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September 21, 2005

The distusting MSM Part II

I guess my concern was met and my post about hurricane Katrina was misunderstood after all. And if this person can, then people who have not known me as well or as long may as well. I admit I am a little surprised but after rereading, I can see where I went wrong.

The last people I was grilling were those that are the worst off. Families without homes. Families who lost loved ones. Families who have no idea where some of those loved ones are. I did not mean to infer that I thought that everyone was taking advantage of the aid being sent by the government and uncountable private institutions. Those who are truly in need should get what they need to get their lives back together.

That being said, my post had 2 theses:

1) The people who stayed despite all the warnings deserve most of the blame for what happened to them.

2) Those who are taking advantage of this situation for personal gain, either monetary, professional, political, etc, should be ashamed. And the rest of us need to remember who they are.

I mentioned the $200 billion from the federal government broken down and divided equally among all the displaced families would equal roughly $400,000 each. Now toss in all the privately raised funds. Does anyone really believe that any family will see anywhere near this amount? No. It will be bled away by the various middlemen agencies to do "studies", make "fact-finding trips", hire "consultants", not to mention pay the salaries and bonuses of their executives. (Non-profit does not mean non-revenue by any stretch.) Even though I feel $400k is too much, I would much rather see the government cut them checks to let them buy a home and restart elsewhere tomorrow, than watch these bloodsuckers all posture and plead in front of the cameras about how all they want to do is "help these poor, poor people", while those they claim they are trying to "help" continue to sleep on cots in the Astrodome (or wherever they are are now being moved).

Anyone who blames President Bush or Mike Brown or "white people" for these problems has no business at the big people's table and need to step aside and let serious people get something done. Period.

Finally, those who started it all - the media. All they care about is ratings, and they will put anything on that they think will make people switch from another network.

Posted by TJ at September 21, 2005 08:23 PM

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