Post by NixonsGhost on Sept 16, 2005 15:57:21 GMT -8
As many may know I am a former resident of New Orleans. I have seen and understand the futility that many of those in poverty faced. Many had no idea what to do to make a days pay. These people were totally dependent on "Great Society," social programs that allowed them to indulge their negative impulses and live without real fear of consequence. After all, with Welfare, Uncle Sam is the father of your children.
With the total evacuation of New Orleans and a drastic new lifestyle change, it seems that the liberal social experiment will indeed prove to be terribly faulty.
For example, as the evacuees are assimilated into local societies, wherever they may be, it is becoming clear that these people will show that the hand up and not a handout is far more preferable.
The welfare society that permeated New Orleans disappeared with the levee. This is one of the few times that it may be safe to visit St. Louis Cemetary. Why??? Because the projects are empty. Nary a man woman or child had a job in the projects, and lived simply on Government aid. Children made money tap dancing in the Quarter or conning tourists. Teens robbed people and sold drugs. Teen girls... well we know what their commodity was.
These folks are all gone right now. They have been sent hither and yon. They are now finding jobs and new homes. They have been forced from the tragedy of a bad habit of living their lives waiting for the government to send them a check.
In Omaha the 200 evacuees that have been sent were relocated to temporary homes, where many have ventured out and instantly found work. The community, private citizens came to their aid and gave them what the US government never could. A job and the dignity of making their own way in life.
The scene in Dallas and Houston is fairly similar.
Barbara Bush was lampooned for a supposed gaffe she made while visiting the area. But as I see it her words were very accurate. You see if you saw the "homes" that were destroyed in Katrina, those of the people that inhabited the Superdome. You would understand that the conditions of the Superdome, while not optimal to the average American, were not terribly foreign to many of the people who ventured there for shelter.
Those who lived in houses lived in "Shotgun Houses" with sagging leaking roofs. 150 year old ramshackle homes with grass and weeds growing from the gutters. Homes with siding so rotted that you could push your finger through the soft mush wood. This is NOT an exaggeration.
All of those who lived in poverty it can be supposed did not have a normal diet. When help arrived, regular meals were the norm. Meals are also a regular occurence at the evacuation shelters and it seems that with the migration they are enduring, their lives may never be the same. Often this statement is made as a perjorative. I mean it as a positive. The lives of the majority of the residents or former residents of New Orleans will never be the same. Jubilation!! Anyone who knew how many people in New Orleans lived will unerstand my point.
The welfare and government dependence has drastically decreased in Southeast Louisiana. I believe that the lesson of Ktrina will ultimately be that individuals people can do more, and that the citizenry can do more for one another to end negatives in life, than decades of government handouts.
With the total evacuation of New Orleans and a drastic new lifestyle change, it seems that the liberal social experiment will indeed prove to be terribly faulty.
For example, as the evacuees are assimilated into local societies, wherever they may be, it is becoming clear that these people will show that the hand up and not a handout is far more preferable.
The welfare society that permeated New Orleans disappeared with the levee. This is one of the few times that it may be safe to visit St. Louis Cemetary. Why??? Because the projects are empty. Nary a man woman or child had a job in the projects, and lived simply on Government aid. Children made money tap dancing in the Quarter or conning tourists. Teens robbed people and sold drugs. Teen girls... well we know what their commodity was.
These folks are all gone right now. They have been sent hither and yon. They are now finding jobs and new homes. They have been forced from the tragedy of a bad habit of living their lives waiting for the government to send them a check.
In Omaha the 200 evacuees that have been sent were relocated to temporary homes, where many have ventured out and instantly found work. The community, private citizens came to their aid and gave them what the US government never could. A job and the dignity of making their own way in life.
The scene in Dallas and Houston is fairly similar.
Barbara Bush was lampooned for a supposed gaffe she made while visiting the area. But as I see it her words were very accurate. You see if you saw the "homes" that were destroyed in Katrina, those of the people that inhabited the Superdome. You would understand that the conditions of the Superdome, while not optimal to the average American, were not terribly foreign to many of the people who ventured there for shelter.
Those who lived in houses lived in "Shotgun Houses" with sagging leaking roofs. 150 year old ramshackle homes with grass and weeds growing from the gutters. Homes with siding so rotted that you could push your finger through the soft mush wood. This is NOT an exaggeration.
All of those who lived in poverty it can be supposed did not have a normal diet. When help arrived, regular meals were the norm. Meals are also a regular occurence at the evacuation shelters and it seems that with the migration they are enduring, their lives may never be the same. Often this statement is made as a perjorative. I mean it as a positive. The lives of the majority of the residents or former residents of New Orleans will never be the same. Jubilation!! Anyone who knew how many people in New Orleans lived will unerstand my point.
The welfare and government dependence has drastically decreased in Southeast Louisiana. I believe that the lesson of Ktrina will ultimately be that individuals people can do more, and that the citizenry can do more for one another to end negatives in life, than decades of government handouts.