It's mostly indicative of the way liberal elites think of the poor in inner cities. They do not worry about the drug flow in these areas because as long as they have their drugs and gangs, that part of the population is contained within the government-maintained hellhole. This hurricane highlights the evil that is Liberal Morality. If liberals care so much about these people, then they would be at the forefront of the war on drugs. They would be fighting the welfare culture and making sure that inner city children are taught from the get-go that they can make it by working hard, obeying the law, speaking the language of the ruling class, and having faith in God.
Well said...and most of all, if liberals cared about poor inner-city kids then liberals would be in favor of school choice and a voucher system to elminate the strangle-hold of the failed public school system. Instead liberals care more about maintaining the flow of tax dollars to failed public school systems that are staffed by people who contribute heavily to Democrat politicians. The proper role of government should be to regulate private schools and make sure they provide a high-quality educational service, and not monopolize publicly funded education. Liberals care much more about maintaining their political and economic power than they care about the American people.
The democratic party is a coalition of groups that can be counted on for votes. The poor and helpless, and those who fear they soon may be poor are targets of the democrats even though in this crisis it will be the rich who provide the bail out. Look at the donations and companies providing equipment and you see that the wealthy and unaffected are speaking loudly that the democrat plan to keep the poor in their state is just that.
If liberals care? They are the smart ones who realize the path they must take to their political power. They must keep the poor in that state while appearing to do everything to help them. (Sort of like the bilingual languange program that if successful would no longer be needed, so they purposefully are only partly successful and keep kids speaking spanish until eighth grade.)
Am I cynical? You bet, where the democrats and their programs are involved.