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[The Ressurrected One]

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Only a few minutes ago, I had the delightful opportunity to read the comment of a fellow who said he wished that white, middle-class, racist, conservative suckers like myself could have been herded into the Superdome Concentration Camp to see how much we like it. Absent, of course, was the fundamental truth of what he plainly does not have the eyes or the imagination to see, namely, that if the Superdome had been filled with white, middle-class, racist, conservative suckers like myself, it would not have been a refinery of horror, but rather a citadel of hope and order and restraint and compassion.

That has nothing to do with me being white. If the blacks and Hispanics and Jews and gays that I work with and associate with were there with me, it would have been that much better. That’s because the people I associate with – my Tribe – consists not of blacks and whites and gays and Hispanics and Asians, but of individuals who do not rape, murder, or steal. My Tribe consists of people who know that sometimes bad things happen, and that these are an opportunity to show ourselves what we are made of. My people go into burning buildings. My Tribe consists of organizers and self-starters, proud and self-reliant people who do not need to be told what to do in a crisis. My Tribe is not fearless; they are something better. They are courageous. My Tribe is honorable, and decent, and kind, and inventive. My Tribe knows how to give orders, and how to follow them. My Tribe knows enough about how the world works to figure out ways to boil water, ration food, repair structures, build and maintain makeshift latrines, and care for the wounded and the dead with respect and compassion.

There are some things my Tribe is not good at at all. My Tribe doesn’t make excuses. My Tribe will analyze failure and assign blame, but that is to make sure that we do better next time, and we never, ever waste valuable energy and time doing so while people are still in danger. My Tribe says, and in their heart completely believes that it’s the other guy that’s the hero. My Tribe does not believe that a single Man can cause, prevent or steer Hurricanes, and my Tribe does not and has never made someone else responsible for their own safety, and that of their loved ones.

My Tribe doesn’t fire on people risking their lives, coming to help us. My Tribe doesn’t curse such people because they arrived on Day Four, when we felt they should have been here before breakfast on Day One. We are grateful, not to say indebted, that they have come at all. My Tribe can’t eat Nike’s and we don’t know how to feed seven by boiling a wide-screen TV. My Tribe doesn’t give a sweet God Damn about what color the looters are, or what color the rescuers are, because we can plainly see before our very eyes that both those Tribes have colors enough to cover everyone in glory or in shame. My Tribe doesn’t see black and white skins. My Tribe only sees black and white hats, and the hat we choose to wear is the most personal decision we can make.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

so basically all of this proves to us you like Bush?

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

i feel "his tribe" is following too much of a relativistic view. just because this rich white sucker thinks his tribe can assign blame, and doesn't make excuses, does not mean another 'tribe' will think the same (based on the same actions of course)

potatoe, potato

[JohnnyMarzetti]

A selfish, self centered essay.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

not that its selfish, its just too intolerant to the fact that the rich white sucking tribe can flat out be wrong in what it believes

[SWC Bonfire]

Watches "Survivor" too much...

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

[ChumpDumper]

So he typed this on his computer in his air-conditioned office after a hot meal before he went to his own bed in his own dry home.

Forget the rescuers, guys like these are the real heroes.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

So he typed this on his computer in his air-conditioned office after a hot meal before he went to his own bed in his own dry home.

Forget the rescuers, guys like these are the real heroes.

LOL!! TRO has just been dumped.

[Nbadan]

I agree that TRO's tribe (Caucasions) wouldn't have done all those things. Because they own all the Walmarts and the Kmarts in the area. There would have been no need to loot.

[mookie2001]

lol

[The Ressurrected One]

I agree that TRO's tribe (Caucasions) wouldn't have done all those things. Because they own all the Walmarts and the Kmarts in the area. There would have been no need to loot.

That doesn't even make sense.

[mookie2001]

i would bet it was joke
kind of like your leader, Leader W. Bush

[Duff McCartney]

Absent, of course, was the fundamental truth of what he plainly does not have the eyes or the imagination to see, namely, that if the Superdome had been filled with white, middle-class, racist, conservative suckers like myself, it would not have been a refinery of horror, but rather a citadel of hope and order and restraint and compassion.

Actually, it'd be called a country club with only the finest foods and sleeping on goose down blankets and feather pillows.

[The Ressurrected One]

Actually, it'd be called a country club with only the finest foods and sleeping on goose down blankets and feather pillows.

If they were able to pull that off, wouldn't it speak to their ingenuity?

You lefties and your hyperbolic nonsense.