QUOTE (ESPCamaro @ Sep 9 2005, 03:56)
But in closing, I would like to point out that no matter what anyone says, those people were NOT helped because they were poor, and because the majority were black.
You better beleive that if hollywood has a major earthquake those people will get help when they need it.
I REALLY think the whole "...we didn't help these folks BECAUSE they are poor/black..." is JUST ABOUT THE BIGGEST LOAD OF CRAP I have heard lately...this from a bleeding heart LIBERAL who went to UC Berkeley... (IMG:
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The response was/is poor because the mechanisms/infrastructure to respond to the problem where NOT IN PLACE...despite EVERYONE ON THE PLANET KNOWING New Orleans was in deep doodoo someday because of their levy system....now was this fact INFLUENCED by the lack of money/resources they had due to being a "poor black community"...sure....but this is from YEARS of neglect.....not GWB's fault....just his mess to deal with...and to be clear...I think his response has been LACKLUSTER at best....but not "criminal" as some would say...
Hollywood WOULD respond better, because they have the money/resources/infrastructure in place to respond to such a disaster...at least better than NO did.....is THAT GWB's fault???? Is THAT the federal governments fault??? No, they spent the time/money/effort to be better prepared....would the fed step in...yes...would they do it better/faster/more because LA is full of rich white men.....PLEASE! The actions/plans of the local governments are AT LEAST as responsible for the problems there...
I'm out too....I just can't STAND all this big brother isn't helping enough crap...they can only do so much....they are not doing it well right now, but enough with the conspiracy crap... :leaving: