Here's a BBC article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4285298.stm
Two parts caught my attention:
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The couple spent a week and a half in Galveston, but heard that in order to qualify for the help Fema was offering Katrina's victims they would have to get into one of the official relief shelters.
So they travelled up to Austin and moved into a shelter at the city's Convention Centre for three days.
Once there Jane and Raymond were given spare underwear and a box for their meagre possessions, as well as food stamps and the $2,000 (£1,130) cheque that the evacuees are each being given by Fema to help them get back on their feet.
But as far as Raymond is concerned the experience at the shelter was something they both could really have done without.
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Sumfin wonky here, they didn't need that aid, they were staying with family in Galveston so what the hell are they complaining about? Particularly when they then say: "You know when people in America want to party, to have a good time; they all just love New Orleans," he said. "But now we need their help, they complain about us being a welfare state."
Secondly...
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"Everyone in New Orleans has known for years that the levees would not hold if we took a direct hit," he said. "If we all knew it, how come the politicians didn't?"
Patrick Callahan, who is returning to the newly opened Algiers area of the city, is similarly bitter.
"I have lived in New Orleans my whole life and we always knew it wouldn't even withstand a category three," he said. "We knew that if we ever did get a direct hit it would be really, really bad and that going to the Superdome would be a very bad idea."
"I am just a resident. If the residents knew it, why didn't they?"
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So why did they do nothing about it? It's their bloody city!
I know most here see me as a bleeding heart liberal but I really think that people who can help themselves should leave the aid for those who need it and that if people are aware that their city has problems they have no right to whinge if they are not prepared to get off their arses and do something about it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4285298.stm
Two parts caught my attention:
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The couple spent a week and a half in Galveston, but heard that in order to qualify for the help Fema was offering Katrina's victims they would have to get into one of the official relief shelters.
So they travelled up to Austin and moved into a shelter at the city's Convention Centre for three days.
Once there Jane and Raymond were given spare underwear and a box for their meagre possessions, as well as food stamps and the $2,000 (£1,130) cheque that the evacuees are each being given by Fema to help them get back on their feet.
But as far as Raymond is concerned the experience at the shelter was something they both could really have done without.
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Sumfin wonky here, they didn't need that aid, they were staying with family in Galveston so what the hell are they complaining about? Particularly when they then say: "You know when people in America want to party, to have a good time; they all just love New Orleans," he said. "But now we need their help, they complain about us being a welfare state."
Secondly...
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"Everyone in New Orleans has known for years that the levees would not hold if we took a direct hit," he said. "If we all knew it, how come the politicians didn't?"
Patrick Callahan, who is returning to the newly opened Algiers area of the city, is similarly bitter.
"I have lived in New Orleans my whole life and we always knew it wouldn't even withstand a category three," he said. "We knew that if we ever did get a direct hit it would be really, really bad and that going to the Superdome would be a very bad idea."
"I am just a resident. If the residents knew it, why didn't they?"
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So why did they do nothing about it? It's their bloody city!
I know most here see me as a bleeding heart liberal but I really think that people who can help themselves should leave the aid for those who need it and that if people are aware that their city has problems they have no right to whinge if they are not prepared to get off their arses and do something about it.