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An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State
TIADaily.com ^ | September 2, 2005 | by Robert Tracinski

Posted on 09/07/2005 6:53:27 AM PDT by WKB

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1 posted on 09/07/2005 6:53:27 AM PDT by WKB
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To: JDSB; Cedar; WoodstockCat; Altair333; truthluva; struggle; Coast2Capitol; Sonny M; ...

Mississippi and others ping


2 posted on 09/07/2005 6:54:45 AM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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Good article, one that the LIB MSM will do all it can so that it will never be covered on any station. Because it doesn't play to emotions or their AGENDA!


3 posted on 09/07/2005 6:57:34 AM PDT by stopem
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To: stopem

Good article, one that the LIB MSM will do all it can so that it will never be covered on any station. Because it doesn't play to emotions or their AGENDA!




Nope they'll have none of that.


4 posted on 09/07/2005 7:02:10 AM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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Because the minute you blame welfare you'll be accused of racism.


5 posted on 09/07/2005 7:17:57 AM PDT by visualops (www.visualops.com)
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To: stopem
Well of course they wouldn't. But ya know, if the MSM did its job, the New Media would be superfluous. Even though he is a blowhard, O'Reilly has been hitting this theme, i.e. stating that the lesson of Katrina is that if you rely on government for anything, you are doomed.

The message is getting out, and even if it wasn't, the conclusion is there for everyone to see, plain as day. Government (particularly the democrat controlled state and city governments) failed in NOLA, period.

By the way, did you see that O'Reilly had on talking about the first responders having failed, not the feds?
6 posted on 09/07/2005 7:19:23 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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Because the minute you blame welfare you'll be accused of racism.



It really is a sad "state" of affairs we are in.


7 posted on 09/07/2005 7:19:53 AM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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"There were many decent, innocent people trapped in New Orleans when the deluge hit—but they were trapped alongside large numbers of people from two groups: criminals—and wards of the welfare state, people selected, over decades, for their lack of initiative and self-induced helplessness. The welfare wards were a mass of sheep—on whom the incompetent administration of New Orleans unleashed a pack of wolves."

BINGO!

8 posted on 09/07/2005 7:22:57 AM PDT by Michael Bluth
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No, bull donuts. It's all Bush and FEMA's fault. I heard it so from Pelosi this morning and Sharpton and Jesse Jackson the other day. Can so many 'bright, intelligent and sincere' people be wrong? Especially since all the network news organization seem to be supporting them? Dontcha know that Bush hates black people? Somebody should send a copy of this to Bill Cosby. I would love to hear his comments on this. He'd set 'em straight.
9 posted on 09/07/2005 7:29:44 AM PDT by Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...
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"It is a man-made disaster."


It was a disaster waiting to happen.
What a shame for the folks who live there.


10 posted on 09/07/2005 7:30:49 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 ("Virtute et armis" - By valor and arms)
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To: WKB

In historical retrospect, the welfare state will be seen as a means for the total state to reduce its human population to the status of livestock.

Spin that, you socialist b*stards!


11 posted on 09/07/2005 7:33:39 AM PDT by headsonpikes (The Liberal Party of Canada are not b*stards - b*stards have mothers!)
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"There were many decent, innocent people trapped in New Orleans when the deluge hit—but they were trapped alongside large numbers of people from two groups: criminals—and wards of the welfare state, people selected, over decades, for their lack of initiative and self-induced helplessness.<>/i>

As I posted on a previous thread, I want to see a complete demographic breakdown on who was left. That the population of NOLA was predominantly black is not a question, it's a fact (60 or 70%). So one would thus assume that all things being equal, those left behind would also be predominantly black. The bigger question is what is the detailed make-up of the people that were left behind? It's definitely way to simplistic to simply call them poor and black. Forget colour for the moment, I would like to see a breakdown on other demographics: 1. How many of these were drug-dealers, gang members, prostitutes, street thugs of one sort or another (my guess is that based on the profile of the people that were at the dome, a very high percentage) and how many of these 'street people' never got the word to get out (let alone being about the hardest group to organize, round-up and evacuate), 2. How many of the thugs planned to stay there simply to loot the place because no one would be around to stop them, 3. How many of those left were ones generally classified as homeless and never got the word to get out (simply because they are street people and thus important information bypasses them), 4. How many that remained had the chance to get out and never took it, 5. How many of these have had the chance to get out SINCE the hurricane and didn't voluntarily take it. 5. And so on and so on. No doubt there were also a lot of decent folks left behind that never had a hope but these may have well been in the minority. My guess is that even with the ineptness by the city and the state, a huge percentage of the ones that were left were destined to stay there because either they were determined to ride it out, never got the word or were so 'busy' doing what street people and thugs do that they wouldn't have left under any circumstances. One thing for sure, colour had nothing to do with anything.

12 posted on 09/07/2005 7:35:55 AM PDT by Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...
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Here's an even worse man-made disaster this tragedy exposed: corrupt politics of the city of New Orleans itself. We will very soon find out that seriously corrupt city politics in New Orleans contributed hugely to this disaster, and Democrats will have a lot of egg on their faces. In short, this could be just as bad as the Tammany Hall fiasco under William Marcy Boss Tweed....
14 posted on 09/07/2005 7:40:53 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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This is a popular column - - been going around the email circuit, too:

An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State
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An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State
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15 posted on 09/07/2005 7:43:01 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: mhking

for your consideration


16 posted on 09/07/2005 7:43:09 AM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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To: WKB

This has to be the best account of the New Orleans situation I have read. The said fact is that New Orleans isn't the only city that the welfare mindset has taken hold. I know that when the SHTF in American big cities we will see a lot more of this. The advice I am giving to my family and friends is to stock up of food, arms and anything you will need to ride out a disaster and don't depend upon anyone but your family, friends and church.


17 posted on 09/07/2005 7:43:31 AM PDT by 2001convSVT
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To: WKB

You're damn right.


18 posted on 09/07/2005 7:45:16 AM PDT by snowrip (Liberal? YOU HAVE NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT. Actually, you lack even a legitimate excuse.)
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To: RayChuang88
Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity.


19 posted on 09/07/2005 7:46:01 AM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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To: Lancey Howard

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1479228/posts?page=19#19


20 posted on 09/07/2005 7:47:14 AM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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