Why do you seem to think that we don't have insurance down here. Everyone I know has it.
"It's an old, outmoded concept called personal responsibility. You might want to look into it. But I suppose it's easier to stand there with your hand out blaming all your troubles on Bush, or a racist hurricane, or hard hearted ugly conservatives who insist that people be held accountable for their actions or lack thereof."
I haven't said anything about this hurricane being "racist". I'll gladly say it right here for the world to see that Bush has been every bit the screw-up Nagin and Blanco have been. He's had five months to get the proper type of assistance down here and has failed miserably not only in Louisiana but in Mississippi as well. In addition to FEMA being a joke, it has wasted more money on some of these large contracts than any Louisiana politician could ever have stolen. Responsibility" requires that someone research all of the facts about an issue before passing judgement. You're not interested in the facts, so you'd never know about it. You, being a Bushbot would never see it that way of course and say that everything wrong down here is entirely the fault of Nagin and Blanco. You are simply wrong.
As to the "looking for a handout", you are the one who expects something for nothing here. You expect people to live down in New Orleans to unload ships so you can have cheap goods to buy. You expect people to live down in New Orleans to load ships so your products can be sold for a bigger profit. You expect them to live in New Orleans while not providing a safe levee system to protect them and their families. You expect people to work the oil fields of south Louisiana so your fuel cost is cheaper while the protection that their coastline once afforded them is being destroyed by offshore pipelines. You want all the benefits with none of the responsibility. That's sounds like a hand out to me.
"And don't come crying to the rest of us if you ignore these pretty simple rules and your property gets destroyed. If you want money, hold a damned bake sale."
Lurker, you used up half a box of kleenex on this thread already all by yourself but still insist on insulting those you don't know when arguing your case. You might want to consider buying it in bulk whenever we decide to help ourselves down here and the price of everything we in Louisiana touch goes up a tad. You might not like the type of "bake sale" we come up with cuz you'll be the one stuck eating the cake.
BTW, What is your shirt size?
Do us a favor. Try making some sense, ok?
Until you can, stfu.
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