Donkey1499
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I'm posting this thread in an unbias form (which for those of you who know me, know that I'm not usually unbias). But I just think that the Katrina critics (from the left AND the right) are just being unfair to each other, the victims, and the nation. They are missing the real issues at stake (Mmmm.... steak!) and people are suffering because of it.
Now, the Left and the Right are slamming each other constantly over this disaster. The Left attacks Dubya by saying that he didn't talk about the hurricane during his SOTUA (State of the Union Address); yet they have no room to criticize, since "School Bus" Nagin never deployed the school buses when he should have and he has already bought a house only a couple days after the storm hit. Then the right attacks by saying that the left wasted too much time by pointing fingers at the right instead of getting shiz done; yet Dubya was out playing golf while people were drowning.
And yet, the finger pointing continues to this day, and nothing is getting done because the politicians are too busy fussing about who's to blame for all the people drowning. That can all be solved within a minute, really. All the blame can't; and I repeat CAN'T; be laid all on one person, or group. [Except maybe that whole deal about the levees not being upgraded; but BOTH sides were together in getting that done, but some non-important thing became more important]. The forces of nature are to blame.
Could anyone have predicted the true path of the storm? Not precisely. Could anyone have predicted the amount of damage the storm itself would cause? Not precisely. Could anyone have predicted the amount of damage that the aftermath would cause? Not precisely. We're not prophets. We can't see the future. Yet during this whole ordeal, people were suffering while our "leaders" were quarreling. How childish! The people they (meaning the left/right leadership) were sworn to protect were suffering, because of politics. Politics should've been the last thing on anybody's mind. But no, certain individuals had to get their points across first.
And now on to the donations. I have a feeling that everyone on here probably donated money or supplies to the Katrina Aid; and as an American, I thank y'all for that. But who still has all the money? Hmm? Who has it? POLITICIANS. I'm not saying "Give all your money away, dammit!" But if you claim to support suffering Americans, then prove it! Let's say that Politician A has $20 million to his name. Yet Politician A only donated $3 million. I hate saying this, but that seems so small an amount. He could live off of $5 million at least, so $15 million in donations would have sufficed. But let them give little no money, it just shows their true level of concern.
And while I'm on about concern. Has anyone heard about all those trailer homes in Arkansas (I think) that are reserved for the Katrina victims? They have to stay in Arkansas for now because of gov't red tape. In the meantime, thousands of people are going to go homeless when the hotel aid crap runs out in a couple of days, if it hasn't run out already. So, as Bill O'Reilly would say "Who's looking out for you?"
And it may sound like I'm blaming the gov't for the storm, but I'm not. I'm blaming the gov't for being stupid. The whole system failed. It failed you, it failed me, and it especially failed those who live on the Gulf Coast.
Now, the Left and the Right are slamming each other constantly over this disaster. The Left attacks Dubya by saying that he didn't talk about the hurricane during his SOTUA (State of the Union Address); yet they have no room to criticize, since "School Bus" Nagin never deployed the school buses when he should have and he has already bought a house only a couple days after the storm hit. Then the right attacks by saying that the left wasted too much time by pointing fingers at the right instead of getting shiz done; yet Dubya was out playing golf while people were drowning.
And yet, the finger pointing continues to this day, and nothing is getting done because the politicians are too busy fussing about who's to blame for all the people drowning. That can all be solved within a minute, really. All the blame can't; and I repeat CAN'T; be laid all on one person, or group. [Except maybe that whole deal about the levees not being upgraded; but BOTH sides were together in getting that done, but some non-important thing became more important]. The forces of nature are to blame.
Could anyone have predicted the true path of the storm? Not precisely. Could anyone have predicted the amount of damage the storm itself would cause? Not precisely. Could anyone have predicted the amount of damage that the aftermath would cause? Not precisely. We're not prophets. We can't see the future. Yet during this whole ordeal, people were suffering while our "leaders" were quarreling. How childish! The people they (meaning the left/right leadership) were sworn to protect were suffering, because of politics. Politics should've been the last thing on anybody's mind. But no, certain individuals had to get their points across first.
And now on to the donations. I have a feeling that everyone on here probably donated money or supplies to the Katrina Aid; and as an American, I thank y'all for that. But who still has all the money? Hmm? Who has it? POLITICIANS. I'm not saying "Give all your money away, dammit!" But if you claim to support suffering Americans, then prove it! Let's say that Politician A has $20 million to his name. Yet Politician A only donated $3 million. I hate saying this, but that seems so small an amount. He could live off of $5 million at least, so $15 million in donations would have sufficed. But let them give little no money, it just shows their true level of concern.
And while I'm on about concern. Has anyone heard about all those trailer homes in Arkansas (I think) that are reserved for the Katrina victims? They have to stay in Arkansas for now because of gov't red tape. In the meantime, thousands of people are going to go homeless when the hotel aid crap runs out in a couple of days, if it hasn't run out already. So, as Bill O'Reilly would say "Who's looking out for you?"
And it may sound like I'm blaming the gov't for the storm, but I'm not. I'm blaming the gov't for being stupid. The whole system failed. It failed you, it failed me, and it especially failed those who live on the Gulf Coast.