A story of a volunteer in New Orleans..

I didn't write this, I got it in an e-mail and found it very interesting.....There are actually 3 different stories I got that I'm posting seperate, all of them are interesting to read. Sorry they are so long.
Joe



What the news does not show...

Thought I might inform the few friends I have on my recent traumatic
experience. I am going to tell it straight, blunt, raw, and I don't give a
damn. Long read, I know but please do read!!!

I went to volunteer on Saturday at the George R. Brown convention for two
reasons.

A: I wanted to help people to get a warm fuzzy.

B: Curiosity.

I've been watching the news lately and have seen scenes that have made me
want to vomit. And no it wasn't dead bodies, the city under water, or the
sludge everywhere. It was PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR. The people on T.V., (99% being
Black) were DEMANDING help. They were not asking nicely but demanding as
if society owed these people something. Well the honest truth is WE DON'T.
Help should be asked for in a kind manner and then appreciated. This is not
what the press (FOX in particular) was showing, what I was seeing was a
group of people who are yelling, demanding, looting, killing, raping, and
SHOOTING back at the demanded help!!!!! So I'm thinking this can't possibly
be true can it???? So I decide to submit to the DEMAND for help out of
SHOCK. I couldn't believe this to be true of the majority of the people who
are the weakest of society. So I went to volunteer and help folks out and
see the truth. So I will tell the following story and you decide:

I arrived at the astrodome only to find out that there were too many
volunteers and that volunteers were needed at the George R. Brown
Convention Center. As I was walking up to the Convention Center I noticed a
line of cars that wrapped around blocks filled with donations. These were
ordinary Houstonians coming with truckloads and trunks full of water,
diapers, clothes, blankets, food, all types of good stuff. And lots of it
was NEW. I felt that warm fuzzy while helping unload these vehicles of
these wonderful human beings. I then went inside the building and noticed
approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of clothes, shoes, jackets, toys and all
types of goodies all organized and ready for the people in need. I signed
up, received a name badge and was on my merry way excited to be useful.

I toured the place to get familiar with my surroundings; the entire place is
probably around 2 million sq. ft. I noticed rows as far as the eye can see
of mattresses, not cots, BLOW UP MATTRESSES!!! All of which had nice
pillows and plenty of blankets. 2 to 3 bottles of water lay on every bed.
These full size to queen size beds by the way were comfortable, I laid in
one to see for myself. I went to look at the medical area. I couldn't
believe what my eyes were seeing!!! A makeshift hospital created in 24
hours!!! It was unbelievable, they even had a pharmacy. I also noticed that
they created showers, which would also have hot water. I went upstairs to
the third floor to find a HUGE cafeteria created in under 24 hours! Rows of
tables, chairs and food everywhere - enough to feed an army! I'm not
talking about crap food either. They had Jason's deli food, apples,
oranges, coke, diet coke, lemonade, orange juice, cookies, all types of
chips and sandwiches. All the beverages by the way were put on ice and
chilled!!!! In a matter of about 24 hours or less an entire mini-city was
erected by volunteers for the poor evacuees. This was not your rundown crap
shelter, it was BUM HEAVEN.

So that was the layout: great food, comfy beds, clean showers, free medical
help, by the way there was a library, and a theatre room that I forgot to
mention. Great stuff right????

Well here is what happened on my journey -

I started by handing out COLD water bottles to evacuees as they got off the
bus. Many would take them and only 20% or less said thank you. Lots of them
would shake their heads and ask for sodas! So this went on for about 20-30
minutes until I was sick of being an unappreciated servant. I figured
certainly these folks would appreciate some food!!! So I went upstairs to
serve these beloved evacuees some GOOD food that I wish I could have at the
moment!

