The American Spectator

p> DELIVERANCE br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s Not So Fast : /p> p>In your “Not So Fast” article you stated that if the New Orleans’s tragedy had taken place in the Appalachians, then one would have seen poor white people responding to a period of crisis in the same manner that the poor blacks of New Orleans have been in the camera’s eye these few days. Having grown up in the Appalachian region of east Tennessee, I would say that the nation would have been pleasantly surprised to find that looters, gang-rapists and other nefarious types that plagued the recent disaster in New Orleans would have short life spans in an Appalachian scenario. Additionally, there lives a spirit of independence and self-government in those hills that would quell anarchy in short order. The only similarity likely to be seen between the two regions would be the extreme reluctance to leave one’s home and place. In that, the authorities would find resistance. br> — John David McPeak /p>

This piece was very well put. In this world of “it’s everybody’s fault but mine,” it is refreshing to read the words in this piece. I am from South Central Louisiana and we feel very deeply for the people in those areas. I support Mr. Bush and I hate to think what would have happened should it have been someone else in that office. I feel he is, by the grace of God, in the place that he is destined to be. As far as our State government, it definitely needs better leadership and many of us from this area have been trying to change that. Maybe, as tragic as this is, it may open many eyes to the truth and put Louisiana in a different direction. I love my State and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. If, as you said, all the negative energy wasted on finger-pointing could be channeled into to positive ideas and work, we certainly could and will rise above this challenge.

p>Again, thanks for the piece… br> — Brenda Bahr br> A Cajun from South Central Louisiana