervasive and disgusting.
Nice rant!
I wonder how many lives might have been saved if the N/O "Officials" would have used their collective (empty lib) heads and offered to bus the poor and sick out of town.........before the wind hit, instead of waiting until it was in full force and trying to blame their incompetence on others.
I can hope and imagine that property and business owners will want to rebuild parts of NO, particularly the French Quarter and the Garden District.
I don't know what poor homeowners will do, but I surely hope the federal government doesn't just build a lot of "projects" in NO for the ghetto dwellers to move back into, they'll just turn the whole thing into a dangerous inner city ghetto all over again and likely wreck the place soon enough. People need to have personal investment of some kind in the property they live in.
Are you certain they wern't Rush Gitmo shirts?
Look. All I'm saying is to wait for more official confirmation.
Sounds like Arkansas under someone we've all come to know and dislike, doesn't it.
Excellent, excellent post! And another huge example to how socialism/communism does not work - as one poster calls it "learned helplessness." It's something I work with my kids on all the time - teaching them to take the bull by the horns and take ownership of their lives.
Only difference is - these are kids and that's natural - they learn from their elders (hopefully) to be responsible. In this case, their "learned helplessness" was encouraged and promoted.
Well, the good news is that they are going to Texas and Arkansas where school means No child Left Behind and welfare reform is effectively implemented. I haven't seen them going to any blue states, have you?
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