The Reality in New Orleans

Yes, I am back on line finally....I read this article at the Washington Post and it clearly demonstrates the reality of what has and is happening to some of those who live in New Orleans, especially the poor.

What I feel is very important to point out is the history of mistrust in both State and Federal Government.

From the article:

This is a place, and a time, when men like White, men who have lived in New Orleans all their lives, get mad. There is something cruelly familiar about the deluge. Another storm, another black neighborhood flooded.

"I don't believe that levee broke like that," said Terry White, referring to the biggest of the busted-open levees that flooded the city. "I believe they broke that levee to save where the high-class people stay."

There's no evidence to support White's suspicion. But his skepticism, nonetheless, has ancient roots. In the great Mississippi flood of 1927, officials dynamited a levee to save the city of New Orleans, flooding communities south of the city. Few -- especially the poor -- ever forgot.

We are judged as a nation as to how we care for those who have the least, I think it is very fair to say we have failed. Not just the Federal Government but the State Government and Local government as well.