"They sit on folding chairs in trash-filled parking lots drinking warm beer."
This is what they did before the hurricane hit, too, so how is it different? It's too much work for them to get up and start trying to pick up trash, start shoveling out their houses, try to do something themselves rather than wait for Big Brother to do it. This piece tells us why too many of the "poor" did not leave - nobody picked them up, carried them off, and gave them handouts. This is the result of three generations of welfare dependency brought to us all by those good folks in the democrat party.
..."he served with the 82nd Airborne in Vietnam in 1966"...
I believe the 82nd Airborne did not arrive in SEA until January 1968, at the height of the Tet Offensive. It was the 3rd Brigade, after its service in the DR for the previous 3 years.
This piece is typical of the know-nothing MSM with its portrayal of the poor, black, down-trodden, "Vietnam combat vet".
"they sit on folding chairs in trash filled parking lots drinking warm beer"
Thank you, astounded! Excellent observation! (reply post #4) This is an apt description of many people's pre-Katrina life!