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Lawsuit Katrina Style
- Thread starter SingDixieGoNavy
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It's not that the people of New Orleans got / get government help rebuilding that irritates me. It's the constant demanding and bitching about "poor me" and "discrimination" that makes me want to put a stop to any government funds or rebuilding.
Midwest towns get flooded every year. Whole towns underwater. Yet somehow they manage to rebuild - some multiple times. They gratefully accept the aid they are given and you don't see them on TV saying "no one cares", "poor me", "racist bastards", etc. like you do from New Orleans.
I saw an interview just last week with a displace New Orleans family. "I'm not going back until they rebuild my house and give me a job".
I know I'm stereotyping but....if you show people you are willing to help yourself, then people would be willing to do more to help you.
Midwest towns get flooded every year. Whole towns underwater. Yet somehow they manage to rebuild - some multiple times. They gratefully accept the aid they are given and you don't see them on TV saying "no one cares", "poor me", "racist bastards", etc. like you do from New Orleans.
I saw an interview just last week with a displace New Orleans family. "I'm not going back until they rebuild my house and give me a job".
I know I'm stereotyping but....if you show people you are willing to help yourself, then people would be willing to do more to help you.
If you have cable/Dish/Direct TV and no flood insurance/Home insurance. You are wrong.
If you have $2K rims on your car and no insurance. You are wrong.
If you can't find the $30 dollars a month and $200 a year for insurance (200 for flood) then you really need to look at what is important in your life.
$46 bucks a month is not a lot for insurance. Less even for renters insurance.
If you have $2K rims on your car and no insurance. You are wrong.
If you can't find the $30 dollars a month and $200 a year for insurance (200 for flood) then you really need to look at what is important in your life.
$46 bucks a month is not a lot for insurance. Less even for renters insurance.
MasterBates
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Lets see, attitude from people who we are helping (yelling/borderline assaulting my SAR swimmers). Lady in the cabin in the "Tunnel" in a SH-60B (goes to cockpit) verbally abusing me and my copilot as I am trying to not hit phone poles, power lines, and other aircraft.
I've been to Nawlin's before. My grandmother used to live there. Most of the city needs to be given back to the swamp. Just a welfare society waiting for the great flood followed by the great handout. When I see people who are on Welfare, living off MY tax dollars, driving a nicer car than me, something is seriously fvcked up.
New Orleans is a prime example of what happens when welfare culture goes bad. People have/take NO ACCOUNTABILITY for their actions because "the government" will bail them out and take care of them.
I'm done playing airborne taxi to a bunch of leeches who were not even appreciative. I'd say for every elderly person who we got, or disabled person, there were 10 that left for reasons most along the lines of "I did not want to miss my welfare check" because they were coming in a couple days.
Also, you people knew this was coming. There was NO EXCUSE for not having water and a couple days worth of canned goods. Yet people were "starving" 3 days in. Hell, you could weld the doors shut here in the PUMA and I can be OK for 2 weeks off of what is inside, including water.
Army Warrant I was BSin with at NAS New Orleans during a gas/MRE stop..
"This place is about 2 days from being Mogadishu with water".
The actions of the locals in the 9th ward and Superdome are inexcusable. Period. And it seems to be endemic with a large portion of "That fair city".
I've been to Nawlin's before. My grandmother used to live there. Most of the city needs to be given back to the swamp. Just a welfare society waiting for the great flood followed by the great handout. When I see people who are on Welfare, living off MY tax dollars, driving a nicer car than me, something is seriously fvcked up.
New Orleans is a prime example of what happens when welfare culture goes bad. People have/take NO ACCOUNTABILITY for their actions because "the government" will bail them out and take care of them.
I'm done playing airborne taxi to a bunch of leeches who were not even appreciative. I'd say for every elderly person who we got, or disabled person, there were 10 that left for reasons most along the lines of "I did not want to miss my welfare check" because they were coming in a couple days.
Also, you people knew this was coming. There was NO EXCUSE for not having water and a couple days worth of canned goods. Yet people were "starving" 3 days in. Hell, you could weld the doors shut here in the PUMA and I can be OK for 2 weeks off of what is inside, including water.
Army Warrant I was BSin with at NAS New Orleans during a gas/MRE stop..
"This place is about 2 days from being Mogadishu with water".
The actions of the locals in the 9th ward and Superdome are inexcusable. Period. And it seems to be endemic with a large portion of "That fair city".
I agree with you and MB. Irresponsible behavior and the desire for a handout. It is great that this county helps out the unfortunate via public assistance. But after the people fail at helping themselves, that is where my assistance should stop! It doesn't even take HARD work in this country to get your life together....just honesty, a work ethic, no substance abuse, a little motivation, and not having more kids when you receiving a government handout. There are no handouts in life so all of you New Orleans natives who are getting defensive and not part of the problem...back the fvck off.....if you are part of the problem, elect MB mayor...that should be an IA with joint credit.:icon_rage:icon_rage:icon_rage
Could not agree with you more on that point; however, the city is so racialy divided that when someone does come in with a solution that calls for drastic changes they get the race card pulled and are forced to step down. Ive seen it happen to school board directors as well as other prominet city officials on numerous occasions. Therefore people that have the leadership and willpower to fix the problem stay away. It really is a sad situation.
MB thanks again for flying during that time
I have a pint glass from a New Orleans bar that has a picture of a characterized C RAY.
And it states "Willy Nagin and the Choclate City"
Even Locals hate that guy
That is just terrible. Although you have to wonder what would compell her to be so absent-minded....It's kind of common-sense.....
Hence the problem....the average New Orleans resident does not have common sense. Otherwise she would never had been in that situation.
I don't want to get into specifics about this mishap, as all my knowledge of it comes from the SIR. For helo drivers in the RAG or new to the fleet, I'd recommend getting a copy of it and reading it. I can't remember which squadron it was from, but I want to say it was from an East Coast HSL.
Hmmm, sounds like a challenge.
The PUMA has aluminum walls correct? Someone grab a tig welder, this could get interesting!
I don't agree with the lawsuit but I could see how someone could do this in a panic. I help teach SCUBA diving and part of that involves reading a lot of yearly mishap reports, and you'd be amazed at what people do when they start to panic in uncomfortable situations/conditions. Like I said I don't agree with the lawsuit because the AW's were risking their lives to save her and it was simply an accident.