Are you aware that this horrifying quote?

Question

"We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did".

http://baker.house.gov/

Sorry, meant "of" not "that".

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/09/AR2005090901930.html

Carla, your ignorance about what is happening is infuriating.

Answer 1

Doesn't surprise me. I saw Donal Rumsfeld interviwed on FOX news; on asked about the piece of the airplane that crashed into the Pentagon that the had on his desk as an ornament, he said [that] 'It was a wonderful reminderof that day'....

A WONDERFUL REMINDER???

You do the math..

Answer 2

Classic example of "open mouth, insert foot!" When are we going to get our priorities straight? Our public housing should be for American Citizens, not illegal aliens. Additionally, it should be kept in good repair and specific rules should be followed when anyone is getting government assistance. If people don't keep the housing clean and in good repair -- like the trash picked up and the hallways cleaned, then they get evicted. We need to give public housing residents a reason to consider themselves vested in the upkeep and quality of the residence.

It's unfortunate that New Orleans has such a bad reputation for crime. However, I don't see much investment in the clean up going into the poorer areas. I don't see much training and assistance going on there. I do know that the Mexicans have come into some of the areas and are busy flaunting the laws, as usual, not afraid to go ahead and do what they want because they won't get punished. So, I would suggest that all the American Citizens get busy. Take your property back and don't worry about permits or anything else. Take pictures and tell the government that all the repairs are emergency repairs to prevent further damage. That is a mitigating factor and then get the communities to help each other. Have groups work on each other's homes until the place is straightened out. Have the media in to show how we, the people of the USA, can still have an old fashioned community home building and repair and clean up effort. Celebrate in the streets with community cookouts and parties at night after a hard day's work. You'd be surprised at how fast the neighborhoods will get back on track and how much better the communities will be when the people have some pride in their efforts and their efforts are made public. I'd just bet that trainloads of lumber, materials etc. would be made available quickly to communities who took their plight into their own hands and gave a publicly positive spin on the effort.

Let's have these people not complain about the money being spent on Mardi Gras. Let's have them get the people on their blocks together and plan the repairs to their homes and the clean up. Then call out the media and show them the true Mardi Gras spirit and ask for specific kinds of help -- like electricians, plumbers, Habitat for Humanity etc. And show all of you working together. Get buses and have "charity charters" to show visitors how you are down but you are not out. You were flooded but not drowned. You work hard and party hard and get positive results. Let anyone who brings donations join your party at night and protect them. Can you imagine the stories they'd bring home?

God gave New Orleans opportunity and a way to prove their spirit to the world. Use that to your advantage.

The only bad publicity is an obituary and even then most laud the dead instead of condemning them.

Answer 3

I could not find the quote on that page. It may be in one of the links on the page. Do you have the exact link to the page where this quote is given?

Ok, I found the quote. Not on his page though
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/09/AR2005090901930.html

I think you are a bit misleading. You are using the quote out of context and you are using a link to imply that this is Richard Baker's official stance.

Answer 4

That was a bit insensitive. Doesn't seem accurate either given the current state of New Orleans.

Answer 5

It doesn't matter if there is truth in the statement or not. It's still a monumentally stupid thing for a sitting member of congress to say, especially about the district he represents.

Answer 6

Ok, this is a subject that everyone wants to talk about, but noone does for fear of being labeled. We all knwo that SOME ghettos are riddled with crime. Apparently this quote stems from the crime that was happening.

This has nothing to do with skin color, but any persons who does not respect themselves, the law and others around them.

Answer 7

OK....well...one-DON'T LIVE BELOW SEA-LEVEL and two-we forgive the bs that spews from the mouths of liberals, but when a republican says something, people are horrified. What happened with Obama just the other day? he said our servicemen & women are "wasting" their lives. And John "Lurch" Kerry? He said that our servicemen & women are STUPID. I feel bad for the people that lost loved ones & their homes, but there should have been more people with home owners insurance, flood insurance, and they should have listened to the 3-day warning to get out that they had! Also-look at Mississippi-they cleaned up, rebuilt and repopulated already! Look at the facts please.

Answer 8

Nothing horrifying about it. New Orleans was a cesspool. The only money spent should be on bulldozing all the sh*t in a pile and burning it.

Answer 9

Are you aware that the name Katrina means "to cleanse"?? Ya never know.

Answer 10

You've never been to New Orleans (and I don't mean Mardi Gras or Jazz Fest) have you?