NOLA: Our Shame!

Well, it is now going on 7 months since Katrina and the 9^th Ward of NOLA and much of the rest of the Gulf Coast looks much the same as it did the day after Katrina and again after Rita. The United States and its citizens should be ashamed!

Scout over at Scout Prime and also at First Draft has been blogging about what is going on, or not going on at NOLA. She also has a devastating video of a “tour” she took around the 9^th Ward. It is to say the least a condemnation of our government’s response to the destruction of a major city in our country and a National Treasure. Watch this video and think and feel what it would mean to you and your community if this was the response of your fellow Americans to your life and community being destroyed.

But wait, what if the Congress was going to have a fact finding visit to see just how our government was working to help alleviate the devastation that had destroyed your home, life and community. Well, Scout documents that as well. Apparently our Congressional leaders can’t handle the truth of their actions. So, what happens? The area that the Congressional delegation is going to visit is cleaned up and sanitized.

Well, we wouldn’t want their minds contaminated like your neighborhood and life has been contaminated would we? We wouldn’t want those duly elected representatives to have to face the reality of what they have done, or not done would we? No, they must be protected from the consequences of their actions. Our Government Officials are unlike the Diaspora that is NOLA which cannot escape the consequences of our elected officials negligence, or worse.

Shame, shame and shame!