Back to New Orleans again.

   Maybe I was dreaming too much last entry. I just visualized some really perhaps imaginary High Spirit working through the people struggling to stay alive in New Orleans and maybe that was more a piece of a wishful thinking spirit when in reality it was more likely a battle of exhaustion and depression and pure survival and I guess the reality is one of thousands of unique stories.

   I was moved by the photo of the younger African-American woman trying to keep an elderly white woman cool that appeared early on I believe in the NY Times... and then there was a picture of a deputy sheriff a white man in a boat with his arms around a young
black boy, comforting him after a rescue   ... and there was the story
on my local TV network of some police officer in a boat going house to house searching for survivors and in his interview he tells of his lost house and though he knew his wife and their young baby was safe he hadn't seen them in a couple of days and you could see into his spirit and you knew how deeply saddened he was but he brought humor to it and he knew he had to keep doing his duty..
and no he didn't no how long it would be before he could take a break.

 That stuff moves me. That is the stuff of Academy Awards only it's not a reward for acting it's a reward for being exemplary Humans, thank you.

 So anyways lets step me away from emotion and just say beyond all the blame and shame and tragedy it is just very interesting this intense drama of Disaster to a Community and how do you rebuild? New Orleans is a special case... but here I am in California and we are still waiting and our time will come..

 I think it is important to keep a close eye on the rebuilding of New Orleans. I thank the Governor of Louisiana for demanding control of the National Guard to whatever extent it is reported she did... for though it must be with a great relief and satisfaction for those in peril to finally see a protective force I do not look forward under any circumstance for Federal control of my community... I think that is just one of those things that no one wants to see and maybe the right to live or die in one's own home should be respected  if we have to sign a waiver or have a driver's license issued with some special attachment for any who want to join the Live Free or Die crowd like those in New Hampshire.

  I think despite the fact that by far the authorities have good reason to wish to evacuate all of New Orleans I object on behalf of anyone who refuses to move and I think it is very very important that we stand for our rights ... it can so easily be abused particularly as we look ahead into this world of Global Warming and environmental disasters, so many pending...we do not want to be forced to be refugees. Even a good government whether Republican or Democrat controlled, can react in Fear and the shakier things get up a head the more trigger happy a Federal Government will get.

  Stand your ground if you dare.
  
   Let the decision to become a refugee be either our choice or Nature's demands.

   I know it's tough question and I don't want to encourage idiocy (no comment) think it deeply through maybe you do need rescue, however its your right and your decision, I think the Right to Refuse will become a very important issue in the rebuilding of a Community and a Nation that truly respects the Founding Framework of who we still aspire to be today.. 
Of the People, By The People.. For The People.

  All this battle of States Rights versus Federal Rights....too many in
government maybe forget. It's People... that is the bottom line. We are people. It's an experiment that is not complete yet. How much trust and responsibility do you dare give to the People?

  A lot more thank you.

     Guy Meyer, Jr.
         September 8, 2005