Contradictions Of ?

One last thing about this tradegy and then I'll be quiet for a bit..

I don't remember the mayor of Miami being criticized after the fact for not evacuating before Andrew.

I don't remember the mayor of Homestead being blamed for the losses there during Andrew.

In fact, I don't remember any of the mayors whose towns were torn apart in one of the four hurricanes to hit Florida last year being condemned because they didn't forceable remove people, commandeer buses and take everyone out of the city before the hurricane hit.

Yet Ray Nagin is taking heat for his temper and his pleas for someone, anyone to come into the city and help his people. Is he being given credit for remaining in the city instead of evacuating as I'm sure his family did? No. He's being blamed for not getting everyone out.

The words poverty and race are surfacing in this discussion more and more. Can it be that this is a case of apathy due to prejudice? I sincerely hope not.

I watched this week and could only cry with the faces of anguish. No one in America should be forced to experience such hopelessness, such despair. No one in America should feel so forgotten.

At this point I grow tired of listening to the pundits point fingers at each other. Get the people out. You can posture later.