> [Original Message] > From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 9/2/2005 11:06:04 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Katrina > > >Nobody took control? Of course not, they were > waiting for the government to. Unfortunately, the teet was dry. > Paul, what do you think of the fact that our treasury is empty because billionaire level people got most of the money? Or do you think that's just a myth propagated by Bush haters? It's true, but for the sake of argument, let's assume it's not true and the middle class got all the tax money (an average of about $600 per return). Don't you think it's just plain stupid to put one's country into a position where it has no money? Then to set up DHS and have it do absolutely nothing. Slate said Chertoff proved he could pull together a very efficient press conference. You keep saying the poor are feasting off this government tit. I think that's scapegoating, like the religious right blaming the gays for the hurricane. Andy > paul > > _________________ > [insert pithy quote here] > Paul Stone > pas@xxxxxxxx > Leamington, ON. Canada > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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