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Typical

posted 15 years ago by Always_Local
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I saw a good portion of this last night, and I've got to say I'm not at all suprised. I expected to see a bunch of ungrateful, lazy, drug-dealing, drop-out, jobless, thugs who can barely speak the enlish language. And that is exactly what I got. New Orleans was a cesspool before Katrina, so it didn't really change much. Sure the Bush administration and FEMA screwed up, but guess what, *beep* happens, it's not because your black. I'm sick of these lazy, ungrateful ghetto bums who do nothing but complain, while they should be doing something to better there lives. Stop having 10 kids, get your stupid asses back in school, and stop living off of the government.

I've been through a multitude of hurricanes while living in south Florida, and yes, there has been one or two as bad as Katrina (namely Andrew in 1992). You don't see the aide right away when there is a disaster of that magnitude for that exact reason, due to the scope and size of the disaster. During Hurricane Wilma, I didn't have power for a month, there was a gigantic hole in my roof, and my car was destroyed. However, I'm an educated, reasonably intelligent, sane person, who understands the amount of effort it takes to aide in a disaster. I didn't call out the FEMA or Bush, I didn't claim racism, and when aide did arrive, I APPRECIATED IT!!!

I appreciate FEMA and the government for what they do in these situations, and I would never be an ungrateful moron like those gun toting ghetto bastards in N.O.

[–] alithre 15 years ago

Amen Local. I agree with your whole heartedly. I still live in La, and to this day we STILL have Katrina evacuees looking for vouchers to pay their rent, etc. Just yesterday another bum was convicted of red cross fraud. He applied, AND RECEIVED, almost $5,000 cash for hurricane damages he never suffered. It burns me up that a LOT of good people across America and the world donate to such worthy causes like the Red Cross, but all some morons do (such as in New Orleans) is take advantage if it. The world is left with some disgusting example of one of the most giving nations in the world, thanks to these freeloaders who don't give a *beep* as long as YOU are paying their bills. That is NOT America, and is not even an accurate portrayal of people from my homestate. It does a tremendous disservice to those who truly need help rebuilding their lives. I assure you, people like this woman were living off the government long before Katrina, and will continue to do so long after. She thinks she'll make it big as a famous hip hop rap star (which she won't because her demo sucked).

The only thing a welfare check in New orleans means today is going to the beauty salon to get your nails or hair done. Freeloaders like this DISGUST ME obviously, and sadly they raise their children to do the same exact thing. It's a never ending cycle. These bums should be ashamed instead of pimping themselves out to a documentary so they cab be rapper on television. Idiot.

yes, FEMA dropped the ball - but New Orleans has been doing the same, and WORSE, for a long LOOOONNNGGG time, too.

And I'm glad you made the point about the awful grammar throughout this doc. When your speech is THAT bad, it's NOT considered a southern drawl, or an accent that people admire or think is unique. It's slaughtering the English language in it's worst form, and NO decent paying job, boss or company in their right mind would hire you to represent. Same goes for ANY person, white or black, who wonders why a high paying corporation won't hire them. LEARN YOUR ENGLISH GRAMMAR if you want a career bad enough, and stop blaming race for everything for crying out loud. I'll bet we have more people who just moved to the states from a foreign country, speaking BETTER ENGLISH than anyone in this documentary has done, even being born and raised in the states their whole lives. (P.S. - I know my typing isn’t perfect and never has been, but at least I can speak like a proper, decent human being. )

[–] rpi2001 15 years ago

The only thing that really bothered me was the Naval base that wouldn't help the people.

