To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (50409 ) 9/2/2005 9:58:27 AM From: GROUND ZERO™ Read Replies (2) | Respond to I think jesse jackson has it backwards and is only trying to force a square block into a round hole... jackson has been a racist from the beginning and he's just another huckster opportunist trying to incite racial division... in other words, BS... I truly believe it has all to do with the poor management of the New Orleans Mayor and the State Governor, they've done absolutely nothing and clearly were not prepared to do anything under any circumstances... I'm immediately reminded that when hurricane Andrew ran through here in 1992, the devastation was just as bad, many cities and small towns were completely blown off the map, people who lived in their neighborhoods all their lives couldn't even find their street, everything was leveled to the ground for as far as the eye can see... yes, there was looting and there were more than one million homeless residents, but order was restored almost immediately, the National Guard came in and tent cities were built, and everyone had shelter and ample food... there was none of what I see now, i.e., raping, murder, and extended looting... jackson is a damn fool and a liar for making such claims, the real fault rests with the lack of city and State leadership... during Andrew, we had leadership and the State stepped in immediately, there were no bodies lying in the street as we see in New Orleans today... also, no one set fires as it appears they are doing today in New Orleans... I could go on, I went through Andrew, most everyone was civil despite frequent price gauging, but there was order... what I see in New Orleans today is a disgrace upon the community leadership, no one else is responsible... for a city that is already below sea level in the first place and right in hurricane alley, it is beyond belief that the leadership in that city and State were not more prepared for this...
