Survivors guard against looters (TN, GA)

ChattanoogaTimesFreePress ^ | April 30, 2011 | Beth Burger

[kaylar]

My childhood home was destroyed by a tornado, back in ‘76. I was 10 years old, and I and the other little girls on the block were offended by the gawkers come to enjoy the sight of our misery (my house was the only one rendered uninhabitable, but their houses had also been damaged.) So what we did is, we stood in my front yard, waiting till a car would slow down. Then we’d stare at the people in the car, whisper in each other’s ears, then point at the cars, and laugh. The people in the cars invariably would look away and speed up, trying to get out of our neighborhood and away from the line of mocking little girls. I wonder if any of our “victims” got our message,and understood why we found their behavior egregious (even if we didn’t know what ‘egregious’ meant, then.)

[Sea Parrot]

Now that is funny, looter guy identity confirmed.

[Clint N. Suhks]

My grandmother lost her house in Louisville from those tornados and survived in the cellar. It’s hard to grasp these storms were more deadly.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

In reading the hisory of the Johnstown flood several looters were shot. The anti-immigrant news papers picked up the story and claimed they were East European, Hungarian and Italian types so it was OK to shoot them.

[WVKayaker]

From a friend, by email...

Hey Sir, I spent the week in DC… Was at Andrews today when all the planes left to support Obamas THREE stops… They flew out 10 C17s and both 29000 and 28000… As well as about three other VIP support planes. Thought you would be interested in that!

More "campaign" stops... I doubt he really cares about the people, but his handlers probably told him he must go. He'll be back on the golf course this pm!

[cashless]

Frankly, I'm surprised he would want to have anything to do with the bitter clingers he turns his nose up to every other day of the week. We all being so damn uneducated here in the South, he doesn't even consider us equals. We may be uneducated but only because the federal government screwed up the educational system. All we know is, “God is great, God is good. Let us thank him for this food. By his hand we all are fed. Give us Lord, our daily bread.” And “Jesus loves me this I know. For the Bible tells me so.” Other than that we have common sense. No wonder he and his supporters feel so uncomfortable around folks like us.

[Nepeta]

Looters should be shot. Gawkers should be ticketed.

[JoeFromSidney]

Individuals guarding their own wrecked homes is inadequate. This is a job for the neighborhood watch (i.e. local militia). They can take shifts, block roads, etc. No need to wait for the cops. After all, the cops work for us; we don't work for them. If they're spread too thin, we take back the role we delegated to them.