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Originally Posted by samuel
No, I just see it differently. I think people should be able to take care of themselves.
Did you read Bytor Peltor's post? Blame the state of Louisiana or New Orleans before the federal government... if you feel the need to criticize. I don't see the point in criticizing - a fucking storm destroyed a city and it's sad. There shouldn't have been people there. Plenty of money has been sent to New Orleans; I'm not sure if it's being used efficiently.
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when people are in no position to take care of themselves, it is the government's job to aid them, in some form. when the city and the state fail, it's the federal government's job to step up and provide aid, should a necessary situation arrive. yes, our politicians fucked up, but they at least TRIED to pick up the slack as soon as things had started to get out of hand, while our pres-o-dint chose to play guitar and kiss brown babies and have photos of himself taken while looking oh-so pensive in through the window of his plane. he displayed a nonchalant attitude about the entire situation while FEMA dicked people over with 'aid' left and right. and let's not talk about money being spent efficiently. if we weren't overseas fighting a bullshit war, maybe adequate funds could've been sent to new orleans by now...or maybe the funding would've actually been there when state representatives requested it to fix the levee system before something horrible happened. who the fuck are you to say how efficiently the money's being spent, anyway? have you been to the city to see what's being rebuilt and what has been rebuilt? i have, and although progress is slow, it's still there.