Comments on: Stupid stupid stupid

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:29:39 +0000

Very well said….I too am poor (or not rich) middle class…but I would have left BTW with my animals.
I too wondered how come the mayor didn’t load those that had no transportation onto buses and taken them somewhere anywhere…

By: Scully

Scully — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:56:55 +0000

Regardless of my race, I would have moved heaven and earth to have gotten out of the way of that Hurricane.

By: Paul of York

Paul of York — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:26:36 +0000

Fair post.
If N.O.’s mayor had been more forceful in advising his constituents maybe they would have left. He was too busy saying they were ready.
Oh, he said today that they’re broke, I suppose if we don’t give enough we’ll be the “r” word because they’re black, if they were white we’d all double our taxes paid to help them out. Al Sharpton is rumored to have said that. Or will.

By: your sister

your sister — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:43:58 +0000

I agree to a certain degree here. But what a lot of people don’t understand, from what I gathered is that the people affected aren’t as lucky as you and I. These people simply just get into their cars and drive away when for one, most of these people did not own an automobile, or have the luxury of cable TV to watch FoxNews. Most of these people living in the city are dependent on public transportation. Until we can get clear answers, all we can do is play the blame game. But, it is ironic enough that Florida is much quicker to receive the assistance of FEMA, then let’s say, um, Mississippi, Louisiana, Vermont even when flood happen. Does that have anything to do wt a certain Gov. having certain ties to the white house? Leave it to your imaginations.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:18:18 +0000

I keep going back to a question circling my little brain – what ever happened to personal responsibility?

By: Jack Yoest

Jack Yoest — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:18:43 +0000

Your Family is Your Business

http://www.missingkids.com Part of the tragedy of the Hurricane Katrina Aftermath is missing children. The flood waters destroyed pictures. Tearful, panicked mothers attempting to describe a precious little one. What would a parent do? No image for a missing…

By: Christie

Christie — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:21:28 +0000

Exactly

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:52:04 +0000

You are so right. It is so sad to see the focus being taken off of the important things and everyone spending all their time worrying about who did what and who can be blamed. There is time for that later, right now, lets just do what we can for the people down there.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:42:57 +0000

Christ! You are just the bearer of bad news. The last 3 posts were enough to put me over the edge. The baby one was terrible. I am so damn sad. Yes, the people who stayed were really stupid. UGH to it all. No power, eh? Oh JESUS!

By: The Gray Tie

The Gray Tie — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:23:02 +0000

I know, this is so stupid. I knew it was coming though when the media showed all the citizens down there acting crazy and citizens suffering and they just happend to be mostly black, oh excuse me African American. I knew someone would cry foul. I saw Al Sharpton on Fox News last night and of course he had to spout off. I swear, it’s just idiotic I tell ya.

No one seems to remember NOT knowing how bad off it was down there within the first few hours because no one could get cameras in there or anything else. Yeah, like Bush looked at his FEMA people and said, “Nah, don’t bother, they are just black and poor.” I mean does that not sound like the most asanine thing you have EVER heard? Some people just need to wake up and take personal responsibility! You make me want to get on a rant about this at my own place.

Thanks. ;-)

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:27:19 +0000

I am poor and white…what do I get?!?!