If hadn't grown up in New Orleans and that many of my loved ones still "live" there, then I could just mentally dismiss their plight as something thats happening to "them". It's been 5 months since Katrina roared through that area of the known world and I can take you right now to a field next to the Wal-Mart in Chalmette, La. where there are two big circus-type tents. Inside, from one side of each tent to the other, what you will see are.....cots. Thats right, cots that some people have had to call "home" for MONTHS. This hits home particularly for anyone who might happen to live here in Hope, the FEMA-house-trailer-storage-area for the galaxy. For goodness sake what are 9000 house trailers in Hope, Arkansas doing for the hundreds of folk still sleeping on cots in the Wal-Mart parking lot down in Chalmette !!!??? Come on Mr. Government Man get your head out of your pocket and get these trailers moving South !!
Oh yes, here's another "funny" story: One of my sisters-in-law decided to migrate north to Monroe, La. On the day after Thanksgiving, a FEMA trailer was delivered and planted on my other brother-in-laws property. Since that time four and a half months ago the trailer couldn't be used. It wasn't until last week that the trailer was actually hooked up to the utilities by our great FEMA geniuses. The only reason that happened is that my sister-in-law got a call from a FEMA agent to say that she was not entitled to issuing any more living expense forms since she had a trailer. Thats when the FEMA agent was told "yes, I've got a trailer....but no, it ain't hooked up yet" !!!!
You know when I look at my check stubs and see the huge chunk of money my government bites out of it each pay period, I cant help wonder how many other government agencies may be like are worse than FEMA. It's clear at 39 cents for a stamp, the postal service ranks right along with it !
Rant terminated
Phynerk