***The following statements are graphic, truthful, and discuss UNRATIONAL
behavior***

Evacuees come slowly to receive this mountain of food that is worth serving
to a king! I tell them that we have 2 types of great deli sandwiches to
choose from - ham and turkey. Many look at the food in disgust and DEMAND
burgers, pizza, and even McDonalds!!!! Jason's deli is better than
McDonalds!!!! Only 1 out of ten people who took something would say "thank
you" the rest took items as if it was their God give right to be served
without a shred of appreciation!!! They would ask for Beer and liquor. They
complained that we didn't have good enough food. They refused food and
laughed at us. They treated us volunteers as if we where SLAVES. No not all
of them of course, but 70% did!!!!!! 20% were appreciative, 10% took the
food without any comment and the other 70% had some disgusting comment to
say. Some had the nerve to laugh at us. And when I snapped back at them for
being mean, they would curse at me!!! Needless to say I was in utter shock.
They would eat their food and leave their mess on the table. Some would
pick up their stuff, many would leave it for the volunteers to pick up. I
left that real quick to go down and help set up some more beds. I saw many
young ladies carrying mattresses and I helped for a while. Then I realized
something. There were hundreds of able bodied young men who could help!! I
asked a group of young evacuees in their teens and early twenties to help.
I got cursed at for asking them to help!!! One said "We just lost our
****ing homes and you want us to work!!" The next said "Ya Cracker, you got
a home we don't" I looked at them in disbelief. Here are women walking by
carrying THEIR BEDS and they can't lift a finger and help themselves!!

WHY SHOULD I HELP PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO HELP THEMESELVES!!!!

I waved them off and turned away and was laughed at and more "white boy
jokes" were made at me. I felt no need to waste my breath on a bunch of
pitiful losers. I went to a nearby restroom where I noticed a man shaving.
I used the restroom, washed my hands and saw this man throw his razor
towards the trash can...he missed. he walked out leaving his disgusting
razor on the floor for some other "cracker" to pick up. Even the little
kids were demanding. I saw only ONE white family and only TWO Hispanic
families. The rest where blacks. Sorry 20% to 30% decent blacks, and 70%
LOSERS!!!!!

I would call them N*****S, but the actual definition of a n*****r is one
who is ignorant, these people were not ignorant..they were ARROGANT
ASSHOLES. The majority of which are thugs and lifetime lazy ass welfare
recipients. We are inviting the lowest of the low to Houston. And like
idiots we are serving the people who will soon steal our cars, rape,
murder, and destroy our city while stealing from our pockets on a daily
basis through the welfare checks they take. We will fund our own
destruction.

By "US" I don't mean a specific race, I mean the people who work hard, work
smart, have values and morals. Only people who want to help themselves
should be helped, the others should be allowed to destroy themselves. I do
not want to work hard, give the government close to half the money I earn
so they can in turn give it to a bunch of losers.

I don't believe in being poor for life. My family immigrated here, we came
here poor, and now thank God, and due to HARD WORK we are doing fine. If
immigrants, who come here, don't know the language can work and become
successful... WHY CAN'T THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMEGROWN DO IT!!! If
we continue to reward these losers then we will soon destroy our great
country. I just witnessed selfish, arrogant, unappreciative behavior by the
very people who need help the most. Now these same people who cursed me,
refused my cities generosity, who refuse to help themselves are DEMANDING
handouts on their own terms!!!!!!! They prance around as if they are owed
something, and when they do receive a handout, they say it's not good
enough! Well you know what..these types of people can go to hell for all I
care!
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Richard L. Johnston, M.D.
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Here is another story I got.....


