Iowa vs. Louisiana

[Dustin James]

Observation:
As news coverage of the massive flooding in the Midwest with over 100 blocks of the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa under water, levees breaking, and the attention now turned downstream for when this massive amount of water hits the Mississippi, please take note ---not what we saw, but what we didn't see... a tale of two cities in fact, not fiction.

1. We don't see looting.
2. We don't see street violence.
3. We don't see people sitting on their rooftops waiting for the government to come and save them.
4. We don't see people waiting on the government to do anything.
5. We don't see Hollywood organizing benefits to raise money for people to rebuild.
6. We don't see people blaming President Bush.
7. We don't see people ignoring evacuation orders.
8. We don't see people blaming a government conspiracy to blow up the levees as the reason some have not held.
9. We don't see the US Senators or the Governor of Iowa crying on TV.
10. We don't see the Mayors of any of these cities complaining about the lack of state or federal response.
11. We don't see or hear reports of the police going around confiscating personal firearms so only the criminal will be armed.
12. We don't see gangs of people going around and randomly shooting at the rescue workers.
13. You don't see some leaders in this country blaming the bad behavior of the Iowa flood victims on "society" (of course there are no wide spread reports of lawlessness to require excuses).

Re: Iowa vs. Louisiana:

Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for
help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?

Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal
government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and
trailers) are?

Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels
in Chicago?

When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees
that failed in Des Moines?

Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?

Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen
television sets?

When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a
"vanilla" Iowa, because that's the way God wants it?

Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of
cannibalism?

Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural
people?

How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever
again?

Just sayin'

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[ryan costa]

The general population density is a bit lower. that makes evacuation a bit easier. with fewer people displaced the fewer refugees there are. Maybe some bad coping methods have happened, but not been reported. the reporters are too busy covering gas prices and celebrities and the presidential primaries and ensuing race.

but basically you are right. people from the northern midwest states are better at coping with river floods that people from the gulf coast are at coping with hurricanes.

John Melloncamp and richard dean anderson will probably throw a concert to help out. Maybe Harry Anderson will move there.

This is an opportunity for the media to document how well people coped with the flooding of Indiana and Iowa. It is a public service.

[David Lay]

REO Speedwagon had a concert here last night, with all the proceeds going to flood victims.

Olympian/Iowa native Lolo Jones donated her winnings to a flood victim in Cedar Rapids.

[Jim DeVito]

Olympian/Iowa native Lolo Jones donated her winnings to a flood victim in Cedar Rapids.

As did Dan Wheldon, Winner of the Iowa Corn Indy 250.