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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (700509)	9/7/2005 6:08:31 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

"So what explains the chaos in New Orleans?" Just as in Baghdad, a vacuum of security creates an opening for lawlessness. Humans are humans everywhere.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (700509)	9/7/2005 6:13:49 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 769670

Yeah, I know. We told 'em before they did it. After they did it any way, we told 'em that we told 'em. We told 'em that we told 'em that we told 'em. Multiculturalism -- same deal. They are bad ideas and we are seeing just how bad right now. Message #700509 from Peter Dierks at 9/7/2005 5:40:27 PM An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State An Objectivist Review by Robert Tracinski \| The Intellectual Activist

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (700509)	9/7/2005 6:18:09 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

A friend writes from New Orleans... "... one of the greatest tragedies in the history of our nation has been visited on my little corner of the world. "Don't let the shrieking headlines fool you - the vast, vast majority of the people being affected by this disaster are good-hearted, hard-working people. The salt of the earth, as they say. A small number of hoodlums have tarnished the reputation of the greater, better whole, and this has only been made possible by the treasonous inaction, utter disregard and disdain of the federal authorities. "Imagine if you spent a harrowing day or two trapped in an attic or, if you were lucky, baking on your roof, in 95 degree heat and 95% humidity. And this after losing everything you owned. Now you¹re corralled with hundreds of others on a hot street, and told to wait because buses, boats, food and water were on the way. One day passes. Then another. And nothing comes. "In the meantime, people are literally dying around you. Bodies are floating by. Your children's cries are growing more faint. And, somewhere beyond your little hell, politicians are elbowing each other for face time in front of the cameras, figuratively standing on the bodies of your friends and loved ones to further their petty ambitions." The story from N.O. is not a pretty one. Many residents of the Big Easy did not behave themselves. Instead of looking out for their neighbors, they turned on them. But what do you expect? Everything has its time...its season. Our mission is merely to try to understand what season we are in. Then, we can guess about what comes next. --- from The Daily Reckoning