New Orleans is a case showing the gimme mentality of many Americans. When the impending storm was announced how many refused to leave believing the government has a duty to care for them.?
On Dec 4, 1:33=A0pm, Hachiroku wrote:ment
I was watching reruns of Top Gear this morning (well, not 'watching'...I
> got home ~3 last night, so I was kind of one-eyeing the TV this morning)
> and they did this thing where they came to America, and instead of rentin= g
> cars, they bought some older cars just shy of beaters and drove them to
> New Orleans. First thing that got my attention was one of them saying "We
> couldn't believe this kind of devastation would still be apparent a year
> after Katrina. In the wealthiest nation in the world, how do you sleep at > night?!"
>
> But the killer was they had decided to drive to NO and SELL the cars and
> see who could get the highest price, but after seeing the place they
> decided it wouldn't be right to sell the cars, so they looked up a missio= n
> and GAVE the cars away. James What-his-name had an '89 Camaro that was in
> decent shape, and as he was describing it to the people that wound up
> taking it, he said "Rev counter..not good. Speedo...not good. Fuel
> guage...not good. Engine...BRILLIANT, and the transmission too." >
> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said to
> James, "Well, the tape made it look like giv>
> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro wa= s
> a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue us fo= r
> misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go away
> right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"