THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VII, Issue # 211, September 21, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
KATRINA AFTERMATH HIGHLIGHTS TRUE POLITICAL MOTIVES
By Christopher G. Adamo
HURRICANE KATRINA, PARTISAN POLITICS, & POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: LIBERAL LEFTIST HYPOCRISY, DISHONESTY, &
CALLOUS POLITICAL EXPLOITATION OF A NATURAL DISASTER & HUMAN TRAGEDY IN A BLATANT PARTISAN ATTEMPT TO
GAIN ADVANTAGE FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS IN THEIR DRIVE TO UNSEAT CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS &
ACHIEVE POLITICAL ASCENDANCY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ITS LEADERSHIP -- STANDARD LIBERAL OPERATING
PROCEDURE (SLOP)
FULL STORY:
Beyond the shrillness and hysteria that ensued immediately in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the true goals and methodologies of
America’s political establishment have become plain to see, at least to those with an honest interest in seeing them. Among
Conservatives, a horrendous and largely unnecessary tragedy signifies the need to admit mistakes, correct errors, and ultimately
ensure that the situation is never repeated.
For Liberals, the scope of the Katrina catastrophe, and the degree to which America is preoccupied with it, represent a golden
opportunity to exploit emotions and distort circumstances as a means to maximize the political mileage that might be gained from it.
Such callous behavior, while heartless and absolutely appalling, is also absolutely consistent with standard Liberal operating
procedure.
In the wake of the 1999 Columbine massacre, Liberals throughout the nation trumpeted that hideous evil as proof of a need for new
gun laws. Ostensibly, the murderers’ indifference to the two-dozen or so gun laws that were already in place might, with the
establishment of a few more meaningless statutes, have been turned to deference and respect for their fellow human beings.
Clearly, those on the political Left did not want the country to eventually consider that, regardless of the availability of guns,
students had not been disposed to slaughter each other, prior to the godless rot being foisted upon them from the educational
establishment itself, godless rot in the form of “moral relativism,” “situational ethics,” and “multiculturalism.”
Liberal cries for gun control as a “fix” increased in tenor until Republican
Majority Whip Tom Delay pointed out that such caterwauling resulted from
their being “scared to death” that America might recognize the real reasons
underlying the homicidal rampage.
In a similar manner, and even before the full scope of the New Orleans
disaster is known, those on the left have worked tirelessly to ensure that
the country sees the situation only through the jaundiced prism of partisan
politics. In so doing, they hope to not only demonize those on the political Right,
but also deflect any attention from the rampant corruption within Louisiana’ s
political system that set the stage for human-induced death and
destruction which dwarfed anything a mere hurricane could inflict.
Not surprisingly, race hustlers Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were among the
first (and loudest) to make their way to the spotlight, fanning flames of
racial discord with claims that the sluggish federal response to the
disaster proved an institutional indifference to the victims on account of
their race.
Yet, despite their initial achievement, the real result of such inflammatory
rhetoric was to distract attention from the real problems, and the real
needs. Ultimately, their actions generated hate and suspicion where concern
and compassion should have reigned. Thus, the victims were once again
victimized by imposters posing as their champions.
In so doing, Jackson and Sharpton acted in a manner reminiscent of Hillary
Clinton, who, in the immediate aftermath of 9-11, strode through “Ground
Zero” with callous indifference towards the stressed and beleaguered rescue
workers, in order to have her picture taken for purely political purposes.
Apparently, no tragedy is too horrendous for Liberals to spot an opportunity
to exploit it for personal benefit.
As to the fixes, necessary to restore the Gulf Coast and prevent a
recurrence of future devastation, both political camps are again showing
their true colors. Efforts to refurbish the shattered area in a manner that
would unshackle its citizenry and free them from their present dependent
condition have, not surprisingly, met with venomous opposition from those on
the Left.
School vouchers could quickly provide a revitalized educational base for the
region, while liberating students from an expensive educational establishment
(that never proved any more effective at doing its job than those levees).
Yet they are being shouted down by Liberal educrats and their “business as
usual” lackeys.
The former failed school system, which funneled endless supplies of money into a
bottomless “hole,” is being championed by the educational establishment as
the only workable solution, and with no more accountability than was
previously in place. Only one change is recommended. The money being
squandered in this manner should, of course, be drastically increased.
Housing, infrastructure, and every other aspect of this failed Liberal
“utopia” can be corrected, we are told, by one means alone, more money. Who
can doubt that, if left in the clutches of such thinking, when the next
storm hits, New Orleans will be just as ill prepared to contend with it.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
American Politics & Political Competition
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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