TIA Daily -- September 2, 2005
> By Robert Tracinski
> It has taken four long days for state and federal officials to figure
> out how to deal with the disaster in New Orleans. I can't blame them,
> because it has also taken me four long days to figure out what is going
> on there. The reason is that the events there make no sense if you think
> that we are confronting a natural disaster.
>
> If this is just a natural disaster, the response for public officials is
> obvious: you bring in food, water, and doctors; you send transportation
> to evacuate refugees to temporary shelters; you send engineers to stop
> the flooding and rebuild the city's infrastructure. For journalists,
> natural disasters also have a familiar pattern: the heroism of ordinary
> people pulling together to survive; the hard work and dedication of
> doctors, nurses, and rescue workers; the steps being taken to clean up
> and rebuild.
>
> Public officials did not expect that the first thing they would have to
> do is to send thousands of armed troops in armored vehicle, as if they
> are suppressing an enemy insurgency. And journalists--myself
> included--did not expect that the story would not be about rain, wind,
> and flooding, but about rape, murder, and looting.
>
> But this is not a natural disaster. It is a man-made disaster.
>
> The man-made disaster is not an inadequate or incompetent response by
> federal relief agencies, and it was not directly caused by Hurricane
> Katrina. This is where just about every newspaper and television channel
> has gotten the story wrong.
>
> The man-made disaster we are now witnessing in New Orleans did not
> happen over the past four days. It happened over the past four decades.
> Hurricane Katrina merely exposed it to public view.
>
> The man-made disaster is the welfare state.
>
> For the past few days, I have found the news from New Orleans to be
> confusing. People were not behaving as you would expect them to behave
> in an emergency--indeed; they were not behaving as they have behaved in
> other emergencies. That is what has shocked so many people: they have
> been saying that this is not what we expect from America. In fact, it is
> not even what we expect from a Third World country.
>
> When confronted with a disaster, people usually rise to the occasion.
> They work together to rescue people in danger, and they spontaneously
> organize to keep order and solve problems. This is especially true in
> America. We are an enterprising people, used to relying on our own
> initiative rather than waiting around for the government to take care of
> us. I have seen this a hundred times, in small examples (a small town
> whose main traffic light had gone out, causing ordinary citizens to get
> out of their cars and serve as impromptu traffic cops, directing cars
> through the intersection) and large ones (the spontaneous response of
> New Yorkers to September 11).
>
> So what explains the chaos in New Orleans?
>
> To give you an idea of the magnitude of what is going on, here is a
> description from a Washington Times story:
>
> "Storm victims are raped and beaten; fights erupt with flying fists,
> knives and guns; fires are breaking out; corpses litter the streets; and
> police and rescue helicopters are repeatedly fired on.
> "The plea from Mayor C. Ray Nagin came even as National Guardsmen poured
> in to restore order and stop the looting, carjackings and gunfire....
>
> "Last night, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco said 300 Iraq-hardened
> Arkansas National Guard members were inside New Orleans with
> shoot-to-kill orders.
>
> "'These troops are...under my orders to restore order in the streets,"
> she said. "They have M-16s, and they are locked and loaded. These troops
> know how to shoot and kill and they are more than willing to do so if
> necessary and I expect they will."
>
> The reference to Iraq is eerie. The photo that accompanies this article
> shows National Guard troops, with rifles and armored vests, riding on an
> armored vehicle through trash-strewn streets lined by a rabble of
> squalid, listless people, one of whom appears to be yelling at them. It
> looks exactly like a scene from Sadr City in Baghdad.
>
> What explains bands of thugs using a natural disaster as an excuse for
> an orgy of looting, armed robbery, and rape? What causes unruly mobs to
> storm the very buses that have arrived to evacuate them, causing the
