Hurricane Katrina brought out the good and the bad in people. It exposed
the character of many people. Many people were heroes. I volunteered at a
shelter. I met some real heroes. I now have a whole new opinion of the Red
Cross. I will never give them another donation. I met come crazy people.
I saw one lady claim to be a nurse and actually treat patients for three
days before the doctors asked about her credentials. She had none, wasn't a
nurse. The National Guard asked her to leave. I saw people last week who
were displaced by the storm and moved to a community of about 200 trailers,
each about 10 by 20 feet. The place where they lived in New Orleans was
destroyed. The didn't own the place. The government gives them a check
every month. They do nothing and have no desire to do anything. They have
a place to stay and free money each month. Why should they want to change
anything? Why get a job when the government will pay you to do nothing?
Many of these types of people were transported to Houston. Now they're
Houston's problem.
I dislike footing the bill for leeches. I hate it when the person in front
of me at the grocery store buys shrimp and steak with food stamps(or the
modern equivalent), and then pays cash for a carton of smokes and a cart
full of alcohol.
OK, enough ranting. Someone please ask an LBC question.
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