and this
Not one MSM story about the government not doing enough to "save" the people of Iowa. Why? We all know why...but no one wants to admit it. Iowa is white, Louisiana is black. The government can only be racist against blacks, not whites. This is the Cultural Marxism's answer and we need to fight against this mentality every time it shows its "ugly face".
JoMa
Excellent..
So it’s not ‘Bush’s fault’ yet?
Hmmm... there's that pesky Republican favored word "working." Simply amazing the problems that can be solved by simply working.
You’d think there would be at least a few democrat Iowa pols hoping for a job in an Obama administration taking advantage of the moment to posture for the cameras “Kathleen Sibelius and the Kansas tornado”-style and get in their Bush licks...
Iowans don’t “loot” or wait for other people to come to their rescue. The floods of 1993 there were considered a “500 year” flood, as well. Lived in Des Moines at the time, and we had no running water. No comparison to Katrina, though, in severity (went through that, as well) but not a good situation.
The truth is far uglier even than that.
The people of Iowa are capable of solving their own problems.
The people of New Orleans were inherently incapable of solving their own problems [and will remain inherently incapable of solving their own problems into the forseeable future, for literally millennia on end].
But that's not the worst of it.
Guess who's making the babies now, and who's not making babies anymore?
Of U.S. Children Under 5, Nearly Half Are MinoritiesPrepare for the worst - a terrible maelstrom is coming.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/09/AR2006050901841.html
although I have not (recently) been following tv news, I do know one thing the socialist hate is for anyone but especially Americans to stand on their own and succeed.
Think about it, if a big deal is made illustrating the differences between the helpless (and useless) Katrina-ites and the people of Iowa what will that achieve?
Nothing good for the socialist movement that's for sure...
“The difference is not in the severity of the flood, but in the people who confront the flood.”
There were millions affected by Katrina and Rita who simply went back to what was left of their homes and businesses and picked up the pieces and got on with lives. The MSM never bothered to tell their stories of recovery, but instead chose for political reasons to continuously report on the small number of welfare cases who never could take care of themselves even before the flood.
How to say this... The people of Iowa are not like the people of New Orleans. Nobody in Iowa is going to be sitting around in a government trailer two years from now waiting for somebody to come make their lives better.
I did hear that most of those flooded did not have flood insurance, so they’ll be expecting government aid.
Amazing how those Americans in Iowa and Wisconsin haven’t been on the TV shows whining the past few weeks.
Probably too busy helping out their neighbors.
Ironically, I went to the library here yesterday and checked out a book about Katrina (photo/essays) and the text in the book is, of course, blaming Bush for Katrina.
My hubby was listening to a talk show the other day to a guy who said he was at a swank hotel in NO and ran into a man living there compliments of FEMA, three years after that hurricane. He had a FEMA trailer, sold it, now FEMA is paying for him to stay in the hotel. The radio guy said this man had no intention of looking for a job, or getting into his own home. Before the storm hit, he was living in poverty, now he lives like a king.
and this
Where are Bush Sr. and his buddy Klintoon???
Mark my word.
What I would like to have explained here if anyone is knowledgable enough about flooded buildings such as these (up to the second foors or even up to the roofs); HOW IN THE WORLD are they going to REMDIATE the TOXIC MOLD that is going to form once the waters slowly recede. This is not even being discussed on KCRG.com in Iowa.
We are faced with some serious implications in agriculture - the fields are flooded & it's entirely possible that it may be too late to replant if they can get back into their fields. Or even if they can replant, yields will be very low and that will impact us all.
The people of Iowa are incredible and truly step up to the plate to help. When the tornado took out Parkersburg, volunteers were turned away & asked to sign up at a central website for a future date.
This week, a neighborhood in Des Moines along the Des Moines River was in danger and needed volunteers to fill sandbags- the National Guard was there to place them - 1,000 people showed up @ 10pm - this was in the middle of the work week and they were not from the area.
Polk City had over 50 volunteers to help sandbag our lagoon at a moment's notice - in the middle of the day & that's no small feat considering 90% of the population works outside of Polk City.
So, although I complain about the weather in Iowa, the people in Iowa are simply outstanding.
It was the folks in New Orleans doing all the looting and rioting. Folks in MS and AL weren't doing that. As far as the FEMA camps go, the only folks in them were folks who had been renting, and those homes were washed away, or damaged beyond repair. Those who had owned homes that were no longer there, or were in such disrepair that a brooming out and wash down wouldn't do the trick, moved their trailers into their yards, and lived in them while repairing their homes.
The reason so many were in those trailers for so long was because they were in a battle with their insurance companies to see what, if anything, would be covered when they did those repairs. Most folks didn't have ready cash to pay for those repairs, and they needed the money from the insurance on those homes to fund them. For those whose homes were completely washed away, much of their net worth was in that property, and they still had the mortgage to pay on it, whether it was there, or not.
I'm sure FEMA works much better today than it did back in 2005. They learned their lesson from Katrina, and also their job was made easier this time by cooperative State Govts. in Iowa and other Midwest states.