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Originally posted by AzCivic
what did clinton do to help black people?
before the hurricane even hit bush was on tv signing this and that to declare this and that in order to get the money ready for relief. what was he supposed to do, roll up his sleeves and fill sand bags?
am i the only one who thinks people should help themselves rather than expect help to come from somewhere else? when i lived down there and some hurricane was supposed to hit, we evacuated.
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Clinton did a lot. For one, hewas the only president in history to apologize for slavery. Sure, it's purely symbolic...but the fact that no president had the balls to do that for 150 years says something.
The fact that Bush signed this and that before the hurricane means nothing if it doesn't do a damn bit of good when the storm hits (obviously it didn't) and if no one follows through on those promises, what's the point? Maybe instead of signing all of that shit he shouldn't have short-changed the $430M that New Orleans was supposed to get to butress it's levees and build new pumping stations to fund his bullshit war and homeland security (they got screwed out of $250M of that $430M which means a lot of unfinished projects). Had he kept his word then and/or listened to the people of New Orleans when they were begging for the projects to be completed after their funding was reappropriated (stolen) by the government in '03 (especially after '04...one of the worst hurricane seasons on record), we might not even be having this discussion. As for the sandbag idea...that's something. At least he'd show he cared. As it stands now he just looks like some patronizing asshole.
You're not the only one who thinks people should help themselves, but for some people evacuation just wasn't an option. Mostly the poor got screwed, along with people in hospitals or those who had family in hospitals. Sure, there are the idiots who figured they'd just ride it out...but I'm guessing most of the people left weren't thinking that. When events happen of this scale, it's impossible to look at it as "every man for himself". It's just not practical.
I do, however, completely agree about celebrities keeping their god damn mouths shut. There's a time and place for everything, and if it's a question of your opinion, the right time and place is not a telethon/press conference/award show. Celebrities need to stop thinking that because we liked their movie or album that we give a fuck about what they think. That's right Kanye...fuck you. Oh...and your music sucks ass.