My friends in Oregon and Washington, I might not be back for a few more weeks. In the meantime, I ask you to please consider this:
The Federal Government has misappropriated our money.
We the people pay billions in taxes with the implicit understanding that our money is used to better our lives here in the United States by creating and maintaining needed infrastructure. Our Federal Government has authority for major projects such as interstate highways, dams, and levees, and with that authority comes the responsibility to see that those systems are prepared for when they are needed.
What we actually HAVE is a government that took that money for infrastructure and spent it on a war over seas that was justified and started with lies and deception.
The preparations for such a domestic emergency like the recent hurricane were gutted and redirected to Iraq, including not only the National Guard, but items such as sandbags, portable hospitals, etc.
What we are seeing now is not a government prepared to deal with a crisis, but a government scrambling to deal with the aftermath of a crisis as it wipes the egg off of its face at the same time.
We pay for the government to be proactive, but our government is being reactive, and they are treating New Orleans like a military operation because that is the only government system that is funded and operational.
New Orleans isn't being rescued, it's being conquered and occupied.
3 comments:
Tom
Our prayers are with you, as well as with the Hurricane and flood victims in Louisiana and Mississippi.
just passing through- but great point
what a fabulous post here; well stated and to the point.
I hate these bastards in office so much, I usually can't be as eloquent as you seem to be. thanks
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