My local newspaper, the Wichita Eagle, has a blog that allows posts from readers, URL at bottom of post.
Here are some from right-wingers I wanted to "share." If this doesn't show the kind of classist, fascist, racist plicks were fighting against, I don't know what . . .
These posts have been snipped to get to the relevent parts, but otherwise have not been altered in any way.
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Why is it the government's job to bail out people who were too stupid to listen to the government's weather service that told them for several days before the storm to get to high ground. I thought you people believed in survival of the fittest. Why waste time and money on the least fit?
Shame on the government for wasting resources on them when it could be spending our tax money on education, instead.
Posted by: Gail | September 01, 2005
Rape and murder under the dome. Shots fired at rescue personnel. Looting on camera and not just food and water. No wonder the rescue efforts are a bit slow! And all I hear on TV from the rescued is complaints. The food wasn’t hot; a nurse didn’t heed my demands for a sick man, nobody buried that dead man -- -- etc. It is Bushs fault!
Bah, typical democrat attitude.
Posted by: Joe | September 01, 2005
The people in New Orleans that are left are there because they made a conscious decision to stay. It has nothing to do with poverty or Bush. They are stupid and they are paying the price.
Hank
Posted by: Hank Price | September 01, 2005
Why didn't these people leave?
They are stupid.
They had time.
Did you see the interviews of these people two days before the storm hit? They are stupid.
Did you see the interviews of these people one day before the storm hit? They are stupid.
The state government is corrupt. It has been corrupt for over 75 years. It has been democrat for over 75 years. The people that put up with them are stupid.
They had time to leave. They are stupid.
The mayor is corrupt. New Orleans has one of the most corrupt city governments in the nation. It has been democrat for over 75 years. The people that keep electing corrupt mayors are stupid.
The people are stupid.
It is criminal to stay in the path of that storm if you have kids.
If you believe that Bush is at fault for institutional stupidity in New Orleans you are stupid too.
Posted by: Hank Price | September 01, 2005
I doubt that a single complainer did anything meaningful beforehand to prepare for the storm or to help a neighbor, nor has done a thing to help since the hurricane struck.
As for the poor who have no car, it seems obvious that the distance one would have to walk or bicycle to get away from the flooding and heaviest damage is less than a day's effort. But are these people looting for walking shoes and bicycles and tents? Hardly.
The well-practiced helplessness of the victim class always gives them a ready excuse when a reporter is looking for one. However, part of the law of evolution - the survival of the fittest - is having the gumption to work hard enough to have options when things go bad. The victim class has no options, just excuses and a well-honed ability for spreading blame. So sometimes they die because of it.
Maybe it's not their fault. Probably it's largely the fault of those who coddle and nurture the victim class.
Yes the poorest got left behind when 80% of the people fled the coast -- the poorest workers, the poorest planners, the poorest thinkers. And now we're spending billions to save their sorry butts. Why?
We need to get the state police down to the Oklahoma border to keep the busloads of coastal flotsam from coming to Kansas to live off our welfare for the rest of their lives.
Posted by: Gail | September 02, 2005
All of the people could have gotten out of NO. The fact of the matter is most of the people there now didn't or wouldn't. Don't say they couldn't leave. There were options for everyone to leave town before the storm hit.
Posted by: Wayreth | September 02, 2005
http://eagleblog.typepad.com/eagle_opinion_blog/2005/09/new_orleans_res.html#comment-9030261