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The Mayor of New Orleans ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city before the hurricane came upon it. Many people, up to 100,000 residents, decided to ignore this edict and remain behind. Now, these people are fighting for food and water… and the ability to loot their own city. The national guard and police are doing their best to fend off the looters and other criminals as the city decends into chaos. There have been reports of people shooting at police and military helicopters. Yes, 70% of that city lives in poverty and their only chance of having something… brought forth by that damn materialistic streak that some people have ingrained into their minds has brought looting.

These people are shooting at others that have volunteered to keep them safe. They are fighting eachother for what? For a pair of nikes and a jersey? This city, which I have always thought of as a rotting hellhole, is only getting worse. Dead bodies are littering the city as it fills with sewage. Whats next? How about a giant wall around the city, we can place cameras every where and create a reality show called “Escape from New Orleans.” We’ll watch these people kill eachother for whatever scraps they have left in the ultimate bid for survival.

This morning I heard that USAF special ops forces (C-130’s and MHU-153’s) were deploying from Hurlburt Field in Florida to help with the situation. I can only hope that they aren’t bringing gunships to deal with the situation. Does America have its own problems that we have decided to ignore and obscure with foreign problems? Yes. Now is the time where we’ve got to face some of the social problems that exist in our country. We’ve got to do something… Hopefully we can change the materialistic mindset we all have so that we can move forward as a nation and move forward as a society.

I hope they don’t find a leader like Al-Sadr and create a new Falujah. If they have to send in anything more than the national guard (like… the MARINES) we’ve got bigger problems on our hand than Iraq.

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