A GLIMPSE OF THINGS TO COME?
Global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels turned hurricane Katrina into a monster storm. Yes, thank an SUV owner for our worst disaster yet. Even after the intense hurricane season last year, you never heard the words Global warming mentioned as a cause. The fact is, hurricanes feed off of warm water. If the planet gets warmer, you guessed it, there is more, warmer, water. That warmer water creates more, and larger storms period. This simple conclusion doesn't take a PHD in meteorology. I'm not going to give you a lesson in elementary school environmental science, so lets move on.
Another cause of the sheer bedlam, besides the monster storm itself, is the pre-existing poor condition of the levee, pump, and canal systems which were supposed to keep the city of New Orleans dry. The levees were not maintained or fortified as scheduled by the Army Corps of Engineers because funding and manpower required was diverted to Afghanistan and Iraq.
During the hurricane, levees and dams broke, pumps failed, and the sub sea level city filled like a giant bowl. Who knows how many thousands have drowned in their attics or in the flow. Now that the hurricane has passed, there are tens of thousands of Americans wading through hot filth, excrement, and corpses. They are starving! Perhaps much worse, they have no access to clean water for drinking, or bathing. These people are going to start getting sick and thousands more will die. What about the very young?!? What about the elderly?!? What about the Handicapped?!? What were we waiting for?!? We should have staged our gear, vehicles, and personell, and started evacuating people when we saw that big ass donut shaped cloud coming toward our coast! What the hell do we pay taxes for? This will be the worst avoidable disaster in our country's history. Ladies and gentlemen, here is proof that the government doesn't give a shit about you or your family. Oil in Central and Western Asia is the priority, not you!! Where is the National guard to restore order? Where is the Army Corps of engineers? Where are the Navy construction battalions and Navy civil engineering corps? They're in Iraq! American infrastructure is deteriorating and the people who should be fixing dams, levees, and dikes are in Iraq!!! I don't recall Iraqis paying taxes for their services. Now, it seems, help is finally on the way. Washington needs to do some serious PR damage control. I don't really care why they've finally decided to send help after thousands have already died, I'm just glad it's coming. Lets hope it's enough and that the death toll isn't too horrible.
To add insult to injury, for the first couple of days after the disaster, the press has been focusing almost completely on looters. There are thousands dead and thousands more at risk. There are babies that haven't been fed and that have been languishing in intense heat and filth for days, but the biggest story is looters. What more proof do you need that the media doesn't care either? They just see this as an opportinity to portray desperate people as "ruthless lawless crazy niggas". I just don't understand it. These people have no unspoiled or dry food left in their houses. They have no clean water to drink. They have no clean dry clothes of their own. What are they supposed to do? The corporations have already written off the contents of their stores with the insurance companies, let these people get what they need to survive since the government which they paid taxes to wont. There are a few people taking other things, but trust me, the corporations have already written off teverything in those stores. Each corporation involved is getting one or more huge checks from their insurance companies. Looting is a non issue. Hunger and thirst and dead bodies should be the big issue. The corporate executives will be fine as they have plenty of food, water, clothing, and shelter and their babies aren't soaked in filth or starving in humid 100 degree heat indexes. Again, I ask, Where are the democrats??? Why aren't they doing anything about our government's inaction? Why have they allowed our national resources to be so horribly misallocated by the Republicans? Now I ask you what city will be next? Will it be Houston, Miami, Jacksonville, Charleston, Norfolk, Washington? Lets keep destroying our environment and supporting a government that doesn't give a shit whether we live or die, and we'll find out soon enough!
Another cause of the sheer bedlam, besides the monster storm itself, is the pre-existing poor condition of the levee, pump, and canal systems which were supposed to keep the city of New Orleans dry. The levees were not maintained or fortified as scheduled by the Army Corps of Engineers because funding and manpower required was diverted to Afghanistan and Iraq.
During the hurricane, levees and dams broke, pumps failed, and the sub sea level city filled like a giant bowl. Who knows how many thousands have drowned in their attics or in the flow. Now that the hurricane has passed, there are tens of thousands of Americans wading through hot filth, excrement, and corpses. They are starving! Perhaps much worse, they have no access to clean water for drinking, or bathing. These people are going to start getting sick and thousands more will die. What about the very young?!? What about the elderly?!? What about the Handicapped?!? What were we waiting for?!? We should have staged our gear, vehicles, and personell, and started evacuating people when we saw that big ass donut shaped cloud coming toward our coast! What the hell do we pay taxes for? This will be the worst avoidable disaster in our country's history. Ladies and gentlemen, here is proof that the government doesn't give a shit about you or your family. Oil in Central and Western Asia is the priority, not you!! Where is the National guard to restore order? Where is the Army Corps of engineers? Where are the Navy construction battalions and Navy civil engineering corps? They're in Iraq! American infrastructure is deteriorating and the people who should be fixing dams, levees, and dikes are in Iraq!!! I don't recall Iraqis paying taxes for their services. Now, it seems, help is finally on the way. Washington needs to do some serious PR damage control. I don't really care why they've finally decided to send help after thousands have already died, I'm just glad it's coming. Lets hope it's enough and that the death toll isn't too horrible.
To add insult to injury, for the first couple of days after the disaster, the press has been focusing almost completely on looters. There are thousands dead and thousands more at risk. There are babies that haven't been fed and that have been languishing in intense heat and filth for days, but the biggest story is looters. What more proof do you need that the media doesn't care either? They just see this as an opportinity to portray desperate people as "ruthless lawless crazy niggas". I just don't understand it. These people have no unspoiled or dry food left in their houses. They have no clean water to drink. They have no clean dry clothes of their own. What are they supposed to do? The corporations have already written off the contents of their stores with the insurance companies, let these people get what they need to survive since the government which they paid taxes to wont. There are a few people taking other things, but trust me, the corporations have already written off teverything in those stores. Each corporation involved is getting one or more huge checks from their insurance companies. Looting is a non issue. Hunger and thirst and dead bodies should be the big issue. The corporate executives will be fine as they have plenty of food, water, clothing, and shelter and their babies aren't soaked in filth or starving in humid 100 degree heat indexes. Again, I ask, Where are the democrats??? Why aren't they doing anything about our government's inaction? Why have they allowed our national resources to be so horribly misallocated by the Republicans? Now I ask you what city will be next? Will it be Houston, Miami, Jacksonville, Charleston, Norfolk, Washington? Lets keep destroying our environment and supporting a government that doesn't give a shit whether we live or die, and we'll find out soon enough!
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