Posted on 09/14/2005 10:41:28 PM PDT by duckln
Failure of an idea ... and a people Posted: September 14, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 Creators Syndicate Inc.
In his 1935 State of the Union Address, FDR spoke to a nation mired in the Depression, but still marinated in conservative values:
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Behind FDR's statement was the conviction that, while the government must step in in an emergency, in normal times, men provide the food, clothing and shelter for their families.
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The real disaster of Katrina was that society broke down. An entire community could not cope.
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Stranded for days in a pool of fetid water, almost everyone waited for the government to come save them. They screamed into the cameras for help, and the reporters screamed into the cameras for help, and the "civil rights leaders" screamed into the cameras that Bush was responsible and Bush was a racist.
FDR was right. A "spiritual disintegration" has overtaken us. Government-as-first provider, the big idea of the Great Society, has proven to be "a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit."
Either we get off this narcotic, or it kills us.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
I agree. IMO Pat, with his usual flair does go a little overboard knocking the MSM victims. Plenty of blame to go around and most of it belongs on a capo style local administration.
Of course, the MSM, as usual went berserk and latched onto it, and cloned it as another Burkett and Sheehan. Their account of the tragedy was 75% fabrication.
Thank you for appreciating it and feel free to use it anytime. That's how I got it.
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