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Post by Mestemia on Oct 13, 2005 21:35:33 GMT -5
And here it is: #1. A mandatory evacuation means just that..Get the hell out. Don't blame the Government after they tell you to go. If they hadn't said anything, I can see the argument. They said get out... if you didn't, it's your fault, not theirs. (We don't want to hear it, even if you don't have a car, you can get out.)
#2. If there is an emergency, stock up on water and non perishables. If you didn't do this, it's not the Government's fault you're starving.
#2a. If you run out of food and water, find a store that has some. (Remember, shoes, TV's, DVD's and CD's are not edible. Leave them alone.)
#2b. If the local store has been looted of food or water, leave your neighbor's TV and stereo alone. (See # 2a) They worked hard to get their stuff. Just because they were smart enough to leave during a mandatory evacuation, doesn't give you the right to take their stuff...it's theirs, not yours.
#3. If someone comes in to help you, don't shoot at them and then complain no one is helping you. I'm not getting shot to help save some dumb ass who didn't leave when told to do so.
#4. If you are in your house that is completely under water, your belongings are probably too far gone for anyone to want them. If someone does want them, let them have them and hopefully they'll die in the filth. Just leave!
(It's New Orleans, find a voodoo warrior and put a curse on them)
#5. My tax money should not pay to rebuild a 2 million dollar house, a sports stadium or a floating casino. Also, my tax money shouldn't go to rebuild a city that is under sea level. You wouldn't build your house on quicksand would you? You want to live below sea-level, do your country some good and join the Navy.
#6. Regardless of what the Poverty Pimps Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton want you to believe, The US Government didn't create the Hurricane as a way to eradicate the black people of New Orleans; (Neither did Russia as a way to destroy America). The US Government didn't cause global warming that caused the hurricane (We've been coming out of an ice age for over a million years).
#7. The government isn't responsible for giving you anything. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave, but you gotta work for what you want. McDonalds and Wal-Mart are always hiring, get a damn job and stop spooning off the people who are actually working for a living. President Kennedy said it best..."Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." |
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Post by PhantomsPandora on Oct 14, 2005 3:35:45 GMT -5
That is so filled with such balogna that it makes me want to be sick all over the place. I wonder what brilliant mind thought that one up.
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Post by ophelia97 on Oct 14, 2005 11:44:07 GMT -5
But it sounds so familiar!
In response to
#1- I can understand partially blaming the gvmt for not responding so quickly to Katrina, but it really got pathetic when people started using that excuse for Rita.
It seems like everything is someone elses fault in any situation these days.
Example: The city of Houston told Rita evacuees not to return under any circumstances until told it was okay, because there was no gas in the area and they would be stranded on the side of the road again. They said it in clear terms similar to these. Yet people returned, ignoring them and when they were stranded again, couldn't take responsibility for their own stupidity. I saw one guy on the news on the side of the road, angrily saying, "This is the governments fault!"
#2a- I have a family member (who shall remain unnamed) who appearantly doesn't know how to pack for an emergency. He took his computer, tv, telescope with it's huge mount, and a skull of a goat he found in the desert. Along with that, he had room for 3 cans of food, one change of clothes, no water, no bedding, and no common sense appearantly.
#2b- It's sad to think that there are people out there who will tough out a hurricane just for the purpose of looting afterwards, but it's true. There was looting in areas of Texas (electronics stores, etc) before the winds had even subsided.
#3- There was a man in Galveston (believe it or not) who decided to tough out the storm in his boat in the marina! He refused to leave when officials pleaded with him. Lucky for him, the storm turned away from his area.
#5- The best description I've heard of New Orleans is that it's like a bowl surrounded by soup, with sandbags to protect it. Sadly enough, something tragic was going to eventually come out of this setup.
#6- All the meteorologists are claiming that global warming has nothing to do with this hurricane season from hell. It's a natural cycle that happens every hundred years or so, and the huge storm that hit Galveston 100 years ago was part of the same pattern.
#7- As ashamed as I am to admit it, I'm related to some people that would probably rather live in a shelter than work. One of them called during the aftermath of Rita to describe how his workplace was totally destroyed and he didn't have to work anymore. Hours later, I was watching an aerial view of the affected cities on the news, when lo and behold! There was the restaurant he works at, still standing and seemingly ready to reopen. At this very moment, he's back at work there.
