Let me explain a few things to you guys without trying to sound like a heartless prick:
People lived in a known lower than sea level area. They didn't take the necessary precautions to get out in time. There was almost a week's worth of notice to these people. Hell, you can walk pretty damned far over the course of a week.
The Federal government isn't going to help you as much as you'd like to think. They aren't going to cut you a check for absolutely every last dime you lost and they certainly won't help you rebuild. That's what insurance is for. Don't have insurance? Tough. I know it sounds heartless, but I am insured to the eyeballs for just about every situation that can possibly arise.
Sure, insurance companies will try to weasel their way out of things, but if someone was properly insured against wind, water, fire, and earthquakes, the insurance companies would have no where to turn. That's why insurance companies are trying to say that the wind caused damage in one area and that the water caused damage in another.
It's been two years since Katrina hit, yet there are people saying that it looks like it hit only yesterday. Who's fault is that? Surely, you can't blame Bush for all your failings. If you want your neighborhood to be cleaned up, pick up a broom and start cleaning. Rent a bulldozer for the debris.
"If George Bush's government were as good and decent and focused as the people of New Orleans, whole parts of the city would not still look like the storm just hit. This is a national disgrace," said Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who launched his campaign last year from the devastated Ninth Ward.
No John, you're the disgrace because you want to hand hold people when they need to learn to stand on their own. There are people who's housing rent is being picked up by the government TO THIS DAY. THAT'S a disgrace.
The Federal government can't be blame for everything that goes wrong in your lives, especially if you think that they'll magically show up with helicopters and building materials to put everything back in order once the storm dies down.
I'm sorry if I sound like a heartless prick, but come on, it's been two years since Katrina, and I know rebuilding takes time, but let's look at it logically. It didn't take two years to rebuild after Hurricane Andrew and that was on par with the damage caused by Katrina. You didn't hear rap stars going on about how the President hates retired people who were most hit by Andrew. It's because it was a different time then. It was when people would just stand up, take care of the sick and wounded, and move on with their lives.
I'm really not trying to sound heartless here, I'm really not, but when people seem to expect the government to hand hold them throughout their ordeal, all the way until years later, it makes you wonder about the spirit inside of these people. Dust yourselves off, count your blessings that no one else was hurt or killed, and rebuild. It's as simple as that.
Travis
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