KATRINA AND RITA POST-MORTEM
I have seen first hand the faces of America under attack. Not by an enemy but by the power of Nature. When attacked America rises to the occasion like no other nation in the world. The amount of giving, volunteering and good will by ordinary citizens, corporations, stores, neighbors, medical people, and police - is the face of America we used to know in the old days when times were bad.
I have been a refugee without a home, a job, a future and it was not government that helped me but organizations paid by donations of small people. The President has a big heart and it shows. He is not much of a spellbinding speaker but you can feel his sincerity. His decisions are governed by this overwhelming desire to do good for Americans in need.
As uplifting as this experience has been it also showed the dark side of this nation. The looters, the anarchy, the shameless politicians whose only intent is to hurt and not to help, always crawl out of their rotten holes in time of distress. The cheap attempt to make political hay when suffering is abound shows who such creatures really are, whether they are elected, work for the media or are simply Bush haters.
The worse of the beasts are the black “leaders” trying to use this opportunity to reignite racial hatred and put their black slaves back at the plantation where they can control their votes and lives. The festering pit that was New Orleans was the creature of the Welfare State operated by the most corrupt political organization of this nation. These were the American Yasser Arafats who stole the money intended to improve their people’s lives and kept them in a third world living and educational environment to help them politically.
The worse thing may be happening to these Louisiana politicians. The people whom they kept in the ghettos have escaped and may never return. Overwhelmed by the generosity and love given to them by other Americans, mostly white at that, they will not rush back into the misery that was New Orleans for them. Even prompted by nasty leading questions of reporters, most will refuse to blame their plight on Bush. They know what happened to them. So does the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor.
The plot of the corrupts and corrupters is already developing. Louisiana politicians have a great plan. All moneys should be given to them and they will arrange the distribution. They already hired some well know Democratic liars who will be in charge. Lead by General Wesley Clark they want to force the distribution of benefits to former residents through their corrupt offices, regardless where these people may reside in the nation. They also want them to be able to vote in Louisiana elections in return for the money doled out to them. Based on what I have seen, most of these people will not fall for these well know tricks. Yet we should not underestimate the power of these politicians. They have refrigerators full of cash and access to billions that will be given to restore the State. I just hope that wherever you meet someone who escaped from the ghetto of New Orleans, explain to them what freedom means, what responsibility can do for the human spirit and what slavery was at the New Orleans plantation.
For those of you who have helped, volunteered – I am so proud that you are an American. And for the slime, the agitators, and the looters of our freedom – your day is coming. Soon we will have had enough of you. We stand with our hand on our heart when the flag passes and not burn it, put it in urine. We pledge allegiance to it and not ignore it or curse it.
Katrina and Rita were the opening shots of the new revolution that showed us who our friends and enemies are. Thank you for being my friend and a true American.
