http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9442956/
MSNBC story about the impact of Katrina on race relations, gas prices on American families, and how much to trust government from the latest AP poll:
A 64 year old woman who does not believe the slow response was racist, but believes that the impression that it was might harm the fabric of America, is suffering from poverty herself:
"With gas and food prices rising after the storm, she says, she was forced to put her house in Burke, Va., on the market. She is considering east-central Pennsylvania and a less expensive home."
Much more below:
"I'm a wreck because I'm not sure I'm making the right decision," she says. "I didn't want to have to do this, but things have become so tight I have not had a choice. I did not expect things were going to get this bad."
Not to be snarky, but I wonder if this woman is a Bush supporter, and, if so, whether she is completely satisfied with her government now that gays cannot marry.
The hurricane also shows that those making less than 25K a year are more concerned about the living conditions of those who have been stranded by the hurricane than those who are making more money:
Among respondents with incomes under $25,000 per year, 56 percent were concerned about living conditions for refugees in shelters; that was higher than among those who make more money. And the poll indicates people in the South, which has absorbed huge masses of evacuees, are most concerned about the costs to their local governments.
Interestingly, and not surprisingly, some Texans are worried about the gang influence those dang "refugees" are bringing along with them:
Ann McMullen, 52, of Killeen, Texas, who works as a school administrator at Fort Hood, says she worries about gang violence, simply because of the prodigious numbers of people flowing into Texas communities.
"They can't even locate the sex offenders," she says. "And every population has gang members. It's theft, it's murder, it's more chaotic crimes in the community. Hopefully we'll be able to put these people back to work."
We all know how "that segment of those people" behave when they are with good Americans.
Many other Americans are looking at the federal government's ability to help its citizen, preferring to rely on their churches and local government instead, while others (2/3 of those polled) say that higher oil prices will affect their lives.
Gosh. I hope everyone feels safe now that gays cannot marry.