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"There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - ), Parliament of Whores (1991)"

Crooks and Liars » Rush Limbaugh Attacks Black Katrina victims and praises Whites as the Floods hit.

Crooks and Liars » Rush Limbaugh Attacks Black Katrina victims and praises Whites as the Floods hit.:

"Limbaugh: I want to know. I look at Iowa, I look at Illinois—I want to see the
murders. I want to see the looting. I want to see all the stuff that happened in
New Orleans. I see devastation in Iowa and Illinois that dwarfs what happened in
New Orleans. I see people working together. I see people trying to save their
property…I don’t see a bunch of people running around waving guns at
helicopters, I don’t see a bunch of people running shooting cops. I don’t see a
bunch of people raping people on the street. I don’t see a bunch of people doing
everything they can…whining and moaning—where’s FEMA, where’s BUSH. I see the
heartland of America. When I look at Iowa and when I look at Illinois, I see the
backbone of America."

Agree or not, there does seem to be a very strong cultural difference between the response in New Orleans and that in Iowa and Illinois. Is it a race issue, I think to claim that is insulting to the people of colour that live in Iowa and Illinois. I don't think it is about race, it is about those who act and those who wait.