> [Original Message] > From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 9/3/2005 9:56:21 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Katrina > I bet the drains > in New Orleans are like that (old, old-fashioned). > > There was water to the rooftops. How does a toilet work when there's water to the rooftops? > PS> The survivors are > PS> living in squalor after only 5 days. Doesn't this teach us a lesson about > PS> how close we are teetering on anarchy? What is appalling is how helpless > PS> people are really. Left to their own devices, most people can't think their > PS> way out of a paper bag. Nobody took control? Of course not, they were > PS> waiting for the government to. Unfortunately, the teet was dry. > > I agree someone should have taken control. Like duh. By someone you think the DHS maybe? The Department of Homeland Security? I hear the people this the people that but NOBODY is beating on the DHS when they had DAYS to prepare and then they waited days more to do anything. It's the victims' own fault. WHY DOES NOBODY CARE THAT HOMELAND SECURITY SAT BACK AND WATCHED THE WORSE DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY UNFOLD BEFORE THEIR VERY EYES AND NOT LIFT A FINGER? Andy Amago It seems the army man there > has. But I don't think it's surprising that people without food or > medical attention or water, crammed into convention centres etc., are > living in squalor after just 5 days. > > > -- > > mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html