> drivers to drive away, frightened for their lives? What causes people to
> attack the doctors trying to treat patients at the Super Dome?
>
> Why are people responding to natural destruction by causing further
> destruction? Why are they attacking the people who are trying to help
> them?
>
> My wife, Sherri, figured it out first, and she figured it out on a
> sense-of-life level. While watching the coverage last night on Fox News
> Channel, she told me that she was getting a familiar feeling. She
> studied architecture at the Illinois Institute of Chicago, which is
> located in the South Side of Chicago just blocks away from the Robert
> Taylor Homes, one of the largest high-rise public housing projects in
> America. "The projects," as they were known, were infamous for
> uncontrollable crime and irremediable squalor. (They have since,
> mercifully, been demolished.)
>
> What Sherri was getting from last night's television coverage was a
> whiff of the sense of life of "the projects." Then the "crawl"--the
> informational phrases flashed at the bottom of the screen on most news
> channels--gave some vital statistics to confirm this sense: 75% of the
> residents of New Orleans had already evacuated before the hurricane, and
> of the 300,000 or so who remained, a large number were from the city's
> public housing projects. Jack Wakeland then gave me an additional,
> crucial fact: early reports from CNN and Fox indicated that the city had
> no plan for evacuating all of the prisoners in the city's jails--so they
> just let many of them loose. There is no doubt a significant overlap
> between these two populations--that is, a large number of people in the
> jails used to live in the housing projects, and vice versa.
>
> There were many decent, innocent people trapped in New Orleans when the
> deluge hit--but they were trapped alongside large numbers of people from
> two groups: criminals--and wards of the welfare state, people selected,
> over decades, for their lack of initiative and self-induced
> helplessness. The welfare wards were a mass of sheep--on whom the
> incompetent administration of New Orleans unleashed a pack of wolves.
>
> All of this is related, incidentally, to the apparent incompetence of
> the city government, which failed to plan for a total evacuation of the
> city, despite the knowledge that this might be necessary. But in a city
> corrupted by the welfare state, the job of city officials is to ensure
> the flow of handouts to welfare recipients and patronage to political
> supporters--not to ensure a lawful, orderly evacuation in case of
> emergency.
>
> No one has really reported this story, as far as I can tell. In fact,
> some are already actively distorting it, blaming President Bush, for
> example, for failing to personally ensure that the Mayor of New Orleans
> had drafted an adequate evacuation plan. The worst example is an
> execrable piece from the Toronto Globe and Mail, by a supercilious
> Canadian who blames the chaos on American "individualism." But the truth
> is precisely the opposite: the chaos was caused by a system that was the
> exact opposite of individualism.
>
> What Hurricane Katrina exposed was the psychological consequences of the
> welfare state. What we consider "normal" behavior in an emergency is
> behavior that is normal for people who have values and take the
> responsibility to pursue and protect them. People with values respond to
> a disaster by fighting against it and doing whatever it takes to
> overcome the difficulties they face. They don't sit around and complain
> that the government hasn't taken care of them. They don't use the chaos
> of a disaster as an opportunity to prey on their fellow men.
>
> But what about criminals and welfare parasites? Do they worry about
> saving their houses and property? They don't, because they don't own
> anything. Do they worry about what is going to happen to their
> businesses or how they are going to make a living? They never worried
> about those things before. Do they worry about crime and looting? But
> living off of stolen wealth is a way of life for them.
>
> The welfare state--and the brutish, uncivilized mentality it sustains
> and encourages--is the man-made disaster that explains the moral
> ugliness that has swamped New Orleans. And that is the story that no one
> is reporting.
>
> Source: TIA Daily -- September 2, 2005

