As the fourth anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster approaches, hate-radio talk show host Neal Boortz mocked President Obamas pledge to rebuild New Orleans, calling the victims human debris. This weekend, President Barack Obama told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that he remains focused on rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and anything less would be a betrayal of who we are as a country. Boortz responded on Twitter by attacking the debris that Katrina chased out:
Boortz has also called the overwhelmingly black, poor victims of the Katrina disaster in New Orleans human parasites and deadbeats, even suggesting that a victim of Hurricane Katrina consider prostitution instead of sucking off taxpayers. Although Katrinas devastation cost this nation $80 billion, killed thousands, and displaced a million people, Boortz believes Katrina cleansed New Orleans.
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three and one-half years after Katrina there are still 17,000 former New Orleans parasites living in hotels and motels. They've been there for 42 months .. and just can't seem to find a way to get out and get their own housing. Not only that, but there are still another 8,000 people living in temporary housing who can't claw their way out as well. How would YOU define these people? Sterling citizens? Worthy Americans? No ... they're human parasites. They are the people who made New Orleans the most welfare-dependent people in this country .. the people who brought New Orleans its sky-high crime rates ... and now Obama has given these people another 60-day extension in their hotels, motels and temporary housing.
Boortz
he is correct
They've been there for 42 months
42 months.....and cannot save enough to get off of their neighbors' tit
three and one-half years after Katrina there are still 17,000 former New Orleans parasites living in hotels and motels. They've been there for 42 months .. and just can't seem to find a way to get out and get their own housing.
GOOD POINT - WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO NEW ORLEANS AND REBUILD THEIR HOMES?
I'm sorry this kind of crap is still going on Bul. I don't know Americans can look at their fellow Americans this way.
Despicable
i can't believe that Americans could treat their neighbors this way....by feeding off of them and refusing to pay for their own lives...that is the definition of parasite...
are they handicapped?
are they sick....then if they are truly incapable of getting out of their sick bed then for those i apologize.....
for the rest....they are parasites
have they no shame?
moochers...enabled by Obama..a looter who loots the productive capacity of hard working Americans to give (what would be)their kid's college money to these wasteful lazy lousy loafers...
42 months
how many of them are too sick (with a disease) to work for themselves?
for the people who earned that money and would put their daughter in school with it if the govt hadn't taken it and given it to moochers who refuse to get off of their asses and earn for themselves the living that others have provided (involuntarily)
voluntary charity is moral...involuntary payments to parasites is enslaving one citizen for the sake of another
Enough fun. Needless to say, I'm not backing down from my position. The facts are on my side. Anthropologists will tell you that in any culture you are likely to have about 10% of the population that will only do what they absolutely have to do to survive. Nothing more. New Orleans, it seems, had more than their share.
I made it very clear last week when I made my statements about Katrina refuse that I was not talking about all Katrina refugees. Media Morons and Thinkprogress aren't bright enough to pick up that nuance.
The fact is that New Orleans had a higher percentage of people on welfare people living off the efforts of others than any other major city in this country. Those people are leeches. They're parasites. And when the flood waters came they did what they have always done throughout their lives ... they sat on their asses and waited for someone else to do something.
These people don't eat unless someone else works to feed them. They don't have shelter unless someone else works to house them. They are naked unless someone else sacrifices to clothe them. They live lives of dependency. Self-reliance is a concept as foreign to them as space travel.
The anecdotal evidence is overwhelming. Look around the country at the cities and towns where the New Orleans refuse was dumped. Within days they New Orleans street gangs were trying to take over Houston, Texas high schools. Church congregations around the country provided housing to New Orleans refugees, only to find their properties trashed and destroyed when the refugees finally left. The parasite destroying the host. Crime rates in cities with refugee populations soared. More than two years after Katrina many of these leeches were still firmly attached to the hotel rooms and apartments in which they were offered "temporary" refuge.
Perhaps the most telling anecdote was that of the luxury cruise ship in Mobile harbor. FEMA chartered the ship to house Katrina refuse. Here these people had everything ... everything a cruise ship passenger would pay thousands of dollars a week for. Three meals a day in the ship's restaurants. Movies. Recreation. You name it. Everything but St. Thomas. And what did they do? They started fighting and stealing from one another. That cruise ship became the center of criminal activity for Mobile, Alabama for several weeks.
GOOD POINT - WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO NEW ORLEANS AND REBUILD THEIR HOMES?
when will they at least get an apartment or even a trailer and pay for their own housing and get off of their neighbors productivity and pay their own way?
