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Got this via email - pretty succinct. Someone said George Carlin said it? I'm sure if he didn't, there will be someone who will post exactly who, where and what was said....But it does highlight a few things I myself have thought over the last several weeks! Don't get me wrong, I am sorry for the devastation suffered, but remember "God helps those who help themselves..."

New Orleans
> > >>>
> > >>> Been sitting here with my ass in a wad, wanting to
> > >>> speak out about the
> > >>> bull**** 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.

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