Hateful E-mail

[Texasgal]

I am speechless...really.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Things I have learned from watching the news on TV during the last eight
days:

The hurricane was President Bush's fault

The hurricane only hit black families' property

New Orleans was devastated and no other city was affected by the
hurricane

Mississippi is reported to have a tree blown down

New Orleans has no white people

The mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana should not be
blamed for their failure to order timely evacuations

The hurricane blew a limb off a tree in the yard of an Alabama resident

When you are hungry after a hurricane, steal a big screen TV and shoot
at emergency helicopters and vehicles

The hurricane did 23 billion dollars in improvements to New Orleans.
Now the city is free of welfare, looters and gangs and they are in your
city

White folks don't make good news stories

Don't give thanks to the thousands that came to help rescue you, instead
bitch because the government hasn't given you a debit card yet

Only black family members got separated in the hurricane rescue efforts

Ignore warnings to evacuate and the white folks will come get you and
give you money for being stupid

The federal government should be able to restore any disaster situation
to better than before within 48 hours

[Shell Beau]

1. Wow! Someone sent that to you?

I have to say that I haven't seen that one yet. Boy, these people don't waste any time do they. That is just ridiculous!!


How are you holding up? :hi:

[Texasgal]

2. We're okay...

Found out that Austin will get very little if anything out of Rita. So... I think I will live! :)

[Shell Beau]

3. Well that is great news!!

[jonnyblitz]

5. i am glad to hear that also.

I wasn't aware you were in Austin. I believe that is the one place in Texas I would want to visit if I ever went. I have been through Amarillo(:eyes:) on my way to CA via greyhound bus back in the day when i was adventurous...

I am glad you are safe, texasgal. :hug:

[Texasgal]

12. Johnny!

I would LOVE to have you come and visit!!!

Austin really is lovely. I was born and raised here, so I could give you the total tour! :hi:

[jonnyblitz]

14. ooh wow..how nice of you!!

that is so tempting an offer! thanks! :loveya:

[LaraMN]

4. Oh Christ. "White folks don't make good news stories,"

They're right-- they aren't "good" stories. I'm fucking sick of hearing about them, too.

[Texasgal]

6. Good point!

I never even thought of that! Good job!

Maybe I should e-mail that back. May I?

The only thing I could manage to reply was: " That has got to be the most hateful thing I have ever read"

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. I can't believe they sent that to you. If you want major rebuttal points

we still have all the Katrina compilation threads in the activists' forum. You can grab all kinds of info there.

Also you might want to get some of those dead body pics and tell then THAt is what the hurricane disaster was all about, and that the original email desecrated the memory of those poor people and made light of the whole situation.

[LaraMN]

9. Go for it!

I'm so over-sensitized to all the crap that's gone on the last few years that reading something like that causes this knee-jerk response of rage and wanting to sock somebody in me. I'm just volatile lately.

[indigo32]

11. oh I definitely think you should

What a stunningly hateful e-mail. I'm glad I haven't seen it.

[Blue-Jay]

7. What I have learned from reading that email:

The author is an idiot.

The sender is no smarter.

hmmm....yeah. That's about it.

[dolo amber]

10. Regarding this:

"The mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana should not be
blamed for their failure to order timely evacuations."

Send them this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1801178

:hi:

[Texasgal]

13. I am gathering info now...

The sender is an idiot, she is an "old" friend who dosen't have a fucking clue.

I was sad when I opened it.... now I am just outright angry!

Good rebuttal points Gang! I knew I could count on my fellow DU'ers!