Billionaire Looters
Well, if he isn't a billionaire, he is at least extremely wealthy.
What looks like a large office building is his Slidell, Louisiana home. Constructed of solid concrete, it was designed to withstand any hurricane and it survived Katrina. So did his 53 foot motor yacht. And his party barge. Oh, and his generators are keeping the A/C in the boat working because his wife is asthmatic and can't take the damp air - as compared to all those thousands in the civic center and Superdome who, obviously, don't mind damp air.
And MSNBC reported his survival as a bright spot in the events. To me, it is an embarrassment. First off, most of the victims cannot afford hurricane proof homes of solid concrete. So the survival of the wealthy, who had every opportunity to have left anyway, is not a significant story.
The worst part, though, is that this family, who had the foresight and money to build this hurricane proof home, admitted to looting a store for water! Oh, but it is ok because they told the police they had done it, after the fact.
Do you, for one minute, believe that this ultra-wealthy general contractor, who planned ahead by building this ultimate hurricane-proof home, didn't have a thoroughly stocked pantry? Including bottled water?
So this wealthy family is drinking stolen water, consuming precious resources, while those in the city are dying of dehydration.
I wish I had gotten his name so I could publish it. Hopefully, as the city reviews the events, they'll latch on to this story and this guy will be run out of town on a rail. Or better yet, prosecuted as a looter. I'd love to see that news clip played in the Superdome. Then, maybe a few thousand of those people could find his boat and party barge and turn them into shelters.
What looks like a large office building is his Slidell, Louisiana home. Constructed of solid concrete, it was designed to withstand any hurricane and it survived Katrina. So did his 53 foot motor yacht. And his party barge. Oh, and his generators are keeping the A/C in the boat working because his wife is asthmatic and can't take the damp air - as compared to all those thousands in the civic center and Superdome who, obviously, don't mind damp air.
And MSNBC reported his survival as a bright spot in the events. To me, it is an embarrassment. First off, most of the victims cannot afford hurricane proof homes of solid concrete. So the survival of the wealthy, who had every opportunity to have left anyway, is not a significant story.
The worst part, though, is that this family, who had the foresight and money to build this hurricane proof home, admitted to looting a store for water! Oh, but it is ok because they told the police they had done it, after the fact.
Do you, for one minute, believe that this ultra-wealthy general contractor, who planned ahead by building this ultimate hurricane-proof home, didn't have a thoroughly stocked pantry? Including bottled water?
So this wealthy family is drinking stolen water, consuming precious resources, while those in the city are dying of dehydration.
I wish I had gotten his name so I could publish it. Hopefully, as the city reviews the events, they'll latch on to this story and this guy will be run out of town on a rail. Or better yet, prosecuted as a looter. I'd love to see that news clip played in the Superdome. Then, maybe a few thousand of those people could find his boat and party barge and turn them into shelters.
posted by BlowHard @ 9/02/2005 07:58:00 AM
2 Comments:
At 3:01 PM,
BlowHard said…
bv789, I expected to get responses like this and, as expected, the response is from someone illiterate. Just as the words of your response demonstrate that you can't write, the content of your response shows that you can't read.
My post is based first on the fact that he could have left town before the hurricane and should have done so. It is based next on the presumption that anyone who worked that hard to be prepared for a hurricane would, with no doubt in my mind, have a stocked pantry in that fortress of a house and, therefore, should not be consuming the resources that he could have left for those who have no other source of survival.
Nothing in my post implies jealousy of the man's money. References to his money are only intended to demonstrate his lack of need for looted water. Instead of implying anything, my post clearly states my contempt for his selfishness and his disregard for others in a time of crisis.
At 4:47 PM,
BlowHard said…
lost pd,
You paint with a very broad brush. Was the 2 year old child that was trampled to death an animal? Was the girl raped by a bunch of others who actually were animals an animal herself?
What is it that makes a person an animal? Behavior? Race? Poverty?
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