And one more.....sorry they are long, but it's worth the reading...


> Louisiana update. The message below was sent to me. Please read and
> PRAY!!
>
> Thanks everyone! We are truly blessed!
> Rhonda
>
> This note is from a girl who I work with named Robin. She's in
> Louisiana and amid all the turmoil there. When I read her story I got
> the chills, this is horrible. I'm sending this to all of you to spread
> the word, PRAY. There are local churches where she lives who will be
> housing the homeless but "they will be getting no support from the RED
> CROSS."
>
> Here's her note:
>
> ** We have had a battery operated TV so we've been getting local
> channels focusing on the situation there and here. I'm just getting the
> "national perpsective" and its *(&*&(*ing me off!
>
> First, this is not a racial thing. I'm sorry if all the reporters are
> seeing are black faces but if they would
> take their cameras to places like Slidell, Mandeville, Metairie and
> CHALMETTE! they would see a several thousand white faces being affected
> by this. Most of the tip of the boot that is Louisiana south and east of
> Baton Rouge is under water. Those people are stuck too waiting for help,
> dying, but all the news people can focus on is the Superdome.
>
> Another misconception. The violence going on there is not the reaction
> of desparate people. Its typical New Orleans on any given Tuesday!!! Its
> a dangerous, dirty, drug infested place where the city police and city
> government is corrupt and useless. Volunteers are getting shot at and
> their cars vandelized. Hellicopters are being shot at. Just another day
> in the city.
>
> Another misconception. These poor people couldn't get out because they
> don't have cars. If the cameras show the city once the waters recede,
> you'll notice all the flooded out cars littering the streets. They
> couldn't all have been broken down before the storm hit . Yes, there are
> always people who do not have transportation. Part of making the call
> for a MANDATORY evacuation is that the city has to provide for
> transportation and/or shelter in the city. People stayed for the same
> reasons they always stay. They think the storm will turn and go in
> another direction. They think they can "ride it out." Or, they're just
> too (*&( lazy to pack up and leave.
>
> Another misconception. The federal government was slow to respond. The
> president issued a state of emergency BEFORE the storm ever hit,
> unprecedented. This means that the full access of the federal
> government, be it military or civil, were at our govenor's disposal. The
> levee broke early Monday afternoon. She did not call evacuation until
> Tuesday morning. You cannot call up National Guard units in 20 minutes.
> It takes time. The governor and mayor are in high CYA mode at the
> moment.
>
> The situation is bad here. Crime is becoming a problem in Gonzales and
> Baton Rouge where the evacuees are being housed. We live between the two
> cities and there is pistol on my desk shelf as a type (yes, I know how
> to use it). Hellicopters flying overhead all day, gas is running out,
> stores shelves becoming empty. Its like a war zone. Our kids are both
> here and are staying here until the crime situation gets in control and
> I fear it
> will get worse before it gets better. Pray for us. **
>
> SO, that's all I'm asking. SEND this to your friends and right now say
> a prayer for the people going through this whole catastrophe. Thanks.

The first one (didn't read the rest) was unnecessarily directed to blacks. I don't think (no, I know) this problem has to do with skin color...IGNORANT!

I don't think it was a bash on blacks, it was just an eye witness story by someone that was there describing what he saw.

Fingertricks, you should read the 3rd one....

i see that kindof discrimination everyday, though. its not a black issue, but its a majority-black issue. all of them made alot of sense. theres just alot of ignorant assholes who like to blame everybody else for their problems. like yea, that sucks youre house got flooded, but you kindof lived under sea level. the **** was bound to happen, i even read it in a national geographic article last year. pretty much hit the nail on the head about what would happen, and it did. if i had a job as a bee-eater, i woudlnt go bitching to people when i got stung in the ****ing mouth. thats a risk you take when your job is eating bees. the same goes for the whole situation down there. the news likes to put a spin on it like its these helpless souls being trapped, but hte majority of it is that theres cranky, lazy dicks who lost their house and take it out on the people trying to help. im not republican, im not religious, i dont like whats going on at all. its all terrible. i just hate how mean people can be after realizing waht it feels like to lose everything. i think thats a time to band together with those in your community, not rob them.

I don't think it was a bash on blacks

:rolleyes: Really...?

I would call them N*****S, but the actual definition of a n*****r is one
who is ignorant, these people were not ignorant..they were ARROGANT
ASSHOLES. The majority of which are thugs and lifetime lazy ass welfare
recipients.

Everyone is gonna interprut this stuff differently. I'm not saying I agree with everything that I posted, like I said, I didn't write 'em, I just thought it was all interesting and wanted to share it with you all.

I still don't think it was bashing the black race.....maybe the community of blacks that he dealt with in that situation, but not the overall race. Any term he used in the first thing I posted can be used for any one of any race.

Any term he used in the first thing I posted can be used for any one of any race.

So the N-word he used can be used for any one of any race.... since when if i may i ask?

Since the beginning when the word surfaced and got a definition.
Look up the dreaded N word in the dictionary.....

Are you saying that white, mexican, indian, or whatever race cannot be ignorant? Sorry, but there are white n****** out there.....

