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2005/9/19

Now Stop That Whining!

@ 08:20 PM (35 months, 25 days ago)

It's a beautiful thing to see compassionate conversatism at work.

On September 17, Jim Pinkerton (columnist for Newsday, and Fox News political analyst) said the victims of Hurricane Katrina were a bunch of whiners.

During an episode of Fox News Watch, he said:

"And absolved in that are state and local governments to a substantial measure. And, of course, the local populace, which continues to get it -- to find itself whining all the time on TV to get more federal money."

Call me crazy here, but the victims of Hurricane Katrina have every right to demand certain actions from their government in the wake of one of the worst natural disasters on American soil.  When you pay federal taxes, there is a debt the government owes you. You expect your tax dollars to go to the greater good, such as helping people rebuild their lives after a natural or manmade disaster.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200509190006

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