On The Internet They Call It Pwned…

…but everywhere else it could be a critical retort to restricted thought.

Some people should know better…Or how many degrees of separation from NOLA

I can’t give enough thanks to the First Draft krewe.

The point of First Draft is the same point that has been hammered in the ground by so many of us. That there are very few areas that aren’t at some sort of risk here in the United States. They illustrated that much better than I could. Even going so far as to getting all specific on their asses. One guy got totally Mt. Rainiered!

What I want to talk about is the assholes who took it upon themselves to put their views out there and support the destruction of my home, livelihood and the homes and livelihoods of those I love..

Many Americans use the “below sea level” as a reasoning not to rebuild but, the point is that they don’t view South Louisiana as worth saving. It CAN be done, everything is in place to do it. However, it is just a matter of WILL it.

These people’s opinions are that the government made a number of mistakes over the last two centuries and, rather than correcting them, they should just look the other way (to the Middle East?)

The fact that some of my fellow countrymen still have the opinion that New Orleans should be left to decay is proof positive that they don’t realize the effect on the nation’s economy it would have. Stats that show 200,000 people living in incorporated New Orleans are misleading. There are 1.2 million living in the metro area. That’s a lot of refugees. That’s a lot of ruined lives and people looking for new homes.

Let’s be honest.

Let’s really consider what these people are suggesting.

These people who support the destruction of the city are not expecting Congress to announce the shuttering of the city, the payment of everyone’s mortgages and moving expenses, and the rebuilding of their lives elsewhere. They aren’t expecting it to happen all at once like that.

What they are suggesting is a slow bleed, the ongoing withdrawal of federal funds, not armoring the levees, no coastal restoration. Then, slowly, the city’s economy will begin to collapse. Crime will go up. Many innocent people will be victimized by it. Thousands will perish from the lack of health care and viable means of support. Those who put their life’s work into their homes will be ruined along with any hope of an inheritance for their children. Any sense of endeavor and inspiration will be depleted. Nothing that COULD have happened will.

Then, another storm will blow through and, since nothing was done since the last one, more elderly, disabled, hospitalized and home care patients will again die (it doesn’t take a genius to understand everyone can’t be evacuated). Those who argue against the protection of the city will be fine with that because “they deserved it for living there.”

Understand that this is usually the crux of their argument. That we deserve it for living here. Take THAT lower Manhattan!

Getting back to the Doomsday scenario, the economy will be non-existent and hundreds of thousands of people will go broke and rely on government aid just to survive. Maybe it will be given and it will cost the country billions. Maybe it won’t and there will be 1.5 million desperate people roaming the country.

Jesus, I haven’t even mentioned the port of South Louisiana. I can’t get into it. Just expect interruptions in oil, coffee, rubber, all kinds of goods really.

I won’t mention arts and cultures either. Those fuckers don’t give a shit about that.

And after the city is abandoned, guess where we will end up? In YOUR town! Muaaahahahaha!