Originally Posted by: JFRICKSince the beginning when the word surfaced and got a definition.
Look up the dreaded N word in the dictionary.....

Are you saying that white, mexican, indian, or whatever race cannot be ignorant? Sorry, but there are white n****** out there.....

Even if it means ignorant in the dictionary, you can't deny that it's only used for one race today.
Are you saying that you have ever called a white person N****r? i guess you would call that person ignorant instead, otherwise every black person in the room would probably kick your ass if they heard you :p

And they're off. I'm guessing this thread'll make a reputable impact on the GT debate history.

I know a lot of people, especially since I've lived in the South who often apply the N-word to people of ALL races who fit a certain reprehensible profile.

Personally, I don't use it at all because I don't like to make remarks that are open to interpretation.



Anyway, I lived in South Louisiana for two and a half years and I spent a fair amount of time in New Orleans while I was playing in a Ska band that was based there.

As much as I hate to say it, racism is (or rather, was) quite rampant there and none of what has gone in all of this disaster really surprises me. However, my experience here is that in New Orleans, racial discrimination is [mostly] carried out by blacks against whites, and yes, the City of New Orleans and State of Louisiana dropped the ball in several areas with catastrophic results.

Not that I don't think the Federal Government couldn't have done better in many respects (because I do), but 90% of the human toll here is the inevitable consequence of decades of political corruption, the failure of New Orleans and Louisiana to effectively educate their citizens (not only of the best actions to take in the face of a powerful hurricane, but even just an adequate High School education) and between two and three generations of welfare dependency.



And while I'm lucky that it seems all of my friends and acquaintances have come out of this OK, I still have a certain sense of heartbreak due to all that has gone on and it's accompanied by a Fishbone song:

Black flowers have lost their way
They've lost their way again...

Regardless if this story is authentic, it does have the ring of truth. I know 1st hand of the behavior and attitudes shown by some here. A lady opened her home to 2 refugees, and returned from work to find her home cleaned out. There's also reports of plenty of jobs being offered to some of these people, but they refuse. As with everything, there are exceptions. And hopefully these bad ones are the exceptions in this case, meaning the majority the refugees still need and deserve our help.

Originally Posted by: R. ShackleferdRegardless if this story is authentic, it does have the ring of truth. I know 1st hand of the behavior and attitudes shown by some here. A lady opened her home to 2 refugees, and returned from work to find her home cleaned out. There's also reports of plenty of jobs being offered to some of these people, but they refuse. As with everything, there are exceptions. And hopefully these bad ones are the exceptions in this case, meaning the majority the refugees still need and deserve our help.

Two days ago, a person I know in Atlanta heard that at least two malls there had people buying real Louis V. handbags with Katrina debit cards.

We're talking $900 purses here.

Originally Posted by: JFRICKI didn't write this, I got it in an e-mail and found it very interesting.....There are actually 3 different stories I got that I'm posting seperate, all of them are interesting to read. Sorry they are so long.
Joe



What the news does not show...

Thought I might inform the few friends I have on my recent traumatic
experience. I am going to tell it straight, blunt, raw, and I don't give a
damn. Long read, I know but please do read!!!

I went to volunteer on Saturday at the George R. Brown convention for two
reasons.

A: I wanted to help people to get a warm fuzzy.

B: Curiosity.

I've been watching the news lately and have seen scenes that have made me
want to vomit. And no it wasn't dead bodies, the city under water, or the
sludge everywhere. It was PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR. The people on T.V., (99% being
Black) were DEMANDING help. They were not asking nicely but demanding as
if society owed these people something. Well the honest truth is WE DON'T.
Help should be asked for in a kind manner and then appreciated. This is not
what the press (FOX in particular) was showing, what I was seeing was a
group of people who are yelling, demanding, looting, killing, raping, and
SHOOTING back at the demanded help!!!!! So I'm thinking this can't possibly
be true can it???? So I decide to submit to the DEMAND for help out of
SHOCK. I couldn't believe this to be true of the majority of the people who
are the weakest of society. So I went to volunteer and help folks out and
see the truth. So I will tell the following story and you decide:

I arrived at the astrodome only to find out that there were too many
volunteers and that volunteers were needed at the George R. Brown
Convention Center. As I was walking up to the Convention Center I noticed a
line of cars that wrapped around blocks filled with donations. These were
ordinary Houstonians coming with truckloads and trunks full of water,
diapers, clothes, blankets, food, all types of good stuff. And lots of it
was NEW. I felt that warm fuzzy while helping unload these vehicles of
these wonderful human beings. I then went inside the building and noticed
approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of clothes, shoes, jackets, toys and all
types of goodies all organized and ready for the people in need. I signed
up, received a name badge and was on my merry way excited to be useful.

I toured the place to get familiar with my surroundings; the entire place is
probably around 2 million sq. ft. I noticed rows as far as the eye can see
of mattresses, not cots, BLOW UP MATTRESSES!!! All of which had nice
pillows and plenty of blankets. 2 to 3 bottles of water lay on every bed.
These full size to queen size beds by the way were comfortable, I laid in
one to see for myself. I went to look at the medical area. I couldn't
believe what my eyes were seeing!!! A makeshift hospital created in 24
hours!!! It was unbelievable, they even had a pharmacy. I also noticed that
they created showers, which would also have hot water. I went upstairs to
the third floor to find a HUGE cafeteria created in under 24 hours! Rows of
tables, chairs and food everywhere - enough to feed an army! I'm not
talking about crap food either. They had Jason's deli food, apples,
oranges, coke, diet coke, lemonade, orange juice, cookies, all types of
chips and sandwiches. All the beverages by the way were put on ice and
chilled!!!! In a matter of about 24 hours or less an entire mini-city was
erected by volunteers for the poor evacuees. This was not your rundown crap
shelter, it was BUM HEAVEN.

So that was the layout: great food, comfy beds, clean showers, free medical
help, by the way there was a library, and a theatre room that I forgot to
mention. Great stuff right????

Well here is what happened on my journey -

I started by handing out COLD water bottles to evacuees as they got off the
bus. Many would take them and only 20% or less said thank you. Lots of them
would shake their heads and ask for sodas! So this went on for about 20-30
minutes until I was sick of being an unappreciated servant. I figured
certainly these folks would appreciate some food!!! So I went upstairs to
serve these beloved evacuees some GOOD food that I wish I could have at the
moment!

***The following statements are graphic, truthful, and discuss UNRATIONAL
behavior***

Evacuees come slowly to receive this mountain of food that is worth serving
to a king! I tell them that we have 2 types of great deli sandwiches to
choose from - ham and turkey. Many look at the food in disgust and DEMAND
burgers, pizza, and even McDonalds!!!! Jason's deli is better than
McDonalds!!!! Only 1 out of ten people who took something would say "thank
you" the rest took items as if it was their God give right to be served
without a shred of appreciation!!! They would ask for Beer and liquor. They
complained that we didn't have good enough food. They refused food and
laughed at us. They treated us volunteers as if we where SLAVES. No not all
of them of course, but 70% did!!!!!! 20% were appreciative, 10% took the
food without any comment and the other 70% had some disgusting comment to
say. Some had the nerve to laugh at us. And when I snapped back at them for
being mean, they would curse at me!!! Needless to say I was in utter shock.
They would eat their food and leave their mess on the table. Some would
pick up their stuff, many would leave it for the volunteers to pick up. I
left that real quick to go down and help set up some more beds. I saw many
young ladies carrying mattresses and I helped for a while. Then I realized
something. There were hundreds of able bodied young men who could help!! I
asked a group of young evacuees in their teens and early twenties to help.
I got cursed at for asking them to help!!! One said "We just lost our
****ing homes and you want us to work!!" The next said "Ya Cracker, you got
a home we don't" I looked at them in disbelief. Here are women walking by
carrying THEIR BEDS and they can't lift a finger and help themselves!!