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[–] activista 13 years ago

@alithre

Um, people speak in ALL kinds of dialects and slang---it does NOT mean they are stupid or ignorant, that is simply the way a person talks, depending on their environment and what pattern of speech they were exposed to. Also,the difference between Katrina and other hurricane disasters is that NO one was prepared to deal with the magnitude of a WHOLE city being flooded,that's why. So what if they didn't speak so-called perfect*beep* English? Hell,a lot of WHITE people don't even speak so-called perfect English, and they have THEIR own slang and dialects (of which there are plenty in the South,so stop acting like there isn't) but I don't see you going on and on about THAT. Speaking slang dosen't mean you're ignorant, that's simply how you speak around your family and friends. It damn sure dosen't make you less of a proper human being--hell, there have been murderers and evildoers who spoke the proper King's English, but it sure as hell didn't make them better people. Awful grammar---what the hell---who died and made YOU an English teacher and guardian of the English language? Also, what the hell did that have to do with Katrina survivors trying to get through a disaster any damn way? Basically what you're saying is that these people deserved to just starve to death and die because they are black and poor! Now that's some racist bulls*** right there. So ONE bum gets convicted on Red Cross fraud --does that mean ALL Katrina survivors are guilty of it? HELL NO! In fact, there was a white woman up here in the Detroit area not long after Katrina hit who claimed she was a survivor, and received all this help and some money, then it was found out that she'd lied about being a survivor,period.

Bottom line, every time there's a hurricane disaster every year, it's pretty damn funny how NO one ever says to the white folks in Florida living there or anywhere along the Gulf Coast, "Why the hell don't y'all move out of the damn areas where the hurricanes ALWAYS hit?" Nobody EVER says that, yet these same people stay in those areas year after year. However, when Katrina hit New Orleans, the attitude was like, "OH *beep* those people--they're just poor black n******---let them just *beep* die." That's a pretty *beep* attitude. Especially because I have family down there in LA----not anywhere near New Orleans, thank goodness, or they would have been there when Katrina hit. These people did what they could do to survive a disaster and you're bitching about them getting a measely welfare check and their so-called bad grammar---how the hell do you know they're getting ANYTHING post-Katrina? Hell, these big corporations you speak so highly of get welfare in the form of HUGE tax breaks which enable them to take American jobs overseas and pay folks in another country little or nothing with NO benefits whatsoever ALL the damn time. But you won't talk about THAT,will you? NOOOOOO you *beep* won't! Last time I looked, any disaster area is supposed to get relief because THAT'S what we pay the government our tax dollars for, you a$$hole!

[–] Diabla_In_Disguise 15 years ago

I agree with everything the OP said. I actually could not finish watching this because I got so sick of what I was seeing. As soon as they showed a pic of the one guy, proudly holding an assult weapon, yet still complaining about what is owed to him, I had to turn it off.

[–] goddessvenom 15 years ago

AMEN! I tried, I tried so hard to sit through this movie but the more I watched, the more incensed I became. I could not agree with the OP more, it's about time someone told it like it is.

...love, peace and chicken grease!

[–] the_mitch_thompson_show 14 years ago

It is CLEAR you didn't finish the film from your comments. You didn't see that same person come to grips with the fact that, as a drug dealer, he had been contributing to the decay and destruction of his city, just as the hurricane did. You didn't see him give up that life to start doing construction, to instead rebuild the city he had seen devastated, not only physically but psychologically and emotionally.

You obviously see people as the sum of their mistakes without contextualizing that with their situation or upbringing. It's just easier to call someone lazy than actually consider the cause behind their situation. It's easier to say "get a job" than to empathize and try to change the situation. You want to treat the symptom, not the cause.

[–] flimflamsam 15 years ago

jesus christ your a tool. your rant is laden with not so subtle racism so your whole arguement is moot. your generalizations and blind subjugation to the government show your intelligence. "and I would never be an ungrateful moron like those gun toting ghetto bastards in N.O." eat a dick you fool. i'm a florida native, and have been through it all from andrew, to jean,ivan, wilma, hell katrina knocked my fence down. i've gone weeks with no electricity.but unless you lived in miami during andrew you have no clue or idea what these people went through. florida didn't experience 8 feet high flooding, so you have no right to negatively comment on how they dealt with their situation. the complete failure by the state and federal governments to help the poor in N.O. was unbelievable. we supposedly live in the greatest country in the world and we couldn't even evacuate a city? pathetic. let me guess... you have a mccain palin bumper sticker on your car.

