Even kids in my "flunky" remedial math class who have watched the TV news are asking me, "what were those people thinking? Those little walls are only two feet thick, and they're supposed to hold back the ocean?" Gosh, maybe my remedials have a future in Civil Engineering!
Now I'm hearing that people down there have turned so barbarous that they're firing weapons on the relief convoys and medical evac choppers.
As ol' Phil Harris used to sing, "That's what I like about the South!"
I know Geraldo Rivera takes it way over the top sometimes. Okay, most of the time. From what I've seen in the past, however, Shepard Smith doesn't. He's a good reporter; he likes a good story, but he's not sensationalistic like Geraldo or some of the others. But you can tell, Smith is really on edge over this one. He doesn't have any answers, he can't get answers... and it won't surprise me if we end up seeing a lot less of him on TV after this, because he's talking straight about some pretty disturbing scenarios. So, for the sake of the little kids who don't have much choice (and who remind me of my own kids at school), I sent a few dollars to the Salvation Army.
Doesn't mean I don't still think most of the people choosing to live down there are morons. But since they're stupid enough on their own, they certainly don't need the local, state, and federal government morons making things even worse for them.
And maybe their kids'll remember this and move outta there some day.