above song by Immortal
I've changed things up a bit here.
Is it the weekend yet? Good god this has been a loooooooooooong week. Sunday seemed like two weeks ago. That's okay. Starting tomorrow at 4, I begin a long awaited 3 day weekend. I just have this sneaking suspicion that it's gonna fly by.
I guess I have to comment about the hurricane, since news sites/blogs/even MTV are commenting. Not that I care what MTV has to say about shit other than Headbanger's Ball. Anyway, here are my thoughts.
1. I remember going to New Orleans and falling in love with it -- the decadence, the darkness, the overall mystery and beauty of it all. And now, most of that is gone.
2. If the people on the news told me that a giant tornado was gonna hit my apartment complex in 2 days, you've got to be crazy if you think I could/would ride that fucker out. I'd gather as much shit as I could and be out of here faster than you could say 'it's a twista, it's a twista". It is because of this that I do not feel as sorry for the people who chose to ride this thing out. I feel sorry for the people who lost their lives and lost their homes and belongings, but you've got to be freaking nuts to even CONSIDER riding out a Category 5 hurricane.
3. When people lose everything, they really become very much like animals. It's eye-opening, how people are fighting to survive, trying to shoot at the people who are helping them, doing everything to survive.
I think that's really all I have on that right now. Maybe as things progress more down there in the south, I'll figure more out.
I really thought I had a lot more to say on here, but I guess I don't. I figure gracing you all with my presence is enough.
What's in my head: Nevermore - Narcosynthesis
What's in front of my eyes : Metal Britney Spears -- this is a MUST SEE!
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Just a heads-up:
Many of those people did not have the means to pull up and leave. Where would they go? How would they pay for it? This is my fucking birth-place you're talking about. It's not as cut and dried as you might think.
Nix says: You might want to look into the government budget for funding re-inforcements of the levees/dams, whatever. Two words: Cut Back.
The problem was not the hurricane.
And where was our leader as England was being bombed and this thing was coming towards us? He was out on his goddamn ranch on fucking vacation! He doesn't give a shit about us. He wants his revenge and his oil and his stupid fucking ranch. Fuck this guy. I talked with refugees tonight that holed up in hotels for 4 days here in St. Louis and finally came out to try to feel safe, again. Imagine those that COULDN'T LEAVE BECAUSE THEY WERE FUCKING POOR!
Nix says: Sorry Hizz. I'm not really yelling at you. I'm yelling about this whole fucked up situation and you just don't seem to understand. It ties back to the government and that fucking sucks.
Bush fiddles while England burns and New Orleans drowns. That's the kind of headline we NEED to see, but never will.
I agree with Nix - fuck that guy. Fuck him straight to fucking hell.
Hizzy, I agree that the people who could've left and didn't put themselves in a bad way...but that's no reason to take an inhuman standpoint about it. Regardless of their mistake of sticking around, they need HELP right now, and when people need help, there shouldn't be time to argue the specifics of the whys and hows; you just HELP them for the sake of helping, support them for the sake of supporting.
These people, despite their apparent "stupidity", have lost their entire city and way of life. Their worlds are GONE. That ALONE merits and warrants sympathy. Anything else would be cold...
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