Update [2005-9-4 14:33:51 by HadIt]: For the record, this refers to the Far-Right-Wing website, Redstate.org. It does NOT refer to residents of states that went for Bush. If I meant it that way, then I would be like those folks at Redstate.org...
I stumbled onto a recent diary at Redstate.org (where I almost never go) which is a summation of the Conservative response to the horrors in NOLA and the lack of competent Federal action.
See the full text below, but the central relevant point is:
If I'm told by authorities to evacuate the area,
I am responsible to see my family safely away from the area.
I am responsible.
I was not raised to expect help from anyone but myself.
And you know what? I think I agree completely!
See what I mean below the fold...
See, he talks about how he expects nothing from anyone and doesn't need anyone's help with anything.
He makes a good case...
Who is Responsible?
By: FireFireFire · Section: Diaries
Who is responsible???
I am.
I want all Americans to go thru AA rehab.
I learned almost 16 years ago that I am responsible.
Not George Bush,Not the Government,Not the Republicans,Not the Democrats,Not The liberal left,not the blacks,not the whites.
I am responsible.
I am responsible for the care and feeding of my family.
Me.
If there is a snow storm coming to my section of New England,I am responsible to make sure we have food and fuel.
If a dirtbag criminal breaks into my home,I'm the one who is responsible to protect my family by shooting the dirtbag dead.
If I'm told by authorities to evacuate the area,
I am responsible to see my family safely away from the area.
I am responsible.
I was not raised to expect help from anyone but myself.
I don't expect Teddy Kennedy to help me pay my bills.
I don't expect Michael Moore to make a film that presents a story in an unbiased way.
I don't expect my kids to clean their rooms unless I stand there and watch them.
I don't expect the federal government to be all seeing and all knowing.
I don't expect anything from anybody, because I am responsible.
No one else,Just me.
Try it,You'll like it.
Hmmm, Maybe I will...
Here's my additions.
- If I need a road to drive to work, I don't need Teddy Kennedy to get funds to make a highway! I'll build it myself, because I'm responsible.
- If I need to send a letter from North Carolina to Oregon, I don't need some sissy Postal Service! I'll walk it over myself, because I am responsible.
- If I need emergency medication because of Anthrax exposure, I don't need anything from the National Stockpile for poor loser rejects! I'll extract antibiotics from bread mold, because I am responsible.
- If I need advance warning of a hurricane, I don't need any Nation Weather Service for lazy bums! I'll form my own global meteorological data collection and analysis system from leftover Chinese food containers, because I am responsible.
- If I need to be rescued from a roaring flood, I don't need any wussy National Guard, run by a competent and well-organized FEMAle agency, to pull me out on a wimpy helicopter! I'll sprout wings and fly away, because I'm responsible.
- If I need to believe that I never use anything run by the government and think you shouldn't, either, I don't need any morons like you to convince me! I can do it myself, because I'm delusional.
Anyone else here care to join in the fun? How will YOU prove YOU'RE responsible?