09-14-2005, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Music City
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Originally Posted by PantyFanatic
I’m so pleased to have a senior Pixie step forward with such a well thought through and presented opinion.  The dilemma of class struggle is daunting enough when dedicated people of logic and ability are struggling to improve the complex issues. It only becomes more impossible when hampered within a system structure where the seats of decision and authority are filled with the asses of patronage. The events associated with Katrina is going to be debated for a long time and 90% of it will be game playing of rhetorical politics. Does anyone believe that it will not be viewed as a MAJOR political obstruction or opportunity that just has to be shoveled through and buried as soon as possible? Did Katrina form a handle for the people to finally get a hold on that will let you demand some accountability from ALL levels of government? |
For me, one small sliver of a silver lining to this overwhelmingly dark cloud of disaster is that, somehow, this finally forced W to hold himself accountable for not doing what was right...a red-letter day in the history of this country in the new century, to be sure...
The subject of natural disasters, how the govt. responds, & how the incompetence of the appointed hacks affects that response reminds me of the story of Chicago some years back...about 1967, Chitown was hit with a major blizzard that paralysed the whole city...the legendary & infamous Mayor Daly, understanding that his political machine couldn't possibly cope with this thing, exhorted residents to pitch in & help themselves out of the mess, which interestingly enough kept him from shoudering the blame for being unable to respond to an emergency...a lesson that was lost on a succeeding administration, after his death, that got hit with another snowstorm, & had no response of any kind to deal with it...that mayor was booted out on her ass in the next election...
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