Another take on New Orleans

[fritz]

Finally - entertainment with common sense.

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> >George Carlin does it again! How true!

> >

> >Been sitting here with my ass in a wad, wanting to

> >speak out about the bullshit going on in New Orleans.

> >For the people of New Orleans... First we would like

> >to say, Sorry for your loss. With that said, Let's

> >go through a few hurricane rules: (Unlike an

> >earthquake, we know it's coming)

> >#1. A mandatory evacuation means just that...Get the

> >hell out. Don't blame the Government after they tell

> >you to go. If they hadn't said anything, I can see

> >the argument. They said get out... if you didn't,

> >it's your fault, not theirs. (We don't want to hear

> >it, even if you don't have a car, you can get out.)

> >

> >#2. If there is an emergency, stock up on water and

> >non-perishables. If you didn't do this, it's not the

> >Government's fault you're starving.

> >

> >

> >#2a. If you run out of food and water, find a store

> >that has some.

> >(Remember, shoes, TV's, DVD's and CD's are not edible.

> >Leave them alone.)

> >

> >#2b. If the local store has been looted of food or

> >water, leave your neighbor's TV and stereo alone.

> >(See #2a) They worked hard to get their stuff. Just

> >because they were smart enough to leave during a

> >mandatory evacuation, doesn't give you the right to

> >take their stuff...it's theirs, not yours.

> >

> >#3. If someone comes in to help you, don't shoot at

> >them and then complain no one is helping you. I'm not

> >getting shot to help save some dumbass who didn't

> >leave when told to do so.

> >

> >

> >#4. If you are in your house that is completely under

> >water, your belongings are probably too far gone for

> >anyone to want them. If someone does want them, let

> >them have them and hopefully they'll die in the filth.

> >Just leave! (It's New Orleans, find a voodoo warrior

> >and put a curse on them)

> >

> >#5. My tax money should not pay to rebuild a 2 million

> >dollar house, a sports stadium or a floating casino.

> >Also, my tax money shouldn't go to rebuild a city that

> >is under sea level. You wouldn't build your house on

> >quicksand would you? You want to live below

> >sea-level, do your country some good and join the

> >Navy.

> >

> >#6. Regardless of what the Poverty Pimps Jessie

> >Jackson and Al Sharpton want you to believe, The US

> >Government didn't create the Hurricane as a way to

> >eradicate the black people of New Orleans; (Neither

> >did Russia as a way to destroy America). The US

> >Government didn't cause global warming that caused the

> >hurricane (We've been coming out of an ice age for

> >over a million years).

> >

> >#7. The government isn't responsible for giving you

> >anything. This is the land of the free and the home

> >of the brave, but you gotta work for what you want.

> >McDonalds and Wal-Mart are always hiring, get a damn

> >job and stop spooning off the people who are actually

> >working for a living.

> >

> >President Kennedy said it best..."Ask not what your

> >country can do for you, ask what you can do for your

> >country."

> >

> >Thank you for allowing me to rant

> >

> >

fritz

[Emul8]

Sorry, fritz, this little rant, just like the "Bad American" thing that routinely circulates through the internet isn't by George Carlin. I knew this even before I checked it out because it isn't Carlin-esque enough...it isn't even courtesy-laugh funny...and that's very telling because Carlin almost always makes me laugh, except when he mugs it up to excess.

 

Some folks at the sites like Snopes have suggested that things like these are palmed off on us unsuspecting people as a way to give "credibility" to mediocrity because as a whole, we tend to take notice when a celebrity says something to which we may relate, either positively or negatively.

 

Anyway, that's not to say that I disagree with some of the more salient points in the post....