"No where does the constitution have a provision for tax payer handouts."
> What do you think the purpose of paying taxes is you half-wit? Taxes FUND programs like FEMA, which are in place to assist and protect citizens from natural catastrophies. They pay for the basic infrastructure in a civil society. It was not just people on welfare that got SCREWED by the disastrous federal response to Katrina. The full-time employed, tax-paying middle class was hurt as well and when they expected a return for their tax dollars, they were screwed by an imcompetent, imbecilic federal government too wrapped up in a pointless war in Iraq to give a shit about domestic safety or national disaster preparation.
"Everyone is responsible for themselves. Before the good old days of Socialism in this country, where everyone could bitch and get something for nothing, people actually relied on family, friends, and the community."
Whatever. We've heard this Limbaugh-Coulter NEO-CON vomit a million times over and it still smells like the same sh*t. Guess what buddy, disasters happen in people's lives that are BEYOND their control. Do you think New Orleans residents are somehow responsible for what happened because they chose to live in New Orleans, one of the most historical, culture-laden cities in North America? Sociopathic whack-jobs like you who lack any compassion for a fellow human being are why your society is going to hell in a handbasket. If you hate society and your government, go move into a sh*t-shack with the troll "Debbie Lopez" up on the plains of Montana....I suspect you have all the makings for a future una-bomber. As for your delusional "good old days" when people "relied on friends and community", this is just total bullshit. In the good old days, people just died and/or rotted on the streets. This is the social structure you believe represents the ideal?
"Katrina and other disasters are sad, but people should realize that if you live in a danger zone and something happens, no one is to blame but themselves. Should I build a house in Death Valley and then bitch to the government that I need, no deserve free water and a meal ticket for my poor choice? No, thats absurd. "
> What a bloody assanine statement. Its so stupid I have no idea where to begin. First, are you comparing NEW ORLEANS with death valley? Are you that f*cking ignorant? Most of those people have been living in New Orleans for GENERATIONS. It was their HOME, their culture, their sense of belonging. People were flooded out of their homes your a**hole, trapped on their rooftops with no food or water. If a stray dog came to my door begging for some food I would feed it. Your moral bankruptcy is so profound you have the audacity to state that these people "got what they deserved" and should have been left to die of thirst and starvation? Your comments on this thread are perhaps the most vile, reprehensible sentiments I have ever read on a discussion board. You are a disgusting excuse for a human being.