[–] Always_Local 15 years ago

but unless you lived in miami during andrew you have no clue or idea what these people went through.

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I lived in Adventura actually. You say my point is moot because it has racial overtones. I'm not racist, I just speak the truth. You call me a tool, unintelligent, and tell me to eat a dick. Well that really shows your intelligence and maturity.

Hey bro, if it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck...well there ya go. Another thing about Andrew, I got out. These people had three days warning to get their a$$es out of dodge. I don't want to hear that they didn't have the means to get out. It's a state of emegency, find a way. They chose to stay because they thought they could ride it out, and because they DIDN'T want to spend what little they have on anything other than crack, malt liquor, or chicken wings. But that's what you should expect, bad judgement from uneducated thugs. The guy with assault rifle, looking for a hand out sums it all up for me.

As I said before, typical. This movie did nothing but show the world the "N" factor that will always exist in this country. When I say the "N" factor, I speak of the ignorance that exists in ALL races. I was dirt poor growing up, but managed to get decent grades, and put MYSELF through college while working 3 different jobs. Why is that so hard for these people to do? You say were SUPPOSED to be living in the greatest country in the world, well, we're not. Our parents, grandparents, and so forth's America was the greatest in the world. Ours is full of ignorant, uneducated, ungrateful slobs that want to tell you how the government should operate, yet don't even have a GED. That's the ultimate irony in all of this.

I remember watching news as Katrina rolled though the Gulf. I was talking to my buddy about how if it hit N.O., the aftermath was going to be like a riot in Watts, full of looting and anger. I guess was right.

By the was homey, the only bumber sticker on my car says "Live to surf". I'm a democrat.

[–] alithre 15 years ago

I have to second Always Local, and many posters here.

flimflamsam quote:

unless you lived in miami during andrew you have no clue or idea what these people went through

Really? In case you've forgotten buddy, Andrew hit La pretty damned hard. I should know - I was there! Look it up in case that’s slipped your mind. So did George, so did TS Bill, so did Cindy. That’s just a few off the top of my head, which were MINOR in comparison to Katrina. This was Not Louisiana’s first rodeo - let alone New Orleans - people just act like it is if it’ll put more free(loading) money in their pockets from the gu-vah-ment, and the good people across this world who gave up their own hard-earned money to help.

For those who sacrificed their hard earned money to help - THANK YOU.

Unfortunately for New Orleans most infamous freeloaders, you’ve got SUCKER written all over your forehead. Uh-oh! I let just out these freeloaders dirty little secret! Oh well.

True enough, Andrew did NOT hit NOLA as fiercely as Katrina did. But for those regions Andrew DID hit? You did NOT see many white or black Louisianan freeloaders waiting with their hand out, FOR their hand out, or vouchers, or gettin' paid, or throwing themselves at documentary crews to get famous. Utter stupidity.

Of all the REAL people who suffered through this storm, and STILL do today - this is the best this documentary crew could do? Come off the "you're a racist” bullsh*t posts already. The woman is a freeloading lard-ass bitch that MY taxes are paying for ... I don’t give a damn what color she is.

Furthermore, it's VERY hypocritical to think that people who didn’t go through Andrew (which I did, actually) as not knowing what these victims go through. OF COURSE we do. It’s just that not everybody in La., Mississippi, or Texas or Florida, act like the epidemic freeloaders you see in New Orleans. Not even everybody in New Orleans acts this way. Documentaries like “Trouble the Water” only want people to think they do.

Before you start judging REAL residents posts as racist, ask yourself :

DO YOU LIVE IN NOLA YOURSELF? DO YOU LIVE IN LOUISIANA? DO YOU WATCH THE LOCAL NEWS EVERY NIGHT TO SEE 13-14 YEAR OLD BLACK YOUTH IN NOLA KILLING EACH OTHER? DO YOU SEE THE PARENTS WHO RAISE THEM? DO YOU SEE THE SCHOOLS IN A FILTH OF DECLINE, WITH THE TEACHERS WHO RISK THEIR VERY LIVES EVERY DAY TO TEACH? DO YOU?

