oldksnarc Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 By Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Say a hurricane is about to destroy the city you live in. Two questions: What would you do? What would you do if you were black? Sadly, the two questions don't have the same answer. To the first: Most of us would take our families out of that city quickly to protect them from danger. Then, able-bodied men would return to help others in need, as wives and others cared for children, elderly, infirm and the like. For better or worse, Hurricane Katrina has told us the answer to the second question. If you're black and a hurricane is about to destroy your city, then you'll probably wait for the government to save you. This was not always the case. Prior to 40 years ago, such a pathetic performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have been inconceivable. The first response would have come from black men. They would take care of their families, bring them to safety, and then help the rest of the community. Then local government would come in. No longer. When 75 percent of New Orleans residents had left the city, it was primarily immoral, welfare-pampered blacks that stayed behind and waited for the government to bail them out. This, as we know, did not turn out good results. Enter Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Jackson and Farrakhan laid blame on "racist" President Bush. Farrakhan actually proposed the idea that the government blew up a levee so as to kill blacks and save whites. The two demanded massive governmental spending to rebuild New Orleans, above and beyond the federal government's proposed $60 billion. Not only that, these two were positioning themselves as the gatekeepers to supervise the dispersion of funds. Perfect: Two of the most dishonest elite blacks in America, "overseeing" billions of dollars. I wonder where that money will end up. Of course, if these two were really serious about laying blame on government, they should blame the local one. Responsibility to perform - legally and practically - fell first on the mayor of New Orleans. We are now all familiar with Mayor Ray Nagin - the black Democrat who likes to yell at President Bush for failing to do Nagin's job. The facts, unfortunately, do not support Nagin's wailing. As the Washington Times puts it, "recent reports show [Nagin] failed to follow through on his own city's emergency-response plan, which acknowledged that thousands of the city's poorest residents would have no way to evacuate the city." One wonders how there was "no way" for these people to evacuate the city. We have photographic evidence telling us otherwise. You've probably seen it by now - the photo showing 2,000 parked school buses, unused and underwater. How much planning does it require to put people on a bus and leave town, Mayor Nagin? Instead of doing the obvious, Mayor Nagin (with no positive contribution from Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the other major leader vested with responsibility to address the hurricane disaster) loaded remaining New Orleans residents into the Superdome and the city's convention center. We know how that plan turned out. About five years ago, in a debate before the National Association of Black Journalists, I stated that if whites were to just leave the United States and let blacks run the country, they would turn America into a ghetto within 10 years. The audience, shall we say, disagreed with me strongly. Now I have to disagree with me. I gave blacks too much credit. It took a mere three days for blacks to turn the Superdome and the convention center into ghettos, rampant with theft, rape and murder. President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks. Had New Orleans' black community taken action, most would have been out of harm's way. But most were too lazy, immoral and trifling to do anything productive for themselves. All Americans must tell blacks this truth. It was blacks' moral poverty - not their material poverty - that cost them dearly in New Orleans. Farrakhan, Jackson, and other race hustlers are to be repudiated - they will only perpetuate this problem by stirring up hatred and applauding moral corruption. New Orleans, to the extent it is to be rebuilt, should be remade into a dependency-free, morally strong city where corruption is opposed and success is applauded. Blacks are obligated to help themselves and not depend on the government to care for them. We are all obligated to tell them so. The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and author of "Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View It's to bad that most of the people that he talks about here will probably never read this.................Sad but true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_70 Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View Just look what happened in Ohio the other day, another Riot because they didn't like the people that were marching... It's ok for them to speak out, but others cant speak out about what they call discrimination and injustice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stellfox Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View Why would we ever think about rebuilding a city, that is surrounded by water over your head!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View I'll keep my comments to myself because there is no way for me to explain myself without being mean. But I can tell you that I was going to totally agree with Orion 70 but just elaborate a little more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View [ QUOTE ] they will only perpetuate this problem by stirring up hatred and applauding moral corruption. [/ QUOTE ] Sad but true. Jesse Jackson has done nothing but create more hatred and race problems, really is a shame that so many black people think he is helping them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View Yep, I'd have to put the Farrakans, Jacksons and Sharptons right in the same class as those skinhead neo-nazi idiots. Neither group is interested in anything except stirring things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View [ QUOTE ] Democrat who likes to yell at President Bush for failing to do Nagin's job. [/ QUOTE ] Whats new????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View [ QUOTE ] Just look what happened in Ohio the other day, another Riot because they didn't like the people that were marching... It's ok for them to speak out, but others cant speak out about what they call discrimination and injustice.... [/ QUOTE ] But what kills me on this is, why destroy the Police, EMS, and Firetrucks??? Was it their fault? NO! Idiots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdickey Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View Nobody ever considered the priorities established by the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans when their "shrine" the SUPERDOME was buillt! Built at a cost of $134 million in 1975 and $22.8 million for renovations in 1996..... That total of $156.8 million would have gone a long way to repair the levees! Then to compound their priorities, they pay $2 million a year to keep their pro football team. Then of course you have a priority for the basketball team, and the renovations for the riverwalk area for the gambling boats! Yessir... the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans certainly have their PRIORITIES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View Wish it was more than one black leader that recognized this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugshooter Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View [ QUOTE ] One wonders how there was "no way" for these people to evacuate the city. We have photographic evidence telling us otherwise. You've probably seen it by now - the photo showing 2,000 parked school buses, unused and underwater. How much planning does it require to put people on a bus and leave town, Mayor Nagin? [/ QUOTE ] I was thinking about this issue earlier today when I heard it brought up for the umpteenth time, yes, Mayor Nagin and every politician on up the leader to the President dropped the ball some way or the other with this whole thing. But my question is this, who is going to drive those 2000 buses, the Mayor can order those buses into service, but it would be pointless if the bus drivers have already gotten their butts outta Dodge, and how many are gonna sticvk around to drive a bus when the hurricane is bearing down and they're stuck in traffic. Nope, people are goona save themselves, even if he had ordered those buses into service, how many do you think would have moved, probably not a dang one. Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda. Hindsight is 20/20. It's easy to point the fingers and lay blame after the fact, but until one of us is in charge of coordinating emergency contingency plans for a major city with over 500,000 people, we really don't know what we would do, or should do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldksnarc Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View [ QUOTE ] Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda. Hindsight is 20/20. It's easy to point the fingers and lay blame after the fact, but until one of us is in charge of coordinating emergency contingency plans for a major city with over 500,000 people, we really don't know what we would do, or should do. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly. But it seems to be real easy by some to place the blame with President Bush for all the problems - considering the primary responsibility rests at the local level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View Hey did you guys hear ....Bush ordered Hurricane Wilma to come ashore ....typical Dem....typical poor city folks...they want everything handed to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Re: One Black Man\'s View nagin had 5 days to order the buses used. he did nothing. simply compare the democrat run lousiana to the republican run texas, and look at the end results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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