Even with the evolution and gay marriage debacle going on here in Kansas, I still held out hope that the people in our fine state were still the moderate, salt of the earth hard working and caring people the country has loved.
But I'm now seriously questioning that idea.
Here are some comments from the Wichita Eagle blog entry about the relief efforts going on in New Orleans.
Why is it the government's job to bail out people who were too stupid to listen to the government's weather service that told them for several days before the storm to get to high ground. I thought you people believed in survival of the fittest. Why waste time and money on the least fit?
Shame on the government for wasting resources on them when it could be spending our tax money on education, instead.
The people in New Orleans that are left are there because they made a conscious decision to stay. It has nothing to do with poverty or Bush. They are stupid and they are paying the price.
As for the poor who have no car, it seems obvious that the distance one would have to walk or bicycle to get away from the flooding and heaviest damage is less than a day's effort. But are these people looting for walking shoes and bicycles and tents? Hardly.
The well-practiced helplessness of the victim class always gives them a ready excuse when a reporter is looking for one. However, part of the law of evolution - the survival of the fittest - is having the gumption to work hard enough to have options when things go bad. The victim class has no options, just excuses and a well-honed ability for spreading blame. So sometimes they die because of it.
Maybe it's not their fault. Probably it's largely the fault of those who coddle and nurture the victim class.