I don't think that's true at all. New Orleans had a large population of people on welfare--most big cities do. New Orleans also has one of the most corrupt governments in the US, coupled with the corrupt incompetence in the Governor's office. Add it all up, & the area, sadly, was a sitting duck for not being able to respond when a disaster was bearing down on it (school buses underwater, etc.). Then, top with Federal bureaucratic (NOT Republican, but bureaucratic) policies guaranteed to ensure that nothing actually gets done afterwards (FEMA trailers sitting in the mud, leasing Carnival ships for the dispossessed but not requiring them to live there & then double-paying them to live elsewhere). It got hyped, however, because the media wanted to make political hay & turn it into a "Bush hates black people" binge. ESPN this morning was running an extensive interview with Spike Lee saying that very same thing. Why? What purpose does that serve other than DNC spin? THAT'S the hype we're getting tired of. Meanwhile, many other parts of Louisiana & Missippi & Alabama have been completely overlooked. They certainly don't get all the chest-thumping from Spike Lee & others, because it's not politically convenient. And I really get tired of all the bleating from the pseudo-liberals (like the tiresome gang on "Sports Reporters") who you know don't do a d*** thing to help out. Oh, they may throw a couple of bucks to the Red Cross, pat themselves furiously on the back, nod self-righteously at Spike while at a DNC fund-raiser--but they don't do a friggin' thing to help those folks dispossed by Katrina. They certainly don't want them in THEIR neighborhoods (I speak as someone who lives in a predominantly minority neighborhood in Washington DC, where the "liberals" wouldn't move in if they had to--"too dangerous".) Foist them off on Houston, then continue to cluck about evil Bush. I have no doubt the MNF crew will drown us in their treacle tonight, & harumph indignantly about Bush--but they're not doing a thing themselves for residents actually dispossed (hey, Kornheiser wouldn't come within miles of my neighborhood, guaranteed).
And then of course what never gets reported, because the pseudo-liberals don't think it's convenient, is the crime increase in Houston, & the misuse of millions of dollars actually given to New Orleans residents to help them restart their lives (instead spent on trips to Vegas, trips to the Super Bowl, season tickets for the Saints, etc.). Let's see Spike Lee, ESPN, & the gang on MNF talk about THAT. Let's see you talk about that. (And I'm sure you're a complete saint in your life, giving away all your money & possessions, to enable you to criticize Tuna.)
Oh well football with the volume turned down is better than no football at all. :laugh2:
