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I highly disagree about anarchy following removal of welfare. We as Americans have always been ones that when we have a problem and must face the problem or else die, we face it and prevail. These so-called needy would do one of two things after welfare is gone: die or find a way to sustain themselves. I doubt they are so lazy that they would die.
One thing that stood out to me was the number of overweight people. And I'm not talking about chubby, I mean FAT. Correct me if I'm wrong, but poor people can't get fat. When I go to actual poor parts of the world or see them on TV or in pictures, there isn't a fat person anywhere close. "Food" for thought.
As for how things look to the world, who cares? If memory serves me right, the North Korean government is living it up while its entire population is experiencing famine and starvation. Is the world doing anything?
I look at God as my/our Dad. Since you're a father, I think you'll be able to relate. You tell your child not to do something, say, touch a hot stove. Your child begins to touch it, you warn him again. He tries to touch it again, you warn him. Yet again, he tries to touch it, but in order to teach him a lesson, you let him touch it. Is that cruel and heartless? No. Your child would not heed the warnings, so you allowed him to get burned, thus teaching him a valuable lesson or two, namely that when you say "no", you mean business.
I view disasters in the same way. Yes, they're horrible. Yes, they're very painful. But it sure as hell got everyone's attention. Since the beginning, God has been telling us no. And since then, he's been having to get our attention and let us know he means business.
Part of it could be that the people in New Orleans need to elect a better mayor; he could have trucked and bussed all those "poor" people out. He could have asked for national support in moving these people. They knew the levees were damaged, so they could have done something. Maybe Katrina will serve as the hot stove to get some important changes moving.
On a similar note, maybe God was simply pissed at New Orleans. Something is wrong with a city and its citizens that allow people to snipe rescue personnel. That mob you were talking about- they could easily take on these snipers, and that's just one guy at a time. These snipers were always there. The murder rate is 10 times the national average. Last year, they had 265 murders just in New Orleans.
Frankly, I'd be pissed at a city like that.
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