That is a good attitude. I feel the same. On 1/22/09, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > I am opposed to govt aid to states and cities anyway. (re: 10th amend). As > long as those cities elect crap, let them eat crap (literally). > > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Where George Bush failed, is that he didn't order federal troops into > Louisiana with orders to shoot to kill anyone caught looting, murdering, > raping, pillaging and plundering, as many of the citizens of New Orleans > began to do when this catastrophe hit the region. President Bush failed > in the Katrina relief effort, by issuing debit cards to those individuals of > the region, who went out and bought fur coats, (In Louisiana) and lap > dances in Houston while being temporarily housed by the tax payers of the > United States. > > > > > > Other than that, the federal government did an outstanding job in > Louisiana in the relief effort, and President Bush and his Administration > should be commended and saluted. Unlike the Gulf Coast areas that were > equally devastated, with far less sums of money and relief by both tax > dollars and private relief agencies, New Orleans' and Louisiana government > was corrupt, ineffective, and still to this day, despite more money thrown > upon a region ever before recorded in our history, New Orleans has still not > been totally rebuilt. Thanks to the current Governor Jindall, we are > beginning to see some progress around the State of Louisiana, with the > exception of New Orleans, which still proves to be a corrupt, Democrat > community refusing to change and looking for socialist handouts. It is as > FrankG pointed out, the failure of Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin caused > the city to sit by unprepared, and then allowed for the corruption of funds > and the lack of organization. > > > > > > As a side note, do you know what the top ten cities with the highest > poverty rate all have in common? > > > > Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican > mayor since 1961; > > > > Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954; > > > > Cincinnati, OH (3rd)...since 1984; > > > > Cleveland, OH (4th)...since 1989; > > > > Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor; > > > > St. Louis, MO (6th)....since 1949; > > > > El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor; > > > > Milwaukee, WI (8th)...since 1908; > > > > Philadelphia, PA (9th)...since 1952; > > > > Newark, NJ(10th)...since 1907. > > > > Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing > over and over again and expecting different results.' > > It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats --- yet are still > disadvantaged. > > > > > > > > >
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