Mental Exercises

Want to have some fun ... try this one on for size:

Sometime before the hurricane ... Bush orders Marshall Law (I am actually not even sure this is possible ... perhaps an act of Congress) ... moves troops in to clear out people. Can you imagine the newsfeeds of heavily armed american soldiers tearing poor, 90-something year old grandmas from their homes?

How about having to shoot the guard dogs to go after the folks that are refusing to leave, or forcing the people to leave their pets behind? Major News Media Reporter: "The rich white people get to take their pets, of course."

Now what is the report when the Feds clear people out, and the storm hits, and all the houses that were cleared out get looted after the fact!?!

Please note: this is 20-20 hindsight ... we now know that the levies were breached as a result of this storm hitting the city. Imagine the response to the scenes described above if the storm would have veered just before it hit land and MISSED New Orleans!

Now try this one on for size ... immediately after the hurricane, Bush orders troops in to help. The troops come under fire ... note that these are heavily armed and well trained troops. They take out a band of murderous thugs armed with AK-47s, that just happen to turn out to be a pack of 13-16 year old black youth.

Can you say "Jesse Jackson retirement plan?" ... I thought you could!

One more time ... the troops are made aware of reports of serious bad things going on at the Superdome, so they move in with force. Stop and think about the headlines "Federal Troops terrorize homeless storm victims".