The government has to consider the cost before they send out any kind of military help. If they would have sent troops to New Orleans before the hurricane hit, it might have been at too high a cost just in case it wasn’t as bad as it really was. This government under the Mr. Bush has extended itself far beyond it’s allotted fanatical capability when it comes to the military.
I’m sure those who think he has done a good job as our head nut in charge just might see it a little different now. Seven thousand of the “closest” National Guard units to the disaster could not come to their aid quickly, because Mr. Bush had already sent them to Iraq. My son was told that he will be paid for his work there not by the federal government like usual, but he will be paid by the state of Oregon for his time in New Orleans. The fed’s just can’t afford it.
I don’t see the government not helping as soon as they could because of any race or fanatical status issue. But more because they have let an arrogant pampas red neck piss away a large portion of our military and tax money for his own personal ego filling needs to find weapons of mass destruction that were never there. The lying son-of-a-bitch!
Watching MSNBC all day with my son was a bit sobering, knowing he will be there sometime tomorrow afternoon right in the middle of it all to help where he can. What blew my mind were the “people” that were being shown on the news. They are in the middle of one of the biggest, if not the biggest, disasters in this country’s history. A hand full of people are being total assholes, but, the majority of the people are waiting, not fighting, not looting, and despite their desperate situation, they are helping each other cope. Blacks and whites together, crying, waiting, hoping and helping. All together.
As it has been said before, Americans are at their best when things are at their worst.
Help has not come as quick as it should have, because help is on the other side of the world watching all this on TV in their tents.
The incredibly strong, caring, and tolerant people of New Orleans and surrounding areas that were effected by this disaster are asking, “where’s the help”? I’ll say it again, the help is watching all this on their TVs in their tents half way around the world.
I am not a political person. Never have been. I do not post in political threads on this board because I have a tendency to be a little too of an in your face kind of person (sorry Simon) and I am really trying to work on that. But now, I just hope they impeach that son of a bitch Bush!
I’ll let you know what and when I hear about things from my son. He’s going to call me in a couple of days if he can.
Dave
