Texsox Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Just got this email from a media bud... yes, she's a Texans and, yes, she's a Republican. Some of then are funny. Enjoy, -M ******* 2 States, 22 Observations 1. Texas: Productive industrious state run by Republicans. Louisiana: Government dependent welfare state run by Democrats. 2. Texas: Residents take responsibility to protect and evacuate themselves. Louisiana: Residents wait for government to protect and evacuate them. 3. Texas: Local and state officials take responsibility for protecting their citizens and property. Louisiana: Local and state officials blame federal government for not protecting their citizens and property. 4. Texas: Command and control remains in place to preserve order. Louisiana: Command and control collapses allowing lawlessness. 5. Texas: Law enforcement officers remain on duty to protect city. Louisiana: Law enforcement officers desert their posts to protect themselves. 6. Texas: Local police watch for looting. Louisiana: Local police participate in looting. 7. Texas: Law and order remains in control, 8 looters tried it, 8 looters arrested. Louisiana: Anarchy and lawlessness breaks out, looters take over city, no arrests, criminals with guns have to be shot by federal troops. 8. Texas: Considerable damage caused by hurricane. Louisiana: Considerable damage caused by looters. 9. Texas: Flood barriers hold preventing cities from flooding. Louisiana: Flood barriers fail due to lack of maintenance allowing city to flood. 10. Texas: Orderly evacuation away from threatened areas, few remain. Louisiana: 25,000 fail to evacuate, are relocated to another flooded area. 11. Texas: Citizens evacuate with personal 3 day supply of food and water. Louisiana: Citizens fail to evacuate with 3 day supply of food and water, do without it for the next 4 days. 12. Texas: FEMA brings in tons of food and water for evacuees. State officials provide accessible distribution points. Louisiana: FEMA brings in tons of food and water for evacuees. State officials prevent citizens from reaching distribution points and vice versa. 13. Louisiana: Media focuses on poor blacks in need of assistance, blames Bush. Texas: Media can't find poor blacks in need of assistance, looking for something else to blame on Bush. 14. Texas: Coastal cities suffer some infrastructure damage, Mayors tell residents to stay away until ready for repopulation, no interference from federal officials. Louisiana: New Orleans is destroyed, Mayor asks residents to return home as another hurricane approaches, has to be overruled by federal officials. 15. Louisiana: Over 400 killed by storm, flooding and crime. Texas: 24 killed in bus accident on highway during evacuation, no storm related deaths. 16. Texas: Jailed prisoners are relocated to other detention facilities outside the storm area. Louisiana: Jailed prisoners are set free to prey on city shops, residents, and homes. 17. Texas: Local and state officials work with FEMA and Red Cross in recovery operations. Louisiana: Local and state officials obstruct FEMA and Red Cross from aiding in recovery operations. 18. Texas: Local and state officials demonstrate leadership in managing disaster areas. Louisiana: Local and state officials fail to demonstrate leadership, require federal government to manage disaster areas. 19. Texas: Fuel deliveries can't keep up with demand, some run out of gas on highway; need help from fuel tankers before storm arrives. Louisiana: Motorists wait till storm hits and electrical power fails. Cars run out of gas at gas stations that can't pump gas. Gas in underground tanks mixes with flood waters. 20. Texas: Mayors move citizens out of danger. Louisiana: Mayor moves himself and family to Dallas. 21. Texas: Mayors continue public service announcements and updates on television with Governor's backing and support. Louisiana: Mayor cusses, governor cries, senator threatens president with violence on television, none of them have a clue what went wrong or who's responsible. 22. Louisiana: Democratic Senator says FEMA was slow in responding to 911 calls from Louisiana citizens. Texas: Republican Senator says "when you call 911, the phone doesn't ring in Washington, it rings here at the local responders". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 That sounds about right to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 sounds right to me also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 The question is, how much of that would have been true if the Hurricanes had been reversed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUGGERNAUT Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 All hail the great state of TEXAS! Does the Chronicle still publish it's annual piece on that group that still considers TEXAS to be an indie? I was living in Houston years back when a storm far worse than Katrina slammed into Galveston. The city was well prepared when it hit. I expected it would be again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2005 -> 08:19 AM) The question is, how much of that would have been true if the Hurricanes had been reversed... Yes sir, think of all the needless pain and angst that could have been avoided if New Orleans had the shining Lone Star example to emulate. Seriously, that is 99% of the difference. People saw what *could* happen and hauled ass. There would have been problems if there was no recent example of the devastation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Sep 30, 2005 -> 08:36 AM) All hail the great state of TEXAS! Does the Chronicle still publish it's annual piece on that group that still considers TEXAS to be an indie? I was living in Houston years back when a storm far worse than Katrina slammed into Galveston. The city was well prepared when it hit. I expected it would be again. Hurricane Alicia, 1983, all though it wasn't nearly as bad as Katrina, it was actually much more in line with Rita. It hit the western end of Galveston Island and the eye actually went over Houston, making landfall with winds around 115-120 mph. I lived in Conroe then. It was wild to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2005 -> 08:19 AM) The question is, how much of that would have been true if the Hurricanes had been reversed... EXACTLY. Easy to say what coulda and mighta been, but we'll never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 That E-Mail is sad but so totally true. Clearly sets apart competent state and local leadership from the f***ing idiots running Louisiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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