ACTUALLY, THEY DESERVE A SHOT AT HAVING FEMA TRAILERS PLACED BY THEIR HOMES.
there are about 30,000 applications for trailers still pending, three years after the program was over, and those people need to be living near their homes, if they are ever to rebuild them
there are about 30,000 applications for trailers still pending, three years after the program was over, and those people need to be living near their homes, if they are ever to rebuild them
ACTUALLY, THEY DESERVE A SHOT AT HAVING FEMA TRAILERS PLACED BY THEIR HOMES.
there are about 30,000 applications for trailers still pending, three years after the program was over, and those people need to be living near their homes, if they are ever to rebuild them
why won't they rent their own trailers?
why do they need to mooch off of their neighbors it is no longer an emergency they are now parasites
i have a better question - why was that program terminated, when 30,000 people still qualified?
and in fact, i can answer that - FEMA does not want those people to rebuild their homes; FEMA woiuld rather outwait them, and when the people give up, FEMA wants to foreclose on their homes, and seee them to developers.
that has been the ploy all along.
but, i wonder if you have been to NO, and seen the marvelous job they are doing, rebuilding the homes where trailers have been provided - they have done wonders with no materials and no money.
three and one-half years after Katrina there are still 17,000 former New Orleans parasites living in hotels and motels. They've been there for 42 months .. and just can't seem to find a way to get out and get their own housing. Not only that, but there are still another 8,000 people living in temporary housing who can't claw their way out as well. How would YOU define these people? Sterling citizens? Worthy Americans? No ... they're human parasites. They are the people who made New Orleans the most welfare-dependent people in this country .. the people who brought New Orleans its sky-high crime rates ... and now Obama has given these people another 60-day extension in their hotels, motels and temporary housing.
Boortz
he is correct
That is proof enough of YOUR bigotry, giligan. Don't ever ask for proof again.
you post what Boortz said and me agreeing with that as your proof of bigotry?
you don't know what bigotry is ...do you janie?
When Janie or one of the others call you a bigot or a racist...the conversation is over. They have nothing else to add to the discussion. They think by labeling you, they have won....10 years later you would think they would know better, but they are what they are...and you can't change that.
~~life isn't about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain~~
slavery
Slavery is a form of forced labor in which people are considered to be, or treated as, the property of others.
when you force others to pay for their neighbors lives involuntarily
you force their labor (or the fruits thereof) to be used to support others involuntarily
slavery
briges....we all use
roads we all use
soldiers protect us all
public use
individual support involuntarily is enslaving the worker who would have otherwise used the money to send his daughter to college but can't because the govt took that money and gave it to an individual who did not earn it
KMA Jim...we all know more about you than we care...and YET most of us have enough class to keep it to ourselves... You are a disrespectful buffoon.
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Could be. At least I am not ignorant like you. A saving grace in my book.
That is what is worse than being a "bigot" ... is your mind-numbing ignorance. How does one study to become more stupid as one advances in age? You ought to market it, and sell it to televangelists.. wait!! they already know it!
How is Jim and Janie bigots Evil Lyn? I missed that post, I guess.
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I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and
all the less important ones just never go away.
And the real pains in the ass are permanent.
It's amazing how you call someone far worse than bigot when you are the most biggoted person on this board, along with Janie, as proved by your post.
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It is true. I am bigoted against ignorant assholes. However, you are not yet a protected class. Unlike your theocratic instincts would like to make you.
turning the subject to the supposed (unproven ) bigotry and "ignorance" of the posters in opposition to you lets you avoid having to use logic and fact to support your position on the original subject (boortz sliming "good" orleaneans)
typical liberal tactic to avoid being proven wrong or to avoid being shown that one's ideology is seriously flawed...attack the opponent instead of arguing the facts
just can't stick with the facts
must attack the posters
want proof?
look at all of the threads on this board every day that degenerate into a get poetse session
all of the liberals team up to attack the poster (who ever it is on a personal level
it is the surest sign that the ones with the valid point are the ones sticking with the valid point and arguing that...instead of throwing insults at the other posters...
from the right?
sure....some do
but look up and down this board....go way back...
the VAST MAJORITY of the personal 'pack hunter' attacks on posters and personal-instead-of-ideological/political threads are saturated with liberals talking about the poster still trying to make a point in a direction other than "how ignorant" he is (or racist....etc)
it speaks for itself right here in this thread
it shows what liberalism has in its arsenal....just attack
three and one-half years after Katrina there are still 17,000 former New Orleans parasites living in hotels and motels. They've been there for 42 months .. and just can't seem to find a way to get out and get their own housing. Not only that, but there are still another 8,000 people living in temporary housing who can't claw their way out as well. How would YOU define these people? Sterling citizens? Worthy Americans? No ... they're human parasites. They are the people who made New Orleans the most welfare-dependent people in this country .. the people who brought New Orleans its sky-high crime rates ... and now Obama has given these people another 60-day extension in their hotels, motels and temporary housing.
