Pass Christian, Mississippi ~ Sept 2, 2005
The comparison of the Japanese People's response to this disaster to that of certain segments of the US population is instructive. It is the attitude and actions of a self reliant people to that of the base supporters of the democrat party.
Do not forget there have been many other disasters in other areas of the US where the citizens pulled together to help each other. Recall the ice storms in Kentucky when tens of thousands were without power for weeks. Obama partied with $100 a pound Kobe beef while people froze. The floods in New England, tornadoes in the mid west, fires in California and many more were met, largely, with silence from the White House and the press.
New Orleans was a press event to discredit the Bush administration. No one who lived in the area ever doubted that such a disaster would eventually befall NOLA. We all knew it. Those who did not heed the call to evacuate placed themselves in harms way. My sympathy is with those who were old, infirm who could not leave. That is the real pity.
