America Will Never Achieve Her Greatness
Looking Back at Hurricane Katrina
until every single citizen is able to achieve the American dream. I'm not talking about being wealthy beyond your wildest dreams, but being able to live in decent housing, being able to have the same job and educational opportunities regardless of the color of your skin. Hurricane Katrina may have washed away homes and the belongings of thousands of people, but it also has washed away the blinders that were on so many eyes when it comes race, poverty and this administrations ability to respond to a disaster.
The majority of the victims of hurricane Katrina were the poor. The middle class in this country under this administration is slowly disappearing, now it's almost as if you're either rich or poor...There's barely an in between. The images I've seen on TV didn't look like the America that I know, those images look like they were from a third world country. The city of New Orleans is a representation of inner cities across America, the sense of hopelessness, the high crime rate, lack of jobs and bad public schools. Not only is this administration at fault, but we must also look at the local governments in these cities, have they really tried to turn things around by offering job training , putting more police on the streets to prevent crime and encouraging people to continue their education.
Bush is at fault not only for showing up late, but he's at fault because he played politics when he appointed Brown who was unqualified for the job, because of this people who needed help didn't get it on time. It makes you wonder if Brown is the only appointees of Bush's who got his job because of who he knew... I doubt it. I'm sure there are other federal agencies filled with political cronies.
This is not about Republican, Democrat, black or white. It's about one of the riches countries in the world allowing communities within it to decline in such away, that any American watching had to turn away in embarrassment and disgust when they saw their fellow Americans chanting "Help." The images of the dead covered with sheets on the streets, children looking hungry and gaunt, mothers crying, and fathers looking bewildered will burn in my mind and so many others for years to come.
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4 Comments
Post a CommentYeah, it would be wrong to blame Bush for putting a guy who use to judge horse shows in charge of FEMA. I mean it's not like he was a hot dog eating contest judge.
It's an amusing thing that as people extol the villainy of George W. Bush when it comes to Katrina, no one considers that Gulfport, which suffered just as much as New Orleans, was up, running, and in fine condition in 1/4 of the time it's taken New Orleans. Another highly interesting thing is to ask someone who lived in Louisiana if there's a REAL difference between New Orleans before Katrina and after Katrina - the answer is no, it's just as ill kept, trashed, and dangerous as it was before.
Bush either was or wasn't to blame? I'd say he was partly to blame.
There are a variety of good ideas waiting to be adopted that have the possibility of providing decent and inexpensive housing while also eliminating unemployment. I'll check those out and get back to ya.
Not to sound as though I'm someone that follows your articles (I don't, I randomly clicked on this one and was going to back out until I saw the reference to Hurricane Katrina) I want to point out as someone that lived through Katrina, was heavily involved in the volunteer and post-hurricane assistance efforts, and bore a large brunt of the after effects by living in one of the cities hit the hardest by the big immigration as a result, Katrina is one topic that people need to stop blaming Bush for. The war, the economy, foreign policy, yap about him over those, not Katrina, that was a horrific failure on the parts of LOCAL government - who were successful in diverting the blame as they watched their citizens drown.