Petition: Keep the National Guard in New Orleans
I know, I know: another petition. It seems like I’ve been posting an undue amount of dry, political stuff lately, but to be honest, this is pretty freaking important. For the past few years, the National Guard has helped maintain a semblance of order on the streets of New Orleans. No, it ain’t Disney World (thank goddess), but without the extra manpower, the situation could’ve been far worse.
Unfortunately, the National Guard doesn’t serve for free, and Jindal wants to pull out the troops next month. Keep in mind, he’s doing this at exactly the same time that lawmakers are (a) debating what to do with a projected surplus in the state budget and (b) talking about eliminating the state income tax.
I mean, no, really, that’s fine, Bobby: New Orleans is only the state’s goddamn economic engine, so what does it matter if you wreck it? As Katrina showed everyone, the state can hobble along without us just great.
Fucktard.
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The National Guard is scheduled to leave NOLA in June! Take 5 to Help Us Keep Them in the City! |
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Crime rates across the city have skyrocketed since Hurricane Katrina. Murder rates have spiked, and assaults and burglaries are up. Meanwhile, the police shortage makes NOPD patrols in the storm-affected areas, especially in the Lower Ninth Ward and eastern New Orleans, nearly non-existent. It also pushes response times to 911 calls to an hour or more.
Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans is supporting the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association in their efforts to keep the Louisiana National Guard in New Orleans until the following goals are achieved: |
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To date, they have only received 2300 signatures with a deadline to acquire 10,000 by June 2008. It is imperative that you let your voice be heard!
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I would have to disagree with the National Guard and Blackwater Theocrats being allowed to continue to operate in New Orleans. The only thing that will make the crime go away is better education and completely ending the drug war.
We need to get to the root of the problem instead of just throwing more force at it.
The government likes to creat problems to justify its existence
RON PAUL 2008
@Micah: I don’t think anyone would argue that a poor educational system and Regan’s ill-fated drug war have hurt New Orleans. But c’mon: it’d take years to address those issues and DECADES before we see a payoff–and that’s assuming that NOPS, the RSD, and the DEA decide to deal with those problems effectively.
In the meantime, there is the practical matter of people getting mugged and gunned down in the streets. What do you propose we do about that?
Also: I happen to like the National Guard. They’ve been very friendly to me, and damn but those uniforms are hot. Srsly.
The National Guard have been nice to us too, but it takes away from the decentralization and localized government that is supposed to make the United States different.
I know that it will take some time to get used to operating completely different, but if we don’t start tackling these big issues, who will? Our kids? Well my parents and that generation thought so, and look at the mess that they left us with.
That is why I’m running for mayor in 2010. I want to begin the change toward the right direction, and I want to find out where all of the taxpayers’ money is leaking off to. With that information I can catch the crooks and eliminate unnecessary city departments that are leeches on the citizens.
myspace.com/phreak_on_a_leech
Lerd, child.
That’s all I got to say.