Boortz
he is correct
They've been there for 42 months
42 months.....and cannot save enough to get off of their neighbors' tit
Do you say the same things about the lazy SOB's in Florida that were hit by hurricanes before Katrina and have not completely managed to get their towns back in pre-hurricane shape? How about the wealthy people who own ocean front homes who collect from the cheap insurance provided by your government every time their mansions are destroyed? They rebuild year after year with the help of your government and yet I have never heard you whine bitch moan and groan about them. Maybe that's because boortz has yet to hold them to the same standard as he holds the fine people of New Orleans. I know you don't hold them to the same standard. snort!
I'm not from NO, I have been there, but only for a few days. I have no stake in this issue like Janie and Bul do, but it just rips my heart open.
I cannot stand the fact that there are people who call themselves Americans who have no compassion for the people whose lives were destroyed by Katrina.
For some reason the idiots seem to forget that there were people who were left homeless by Katrina who worked hard all their lives and paid taxes all their lives and deserved the help that our government should have given them.
I have met people who couldn't get out of NO because they had no place to go, not because they were too lazy to heed a warning.
There are people who worked in the tourist industry, worked in the hospitals, worked in the restaurants, worked in other industries and were left with no job, no homes and no help.
The people who are sliming these people have no humanity in their hearts.
True, he's a hate filled moron who can do nothing but destroy.
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True, he's a hate filled moron who can do nothing but destroy.
~~sigh~~ geez, destroy "what", Roby? How can Gillis possibly destroy anything? He has no power over you...he has no power to destroy anything. But you do love the drama.
~~life isn't about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain~~
I cannot stand the fact that there are people who call themselves Americans who have no compassion for the people whose lives were destroyed by Katrina.
I can't understand people who had no compassion when they were cast from their homes and forced to leave all of their precious belongings. I felt deep sadness for the people who lost family, especially the older people...the ones lost, and the ones now trying to make it alone. I personally gained a church friend and her family from the tragedy.
If they are not back, they are not coming back. NO must face that truth, and move on. What was once a life, a community, a neighborhood is gone forever, and can't be recreated. My daughter deals with national child support clients...she talks to these people everyday. They have established lives away from that place, and almost to a soul, they are happier now.
What replaces it has to be better.
~~life isn't about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain~~
emergency relief is different than sucking FOREVER off of your neighbor's productivity
how long do the able bodied people need to get free checks from their neighbors?
that depends - how long do you think that FEMA is going to continue their policies, that are derailing the recovery efforts, and attempting to take homes and property from the people?
the answer is that the people will need assistence, as long as FEMA is fucking with them.
emergency relief is different than sucking FOREVER off of your neighbor's productivity
how long do the able bodied people need to get free checks from their neighbors?
that depends - how long do you think that FEMA is going to continue their policies, that are derailing the recovery efforts, and attempting to take homes and property from the people?
the answer is that the people will need assistence, as long as FEMA is fucking with them.
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so government control over health care will probably be handled in a similar manner
that's what baffles me about liberals
in one sentence they itemize the (predictable) incompetence of government then in the next, they are trying to convince others to turn their children and health care and businesses over to the incompetent bureaucracy that plagues their lives in so many other ways
But, I agree with Susan in that many (most?) of the people who were evacuated and given temporary residency and assistance seem to have moved on with their lives.
What's odd to me is that we can see how the government handled Katrina, then and now, things still undone, people hanging on for government to help them. And, now, people are eager to hand over healthcare that affects some 47M+ citizens? And, don't give me that crap that "the adults are in charge now"....gubamint is gubamint....a giant bureaucracy that can't even balance a budget or spend within their means.
What's odd to me is that we can see how the government handled Katrina, then and now, things still undone, people hanging on for government to help them. And, now, people are eager to hand over healthcare that affects some 47M+ citizens?
Exactly....and at least during Katrina we could all agree it was an emergency situation, and I would hope we have learned a thing or two. The healthcare issue is NOT an emergency...if is was, the democrats could have already passed it. We need to take what we have learned and use it. Go slowly and make sure we get it right. This suddenly is not a big issue...
~~life isn't about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain~~
Do you say the same things about the lazy SOB's in Florida that were hit by hurricanes before Katrina and have not completely managed to get their towns back in pre-hurricane shape?
Who are you talking about? Please be a little more precise.
How about the wealthy people who own ocean front homes who collect from the cheap insurance provided by your government every time their mansions are destroyed? They rebuild year after year with the help of your government and yet I have never heard you whine bitch moan and groan about them.
Wait....again...WHO are you talking about? Did they buy insurance and then lose their home? Aren't they entitled to rebuild (just like the insured people in N.O.) Why would anyone bitch and moan...if they are not taking taxpayer money?
Maybe that's because boortz has yet to hold them to the same standard as he holds the fine people of New Orleans. I know you don't hold them to the same standard. snort!
Give a link CJ or give it up....otherwise this is all silly rhetoric on your part, and has absolutely nothing to do with Boortz or New Orleans.
