The poorest 20% (you can argue with the number -- 10%? 18%? no one knows) of the city was left behind to drown. This was the plan.
I had the thought Monday morning, when I began to understand that they hadn't even tried to bus these people out: this was like the Titanic going down - the poor never had a chance at the lifeboats. We see documentaries on that now and gasp in horror that people were so heartless at the turn of the last century. It's not the fault of the people who got out - they did what they were supposed to do - it's the city and Bush's laughable 'homeland security' plan that didn't include the poor in its plan.
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:48 am (UTC)I had the thought Monday morning, when I began to understand that they hadn't even tried to bus these people out: this was like the Titanic going down - the poor never had a chance at the lifeboats. We see documentaries on that now and gasp in horror that people were so heartless at the turn of the last century. It's not the fault of the people who got out - they did what they were supposed to do - it's the city and Bush's laughable 'homeland security' plan that didn't include the poor in its plan.