Newsview: in Two Storms, Two Worlds Seen

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Whatever the reasons, residents of heavily Republican Texas seemed to get better treatment from the government during Hurricane Rita than the mostly black, poor and Democratic victims of Katrina in Louisiana. The issue of race is likely to linger in the aftermath of the two big storms.

Government mistakes in the first storm, including failure to provide a means of evacuation for tens of thousands of New Orleans residents stranded in flooding low-lying areas, exposed racial and social fault lines.

These divides may be reinforced, rather than diminished, by the government's far more robust response to Hurricane Rita.

Texas is the president's home state, has a Republican governor and is the home of big oil. New Orleans before Katrina was heavily populated by poor blacks who vote Democratic.

[The Traveler]

1. What? You think there is a connection?

:sarcasm:

[justiceischeap]

2. Nah, not me!

;)

[The Traveler]

3. Of course not

as Marc Antony said, "For these are honorable men."
:evilgrin:

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4. Did you look at the comments?

It's no wonder I have such a dim view of people who have any use for yahoo. Not an intelligent answer among them. I was going to comment that it was a fairly accurate article until the end.

It's not about politics, it's about competence. FEMA was rendered non-functional by this administration. By appointing know nothing leadership, reducing funding, adding bureaucratic handcuffs, not relying on the well trained professional reserve forces(the real professionals),and privatizing through commercial contractors.