Katrina and the Flood of 1927
Chuck Harder starts off the first part of his show, For the People, by telling his listeners what he did this weekend. He spent a lot of time reading news reports from other countries regarding their impressions on the aftermath of Katrina. We’re not talking about the ravaged coastline or even the disaster of the Superdome. What we are talking about here is the looting that occurred following the flooding of New Orleans. Chuck reports that the Japanese, for example, were astounded that so much looting took place. After a major earthquake in Japan there was minimal looting- only three people were arrested for looting and none of them were Japanese. How, they wondered can you steal from your own people? How indeed?
After Katrina came to town, the Wal-Mart store there was minimally damaged. But the looters arrived with a vengeance that outmatched Katrina. When they were done, the only thing remaining in the store was a rack with some Country and Western CD’s.
The other thing Chuck did over the weekend was talk with a biographer of FDR. Why would Chuck want to talk about FDR? Because he was the author of WPA- a program designed during the Depression that gave people a job, not a handout.
Following a short break Chuck comes back with his guest, John M. Barry who wrote the book, “Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America”. The thesis in the book is that the Federal response to this disaster changed the culture and policies in that area of the country and that this is when American people began to believe that the federal government was responsible for taking care of them instead of them taking care of themselves. Is there a tie-in with what we are seeing in the American public’s behavior of late, do you think? Click here to listen to the podcast to see what you think.
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After Katrina came to town, the Wal-Mart store there was minimally damaged. But the looters arrived with a vengeance that outmatched Katrina. When they were done, the only thing remaining in the store was a rack with some Country and Western CD’s.
The other thing Chuck did over the weekend was talk with a biographer of FDR. Why would Chuck want to talk about FDR? Because he was the author of WPA- a program designed during the Depression that gave people a job, not a handout.
Following a short break Chuck comes back with his guest, John M. Barry who wrote the book, “Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America”. The thesis in the book is that the Federal response to this disaster changed the culture and policies in that area of the country and that this is when American people began to believe that the federal government was responsible for taking care of them instead of them taking care of themselves. Is there a tie-in with what we are seeing in the American public’s behavior of late, do you think? Click here to listen to the podcast to see what you think.
What do you think?
Good Politics Radio welcomes all viewpoints. Every political party, every ideology may be represented here. Our only rules are: no mudslinging, nothing illegal, no hate messages. We also offer our broadcasts to the schools, so nothing that would not pass a pg rating will be released here. We do not edit content here. Your message goes out as you created it. If you have an opposing or supporting viewpoint on this issue or any other political topic or issue, you can contact Good Politics Radio by email:
bonnie@goodpoliticsradio.com.
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