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Murphy Martin Commentary Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are long
gone but they left behind many grim reminders. Yesterday, Orleans
Parish Mayor Ray Nagin announced layoffs of 3000 city workers in New
Orleans. Still other officers arrested another evacuee from Port Arthur who was out of control, according to police, at the First Methodist Church shelter. Reportedly Farrell Jones was complaining about the shelter system and cursing women and children. A Dayton woman who had befriended some fellow hometown residents at another Lufkin shelter discovered they had robbed her as she slept, police said. And, Lufkin police said that age-old profession raised it's well-known head on Tuesday when women offered themselves for prostitution at a hurricane shelter in the Expo Center on Loop 287. Officers did not know if either of the prostitutes were named Katrina or Rita. The Lufkin jail normally has about
139 prisoners in custody on any given day. Since the evacuees
arrived in the area the Lufkin jail has been totaling about 330
prisoners each day' Peterson asks " what would you do if a hurricane was about to destroy the city you live in." Then he asks" What would you do if you were black?" Rev. Peterson says sadly the two questions don't have the same answer. To the first, most of us would take our families out of that city quickly to protect them from danger. Then able bodied men would return to help others in need as wives and others cared for children, elderly, infirm and the like. For better or worse, Rev. Jesse
Peterson says: "Hurricane Katrina has told us the answer to the
second question. If you are black and a hurricane is about destroy
your city, then you'll probably wait for the government to save you.
This was not always the case. Prior to 40 years ago, such pathetic
performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have
been inconceivable. The first response would have come from the
black men. They would take care of their families, bring them to
safety, and then help the rest of the community. The local
government would come in.." Enter Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan to lay blame on President Bush." Rev. Peterson says "President Bush is
not the blame for the rampant immorality of blacks. Had New Orleans
black community taken action, most would have been out of harm's
way. But most chose to do nothing for themselves!" Your thoughts and comments forwarded to my website will be
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