Why Nothing gets done in New Orleans

I really liked that "Ray Wonka" picture, but it wouldn't copy when I highlighted it.

so ya'll just have to click the link to see it

You shoulda seen the response last year at the Mardi Gras parades about chocolate city etc. I bet they were even better this year.

I got one pic from that. Maybe I'll upload it. later.. 

I know why New Orleans lags behind in recovery. Visit Haiti. Visit Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia and the breadbasket of Africa). Visit South Africa (once the economic powerhouse of the continent). All black-ruled now and all totally dependent on economic and food aid form Western nations (America and Europe). There is no single exception. Politically incorrect? Absolutely? A sad truth? Without question.

The populace in New Orleans is waiting for The Man to come in and fix it all up for them. The descendents of slaves rely on the descendents of slaveowners to care for them more than a hundred and forty years after the end of the evil practice. People in Africa who were never slaves (and sold their brethren into slavery) rely on the Europeans to take care of them. Medical science is now proving that race is not a "social construct"; it's strictly biology. It's going to result in a mean and cold truth for the egailtarians and Marxists. Those who vehemently disagree are entitled to do so. Me? I might change my mind once I consider a Liberian engineered automobile; or an energy-efficient Congonese washer and dryer; hell, I'd settle for a wooden salad and fork serving set from Watts. But it ain't gonna happen.

You are wrong! They aren't waiting. Some even started before the floods totally receded. But it's damn hard to get work done on houses when there's no electricity, no water, no utilities, or trash pickup in areas hardest hit. Waterlines were damaged and clean drinking water isn't even available in many parts of New Orleans, and this is a major American City, almost two years after Katrina!

See my story New Orleans Rescues Itself

You obviously know nothing about New Orleans, Loiusiana, or the South. The slaves were doing all the caretaking, don't you know, that's why Reconstruction lasted so long in the South, the caretakers were gone.

Are you saying everyone now in New Orleans are descendants of slaves? 

"slaves were doing all the caretaking"? Not all. Far from it. You must be a transplanted Northerner. 93% of Confederate soldiers did not own slaves nor had a vested interest in defending the institution (as a matter of fact, they were in direct competition on many levels (skilled and unskilled) with slaves for paid labor). Anyhow, back to your ridiculous comment "slaves were doing all the caretaking"- those slaves who were, had to be provided both directions and materials to do so. It's akin to saying riveters built the space shuttle and ignoring the engineers, planning and funding.

I'll wager I know much more about the South and history than you. And I am talking about facts. Not what you may have seen on a television serial drama and concluded was true as it fit comfortably into your worldview. Of course, you are entitled to your own opinion- but not your own facts.