A comment was recently posted on Mcall.com regarding the lukewarm assistance provided to those in the Midwest suffering tragedy after tragedy, comparing the Federal, celebrity, and local resident response to that of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
"Why is the media NOT asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved this problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks and trailers and food services are? Why isn't the Federal government moving Iowa people into free hotels in Chicago and Minneapolis ? When will Spike Lee say that the Federal government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines ? Where are Sean Penn, Bono, and the Dixie Chicks? Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes, cases of beer and television sets? When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa because that's what God wants? Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of shootings at rescuers, of rapes and murder? Where are all the people screaming that Barack Obama hates white, rural people? My God, where are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Oprah, and Ray Coniff Jr? How come you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again? Where are the government bail out vouchers? The government debit cards? There must be one hell of a big difference between the value of the people of Iowa and value of the people of Louisiana."
The writer makes a valid point. Nowhere in the areas recently hit by tragedy do you see looting, rapes, racist rants about homogeneous ethnic rebuilding, nor do you see celebrities flocking to help (except a few country stars). Mr. Obama is too busy (on vacation in Ireland - yes, that is what it is, another vacation).
At this point, the National Guard should be getting Federal disaster funding. However, the President is too busy in Ireland and England. I guess it is more important to get rock star status in Europe than show concern for an entire region of your nation.
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