Posted on 10/24/2007 4:43:31 PM PDT by pfflier
Okay, I might not be the first to think of this, but why isn't there any MSM comparison (except on Fox News Channel tonight) of the behavior of San Diegans as compared to the citizens of New Orleans?
The scope of the respective fire and Katrina disasters is not that different. Each displaced populations of large metropolitan areas. Each resulted in large urban and suburban areas rendered uninhabitable. Each resulted in loss of homes and disruption of life for huge numbers of their population. Each reflected the helplesness of the first responders to act until nature relented. But most importantly, each reflects on the quality or character of it's local citizens.
Before I get flamed on the issue of race, I am not heading there. I am however going to state categorically that the educational differences in each community reflects the way they responded to disaster. I was a resident of Mira Mesa, just south of Poway, for 12 years. The area is full of military retirees, engineers and other professionals. Sorrento Valley, just to the west is an international hub of biomedical research. The cost of living is high, the jobs pay well and the educational level is probably at 16 years or more for most households. Those who were displaced had a plan. They took it in stride. When you hear about Qualcomm, you hear of mutual help, good behavior and good local planning. You get the sense of the "rugged individualism" that was (is?) the American spirit. Contrast that to New Orleans.
New Orleans is an entitlement city. A significant part of the population relies on others, particularly the government, for their subsistence. The local population is on the opposite end of the education spectrum from San Diego. Income levels are on the opposite end of the scale also. Given these contasts, how should that highlight the difference in how each community has reacted? It shouldn't.
I am very proud and impressed with my former San Diego neighbors. They have restored some degree of faith in the American spirit of self reliance. I hope that other large cities learn from the lessons San Diego has offered by stepping up as individuals and as a community rather than lowering itself to seeking handouts and assessing blame.
Perhapa because the difference in the people, both culturally and financially, is so obvious, no one thinks it’s necessary.
What about fair and balanced reporting? The old saying goes "Nobody cares about a house that didn't burn down, that's not news". In this case the house is burning. There are no weeping handwringers and San Diegans are coping. isn't that good? shouldn't that be the news story?
There’s no such thing as fair and balanced reporting.
God bless Rep. Duncan Hunter, and his efforts which have gone pretty well ignored by the MSM. But check in with the Mark Levin Show later, Hunter was on today, and it will be archived. He was said to have been on Hardball this afternoon, too, but I missed it. GO DUNCAN HUNTER!!
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