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Originally posted by Apoc
I personally don't care. How come all we hear about is New Orleans? Maybe because other regional communities actually don't have the entitlement mentality and solve their own problems.
I'd rather have my tax money spent in Iraq to foster a democracy and beat down the terrorists.
The people of New Orleans voted for Ray Nagin. Let him fix the problems he and the region's legacy of corrupt democrats caused.
How many more sex changes with "rebuild" funds have to happen before the handout mentality rebuild effort is deemed "successful"?
Originally posted by BlaznRob
And as for the "silence" from "other regional communities," I'd like to point out that in the wake of Katrina, the MEDIA focused almost completely on New Orleans, even though the destruction was more complete in areas of Mississippi. The city I live in was slammed hard, and many places within it were without power for over a month, and we're 90 miles north of the coast. Those communities which seem to be "solving their own problems" is due largely to the fact that many of those communities were empty for a long time, and are now filled with quite a few FEMA trailers.
Of the coastal communities affected, ALL recieved federal aid, not just New Orleans - New Orleans was just the most well-known city impacted, and got most of the publicity and media coverage.
Originally posted by Apoc
I personally don't care. How come all we hear about is New Orleans? Maybe because other regional communities actually don't have the entitlement mentality and solve their own problems.
I'd rather have my tax money spent in Iraq to foster a democracy and beat down the terrorists.