The handbasket catches fire
Aug. 28th, 2005 10:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glaurungWe tuned into the US news for a bit and they were doing an extended obituary for New Orleans, which is not expected to be there anymore tomorrow. And I saw something that proves once again that the entire American nation seems to have gone barking mad.
So just about everyone who has the means has left New Orleans, and those unable to leave town (overwhelmingly poor black people) are heading to one of the hurricane shelters the city has set up. So there they were, waiting in line in the rain outside the supposedly hurricane-proof sports stadium, waiting and waiting in a line that was not moving at all... because before they were allowed to enter the stadium, every single one of these soon-to-be-homeless people had to let the National guard troops at the door search their bags and give each one of them a pat-down search.
And the American jounralist at the scene explained that the searchers had to make sure none of these people had brought any explosives or weapons or scissors with them. [sarcasm] Because of course we can never be sure where those evil terrorists are going to strike next [/sarcasm].
The second worst thing about this was that the pat down searchers were wearing rubber gloves. [sarcasm] Because, you know, those poor people, they're just so dirty and full of germs [/sarcasm].
The worst thing about it was that the people waiting in line were just accepting this ridiculous, stupid waste of time and infringement on their personal privacy. One woman even told the journalist that she understood how it was necessary. Holy shit, do George and Dick ever have her fooled. How the fuck did an entire nation allow itself to be so easily and quickly brainwashed?
So just about everyone who has the means has left New Orleans, and those unable to leave town (overwhelmingly poor black people) are heading to one of the hurricane shelters the city has set up. So there they were, waiting in line in the rain outside the supposedly hurricane-proof sports stadium, waiting and waiting in a line that was not moving at all... because before they were allowed to enter the stadium, every single one of these soon-to-be-homeless people had to let the National guard troops at the door search their bags and give each one of them a pat-down search.
And the American jounralist at the scene explained that the searchers had to make sure none of these people had brought any explosives or weapons or scissors with them. [sarcasm] Because of course we can never be sure where those evil terrorists are going to strike next [/sarcasm].
The second worst thing about this was that the pat down searchers were wearing rubber gloves. [sarcasm] Because, you know, those poor people, they're just so dirty and full of germs [/sarcasm].
The worst thing about it was that the people waiting in line were just accepting this ridiculous, stupid waste of time and infringement on their personal privacy. One woman even told the journalist that she understood how it was necessary. Holy shit, do George and Dick ever have her fooled. How the fuck did an entire nation allow itself to be so easily and quickly brainwashed?