I've been watching Spike Lee's excellent documentary, "When the Levees Broke". I think everyone in America, especially those in the government should have to watch this. It's heartbreaking and astounding that this could be happening in our country.
According to an article in Common Dreams, "Asian tsunami relief workers who visited New Orleans over the summer were shocked at the lack of recovery. Somsook Boonyabancha, director of the Community Organisations Development Institute in Thailand, told Reuters she was shocked at the lack of progress in New Orleans. 'I'm surprised to see why the reconstruction work is so slow, because this is supposed to be one of the most rich and efficient countries in the world. It is starting at such a slow speed, incredibly slow speed.'"
People pay takes for years, yet when they need help from their goverment, this administration tells them to "go pound salt." They pay insurance companies for years and get nothing in return when it comes time to collect. If you have no flood insurance, they claim "water damage," and if you have flood insurance they find some other excuse not to pay. It's all just corporate greed.
It's just absolutely disgusting! This is not America ... not the land that I have always loved. This is some third world country that doesn't care a hoot about it's citizens.
Posted by Cyberkat at August 24, 2006 5:57 AM | TrackBack