Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00081)

david-blankenship@comcast.net wrote:
> The mind set that looks to Washington first and never blaming the
> victim for at least some of his problems is anathema to both the
> American character and Theosophy. Both first assume the citizen or
> the soul should take personal responsibility for his own destiny.
> Most of the remaining New Orleans' citizens did,or were forced to do,
> this and were waiting for relief to arrive. Some were sleeping on
> the ground because no housing was available. 
The responsibility goes largely on the shoulders of the corrupt 
Louisiana and New Orleans government, who were required, by law, to have 
an evacuation plan or let the U.S. government know that they didn't have 
one, so that the U.S. government would be prepared to move in.

Bart