Originally Posted by KRL

If the government allocates resources to anything but critical needs right now, there's likely to be the biggest revolt of the people this country as seen since its founding.

This is the first time where the government's rep is sqarely on the line in front of the entire media and population and nothing is going to escape scrutiny.

Its pretty clear what went down in New Orleans.

Everyone keeps saying they didn't have plans. Baloney.

When the question came up in the planning meetins, "So how do we handle the 200,000 poor folks and non-movables if we get a cat 4 or 5?"

The consensus clearly was "Let's deal with that issue when it happens."

Because that is exactly what happened.

The poor and crippled became a low priority item. And that's how they were treated in the aftermath, exactly as planned.