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I told him to ask his son how many homeowners got off their ass to participate in the cleanup. As it turns out, there was only one.

I live in Metaire, adjacent to New Orleans. No doubt the majority of whiners are the liberals voting block. There is (was) a subclass kept down by Liberal policies. That being said, there are many hardworking conservative people in and around New Orleans. The devastation is beyond comprehension. You really need to see it first hand to understand the magnitude of the problem. Almost everyone I know, relatives and friends are struggling to recover. Some lost everything, some just a few feet of water. For many their place of work was destroyed. Where I worked in East New Orleans was destroyed by winds and flooding. It has been a horrible mess trying to revive the business, move it, deal with half the employees not returning. Everything is compounded beyond belief. Since the storm, I dare say, I had about 3 days where I did nothing. We work late, and weekends and many evenings of spent gutting houses, fixing roofs, helping to piece back things so we can feel normal. It isn't easy. So many elderly are bearing the brunt of this added stress. I can't tell you how many people (me included) who have parents that have gone downhill in health. So while there is a segment of citizenry that are products of Liberal socialist policies, I would say a majority us here are hard working conservative people who just want too feel normal again. We are so grateful for anyone who can volunteer their help. The scope of this is amazing. You can drive two hours east and see nothing but destruction and lives in disarray.

You really need to see it first hand to understand the magnitude of the problem.

Maybe so, but may I ask if you wouldn't mind doing the math, there are about 460000 citizens, there have so far been over $130 Billion appropriated at the federal level, approximately 100,000 people had adequate insurance and therefore ineligible for FEMA relief which leaves almost $400k for each of the remaining citizens.

If the majority of the citizens are conservative as you say in a city that vote 70% for Gore and Kerry, then maybe this is the message being hammered home to the media and ask Nagin and Blanco where the money is because so far all I'm hearing is the Feds aren't doing enough and Bush doesn't care.

I do realize that the elderly who don't have younger family members do need help and I feel for you with your losses but if it were me, with a family of three, I'd ask that FEMA simply cut me the check for $1.2 million and I'll handle the rebuild myself.

"We are so grateful for anyone who can volunteer their help. The scope of this is amazing. You can drive two hours east and see nothing but destruction and lives in disarray."

Indeed, and kudos to everyone who has gone down there on a volunteer basis to help any way they can.

There is, however, a group of posters here on Free Republic who take some strange pleasure in making the assumption that everyone in that part of the country is on welfare, is underserving of any assistance, and should be grateful that America even noticed that something happened.

There are ugly stories coming out of this disaster, for sure, and New Orleans and its surrounding communities have their share of criminals and other riff raff. But...that does not justify denigrating the entire population of the area, nor does it justify withholding of aid for those who need it.

I am sometimes disgusted by what I read on Free Republic.