Well, I hope the hurricane misses major city areas, that it weakens. But if it hits strong, it will be about the 350th major hurricane to hit the US Coast since America was a nation.
Most of the others were dealt with with little or no help from the Federal Government – even with widespread disaster and death.
Now the narrative has changed – both parties now openly pander to “feelings” and the MSM narrative that any misfortune from natures forces is either the government’s fault for failing to prevent it. Or the governments fault for not making subsea underclass, owners of million-dollar properties on barrier islands “perfectly whole again” with Chinese debt that the people of New York, Michigan, Illinois will pay back, or in added taxes if either Party has the guts to resume “pay as you go.”.
It gets harder and harder to explain why flooded Ohio towns and Michigan workers displaced by fatcat owners for Chinese labor and out of home are basically “on their own” and have to fend for themselves after initial, if any Federal help…..but that somehow they are “morally obligated” to help rebuild, house (sometimes in 1,000 dollar a week hotels), and pay restaurant bills, and let Bush & Dems endorse borrowing another billion or so from China to pay for 2K debit cards issued to “Noble NOLA victims”.
(Or the 60 billion we spent to pay salaried for Bush’s “noble Iraqi freedom-lovers).
I get a queasy feeling about Republicans talking about putting off their meeting on Presidential elections, Dems rushing to Nagi’s side, and MSM looking for “Great suffering Special Victims” for a weather event that is predictable every 5-10 years. And largely predicated on moneyed interests zoning, developing, building, and settling land that people really shouldn’t be allowed to build on – and expect others living in
sensible areas for housing to pay the bill for and care for residents whenever the inivitable happens.
(Outside the media, there was scant sympathy for both NOLA scum acting like whiny thugs, and wealthy Texas lawyers complaining that it takes too long to get Federal money or Federally subsidized insurance payouts to rebuild their 1.4 million beach condos “for the 3rd time since 1980″)