WHY SHOULD I HELP PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO HELP THEMESELVES!!!!

I waved them off and turned away and was laughed at and more "white boy
jokes" were made at me. I felt no need to waste my breath on a bunch of
pitiful losers. I went to a nearby restroom where I noticed a man shaving.
I used the restroom, washed my hands and saw this man throw his razor
towards the trash can...he missed. he walked out leaving his disgusting
razor on the floor for some other "cracker" to pick up. Even the little
kids were demanding. I saw only ONE white family and only TWO Hispanic
families. The rest where blacks. Sorry 20% to 30% decent blacks, and 70%
LOSERS!!!!!

I would call them N*****S, but the actual definition of a n*****r is one
who is ignorant, these people were not ignorant..they were ARROGANT
ASSHOLES. The majority of which are thugs and lifetime lazy ass welfare
recipients. We are inviting the lowest of the low to Houston. And like
idiots we are serving the people who will soon steal our cars, rape,
murder, and destroy our city while stealing from our pockets on a daily
basis through the welfare checks they take. We will fund our own
destruction.

By "US" I don't mean a specific race, I mean the people who work hard, work
smart, have values and morals. Only people who want to help themselves
should be helped, the others should be allowed to destroy themselves. I do
not want to work hard, give the government close to half the money I earn
so they can in turn give it to a bunch of losers.

I don't believe in being poor for life. My family immigrated here, we came
here poor, and now thank God, and due to HARD WORK we are doing fine. If
immigrants, who come here, don't know the language can work and become
successful... WHY CAN'T THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMEGROWN DO IT!!! If
we continue to reward these losers then we will soon destroy our great
country. I just witnessed selfish, arrogant, unappreciative behavior by the
very people who need help the most. Now these same people who cursed me,
refused my cities generosity, who refuse to help themselves are DEMANDING
handouts on their own terms!!!!!!! They prance around as if they are owed
something, and when they do receive a handout, they say it's not good
enough! Well you know what..these types of people can go to hell for all I
care!
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Richard L. Johnston, M.D.
University of Mississippi Medical Center

as questionable as the authorship of this is: the attitudes and behaviors described in here are not questionable at all...but that's just because i've experienced it on a firsthand account. oh yeah and this wasn't with hurricane relief, this was just regular day to day. and know what? i'm sure i'm sure that a good strong percentage of the refugee type people are like that because the evacuees who were responsible were already gone and not acting like that.

the behavior is no surprise to anyone from new orleans.

PonyOne pointed out some good quotes to the predigest of this story. I mean come on now...any reasonable person (racist or not) will see the stupidity in this argument or maybe not. Now I am not black. Even though it does not matter but will help with the argument of those who see skin color as a big deal. :( I have been watching the news on this and seen those who demand and blame others for help. And worse, cases of rape and robbery. It is total chaos right. I don’t know...I mean I do but those who relate anything to skin color is not worth wasting your breath on.

This is rather a case of bad people than black skinned people.

Originally Posted by: fingertricksThis is rather a case of bad people than black skinned people.

You just nailed it on the head.......It just so happened that most of them are black, so it got turned into a racial thing. Kanye West was a main contributer to that.

I don't want anyone thinking I'm racist for posting those stories or anything. It just get's to me how most times when something bad happens to a black family or community, somehow it's gonna get turned into a racial thing.

Originally Posted by: JFRICK
I don't want anyone thinking I'm racist for posting those stories or anything. It just get's to me how most times when something bad happens to a black family or community, somehow it's gonna get turned into a racial thing.

I don't think your racist for posting those stories. You didn't write them. The way the story was worded directed it toward black people. I agree with you on the how everything (some) turns into a racial thing. When someone says something like "it's because I'm black" makes me roll my eyes. I use to live in long beach and the majority over there were blacks or at least it seemed like it. People were always trying to start crap with me. But I don't see it as those dam n#$%@, but rather [U]people [/U] in that area have really bad attitudes. People around that area are really stuck up to. That's why I moved back to my home town.