~~life isn't about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain~~
Do you say the same things about the lazy SOB's in Florida that were hit by hurricanes before Katrina and have not completely managed to get their towns back in pre-hurricane shape?
Who are you talking about? Please be a little more precise.
[ I was referring to the people of FL. who lost homes in hurricanes and sat with hands outstretched waiting for their government check because they were unable to rebuild without help. ]
How about the wealthy people who own ocean front homes who collect from the cheap insurance provided by your government every time their mansions are destroyed? They rebuild year after year with the help of your government and yet I have never heard you whine bitch moan and groan about them.
Wait....again...WHO are you talking about? Did they buy insurance and then lose their home? Aren't they entitled to rebuild (just like the insured people in N.O.) Why would anyone bitch and moan...if they are not taking taxpayer money?
[ I am talking about wealthy people who build their homes on ocean front property and purchase inexpensive (government/socialist) National Flood Ins. ... that is funded with tax payer monies. ]
Maybe that's because boortz has yet to hold them to the same standard as he holds the fine people of New Orleans. I know you don't hold them to the same standard. snort!
Give a link CJ or give it up....otherwise this is all silly rhetoric on your part, and has absolutely nothing to do with Boortz or New Orleans.
[ When I stated.... "MAYBE THAT's BECAUSE".... I thought you and others could read and comprehend that statement as "MY OPINION." Sorry you were unable to grasp that so let me state here with first my deepest most sincere apology for not including IMO and now ... IMO maybe that's because boortz has yet to hold them (people who get tax payer funded flood insurance) to the same standard as he holds the fine people of New Orleans. ]
It appears no one bothered to go to the road to LA website? On that program alone, there's been nearly $8B spent in LA, mostly in the NO area and some lower surrounding areas. Let's at least give credit when it's due, even though, imo, it's a slower road to LA that's been traveled than I would like to see. But, progress HAS been made.
Janie
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They are.....
August 28 2009, 7:42 PM
...for the most part...decent, hard-working (and tax-paying) Americans, gilligan.....that's what's GOOD about New Orleanians.
Jim
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Re: boortz, sliming good orleaneans
August 28 2009, 10:25 PM
what about them makes them good?
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That is not the question gillis.. the question is: "What makes them so bad that they are not worth saving"?
Can you answer that?
Jim...
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three and one-half years after Katrina there are still 17,000 former New Orleans parasites living in hotels and motels. They've been there for 42 months .. and just can't seem to find a way to get out and get their own housing. Not only that, but there are still another 8,000 people living in temporary housing who can't claw their way out as well. How would YOU define these people? Sterling citizens? Worthy Americans? No ... they're human parasites. They are the people who made New Orleans the most welfare-dependent people in this country .. the people who brought New Orleans its sky-high crime rates ... and now Obama has given these people another 60-day extension in their hotels, motels and temporary housing.
Boortz
he is correct
They've been there for 42 months
42 months.....and cannot save enough to get off of their neighbors' tit
AND
boortz said:
this from boortz feb 2008
August 26 2009, 9:29 PM
Enough fun. Needless to say, I'm not backing down from my position. The facts are on my side. Anthropologists will tell you that in any culture you are likely to have about 10% of the population that will only do what they absolutely have to do to survive. Nothing more. New Orleans, it seems, had more than their share.
I made it very clear last week when I made my statements about Katrina refuse that I was not talking about all Katrina refugees. Media Morons and Thinkprogress aren't bright enough to pick up that nuance.
The fact is that New Orleans had a higher percentage of people on welfare people living off the efforts of others than any other major city in this country. Those people are leeches. They're parasites. And when the flood waters came they did what they have always done throughout their lives ... they sat on their asses and waited for someone else to do something.
These people don't eat unless someone else works to feed them. They don't have shelter unless someone else works to house them. They are naked unless someone else sacrifices to clothe them. They live lives of dependency. Self-reliance is a concept as foreign to them as space travel.
The anecdotal evidence is overwhelming. Look around the country at the cities and towns where the New Orleans refuse was dumped. Within days they New Orleans street gangs were trying to take over Houston, Texas high schools. Church congregations around the country provided housing to New Orleans refugees, only to find their properties trashed and destroyed when the refugees finally left. The parasite destroying the host. Crime rates in cities with refugee populations soared. More than two years after Katrina many of these leeches were still firmly attached to the hotel rooms and apartments in which they were offered "temporary" refuge.
Perhaps the most telling anecdote was that of the luxury cruise ship in Mobile harbor. FEMA chartered the ship to house Katrina refuse. Here these people had everything ... everything a cruise ship passenger would pay thousands of dollars a week for. Three meals a day in the ship's restaurants. Movies. Recreation. You name it. Everything but St. Thomas. And what did they do? They started fighting and stealing from one another. That cruise ship became the center of criminal activity for Mobile, Alabama for several weeks.
