Something to think about..it is a social commentary on the difference of two communities with a similar disaster, although I am sure some idiot is going to say "Hate speak".
- Where are all the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
- Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?
- Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago?
- When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines?
- Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?
- Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television
- When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a "vanilla" Iowa, because that's the way God wants it?
- Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?
- Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?
- How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?
HOW COME THERE IS SUCH A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS FLOODING AND THAT OF NEW ORLEANS?
- When N.O. flooded, it was a racist plan to wipe out black people.
- Now that white people are getting flooded out, we need to investigate .. who?
Outside of being flooded, there is no looting, no people wandering the streets looking for meanness, no grocery carts being shoved through the water carrying stolen big screen TVs, no people sitting on the tops of their houses waiting on the government to come and get them, no police abandoning their posts, no Iowans bitching how the government and George Bush is failing them. There is not one damn thing, other than water, that is similar to New Orleans.
- I heard a dimwit on CNN yesterday say that this reminded him of New Orleans. How?
The streets in Des Moines are empty. People left when they were told to evacuate. They didn't whine, bitch or blame the Government for the broken levees. They did what responsible people do in a crisis. Some people who didn't even live in the flood areas came and filled sandbags to help their neighbors.
The actions of the people of Des Moines and the other Iowan cities only makes the actions of the people of New Orleans look worse.
--gfo
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I'm tired of chasing down people who are posting this nonsense and pointing out how fallacious it all is. It's late so how about just a big buttery Fuck You, and a hope that you get to experience the joys of a massive disaster and the government's response real soon. What ever happens to people like you will be well deserved.
Fuckmook.
Cappy,
Did posting this clap trap make you feel any better? You should feel worse. But you need to be a decent human being to understand that concept. Come to New Orleans or the Gulf Coast and see what these Americans have endured while America's attention was "elsewhere". (So many dead white girls and Hollywood couples to keep up with!) Look heroism in the face, then you will understand how small and petty you are for posting this racist viral e-mail.
Mark and Doctor J2u
I spent 18 years as firefighter/emt (volunteer) I have looked death in face many time...and for little more than a pat on the back and service to community.
Sometime the truth hurts. I am not race baiting, here merely stating the obvious.
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