The Task Ahead
Aug 31st, 2005 at 6:41 am by Susie
But this seems like the wrong moment to dwell on fault-finding, or even to point out that it took what may become the worst natural disaster in American history to pry President Bush out of his vacation. All the focus now must be on rescuing the survivors. Beyond that lies a long and painful recovery, which must begin with a national vow to help all the storm victims and to save and repair New Orleans.
People who think of that graceful city and the rest of the Mississippi Delta as tourist destinations must have been reminded, watching the rescue operations, that the real residents of this area are in the main poor and black. The only resources most of them will have to fall back on will need to come from the federal government.
Well I guess we all know that they are F**ked don’t we…The only people the Fed. helps under the current admin. is the wealthy. Once again the bail out will come from the middle class, with their donations and volunteers that will take up the slack….
These people clearly don’t deserve government help, since they didn’t vote for the government. (The California principle.)