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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Two things to add to this thread:
First: George Bush appears to agree with you. Massive flooding in major US cities, people trapped and dying, and he's <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050830/480/capm10208301856">playing guitar with a country singer on a naval base</a>. Nice.
Second: This was posted on boingboing.net this morning, from an email attributed to a NOLA rescue worker:
<blockquote>The poorest 20% (you can argue with the number -- 10%? 18%? no one knows) of the city was left behind to drown. This was the plan. Forget the sanctimonious bullshit about the bullheaded people who wouldn't leave. The evacuation plan was strictly laissez-faire. It depended on privately owned vehicles, and on having ready cash to fund an evacuation. The planners knew full well that the poor, who in new orleans are overwhelmingly black, wouldn't be able to get out. The resources -- meaning, the political will -- weren't there to get them out.
White per capita income in Orleans parish, 2000 census: $31,971. Black per capita: $11,332. Median *household* income in B.W. Cooper (Calliope) Housing Projects, 2000: $13,263. </blockquote> |
Hate to burst your bubble here, but 70% of NO's population is african american, so yes, the majority of the poor are black.
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Originally Posted by pattycakes
I think that every one stuck in their attics deserve to be left there so they learn a lesson, that when told to evacuate they should.
NOW we have to spend even more money to rescue their sorry asses. Now if they wernt warned and told to evacuate, i wouldnt care, but they dont listen and then they think that they deserve to be rescued.
if they want to be rescued, they should have to pay the rescue bill.
end of my rant anyone elses opinions ?
now im not this huge jerk who thinks my wy is the only way, but why should you and i have to foot the bill for these people who dont listen. i cant feel bad for these people who died that stayed when they were told to leave. plus everyone knows its below sea level so wf did they expect
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And I, for one, am disgusted at the level of inconsiderate, childish ranting on this board about how it is people's own falut.
People did evacuate to high-rise hotels, they still died.
There was only a 18-36hr evacuation notice. I was in the area last weekend before the storm hit. The highways were parking lots when I was trying to get home. Some people decided to stay that could have left, but many people couldn't evacuate, had no means to evacuate, or had special needs that prevented them from evacuating.
Some folks were miles inland (read: above sea level), yet the water still killed them. A 30ft storm surge will cover miles of land.
And yes, we do owe it to those people stuck in their attics and on their roofs to save them. They are humans, like you, like me.
Is this what it is about to you? money? you make me sick to my stomach.
The dead have not even begun to be counted and the toll is at 100. Don't be suprised if it passes 1,000.
This storm touched many more than you will know. Left thousands familyless and more than a million homeless. You have no consideration what so ever.
This is a disaster of proportions this country has never experienced. We should be coming together with our prayers and thoughts and doing whatever we can to help those poor, unfortunate souls. and all you can think about is how they deserve to die.
excuse me while I throw up.