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"When the Levee's Break"...
I have never felt so ashamed of my country and government as I did last night.
I am watching these people who have lost everything but the clothes on their backs walking through water up to their chests; they are carrying babies and elderly people on their backs; they are packing their entire lives into plastic clothes hampers; they are trying to survive.
Perhaps the worst national disaster to ever hit our country and these people were left on their own -- criminally neglected by our "government." What I saw made me sick to my stomach and as sad as I have ever been. To watch these people begging for food, water, medicine, and shelter; to watch these people wait three or four days for someone to get water to them...mothers with babies and small children who don't know how they are going to feed their children or if they will survive. George Bush should be absolutely ashamed of himself -- he left these people there to die while he enjoyed a little guitar and birthday cake. He should be strapped into a chair like the guy in "A Clockwork Orange." They should force his eyes to stay open and make him watch all four hours of this movie. He is the sorriest excuse for a president, much less a human being, as I have ever seen.
In my wildest dreams I never, ever thought that I would see our government turn it's back on the citizens of this country. That is exactly what happened to the victims of Katrina. Our government could not be "bothered" with these people. After all, there were vacations to take, fundraisers to attend, guitars to be played and cake to be eaten. Too many things to take care of then to worry about a few of "those people".
I know this movie has been discussed before but I had to vent. I am angry, sad, sickened and disgusted. It seems obvious to me that our little boy king and his lackeys have developed their own little "caste system" for the citizens of our country. If you are black, poor, and don't contribute to their campaigns then guess what? You are an "untouchable".
Fuck you, George Bush...fuck you.
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