Kaye Grogan
President Bush . . . the fall guy
By Kaye Grogan
Sooner or later people need to realize if they keep building homes in high risk areas, they are not putting too much value on their lives or the lives of their families. Yes, hurricanes and tornadoes hit urban and rural areas as well, but not on the same level and magnitude as coastal areas.
There has to be something dreadfully wrong with the zoning ordinance folks who keep issuing building permits to builders so construction companies can continue to build in these high risk areas. Apparently they don't know how to regulate or apply common sense either.
Building homes on the side of a mountain, seven feet below sea level — or low coastal areas are disasters waiting to happen. We've watched as homes in California have slid down hillsides into the ocean, and dwellings along precarious coastal areas have been leveled to the ground so many times from hurricanes in Florida, it's difficult to keep up with the widespread devastation.
People become cozy in their habitats and don't want to adapt to new locations, and that's understandable, but defying nature and human nature are two different forces altogether. It is impossible to reason with or control nature.
The damage left behind in New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina is astronomical, and it will take billions of dollars to rebuild the city. But how much sense does it make — rebuilding a city that will always be vulnerable to suffering the same type of destruction?
Should the taxpayers be obligated to keep picking up the tab rebuilding gambling casinos and bars in New Orleans or homes for people who live in flood prone areas? If these businesses and homes were adequately insured — the insurance companies would pay to have the buildings rebuilt. Of course, we all know that insurance companies will go broke, when they have to fork out billions of dollars to millions of policy holders for hurricane damage over a short period of time, so who is left holding the bag?
Thanks to the generosity of the government using the money of hard-working taxpayers, they have created a "give me — give me" generation enrolling them in all kinds of free programs, so they don't know how to survive on their own when push comes to shove. Yes, we should help our people when a catastrophe occurs, but I have a problem with people demanding that they be taken care of — failing to show humility and gratitude for assistance during destructive acts of nature.
Blaming President Bush for Hurricane Katrina is totally absurd! And it shows how desperate the Democrats are, and what lengths they will go to, trying to paint the president in a bad light — but the paint brush is painting them in a bad light instead.
According to Connecticut (D) Senator Christopher Dodd, President Bush's approval ratings have plummeted due to his standing in front of a church, bypassing a scene to show Katrina's ravaging visit, as he addressed the nation on the annihilation left behind by Katrina. Boy, talk about nitpicking and grasping for straws!
Actually, I'm finding it quite amusing to see what the Democrats and anti-Bush folks will blame the president for next. God help him when the whole world is destroyed. Somehow it will be his fault too. I bet he was also responsible for the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 — even though he wasn't even born yet.
So far, President Bush has one thing going in his favor: he hasn't ordered the bombing of an Aspirin Factory in Sudan yet. But who knows what he is currently plotting — to bring about more catastrophes in the United States. I read where scientists have spotted a volcano forming in Oregon recently. I bet President Bush is secretly digging the volcanic hole — and I bet he has several tons of imported "lava rock" stockpiled in his manmade volcano just waiting to be heated up in an underground incinerator, causing an eventual eruption.
Since just about everybody has figured out President Bush is responsible for creating all of the hurricanes this season — he needs to concentrate more on fewer "visible" disasters.
President Bush is everybody's fall guy — but he still likes his adversaries. Why else would he and brother Gov. Jeb Bush call former President Bill Clinton . . . bro? I've been waiting to hear that the elder President (41) and Barbara Bush have finally adopted him.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
Sooner or later people need to realize if they keep building homes in high risk areas, they are not putting too much value on their lives or the lives of their families. Yes, hurricanes and tornadoes hit urban and rural areas as well, but not on the same level and magnitude as coastal areas.
There has to be something dreadfully wrong with the zoning ordinance folks who keep issuing building permits to builders so construction companies can continue to build in these high risk areas. Apparently they don't know how to regulate or apply common sense either.
Building homes on the side of a mountain, seven feet below sea level — or low coastal areas are disasters waiting to happen. We've watched as homes in California have slid down hillsides into the ocean, and dwellings along precarious coastal areas have been leveled to the ground so many times from hurricanes in Florida, it's difficult to keep up with the widespread devastation.
People become cozy in their habitats and don't want to adapt to new locations, and that's understandable, but defying nature and human nature are two different forces altogether. It is impossible to reason with or control nature.
The damage left behind in New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina is astronomical, and it will take billions of dollars to rebuild the city. But how much sense does it make — rebuilding a city that will always be vulnerable to suffering the same type of destruction?
Should the taxpayers be obligated to keep picking up the tab rebuilding gambling casinos and bars in New Orleans or homes for people who live in flood prone areas? If these businesses and homes were adequately insured — the insurance companies would pay to have the buildings rebuilt. Of course, we all know that insurance companies will go broke, when they have to fork out billions of dollars to millions of policy holders for hurricane damage over a short period of time, so who is left holding the bag?
Thanks to the generosity of the government using the money of hard-working taxpayers, they have created a "give me — give me" generation enrolling them in all kinds of free programs, so they don't know how to survive on their own when push comes to shove. Yes, we should help our people when a catastrophe occurs, but I have a problem with people demanding that they be taken care of — failing to show humility and gratitude for assistance during destructive acts of nature.
Blaming President Bush for Hurricane Katrina is totally absurd! And it shows how desperate the Democrats are, and what lengths they will go to, trying to paint the president in a bad light — but the paint brush is painting them in a bad light instead.
According to Connecticut (D) Senator Christopher Dodd, President Bush's approval ratings have plummeted due to his standing in front of a church, bypassing a scene to show Katrina's ravaging visit, as he addressed the nation on the annihilation left behind by Katrina. Boy, talk about nitpicking and grasping for straws!
Actually, I'm finding it quite amusing to see what the Democrats and anti-Bush folks will blame the president for next. God help him when the whole world is destroyed. Somehow it will be his fault too. I bet he was also responsible for the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 — even though he wasn't even born yet.
So far, President Bush has one thing going in his favor: he hasn't ordered the bombing of an Aspirin Factory in Sudan yet. But who knows what he is currently plotting — to bring about more catastrophes in the United States. I read where scientists have spotted a volcano forming in Oregon recently. I bet President Bush is secretly digging the volcanic hole — and I bet he has several tons of imported "lava rock" stockpiled in his manmade volcano just waiting to be heated up in an underground incinerator, causing an eventual eruption.
Since just about everybody has figured out President Bush is responsible for creating all of the hurricanes this season — he needs to concentrate more on fewer "visible" disasters.
President Bush is everybody's fall guy — but he still likes his adversaries. Why else would he and brother Gov. Jeb Bush call former President Bill Clinton . . . bro? I've been waiting to hear that the elder President (41) and Barbara Bush have finally adopted him.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
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