Yeah, that's what I though.

For the first time after watching this wonderful city crumble for years, the Mayor and Chief of Police recognized they have a crime problem - a specific black on black youth crime epidemic at that. No sh*t Sherlock. Residents and preachers have been trying to get your attention about this for YEARS. It’s just every time they tried - they were called “racists”. Or eve better, the incredible black ministers who try to help their beloved city are acting “too white.“ Typical. Freaking typical.

Come live in Louisiana for a few months FlimFlam… white or black middle class makes no difference to me, because you wouldn’t last anyway. I assure you, you TOO will get sick of SUPPORTING WITH YOUR MONEY the freeloaders and their bling, their expensive cell phones, ridiculous gaudy rims, hair weaves a foot high standing on top their heads and ugly as sin, enormously fat and unhealthy eating, drinking and smoking habits , that put King Henry VIII to shame. YOU PAY FOR THIS. Freeloaders who will NOT get a job, but WILL pay for their despicable, lazy, pathetic, and unhealthy lifestyles with MY MONEY AND YOURS. When the stupid fat goons in front of you yak on their expensive cell phone, with all their bling, hardly understanding a word of their despicable grammar but understanding every other word being *beep* while her 3-5 kids hang of her hip and the side of the grocery cart while she pays with her Louisiana Purchase/food stamp card. YOUR MONEY. And all YOU can do is balance your cash for the week in hopes you've got enough to pay the power bill along with food for your children and husband…. A husband who works 6 days a week +plus overtime+ to keep a roof over his family’s head, but who has no choice but to give up 25% of his hard earned money to pay taxes for these freeloaders. And like the freeloaders in front of you at the supermarket whose baby-daddy’s never stuck around anyway, unless you get money from ME, from MY taxes, the government, or from people who have a heart just wanting to help Katrina victims God bless them! (But don’t let the government find out your baby daddy, or baby-daddy-to-be, is living with the baby-mama cause they’ll cut your welfare check(s) too. And God forbid again if one of those babies ends up staying in high school and get an education and a job - cause once that baby gets a paycheck still living in the household, the governments gonna cut that check off too. The people who do this come from every different race and religion, it’s just that New Orleans is overwhelmingly populated by people who do when Mr. Mayor Chocolate City Ray Nagin tells them it’s fine by him, as long as you keep voting him into office.

I get very defensive when one of the most famous places in the world, with all it’s French history architecture influenced by some of the words most famous French royalty and artisans and musicians. And all these freeloaders and the government they’ve voted in office have done is a cesspool of colossal damage to this beautiful city. Pathetic. This did not start with Katrina - New Orleans was suffering and dying for years before. They did it to themselves, waiting for the government (and MY money) to support this pathetic lifestyle.

This isn’t racism buddy - THIS IS REALITY. And I live it in every single day and the city of New Orleans.

Do you?

[–] camillacream-1 15 years ago

The nerve of these people in the documentary!

Why don't they put on a suit, get a job on Wall St., and sponge off the government the way rich white people do. You know, the intelligent, sane, respectable, moral people who speak proper English, like George Bush, or the investment bankers who got a bailout for a job poorly done so they can keep their personal jets and Park Ave penthouses.

Like the great Woody Guthrie said: "some rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen."

[–] RobbieCalifornia 15 years ago

Amen, camilla and flimflamsam! I'm so glad this film has attracted attention.

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[–] Always_Local 15 years ago

Yup, I'm sure it was like living in a third world country, because most of them are savages.

[–] almostfamous_girl 15 years ago

I really can't believe people are reacting so negatively to this movie. It breaks my heart that Americans would be so harsh on people who clearly did not have the advantages or opportunities that so many take for granted.

