Common Sense

When someone is trying to save your life, don’t shoot at them; especially when you are massively outgunned.

NEW ORLEANS — The evacuation of the New Orleans Superdome was disrupted Thursday after a gun shot reportedly was fired at a military helicopter as thousands of National Guard troops poured into the Big Easy to boost security in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (search). [SNIP]

One ambulance official overseeing the airlift rescue operations said a gunshot was fired at a military helicopter over the Superdome before daybreak.

"We have suspended operations until they gain control of the Superdome," said Richard Zeuschlag, head of Acadian Ambulance, which was handling the evacuation of sick and injured people from the Superdome.
Zeuschlag said the National Guard told him that it was sending 100 military police officers to gain control. "That's not enough," he said. "We need a thousand."

He also said that during the night, when a medical evacuation helicopter tried to land at a hospital in the outlying town of Kenner, the pilot reported that 100 people were on the landing pad, and some of them had guns.

When more people die than need be so, will these lawless cretins be blamed? Yeah, right. Guess who will get the blame.

You know what? If some government official breaks into a news report one day—say, Ahnuld or Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa—and says “evacuate LA,” he will only have to get out the syllables “evacu--” and I’m in the car and outta here with my great-aunt, water, canned food, changes of clothes, personal hygiene items and my CPU. As a matter of fact, I’m going to clean out my trunk today.

The goblins can have the place.

(Thanks to Lucianne)