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I'm not saying you're foul and narrow minded, but that video is.

The whole thing was very tragic. It's really not fair to judge the majority based on the actions of a group of misguided individuals. This video is a prime example of the a brand of ignorance that breeds contempt and prejudice and is in very poor taste IMHO.

I'm sorry. This is all a true statement. A president cannot cause a hurricane. Yes, FEMA screwed up. But all the blame can be placed squarely on the backs of those people that did not take personal responsibility for them selves. I live on the east coast of Florida, and I have plenty of bottled water, plywood for my windows, and an exit plan. If I decide to ride it out, I also have lots of ammo.

Heh, excellent response.:devious:

I would have pleanty of supplies a week or two longer than you think your gonna be in it just in case.

I'm sorry. This is all a true statement. A president cannot cause a hurricane. Yes, FEMA screwed up. But all the blame can be placed squarely on the backs of those people that did not take personal responsibility for them selves. I live on the east coast of Florida, and I have plenty of bottled water, plywood for my windows, and an exit plan. If I decide to ride it out, I also have lots of ammo.

I agree with you on that score, Arkansas is full of evacs from down their. Now teenage girls cant evan walk down the street. I drive two of them home from work becouse they are to scared to walk...

I'd have to agree. The whole region is below sea level, and it's not the first time something like this has happened.

If you live in a city where giant pumps run 24/7, pumping out hundred of thousands of gallons of water a DAY just to keep the place from turning into a marsh, you should expect there to be some flooding.

This is something that's going to happen again, in a year, two years or maybe not for a thousand years, but it'll happen. The begging for money and help is heartwrenching, but at some point, you've got to stop. If you can't afford to rebuild you need to relocate, and if you can't afford to rebuild every year, you need to find a new place that might not be so close to the floodplain.

The loss of life that occurred is the worst part of the whole situation, and nobody can say that Bush or FEMA could have saved every person or thought of every possibility. Trust me, I'm not saying this to defend Bush, but to acknowledge reality.

And what part of humanity has come forth from all this, both seconds after it began and still today? Greed and selfishness. From looting things that AREN'T food and water, to defrauding FEMA of cash cards. While heroes were also born of the same times, the fraud and crime continues today.

While not as devestating in terms of lives, some of you may remember the great midwestern plains floods when the Mississippi and attached creeks and such massively rose, destroying countless acres of crops and entire generations of livelyhoods. I was there for it, filling sandbags as well as a preteen could.

Although these were both horrible events, people will need to learn in New Orleans, like we farm folk did, that nature cannot be controlled and cannot be stopped. She will do as she pleases regardless of what you would like.

The plains will likely flood again, and New Orleans will likely be back under 20 feet of water within the century. At some point, we have to let go of our can-do attitude and our foolish kings-of-everything pride and accept that we are like every other animal in nature. Had this happened 5000 years ago, the natives would probably have left the area for a very long time, if not for good...it's time we understand that our engineering will only get us so far.

My heart goes out to all those affected by the events...but at some point the handouts have to stop. If you are able to steal and fight and kill, you are able to get a job and find a new home without something as inefficient as our government holding your hand.

I think that video tells the story true. Those people in New Orleans live a life of poverty. They can't get around ( or out of town) because they don't want to. Even though the Mayor, Governor, and others were SCREAMING at them to get out of town DAYS before the flooding, did they?

NO!

Their sorry sedentary lifestyle wouldn't let them. And since they are so poor in every way, they will just ask for MORE handouts- free transportation, free housing, free food & clothes, free EVERYTHING.

And sincethey didn't get what they "needed" they complained. Being concerned for their own safety and the safety of the kids is good, but to DEMAND the U.S. government do it all for them is just wrong.

"IF" anything gets rebuild or repaired in New Orleans, I will guarantee that these very same people will go back to the poor lifestyle of handouts, drunkenness, or whatever backward habits they can lazily fit into.

You'd never see that in FL. Maybe they should send over some FL people to whip N.O. back into shape. The residents should all be out there DAILY to help rebuild the city, just like people did 200 years ago.

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"IF" anything gets rebuild or repaired in New Orleans, I will guarantee that these very same people will go back to the poor lifestyle of handouts, drunkenness, or whatever backward habits they can lazily fit into.

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Oh ...It's being rebuilt, perhaps not at the rate that some would like...Brad Pitt comes to mind. Also, one of the ironic things about the rebuilding is that the labor is mostly illegals.

I wish you could guarantee that the "back water slime" that got washed out of New Orleans would go back.... because it is here in Houston causing a 43 percent rise in crime. I have witnessed first hand "scams and lawlessness" being perpetrated. My wife is a school teacher and the incidents of mis behavior and blatant defiant arrogance by the parents and children are to put it mildly shocking, sad and frankly not necessary. They have brought a brand of social attitude unlike any we in Houston have ever seen in our city.

It was summed up for me this week by a VP of a company I sell to in New Orleans. She said, with a sheepish smile on her face "we have bumper stickers that say...Thank You Houston" .

It is "very tragic"..... "foul and narrow minded" for a group of people to have allowed themselves to evolve into what was satirically depicted in the video.

I know it I learned it first hand in North Carolina. I moved from Cali to NC and found that it is not just hot and humid with nice beaches. There is a high crime rate in the city of Wilmington North Carolina.

"KATRINA PAROLEES ON LAM IN TEXAS" and "FEMA EXTENDS RENT-PAYING PROGRAM"

Just two stories in todays Houston paper that sums it up!