I'm from Mississippi, and I stayed for Katrina because like the residents of the Ninth Ward, my family didn't have enough money to stay in a hotel for one night let alone months and months. Don't you understand how poor the Southern region of the US is? These people have nothing. There are no jobs, we have no factories, we have no schools, we have no one that gives a damn about us.

As for FEMA and government disaster assistance, I'm aware that it takes a while for aid to arrive. I'm also aware that Florida always gets their aid eventually because rich white people inhabit some of Florida. My point (and I believe the film's point) is that aid NEVER came. I got a $50 dollar food stamp card from the government and a $100 check from the Red Cross FOUR MONTHS after Katrina hit. That is the only aid I received. The National Guard offered no help. Trust me, I asked them. They wouldn't even give me a bag of ice or a tarp. All they did was shoot "looters" (also known as black people) and tell us to "go back to our houses." Ha.

This documentary is meant to humanize the victims America spent weeks watching about on television. Also, a word to the alleged Christians of America: the cornerstone of Christianity is supposed to be about helping your fellow man, about helping those less fortunate than you. Jesus didn't go to Yale or have a trust fund. His friends were sinners and prostitutes. It's easy to make mistakes in your life, like the Roberts couple, but THEY SAVED PEOPLE'S LIVES. They saved their neighbors. They survived. And the fact that they had to do that on their own in one of the richest countries in America is sickening.

I'm ashamed of you people. Morality and compassion really is dead in America. Sorry for the rant. You can go back to watching Glenn Beck now.

[–] alithre 15 years ago

All they have to do is stay in school. That's it. Don't drop out, don't do your drugs and sell your dope, don't break into peoples houses and steal the things people worked hard for because you won't. Don't shoot your neighbors, don't make a bunch of babies you can't afford, and at the very least know the daddy your babies do have, and make them pay support (which most men do).

The education IS out there in New Orleans. Much of it's free at that, especially of you are a person color (If you are white and middle class, you are SOL) The jobs ARE out there too, now more than ever. You don't have to be a Wall St. broker in a nice suit to make it in New Orleans.

Btw, I'm not sure if you knew this or not, but Bush has been out of the White House since January. Thought you'd like to know ;).

And I don't have a Mccain/Palin sticker either. Good lord.

Tellin' it like it is? What a stupid joke ... the OP and several others tell it like it really is. You just don't have the courage to face it, or are still on sume Bush/Cheney kick that is long gone and never coming back. Boo hoo.

[–] sticker_smell 15 years ago

I didn't hear you complain about all the highscool dropout, rednecks who live in trailers,and have sex with thier cousins, and got wiped out by the tornado in Kansas, or any of the other ones for that matter. They got help immedialtly. What makes the situation so different?? Answer that for me?

[–] Diabla_In_Disguise 15 years ago

They got help immedialtly. What makes the situation so different?? Answer that for me?

Tell that to the survivors of Hurricane Andrew. It took years for them to get help, yet you didn't see them on tv everyday demanding that they get what is "owed" to them.

[–] ruffridachic 15 years ago

wow, just wow. It amazing me that in the year 2009 people are still so dense. Let me explain a few things.

Hurricane Katrina was tracked to hit directly upon New Orleans, however it did NOT. We got the wind and the rains from the left side of the storm. The reason why its label "Katrina" that messed up New Orleans is because of the excess rains and wind the LEVEES breeched and flooded the city. That was the total faut of the local and federal goverments for not providing a up to code levee as our tax dollars were supposed to have been paying for.

Had the levees not failed, New Orleans would have been fine, just like after every other storm that has hit before.

