“I won’t be able to take a bath without them seeing me.”
–Edward D. Markle

What “them” could this person be referring to? Why the 34 homeless mothers and their kids who were slated to move into FEMA trailers in Mr. Markle’s gated community of McMansions in New Orleans, of course. It’s funny that all my neighbors are less than a stone’s throw away from my windows, and yet I manage to do anything I want in my house without them seeing me. I guess rich folk have no concept of curtains or window shades and enjoy taking baths in front of open plate glass windows.

Yes, everyone says there needs to be temporary housing built for the residents of New Orleans displaced by Hurricane Katrina, but of course, they don’t want it in their backyard. As I expected, Mayor Nagin, who is up for re-election, is siding with those residents still in New Orleans and most likely to be able to vote … not being homeless or those stuck somewhere out of state, but the wealthy whose homes were either not destroyed or who could afford to repair their homes themselves. Typical politician … typical rich folks too.

I think it’s time everyone just sit back and realize that if you are poor and you lost your home in New Orleans, you will not be going back. That town won’t be for you anymore. If it ever gets rebuilt, it will be rebuilt all shiny, pretty and expensive, because the people who are there now making the decisions just don’t really care about the poor and what becomes of them. They don’t want to see the poverty, the need, the things one expects not to see when living behind the tall walls of a gated community. All they care about are their property values and whether or not they can take a bath in their glass houses without someone seeing them. Whether or not anyone else even has a bathroom is no concern of theirs.

Wonderful example of human compassion isn’t it? :boom: