Posted on 12/04/2005 8:31:45 PM PST by Liberty911
POLL HERE: http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25953
Please excuse the subject, this is a call to action, it was meant to get YOUR attention. Read on while witholding judgment.
Citizens of Louisiana,
WE THE PEOPLE need easier and more effective methods and administrative and legal procedures and remedies to remove elected, appointed and other public officials and employees, IN ALL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, from their positions of trust (GIVEN TO THEM BY THE PEOPLE of our good and historic state) when they are involved of suspected or proven undesirable activity.
The endless days of graft, corruption, miscondcut, looking the other way, making perpetual excuses and providing misleading or non-answers need to come to an end IMMEDIATELY.
Ask yourself why do your representatives, politicians and public servants avoid making the needed changes?
Until the changes occur, it will be business as usual in Louisiana, and under the current way of doing "business" we can expect little or no help from the outside as the reputation of our PUBLIC SERVANTS is well known and well documented, and the entire country is well aware of it and has been for a long time.
ALL branches of state and local government in Louisiana need checks and balances which can be easily and effectively executed *successfully* BY THE PEOPLE, as opposed to the current avenues and methods of redress of making seemingly senseless and useless complaints to parties inside the system whom seem more interested in protecting their professional colleagues and cronies than they are the public, WE THE PEOPLE, whom they are supposed to be serving and protecting.
Our extensive and cultured history, and the proliferation of graft, corruption and official misconduct, known as "The Louisiana Way", tells us in this very difficult time of need, that unless sweeping reforms and changes are successfully enacted, AND ENACTED RAPIDLY, that Louisiana is going to be written off by the rest of the country as a hopeless liability to the union, and not deserving of the assistance we need to rebuild our state related to the recent natural disasters.
Until YOU THE PEOPLE get off your duffs (actually I wanted to use a more descriptive and deserving term than "duffs") and TAKE ACTION, you can kiss much, if any, further federal and outside assistance goodbye.
Just my 2 cents. Take it, leave it, or get off your *DUFF$ and do something about it.
Or, as is expected will be the case, you can just sit on your beer guzzling, I'm a victim, a$$e$ and suffer the consequences.
My contact information is on http://www/LouisianaWay.com
*IF* you care.
Unfortunately, you can substitute America for Louisiana in this article to get the larger picture.
"........lazy bums of New Orleans to gobble up billions in FEMA money......"
Too bad that there aren't billions to gobble up. Even people here who had flood insurance through FEMA have been told that there is no money to pay out. Imagine having your house or business destroyed, and then finding out that the insurance you paid for over the years is not there for you. What do you do? By the way it's not just Louisiana,people in Mississippi are hearing the same thing. Gov.Haley Barbour asked FEMA if those Mississippi residents that didn't have flood insurance could pay 10 years of premiums retroactively in a lump sum. But FEMA can't even pay the claims that are already on the books.
Also, I would like to go on record to say that the people of New Orleans are not lazy bums. I invite anyone who thinks that, to come down here and look things over. You might have a change of heart.
After reading, your rant well fits several other states.
Too bad the news hasn't been honest in reporting the good things happening in the recovery efforts all along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. I visited with family from the NOLA area over Thanksgiving and they said that NOLA is nowhere near dead. The one's that returned to rebuild the city are tough folks. They have a long history of having to depend on themselves to survive down here. After all they have been there nearly 300 years. Of course showing resourceful independent people doesn't fit their agenda.
Makes me want to move there!
/sarcasm
! P I N G !
The people of Louisiana need to help themselves before any real and long term help will even be considered.
The politicians and public officils with their hands in the kitty need to have their hands... Well, you get the idea...
You just described why Socialism/Communism does not and cannot work! Good job.
Americans, including you, gladly give to those truly in need who recognize and are appreciative of the charity of others.
Quote by Mind-numbed Robot: "Americans, including you, gladly give to those truly in need who recognize and are appreciative of the charity of others."
And I am truly grateful for the aid which has came, mostly from individuals, churches and non-profits.
But the IRAQ and AFGANISTAN sized federal and international aid is nowhere to be seen.
Did you know NATO sent people into Louisiana during the Katrina response?
I think given the failure of the FEDERALLY built levees which caused most of the damage in Louisiana, that the Fed needs to step up to the plate better than they have
You may be a little fast in that assessment Husker24. The people of Western NY (cannot speak to the people of NYC), for all their faults, are known for giving to those in need. Nebraska is not know as a bunch of corrupt winers. Yes you may live in a high risk area but that could be said about many places in the USA.
However, using taxpayers money to build walls to allow them to live below sea level is not the same thing, especially when they then complain that we have not given enough, we blew up the walls because they were black.... etc. Not one penny will ever be willfully given, by me, to the people of N.O.. They can KMA.
Quote by Wurlitzer: "Not one penny will ever be willfully given, by me, to the people of N.O.. They can KMA."
Thanks, I wish you could take a drive through the neighborhoods where many innocent and giving people had lived.
I wonder if you saw and smelled it firsthand if you would still feel that way?
Did you know that about half the natural gas and industrial petrochemicals consumed in the US is either made or passes through Louisiana?
Nagin, Landrieu, and Gov what's her name should ALL be impeached.
Thanks for the offer Liberty911 but no thanks, I'll pass.
The corruption and welfare mentality of N.O. and LA do not occur in a vacuum. It was tolerated for years and I will not be told by the "head of the United Way" that this is just an example of how bad the poor are treated in the USA. I know you did not say that but the message from the politicians in LA and the media said the same thing just in different words.
The people of N.O. and LA do not deserve ANY more money taken from me by force by the federal government. I did however, send money to Mississippi. They did not piss and moan and blame the evil white man for their troubles.
That could and should be changed. It is too dangerous a location for such strategic materials to be brought into this country. An area that could hold up better than N.O./LA might be a better choice. Granted it is hard to protect anything against a Cat 5 hurricane and white people blowing up levies.
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