Here are two quotes, compiled along with others by the BBC online news service. The first is fascinating because of its source, and I would love to get my hands on the papers to which the second is responding.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, quoted in El Nacional:
"The rich were able to leave, the poor stayed there, and it is now that they are evacuating them, four, five days later. That is the model they want to sell us. Racial segregation - the mayor of New Orleans said it - is a question of social classes; the rich were able to leave, the poor were left, enduring the hurricane. It is capitalism, in its extreme individualist phase."
Robi Ronza in Italy's Il Giornale:
"Everything can be used in Europe to badmouth Bush, so it may be worth clarifying a few key points: New Orleans was below sea level even before drilling for oil began. Second, there is no certain proof that the increase in the mean global temperature is a consequence of the emission of so-called greenhouse gases. Finally, the federal government has no specific responsibility for the post-hurricane chaos."
Posted by nickles at September 6, 2005 10:29 AM | TrackBackIt goes to further prove the endless cycle of poverty. Circumstances are always going to overtake you. If you don't have the tools to realize how you can break the cycle it will always overtake you. My heart breaks for those who truly had no way out.
Posted by: Carrie at September 6, 2005 10:59 AMThanks for mentioning the word "cycle." You've got a good point.
Posted by: bob at September 7, 2005 10:18 AM