Comments on: On New Orleans, Not A Word From Bush

No Mention Of Hurricane Katrina Rebuilding Effort In State Of Union Address

[teeus]

Not that I expect you to post these things on a public forum, but I'd bet an entire paycheck that these sagas don't stand up to any kind of scrutiny. Names? Dates? Contact info?

http://www.snopes.com/katrina/katrina.asp#katrina

And besides, what about the situation leads you to believe that we should only be compassionate to those we feel are "worthy"? Did Jesus help only the "worthy"? Did Jesus tell us to love one another...as long as they aren't poor?

[jonesforch]

I'm also from that part of the country and me I would much rather sleep in a tent in the spring or summer then in the winter. And I would also raise the roof with the help of neighbors...thats what they do they help each and do not whine about...

[teeus]

"People without power and freezing temps arent crying about not beeing helped!!!"

Well, no. Because they are being helped.

But, seriously, I live in the "tuff" middle part of the country, and if my city were destroyed by a blizzard and I had no heat or shelter, I'd raise the frickin' roof.

[jonesforch]

People without power and freezing temps arent crying about not beeing helped!!! But then and the middle of the country is tuff ....they learn from very little age to take care of there own....It is called PRIDE.....

[teeus]

"the lack of mention of hurricane relief a year and a half after the hurricane"

Or, another way to look at it would be the near total destruction of a major American city. And we wouldn't be talking about it a year and a half later if the Administration would stop dragging their feet and get SOMETHING DONE.

[space2run]

It's hard to believe this story made the CBS evening news. Seventeen months after a natural disaster an interview with ONE Katrina victim living in a trailer park upset with the state of the union address by the president of the United States is supposed to elicit feelings of...what?

Furthermore, a senator has little important enough going on in her life to call the lack of mention of hurricane relief a year and a half after the hurricane a "glaring omission"?!? Please!

[huskerarmy]

"Within two weeks the apartment was trashed and the family was gone. These are not urban legends, they are the truth."

"It was then that I decided I would not go."
Right... because you were anxious to help these folks before you heard this stuff. Certainly before Katrina you didn't have these kinds of views. My family is from Baton Rouge. My brother-in-law joined a group who helped pull people out of their houses (against FEMA orders). My sister and him took in a Katrina family for several months and believe the experience was one of the most rewardiing of their lives. There were a lot of innocent people who died and this blaming the victim carp turns my stomach.

[huskerarmy]

"They are a different and undeserving breed down there."

I'll bet the righties wouldn't be so tired of hearing about Katrina if if had happened in GOPer territory.

[chivato5]

Thank Heavens that President Bush DID NOT comment on Katrina. 80 Billion dollars of taxpayers money is enough - the people of the Gulf Coast need to take responsibility and resolve their needs - I've paid enough.

[jawicks1955]

Not trying to seem hard, but these people who are complaning about there living conditions are living free of charge in a trailer , getting money on a cretit card all on our dime. It's not the rest of the nations fault that they lived below grade.