What Katrina taught me...

Big government kills.

With the Able Danger story unfolding, it's clear that bureaucracy among the various agencies of the federal government rendered them unable to work together in a way which might very well have prevented 9/11.

As information comes out about the preparation and response to Hurricane Katrina, it's also clear that the people who rely on the government for their sustenance died waiting for their government to come rescue them.

While I sympathize greatly with any person caught in the storm or its aftermath who truly were unable to leave, I am not a bit concerned with the misfortune of those who simply refuse to take care of themselves.

These societal bottom-feeders contribute nothing to mankind yet demand help from those who do. I refuse to accept the notion that some government can justly levy taxes against me to pay for the survivla of such people. It is illegal by the code which I follow.

Every man must in his own mind make a decision. He must choose to take ultimate responsibility for his own survival and well being, or he must choose not to do that.

When an individual must be threatened with imprisonment in order that he contribute his time or property to a particular cause or recipient means that he would likely not otherwise do so.

Thus, the welfare state and the individuals who choose to live according to its rules instead of the rules of nature which dictate that every individual be responsibile for its own survival end up unable to survive on their own when it matters most. They have indeed lost all ability of survival after years of existing not by the labor of another instead of their own hand.

I wonder how many of those who died realized the truth of these words in their final moments?

How many died regretting their entire philosophy and the quality of life they led because of it?