Katrina "racism" testimony further erodes nation's good will

Politicsla.com ^ | 12/8/05 | Jeffrey Sadow

[AlexW]

"Willful disobedience of a mandatory evacuation order"

Of course they would not go.
Welfare check day was to have been on Monday.
With people like this, stupidity is incurable.

[Lorianne]

Great article. Thanks for posting it.

[colorado tanker]

I reached my breaking point with N.O. a long time ago. Looks like a lot of people are fed up with the whining and race-baiting. And the President's approval ratings are headed back up.

[the OlLine Rebel]

It's Peter & the Wolf. Even worse, whites and well-off (and non-NOers, in general in this case) get sick of being slandered as racist and careless and the like. The effect of the constant complaining is to shut the ears and ignore - for real.

[millefleur]

Most of us and an increasing number are just like the rest of America, hardworking, ethical, conservative.

Is it just a lie then that the majority of black voters vote Democratic ?

[Clock King]

I personally have never trusted that so-called "poll" that 90% vote Democratic. Who are they polling, only "real blacks" (ie. inner-city)? Who's doing the poll and check, etc. Heck, how do you even define who's "black" is even more fundamental. Yes, I do think the majority still vote Democratic, because in the past a combination of things happened to cause Blacks to jump from the Republicans to the Democrats. But I do believe, that it is no longer the case that the vote is so lopsided.

[oldcomputerguy]

"If 'these people' had started walking North "

Comments this lame and uninformed are not worthy of a considered reply.

[oldcomputerguy]

"I beg to differ. "

If you were replying to my post, I have no idea what you are talking about or what point you are trying to make.

[oldcomputerguy]

"The dredging was done"

It was their idea but the Corp has ultimate responsibility for this decision and its implementation.

[freema]

OK. I'll try to get up with him tonight.

[girlangler]

CajunConservative,

Could you put me on the ping list.

[freema]

"The biggest point is that this entire disaster was caused by *human error*."

First, the thread is about racism charges being leveled by people who knew a freight train was barreling down on the neighborhood, sat on the porch waiting for the mailman, and then want to insist they sat there because people hate them.
Second, the point I was making is that the statement quoted above is horsepatootie. Saying NO flooded because of bad, bad Corps of Engineers is moot. No one else along the coast had levees and they all flooded. It was a natural disaster. The Walls of Jerico likely wouldn't have protected that city.

[blam]

" The Walls of Jerico likely wouldn't have protected that city."

Yup. And at the rate the forecasters say these things are gonna come at us for the next few years, it'll happen again and again.

[Ditto]

Is there any place in America whose people, from its top officials on down, do a better job of shooting themselves in their own feet?

Detroit?

[oldcomputerguy]

" It was a natural disaster. "

Moot my a$$, and your comments show your ignorance of the details of what actually happened. The city survived the hurricane but not the aftermath. The New Orleans destruction of 200,000 homes was an engineering disaster not a natural disaster. That is the operative difference.

Put yourself in the same situation. Suppose the Federally built dam above Raleigh fails due to shoddy construction methods and flawed designs. And your entire city is destroyed by the failure of the dam. THAT is what happened in the city of New Orleans. Every new detail that emerges from the analysis points to exactly that scenario.

The levees failed not because of the storm but due to the fact they were improperly designed and built. Had they been designed as spec'd, they would not have failed, get the picture? And the Federal Govt thru the Corp of Engineers had the ultimate decision making on all of it.

[enviros_kill]

GREAT quotes. Have you ever read City Journal?

http://www.city-journal.org/index.html
Exceptional socio-economic-political essays related to urbanism.

[freema]

Apparently you didn't read my earlier post.

I don't need to put myself in the same position, thank you, I already lived it.

When the dam was relieved BECAUSE IT COULDN'T HOLD THE WATER, half my town was wiped out and stayed underwater for three weeks.

Nature rules, not man.

[daybreakcoming]

Hello. I know this. I was just adding material to your blame of the Corps. Don't wanna leave anyone out.

[Gordongekko909]

As a Katrina victim, I agree. These people are making us look bad.

[Tahoe3002]

Obviously you have no experience dealing with civil service people. Think about your last experience with the IRS, or even the court clerk when you tried to pay for a traffic ticket. Civil service people, as a general statement, are lazy and ineffective. Putting them in charge of NOLA would condemn the city to death by bureaucrat.