I just read a media piece that talked about the extreme trashing of the Superdome following Katrina by the poor blacks who went there. They destroyed nearly everything in the Dome, except the highest reaches. While readers may wish to think this was a response to the need for water and food, I was unaware that the same thing happened in 1998 when the same group was moved there in anticipation of a hurricane - Georges, I believe. This is not a response to physical needs, it is a group mentality brought on by welfare dependency and lack of any socialization among too many blacks in NO. This is an indicator that a more "progressive" society is not good. We need a more conservative, self-sufficient society.
NO has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to remake itself and assist all who so desire a chance to rise above poverty and enter the mainstream of American life. My guess is those who don't want to work will remain where they have been evacuated, becoming a burden and plague on the good city that took them in. Texas, in my opinion, looks to be a net loser in this catastrophe, they just don't know it yet. Given the social cleansing that has occurred, I think NO will win, bigtime as VP Cheney would say.
Trust me I was aware of that from day one when we heard we were getting 250,000 NO poor. The first week they were housed in a local extended stay motel they sat out on the railings and stairs etc, till all hours of day and night, actually I can't sufficiently describe the scene, smoking dope. And still are. I think a call to our local police is in order very shortly and a call to a local newspaper to reveal the truth.