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Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:03:29 -0000

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[Cons_Versus_Libs] Re: One pissed off American

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bravo! 

— In Cons_Versus_Libs@yahoogroups.com, "tecmatai"
<skydreamerydr@s…> wrote:
> I got this in an email from a friend of mine in Lake Charles, La.
> and I just wanted to see what everyone thinks on what this person
> has to say about the N.O. situation.  I for one agree with this
and
> it points out some good points. 
>
>
>
>   I have been bombarded with e-mails regarding the situation in
New
> Orleans and the Gulf State Region.  Each e-mail is sharply
critical
> of our government and its response to the situation.  So in
response
> to everyone who has sent me an e-mail like that, and to those of
you
> who didn’t send the e-mail, consider this my late night rant.  I’m
> mad as hell and I choose to let everybody know it.    
>

>
>         I AM ONE PISSED OFF AMERICAN BECAUSE:   The media has
failed
> to remind the entire world that when the city of New Orleans was
> ordered to be evacuated it offered transportation to the sick, the
> weak, the elderly, the poor and the frail.  Why doesn’t the media
> remind the world of this fact?  
>

>
>         The people who remained behind MADE A BAD DECISION.  But
it
> was THEIR DECISION.  Personal responsibility involves accepting
the
> consequences of your actions.    THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS ISSUED
THE
> EVACUATION ORDER not some pasty faced white guy with nothing
better
> to do than try to inform, educate and mobilize an entire city. 
THE
> PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS FAILED TO LISTEN TO "ONE OF THEIR OWN".  
> Every individual has a personal responsibility to protect
themselves
> in times of danger.  I live in a hurricane prone area.  DUH.

>
>         If the local authorities tell me to evacuate and I choose
to
> ignore the order then my ass DESERVES to be perched on top of a
> building after the storm because I was a moronic asshole for
failing
> to heed LOGICAL, WELL THOUGHT OUT ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS!   The
> mayor of New Orleans is first in line to protect his city.  Why
> isn’t anyone angry at HIM for not "doing more" prior to the
storm? 

>
>         Why weren’t local authorities put into place BEFORE the
> storm hit?  Why weren’t emergency services strategically located
> throughout New Orleans earlier?  Why didn’t the mayor do more to
> work with the Office of Management and Budget and the Army Corps
of
> Engineers to reinforce the levee before disaster struck?   Why
> haven’t the BLACK LEADERS, those currently criticizing our
> government, done more to help their people?

>
>         What about a better effort from the COMMUNITY to uplift
and
> educate their people so they aren’t poor, undereducated and
> dependent on welfare and a "government that forsakes them in a
time
> of crisis."  Any individual can make a PERSONAL CHOICE to work
hard
> in school, to learn and to become educated and gainfully
employed. 
> No matter how humble or sad your beginnings, you can overcome the
> odds IF YOU CHOOSE TO…Gee, Oprah Winfrey comes to mind.  She
never
> let her race, her socio-economic background or family dysfunction
> stop her from succeeding in a HUGE WAY.  The woman is a
> billionaire! 

>
>         According to the liberal media and the liberals in
> Washington, D.C. she should have never succeeded because the odds
> were against her.  Those same folks would label her a "victim that
> (white) society had failed".  Well, screw that crap!  She has
showed
> the world that one can accomplish anything with some guts,
dignity,
> pride and integrity.   
>

>
>   &nbsp;     I don’t want to hear one more storm refugee or media moron
> discuss how "they were taken by surprise with the storm".  GIVE ME
A
> BREAK!  A category 4 storm doesn’t drop out of the sky.  It forms
> off the coast of western Africa and the world knows about it for
> weeks!  New Orleans is a geographical bowl that had been protected
> by a levee system DECADES OLD!  And it was never designed to
> withstand the flooding and surge from a CAT 4 storm.  So let’s go
> back in history and figure out who made the brilliant decision to
> design the levee to stand up to a CAT 2 or 3 storm.  If you live
> below sea level and there is massive flooding, you are SCREWED. 
> That is just the law of nature.  THAT is why when your local
> government tells you to evacuate, YOU EVACUATE.   
>

>
>         The government is not ignoring the people in New Orleans
> because they are black and poor.  How friggin’ dumb do you have to
> be to believe that?  And if you believe, deep down in your heart,
> that is true….pack your bags and move to Canada, Cuba, Mexico or
> some other country.   If this country is such a hell hole to live
> in, if our governement is so screwed up, then I have one thing to
> say:  "GET THE HELL OUT!  GOODBYE, GOOD RIDDANCE AND LEAVE YOUR
> AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AT THE BORDER  AND LIVE IN A SOCIALIST
COUNTRY
> OR A COMMUNIST COUNTRY WHERE EVERYTHING IS JUST SO DAMN PEACHY."  
> Maggie 3 September 2005 

This was an email sent out to me through my Cons_Versus_Libs yahoo group and now this was my reply to it….  well at least the next entry is… 🙂

-Goo

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