"Why didn't they call for volunteers when they knew this was going to hit?" grumbled Irene Makris, who waited in line but was told to drive to a station in another part of Houston, closer to her neighborhood. "This is bull."
I may be a heartless bastard, but why the hell didn't Irene Makris get out of Houston "when they knew this was going to hit," rather than staying put and then expecting the federal government and volunteers to feed her?
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Well she didn't choose to stay anyway right? I mean it was biologically predetermined right? Hehehe.
I completely agree Caleb, and this raises a REALLY big corollary question:
Would Irene Makris have taken some initiative and gotten out of Houston if she hadn't been accurately expecting the government to come to her rescue? And would so many people live in these disaster-prone places to begin with if they weren't expecting the government to bail them out all the time?
Reminds me of an EXCELLENT article:
http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=21007&news_iv_ctrl=1021
Bowden's conclusion on how these things would be taken care of in a free market: "No longer will government make disasters more disastrous by pretending that citizens have a right to defy the forces of nature at others' expense."
Couldn't o' said it better myself!
Wait. Caleb posted this? Wait. Or did Luke somehow log on as Caleb?
It's, like, the world is topsy-turvy.
Just because I'm not a...whatever it is Luke is, doesn't mean I can't object to this.
I did learn since posting this, however, that Houston residents (like Irene Makris) were instructed to shelter in place, not to evacuate. So I probably shouldn't have expected her not to be there. Just the same, quitcherbitchin.
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