|
Rudey,
I lived in New Orleans for four years. It is home to some of my fondest memories and to my alma mater. I sit at home each night glued to the TV watching these desperate people. I see places I once frequented destroyed and I troll the internet seeing messages from teachers and friends that I still have left there.
You don't know anything about me.
You may not like my politics and I may not like yours but please don't tell me about how I should feel about this disaster. I believe there are people on both sides of the asile who are responsible for this disaster. I lay blame on the local officals who are democrats for putting people in the Superdome to begin with.
But, I also blame the president and his administration. Babies are dying of dehydration like New Orleans is part of the third world. I watch out military on TV all the time sending supplies and doing air lifts to people in disasters all over the world and I ask "why can't we do that for our own people?" Harry Conick Jr. managed to get into NOLA but the military claims they can't swing it. And I say "what's wrong with this picture?"
And I might add this is not just an issue people on the left are talking about. I watched Joe Scarborough last night asking the same questions about the lack of response in both NOLA and Mississippi. He said at 5 PM yesterday was the first time he had seen anybody from the national guard. He talked about how inefficient the relief effort was going, and how FEMA was sending half full trucks with water but with no food. I don't think it's wrong to question that and ask "How did this happen?"
|