I am a product of New Orleans Public schools. i graduated the year of the hurricane, 2005. While, yes there are a few uneducated people in the city, it is NO diffrent then any other city in the world. I will also like the point out that the lady the Trouble the water was EDUCATED AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. You would know that if you payed any attention to what you were watching. The way that she talked, is normal to people in New Orleans, yes some of the stuff she said was a little ignorant, but I know everyone missed the point was that she saved her neibors, friends, family, all from drowing in the flood waters. Her husband and brother, walked in this nasty infected water to save people. They were saving people in random boats, they did not have to do any of that. Until you ACTAULLY lived this, until the goverment you put your trust into takes up to a week to even attempt to help you, until you lose everything and have no way of replacing it, until your own country calls you a refuge, you CAN NOT COMMENT. Come live it. Bush did NOTHING. He barly acknowlege the people of New Orleans and surrounding areas. the ENTIRE Gulf coast was destoryed and STILL is. Why? Because the people that need it are being denyed it because of 1. fouless people who think everyone is just trying to live off the goverment and 2. criminals who decided to scam the goverment and WE have to pay the price for those people.

People didn't leave because they didn't have to money to. Maybe money grows on your trees but yes alot of people in New Orleans and the gulf are poor. Living pay check to pay check, again not different than ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD. Some people didn't have cars, or family or anything.

Stop saying all people in New Orleans are dumb, uneduacated, money grubbers because it is not true. People did and still HONESTLY need help.

And as for the Red Cross, they did help some, but I also want to point out that the Red Cross got millions in check donations they never even cashed, towards Katrina and Rita. NEVER cashed and they still have money they did cash and never gave to the victims.

'Count It All Joy'

[–] strongnfemale 15 years ago

Thank you. You had to watch it all the way to the end. I am a linguist and I hear non-standard English constructions and inarticulateness come out of the mouths of white people every day and no one gives a damn because they're white and people perceive them as having standard grammar. I don't mind non-standard grammar at all, but be fair. If you criticize the blacks then criticize the whites.

Secondly the husband in the film was talking about how he lived a bad life when those the footage of him holding the gun was shown. He turned his life around and was working by the end of the film rebuilding homes. He didn't even want money for renting his dogs to that white home builder he just wanted a job.

Every city receives federal aid in some form. For New Orleans the aid was delayed, and for the citizens who experienced Andrew for some reason the media didn't pay enough attention. Just because you don't see people asking for aid on t.v. doesn't mean they aren't.

Your post only goes to show that people want to see what they want to see. If you have a poor stereotype of Nola residents and a close mind then that's what you're going to see. I chose to see the good in this. They weren't perfect, but they were trying. The reason they were angry about aid is because they believed in America, that it was the greatest country on earth and could help them. It's the one time where I was grateful for my cynicism about the government.

[–] Quint75 15 years ago

Katrina was 4 years ago. OK. The Levees failed because of bad infrastructure and an alleged barge in the Industrial Canal. OK. Local and Federal Governments acted slowly and blamed each other. OK The Ninth Ward was the hardest hit area of the city. Not OK. It really pains me that only one area of the city is perceived by the national public to have suffered the worst during Katrina. First of all, the entire Gulf Coast was affected. Biloxi, MS was LEVELED! I am from New Orleans and I think that we were spared from the worst compared to areas east of Katrina. The whole *beep* city suffered. Kenner, Metairie, Lakeview, Uptown, Mid-City, 9th Ward, and in my opinion of the worst that 'Got It', Chalmette. When you go to an area post-storm and see a fishing boat on the top of a second story house, I think that qualifies your area as devastated compared to whatever the media is trying push into your brain.

I have not seen this film, only short clips. Looks like any film about Katrina that has come out of New Orleans (one-sided and ignorant, but that is just
MY ignorant opinion. I will agree that a majority of the people who stayed in New Orleans did so because 1) there was never any fear put into the citizens about a deadly hurricane and 2) evacuation is expensive, but not impossible. People had options other than to stay in their homes.

"Oh Look, a deli meat!"

[–] Otterpay 15 years ago

Local, how can you be so arrogant and naive? Lots of these people were not given any real opportunities in life. They live in violent drug ridden communities and come from generations of families without college educations. Even if they could manage to finish high school, there's no way they can afford college. So what are their options? Either work for minimum wage, which is what $5/h, or sell drugs. Try to put yourself in that position for two seconds as opposed to sitting on your privileged ivory tower. You clearly missed the point of this movie, and it's because of people like you that this crap continues.

