Posted on 09/07/2005 6:05:27 AM PDT by StatenIsland
We failed you? No, oh brilliant creator of Exit to Eden, you failed. You might not think of it this way, but: Your leaders failed to upgrade the levees. You elected a bunch of weepers and blame-shifters who lost their head in a crisis.
Over the past decades, your elected officials have let a criminal element incubate and grow until they ruled the streets, instead of the forces of law and order. In pop culture, a New Orleans thief is always a charming rogue with a devilish smile. In reality, they’re a bunch of thugs.
If the number of residents who are looting thugs were such a “tiny minority,” we wouldn’t have seen this widespread, relentless anarchy. Madam, a noticeable number of your neighbors saw this disaster as an opportunity to smash a window and run away with a television, an act that reveals much about the inadequacies of the local school system, since that thief won’t be enjoying that television with any electricity anytime soon.
I would also note that this is one hell of a police force your local officials hired and that you and your neighbors tolerated. 50 percent turned in their badges during the crisis and quit. Your police superintendent is conceding that some cops were looting. Just want to refresh your memory — four years ago, New York and Washington, planes falling out of the sky, thousands dead, no idea what the hell is coming next… and the cops, among others, showed up to work.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
First of all, there is simply no comparison between the relatively chickensh** events of 9-11 and this. If this hurricane had destroyed the same amount of real estate that was destroyed during 9-11 we wouldn't be talking about it now. And in fact the 9-11 rescue efforts were a clusterf**k from top to bottom. Remember the people who were advised to stay in the building and wait for help? I mean, Islamic terrorists had already tried to topple the building once and it was clearly a top target in NY, why didn't the mayor of NYC and the governor mandate and pay for independently powered elevators after the first attack? But you know how people in that region are . . .
New Orleans is corrupt in the same way Newark or D.C. or Detroit is corrupt, and it's political culture is closer to those cities than some mythical bayou culture, which is as nonexistent as the phony creole ambiance of tourist trap New Orleans. Lousiana is no more corrupt than many, if not most, other states.
At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.
Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, and shelter.
If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you.
Right now the site mostly covers Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio but I will add various churches, schools, and other charities in Ft. Worth and Lubbock tonight. My wife spent yesterday at Reunion Arena in Dallas handing out care packages and otherwise ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer.
There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would greatly appreciate it if you would get the word out.
Many thanks,
Michael McCullough
Stingray blogsite
A "good read" as they say.
Thanks, SL.
You're welcome!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.