Political Looting!
By Doug Hagin (09/05/05)
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of our fellow Americans may have lost their lives. There can be no more costly or tragic news than this to report. Thousands upon thousands more in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, have lost homes, valuables, and have seen their lives turned completely upside down.
Reports from New Orleans and other stricken areas of the Gulf coast have shown us many sides of our neighbors, not all of them flattering at all. Surely there have been, and will continue to be enumerable tales of heroism, and self-sacrifice.
Many in these areas have risked their lives to rescue others, and certainly many, many Americans, and people from across the globe will reach deep into their pockets to help the victims of this natural tragedy.
Yes, there are many heroes to be given gratitude and love. Sadly though there are others, far less numerous, who deserve our scorn and condemnation for their actions during this calamity.
We have all seen videos and photos of the looters. We have heard and read reports of assaults, murders, rapes, all done by miscreants who are far too willing to use any advantage to visit their brand of evil upon the innocent victims. Frankly, these scumbags are a not much better than those who follow Osama Bin Laden if you ask me. Yes, I can empathize with anyone who takes food or clothing to survive; no reasonable person can fault such an action.
Those who willingly use these dire circumstances to harm others, however, are terrorists in my book. They are the worst example of mankind, and every American should wish the severest of punishments upon these miscreants!
Then there are the thugs who have taken this opportunity to loot and pillage, not for survivals sake, but for mere personal gain. Trust me stealing TV’s or beer is not done for survival; opportunistic criminals who only think of themselves do it.
Street thugs, however, have done not all the looting, though. There is another type of looting going on not in New Orleans, or in Biloxi, Mississippi, or Mobile, Alabama, but all across America. This looting is not for TVs or beer, or other material items. Instead, this looting is for political power, let us call it Leftist looting since it is the American Left which is perpetrating it.
In this time of tragedy, every decent America should be concentrating on uniting, to help the victims of Katrina. Most of us, left, right, and center are doing exactly that. However, there are those like Je$$e Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the rest of the lunatic Left which has been all too happy to use the tragedy of others to bash President Bush.
So far, these political looters have accused our president of not acting fast enough in sending help to the areas devastated by Katrina. never mind that he declared the region a disaster area two days BEFORE the storm made landfall, allowing FEMA to begin relief efforts.
President Bush has also been accused of sending all our National Guard forces to Iraq, therefore, not allowing any to be used in the afflicted states. Of course, there were thousands of National Guard forces dispatched to these areas the day after Katrina hit them, but the Left is not allowing this fact stop their damnable tirades!
Perhaps the most disgusting, and most predictable accusation against President Bush has been he did not care about the victims because they are poor and Black. Yep, you got it, the President is a racist! Is there a more baseless and despicable charge that can be carelessly leveled?
Really though, do the political looters making these charges give a damn if it helps the victims? Of course not. They care about bashing Bush. That is what it is all about for them. They may beat their elitist chests all day long and into the night. They may crow about compassion and how they care for the downtrodden till, they are hoarse.
They have one concern and one only. Discrediting President Bush, and any other conservative they can. They are so consumed by their hatred for Bush, and their lust for power that they will use the weakest and their suffering to advance their hateful agenda.
They may as well go into New Orleans and start stealing TVs and ransacking stores and stealing like a common hood. They are no different, and certainly no better than the thugs who used Katrina to bully and hurt others are they?
They saw an opportunity to help themselves and they took it. They gave not one care about helping victims of the storm. They, instead, took advantage to help themselves. Please remember this the next time one of these loud mouths is spewing their baloney!
When the poor and helpless needed them, they chose to go on a personally beneficial looting spree!
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