Personally I found a lot of the people in this movie to be inspiring. This horrible disaster happens to a group of people who barely had anything to begin with. The government, the military, and aid workers all fail them in a time of crisis. But they still manage to find something to be smile about and to help each other. Yes of course there will always be those who abuse the system, but there's a lot of honest good people who got a raw deal and had to go through this.

All I'm trying to say is put yourself in other people's shoes before you make posts like that, things are never as black and white as they might seem.

[–] Filmsweep-by-Persona 15 years ago

Wow. Their whole neighborhood -- much less their houses -- are destroyed -- and there's actually people that are worried about them getting a check for two or five thousand dollars?!?!?

The callousness of these posts are astounding.

[–] saphite 15 years ago

Saw this last night...

Gotta say that I am in the minority when it comes to blaming FEMA for the catastrophe of Katrina. Really, has it come to the point that we need to blame someone for everything bad that happens, even a hurricane? Just like Bush was to blame for 9/11? The gov't/FEMA/National Guard is comprised of human beings just like the inner city residents that suffered Katrina's wrath.
People need to stop projecting racism onto everything and anything having to do with black people...in the film, there were plenty of black National Guardsman. Were they racist too? If Obama was president when Katrina happened, would he have been racist? How about you? I'm talking to the Monday Morning quarterback sitting in front of his or her computer opining anonomously about how they would have handled the situation 100% better than it was handled.
That said, the footage in the film before and during Katrina was gripping. I came to care about these people. The aftermath was kind of boring. It would have served the movie's point of view better if they really ran into some evil, racist national guardsmen or fema people who didn't care, but they didn't. The whole nation's heart went out to all the people of New Orleans affected by Katrina when it happened...that people want to spotlight the human error of a extraordinary situation speaks more to their own agenda rather than being representative of any group as a whole.

Peace.

[–] activista 11 years ago

@Always local

I saw the film a while back, and I didn't see a bunch of "ungrateful lazy, drug-dealing,drop-out,jobless thugs"---I saw a woman and her husband and her family in a neighborhood who thought they were going to survive another hurricane until the levees broke (keep in mind NOBODY knew that was going to happen, and by the time they did, it was too damn late for them to do anything about it.) I also saw a couple who literally had to pick up the pieces of what little was left of their life and start from scratch. Not only that, they had to deal with the fact that they didn't know when the hell they were going to get any help from FEMA,or from anywhere else at that time.

You also remember damn well that the head of FEMA at the time, Michael Brown, only got the job because he was a friend of a friend of Bush, and as it turned out,didn't have the experience it took to deal with a disaster of that magnitude--FYI, this was a whole CITY that got damn near wiped out, not a couple of houses on the beach or a small town that had to board up to survive the storm. That's a BIG damn difference between the two right there! The point being that FEMA had all these resources to help NOLA with, yet he waited a whole damn week while people had to break into stores because their food had rotted,and they didn't HAVE any more food and they simply needed something to eat. Yeah, you had some punks who took advantage of the situation and used it as an excuse to steal, but most people simply wanted to SURVIVE,period. From what I've seen, most places hit by hurricanes usually seem to get help within 24 hours. And I wish people would stop claiming that "Well, this was MY experience,and if you didn't have one EXACTLY like mine, YOURS dosen't matter worth a damn!" That's bulls***--everyone's exp. isn't going to be the same. Plus Brown basically *beep* on getting aid for NOLA--it's been acknowledged since then.

And if you had bothered to actually WATCH the rest on the film,the couple moved back to NOLA, got back on their feet,got jobs, and started there lives over again. Does that sounds like the "ungrateful,deadbeat thugs" you were talking about? No, because since you saw what you wanted to see and didn't even bother to finish seeing the film due to your obvious racism, you had to go on your little bull**** rant. Funny how you emphasized only the black people who do do those things and not the white people who do the same damn things,as if white folks never get on welfare or *beep* up their lives. Yeah,you're racist, so STFU and move on with your bull****.