Disasters really seperate the good, the bad, and the stupid. I met a lot of wonderful, helpful people through the ordeal, so I'm happy to say that not everybody fits on this list.
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Post by ophelia97 on Oct 14, 2005 14:30:30 GMT -5
In my last post on people who have no common sense, I forgot to mention one of Rita's few casualties, the man who died while trying to get something good on film. I think he was hit by flying debris, but it doesn't really matter. The point is, next time you want to make a hurricane movie, don't do it during a real hurricane. Same goes for any other natural disaster.
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Post by Tara on Oct 14, 2005 14:37:59 GMT -5
That reminds me of the movie Tornado
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Post by Mestemia on Oct 14, 2005 22:00:30 GMT -5
That is so filled with such balogna that it makes me want to be sick all over the place. I wonder what brilliant mind thought that one up. Would you be so kind as to point out the specific parts that you believe are bologna? |
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Post by ophelia97 on Oct 15, 2005 13:57:11 GMT -5
Personally, I agree with most of the list.
If #6 wasn't bad enough like it is, there are also people who actually believe the hurricane was God's punishment for the "sinfulness" in New Orleans. However that theory doesn't explain why innocent children were among the victims.
Honestly, the only people a hurricane "targets" are the morons who see it coming but choose to twiddle their thumbs and ignore it until there's no more time to get out. There are people in tornado and earthquake zones who don't have the luxury of a week to evacuate when something happens, but appearantly our stupidity is a great equalizer.
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Post by conniesdaughter on Oct 17, 2005 22:33:10 GMT -5
I couldn't agree with that post more!
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Post by teancum79 on Nov 1, 2005 21:17:55 GMT -5
Well I'll confess I've worked at McDonalds inside of a Wal-Mart of all places and while they are often hiring they treat you like crud and you can barley live on that pay if you are lucky.
Our nation needs to invest in educating people so that they are qualified to get a decent job. Fast food is great till you are in your mid 20’s and than its time to ether run the place or get a better spot.
That said I agree with the rest of the email. People need to take responsibility for their lives. Yes the government should help you out, but they can’t and should not do everything for you.
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Post by ophelia97 on Nov 2, 2005 11:55:08 GMT -5
Agreed. McDonalds is a good place for people who need money and can't find work anywhere else, but I can't imagine someone who's only ambition is to make a long term career out of it.
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Post by Tara on Nov 2, 2005 15:40:43 GMT -5
lol But some people may not have much of a choice. Their chance for going to school could have passed. Perhaps after they've gradutated high school (that's if they have), they didn't want to go to college right away or didn't have enough money. They might have ended up taking care of a child or something else could have come up in that time. Who knows? Most likely they won't have enough money to go to school to get some sort of degree even if they wanted to.
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Post by teancum79 on Nov 3, 2005 12:51:04 GMT -5
I had an idea awhile back it is far from perfect but it could work. It cost about 40,000 a year to lock a person up and I think only about 20,000 a year to send someone to an okay college. We could make basic college (AA and tech degrees) as common as graduating H.S and people would have the means to make a living instead of welfare bumming crime etc.
Oh course we have to invest in the program a few billion up front.
We also need a way to prevent people from being exploited by employers while not destroying the free market. (I've yet a come up with a half way doable idea.)
If everyone did the whole love thy neighbor thing that would help, but I don't see that happening in the near future.
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Post by Tara on Nov 3, 2005 18:21:26 GMT -5
Oh course we have to invest in the program a few billion up front. You might want to ask the military, although I don't think it would be coughed up very easily. |
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Post by ophelia97 on Nov 4, 2005 14:44:47 GMT -5
lol But some people may not have much of a choice. Their chance for going to school could have passed. Perhaps after they've gradutated high school (that's if they have), they didn't want to go to college right away or didn't have enough money. They might have ended up taking care of a child or something else could have come up in that time. Who knows? Most likely they won't have enough money to go to school to get some sort of degree even if they wanted to. There are grants and scholarships for college. I got grant money (with minimal effort) that I used for several years of college. |
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