[Former Military Chick]

[I went ahead and pulled his quotes, you can go back and read the question but frankly, you know the question from his replies]

I could not believe what I was hearing last night. As I read it I am more livid. His words were unconscionable.

Where was the Mayor and Governor to help these folks get out of poverty. I mean they can sure put on a party, reap the money but where did it go? So many are poor, whose fault is it? Is it mine, my beloved's, your fault or the President faults? No, if this is what you know, than this is what you expect.

I am tired of listening to those who think they deserve more and more and more. I am sorry for their losses. I am sorry that they are displaced. I do know this should be taken as an opportunity. They are now given a chance to start over. I do not belittle their loss, their homes their belongings but now we must help them look forward. Not to give them a hand out but a hand up.

I so worry for all those states that have opened their arms to so many displaced folks. I commend their generosity and humanity. But, I do wonder if those who refused to make more of themselves, the poor of the poor might be a drain on other states. I suppose I might get slammed for that remark but I do worry.

I saw that they are working to give displaced folks debit cards, families with 2000.00 in the account. For some this is their first real credit/debit card. For others, they may have had them but do not qualify. I am just saying that there is much good that can come of this. It will take time, we must not forget what they lost but we must give them that hand upward and not a hand out.

I am not the best writer. My beloved [No Longer Free State] is much more gifted in this area. But I do think I got my point across.

[Former Military Chick]

PING

[Mr. Mojo]

"Well, if you define looting as going into someone else's turf and taking something that doesn't belong to you, you can argue that we're looting in Iraq right now." - WATKINS

We annexed Iraq?

[Reactionary]

The usual paternalistic swill from liberals.

The poor jus' can't help it that they're criminals and scumbags, you know. At least according to wonderful, caring liberals.

[AbeKrieger]

Is it justified that people don't want to have poor people live near them, and businesses choose not to locate in poor areas, because of looting, crime, and violence?

If this !@#$% gets away with his racist diatribe then the statement I made above is legitimate.

[TADSLOS]

Boyce needs an exclusive, all expenses paid vacation to the Superdome, complete with wall to wall oppressed people from New Orleans to keep him company.

[jpf]

For the moment I'd like to concentrate on the fact that someone has looted the professor's good sense.

[Echo Talon]

Well, if you define looting as going into someone else's turf and taking something that doesn't belong to you, you can argue that we're looting in Iraq right now.

What are we taking in Iraq that doesn't belong to us?

[wagglebee]

That's why I don't even bother watching these idiot leftists on TV anymore!

[RDTF]

Another idiot showing it on tv. Hope they all come out and sink.

[Paleo Conservative]

Where was the Mayor and Governor to help these folks get out of poverty.

What? The governor didn't want them to lift themselves out of poverty. She wanted a reliable base of needy poor people who wanted the loot and services the government could give them.

[ianschwartz]

I got the video of this segment:

http://thepoliticalteen.net/2005/09/06/condonelooting/

(Watch it if you dare)

[Jeff Head]

Dr. Watkins needs to read THIS. It should get his blood pressure up and maybeget some color back into him.

[DilJective]

Another example of failed public education and social promotion. I couldn't believe this guy as I watched him spew this garbage. It's a shame that he is called a Dr.

The reason he isn't blaming the "white" lady governor is because she is a democrat and somehow excapes (spelling intentional) scrutiny. Just like Kennedy getting away with murder. Literally.

[papertyger]

As a group, we need to start treating people who use words and communications like this guy does as if they are using the n-word. No discussions, no explainations, just plain venemous outrage. Put the onus on them to figure out how to keep rocks from raining down on their heads.

Similarly, we need to refuse to support ANYTHING such people say, no matter how reasonable, if it serves to injure or hinder conservative principles.

[Billthedrill]

Moral equivalency, the reflexive defense of those with no moral standards. It doesn't seem to occur to this genius that filching a television set from a store and pouring reconstruction money into Iraq aren't the same thing, which will tell you all you need to know about Watkin's analytical abilities.

By the, er, "author" is this little lump of garbage: What If George Bush Were A Black Man? One reviewer - not me - called it "unprincipled tripe." Caveat emptor.

[Jessarah]

"You have a lot of people that are very frustrated."

"You've got looters with Enron "

So does this mean that the looters with Enron are just very frustrated people? I can't follow this guy's reasoning.

[TexasGreg]

Well, if you define looting as going into someone else's turf and taking something that doesn't belong to you, you can argue that we're looting in Iraq right now.

Nonsense ... we're POURING money into Iraq. You don't PAY people whom you loot, improve their houses, schools, infrastructure, and livelihoods.

[plain talk]

I wonder if this blowhard has ever been there. I moved there in summer, 1968 during high school and my first job was selling magazines door to door throughout New Orleans including the poorest areas. All races. I saw how they lived. I went inside their houses. Actually I never feared for my safety in these poor areas back then. Most were decent and simple folks living in shotgun doubles. The crime problem came about later after welfare had more time to kick in.

[atomicpossum]

Okay, he made me mad. I am now licensed by his oppression to go take whatever I want of his.

(It's just gobbledygook to make demands with. These people need to be laughed at to their face. This idiot comes on, makes whacko statements and he sets himself up as a leader. He's out to build himself up on the backs of the same people he claims to be saving from oppression.)

[SmithL]

He's teaching our children:

About the Author

Dr. Boyce Watkins earned BA and BS degrees from The University of Kentucky with a nearly perfect GPA and a triple major in Finance, Economics and Business Management. In college, he was selected as the Wall Street Journal Outstanding Graduating Senior in Finance, Freshman of the Year, and the Lyman T. Johnson Outstanding Graduating Senior. He then earned a Masters Degree in Mathematical Statistics and a Doctorate in Finance from The Ohio State University. He now teaches Finance at Syracuse University, where he is the first African-American faculty member in the history of the Department of Finance. He is the founder of The Black Financial Economists Association,and the Director of the Step Up and Go to College Tour, which travels across the nation guiding young people toward college success.