Posted on 09/04/2005 4:23:28 PM PDT by ElCapusto
Therein lies the big problem.
One couldn't help but notice the lack of fathers standing with their wives and children. The federal government has replaced fathers with welfare checks.
...but the winds, they are a changing
Doogle
NOLA needs to change this image
We need priorities in NOLA to avoid future chaos.
The main priority is to make sure that every elderly, sick person or adult with children in New Orleans have their very own personal school bus so they can be assured of evacuation when a hurricane nears.
They won't have to rely on the Mayor, who may be be busy making sure he has enough food, safety, and a private toilet
from which to operate his command post.
Next, we need to make sure that shelters, including the Superdome, have comfortable Murphy beds with sheets for good rest, a stock of one million hot dogs and hamburgers, cheese, and plenty of coke. People just don't like MRE's and water and there would be fewer complaints.. These shelters would be much more comfortable for people, many of whom are so poor they have to buy generic cigarettes and settle for basic cable.. Movies could be shown and all the able bodied could be given Mardi Gras party hats to keep up their spirits.
Implementing these would help people to come to the Dome, and be an incentive for them to stay alive instead of staying home and drowning in their attics.
America is not a 3rd-world "nation". Pockets of 3rd-world "mentality" do exist in places within America, no question. Katrina hit one of those pockets. But not all of America is like that.
And those 3rd world pockets are ruled by Democratic governors and mayors!
Where is all that logistical ingenuity when their voting base really needs it?
"The federal government has replaced fathers with welfare checks."
READ ALL ABOUT IT! Get yer answers here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1893554023/103-0385754-5601458?v=glance
STOP. LOOK. LISTEN.
won't do any good, gas will be $7.59 a gallon
Doogle
NOLA will deploy their evac buses AFTER the storm, not BEFORE. They do this because they do not want to damage the buses. It's about money. No evac buses during IVAN for the elderly or infirm, either. This is negligence and is going to be a major scandal. They save the buses, not the people.
One of the most shocking things I saw in the whole disaster minus the human actions and death toll, was the sheer anger that so many people had at the government. It is sick to see so many people just fall on their face without the help of ol' nanny.
Europe is the "first world". The Americas are the "New World". The Third World is everywhere else.
Simple geographic illiteracy mascarading as "insight".
Every American knows what happened. It may not be so clear to people from other countries.
Certainly not the test subjects of feminist social engineering, aye?
CNN interviewed Nagin tonight..they did NOT ask him about the buses, only about the state/fed response..
Not in my, or probably your, lifetime. This disaster will result in increased programs by the govt to ensure it doesn't happen again. Money will be thrown at the problem and as always the results will be dismal. Meanwhile, the Federal Govt will seek to take the power for disaster preparation and response out of the hands of the states.
Anyone who sees an opportunity for less govt and more personal responsibility coming from this disaster isn't reading the tea leaves properly.
LA under Governor Blanco was a third world country.
You are right...this is going to be an albatross around the neck of liberal orthodoxy and its' political organs.
Nor will they ever mention the busses unless that fact somehow gets into the mainstream. I'm hoping Rush will beat Nagin over the noggin with it tomorrow.
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