Just Venting

We have all been consumed by Hurricane Katrina, and rightly so. Viewing the devastation has been overwhelming; not only because my relatives were directly affected, but because it's tragic for so many people. The pictures of the destruction were more than I anticipated. My mother attempted to relay exactly what my cousin said, but the pictures are far worse than I feared.

My New Orleans opinion--bunch of frickin' morons. All of the forecasts predicted that New Orleans was going to be hit directly and people chose to stay. There were evacuation orders that were ignored. Windows were not covered with plywood and the ignorance of many has now destroyed them. Yes I know that there are exceptions, there always are. But by in large, people should have known better and just gotten the hell out. There were opportunities for those without transportation to leave and I don't necessarily believe that they are entirely to blame. The city of New Orleans in general did not take Katrina seriously. When your city is below sea level next to the sea, there should be a standard evacuation order that all of your residents are aware of. Years ago when I learned of New Orleans being under sea level next to the Gulf, I knew then, at that very young age, that that was a disaster waiting to happen. If they rebuild New Orleans in its original location, then they are more brain-dead than I imagined. TAKE IT UP THE HILL GUYS SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

This can somewhat be related to the canyons here in Colorado. When you have a heavy summer storm come into the mountains and open up with massive amounts of rain, all of that water runs down the mountains to the rivers. Within a matter of a few hours there can be tidal wave like flooding, and yet people still choose to build there homes next to the river. Every time we are in the mountains my husband and I look at those homes and call its inhabitants fools. They repeatedly lose their homes and rebuild in the same spot to only lose them again in the future. As a child, we were in the Big Thompson Canyon the day before its devastating flood in the 70's. I remember it raining and becoming worried. The highways throughout the canyons are littered with caution signs stating "In case of flooding, move to higher ground". No Shit Sherlock!!! New Orleans, in case of flooding why don't you move to higher ground?!?! My heart is breaking for those who were indeed incapable of evacuating, but good Lord, the looting, the gang activity? Those were the ones who deserved to drown. I'm understanding of individuals who were just getting food and water, we would all do that, but the other stuff? Unfortunately this all reflects on black America. They are the ones that we see looting, they are the ones guilty of the criminal acts that have been taking place. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, et al, where the fuck are you? Are you still busy with that ditch bitch? Lead your people, please someone, lead your people. I vote for JC Watts, him or Bill Cosby. Once again Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (my personal hero) is rolling in his grave.

Am I pissed about the lack of assistance by the government? You bet I am, but unlike the liberals I'm not pointing fingers as of yet. Why don't we get the full story before we start to make accusations. If it turns out the President and his administration dropped the ball then you can bet for damn sure I'm going to be one of the first one's complaining.

And if I hear one more liberal say anything about "President Bush was on vacation in Crawford, again, and didn't move into action quick enough" then my conservative head is going to explode!!!! Do you really think that he's sitting around on his ass when he's in Crawford? What about Congress? They're in recess right now, shouldn't they be equally accused of ass sitting? Why the hell aren't the liberals attacking them? "Oh, uh , they're back home with their constituents". Bull Shit!!! They're in Barbados or Hawaii or FRANCE! Grow a mind people, grow a fucking mind!!! That includes you Matt and Katie, God how I wish I could just vomit directly on them when they start spewing their rhetoric. We all need to hold a bake sale and buy those two some common sense!

I need to go, I'm too pissed off to post what I really wanted to today.