Obama Hates Guidos?

In 2005 Hurricane Katrina, a category 4, unleashed a savage barrage of lethal flooding and winds. It became the deadliest hurricane since the Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928, with a death toll of 1,833, and one of the most expensive with roughly triple the property damage of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

However, the big story of Hurricane Katrina, and the most covered, was Kanye West’s “Bush Bashing” during a hurricane relief fundraising program. On NBC’s live program “A Concert for Hurricane Relief” Kanye West took the moment to derail fundraising efforts and preach his judicious view on President Bush’s hurricane response management. Mr. West stated on national television that the reason the relief effort in Louisiana was not helping those in need was because “[the military] has been given permission to go down and shoot us” and “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

Hurricane Sandy, a category 1, hit the United States two weeks ago, but as of Saturday there were still 289,239 people without power. Over a quarter of a million people had to live without power in homes, with temperatures below freezing, for almost two weeks. Just yesterday two more people were found dead, raising the total death toll to 85.

The response has been lacking to say the least. The leadership has brought great decisions to the table such as closing FEMA “due to weather” and 1970s style gas rationing throughout New Jersey and New York. The only conclusion I have for this case study of terrible management is “Barack Obama doesn’t care about Guidos.”

Drop the Mike Myers reaction. I think we can all agree that statement is completely bogus. The real cause of this failure to help those in need comes from the fallacy that big government is helpful. Big government isn’t helpful, its the problem. Big government doesn’t bring blankets to those in need, it leaves blankets in Central Park and waits for New York Marathon runners to voluntarily disperse them to those in need. Big government doesn’t get fuel to dying citizens, it waits for an anonymous donor to deliver 8,000 gallons of free gasoline in New York. Big government takes bipartisan photo opts in front of the cameras, while local churches pass out food.

Communities, non-profits, families, and congregations rebuild lives not big government. Local organizations spend their funds more efficiently than the the federal government and understand the issues that plague their local communities. Any person that has called the IRS, waited in line at the DMV, or contacted their congressman knows this to be true. “A Big Storm [Doesn’t] Require Big Government,” big storms require big communities.

“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have.” – Thomas Jefferson