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My ignorance of what?! Of the fact that a hurricane is a natural disaster, that the city was flooded when the levees broke, that incompetant local and state officials left citizens in New Orleans to suffer, that troops were sent in to forcibly remove citizens from their homes and confiscate their firearms...that the Federal government was grossly incompetant as well.
So this entire discussion began because some people were offended that I do not truly believe these people are "victims"....
Let's see, you are opposed to calling "these people" victims, and you sound like you don't like the term "survivor"...so what exactly were they?
i remember when 3 hurricanes hit florida in 04, i was there and luckily the hurricane missed my city barely, i remember bush was here the next day shaking hands and staging photo ops and said tons of federal money is on the way and most of the cities damaged were rebuilt in less than a year...but then again that was an election year and florida was a toss-up state
i remember when 3 hurricanes hit florida in 04, i was there and luckily the hurricane missed my city barely, i remember bush was here the next day shaking hands and staging photo ops and said tons of federal money is on the way and most of the cities damaged were rebuilt in less than a year...but then again that was an election year and florida was a toss-up state
Then again, Florida is run by different officials than Louisiana, so is Mississippi and they recovered much faster as well.
We would be more than happy to cut the oil into the continental United States if that tax money means so much to you.
Don't even think about screwing with my city.
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Mississippi and they recovered much faster as well.
Oh so that's why Gulfport and Pass Christian still have trailer shanty towns and look terrible.
Let's see, you are opposed to calling "these people" victims, and you sound like you don't like the term "survivor"...so what exactly were they?
They were citizens who experienced a hurricane, similar to many other citizens who experience a natural disaster such as flooding, tornadoes, earthquakes, and fires (or volanic eruptions if you live in Hawaii).
Bringing up the facts about New Orleans is messing around with the worldview that the people in New Orleans only have themselves to blame, and if they would only leave and live just like middle America but instead they set themselves off, defying God and nature (like San Fran, L.A. Seattle, Portland, NYC, D.C. Memphis, St. Louis, Tampa, Miami, etc)
No, I just don't think they should have a special term given to them by the media.
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