Posted by
Dave Kooker on Friday, July 18, 2008 1:06:12 PM
In June 2008, Cedar Rapids Iowa experienced an extremely high level of flooding due to the winter’s snow melting in the north and higher than normal rains in the region. The combination and the timing of events were devastating to the Midwest. Instead of the typical 100-year flooding, the news media referred to the natural disaster as the 500-year flooding.
4,000 homes evacuated amid flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/12/midwest.flooding.ap/
In pictures: Iowa floods
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7453323.stm
It made me proud to watch my fellow frontier independent spirited Midwest citizens to do what they could do prevent flood damage by sand bagging and citizens possessed the intelligence and motivation to evacuate the flood levels when they became dangerous. I have much respect for the citizens of Cedar Rapids. Not once did I hear conspiracies of angry individuals of pallor exploding barges against makeshift sandbag barriers and levies to cause harm to minorities. The Cedar Rapid Mayor Kay Halloran and Iowa Governor Chet Culver did not race to the media cameras and cry how the flooding and human misery was G. W. Bush’s fault. The natural disaster must have been real bore to the news media since all they had to report on was the disaster and how citizens were proactively adjusting to the challenges. No ‘Mighty Whitey’ causing harm and suffering to the minorities.
Today’s diversity and Civil Rights has gone full circle since the 1950’s. In the 1950’s, diversity meant separate but equal. Schools, shops, and bathrooms for example were separated by race. Per Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Right Amendment, diversity meant every man was to be judged by his merit and not by his/her skin color. All facilities will be integrated. Now by today’s terms per Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Spike Lee, and Mayor Ray Nagin, diversity and the show of compassion to minorities means areas must be color designated. Again based merely on the color of the skin, areas will be separate but equal.
Spike Lee predicts 'Chocolate City' (Washington D.C.) under Obama
http://uk.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUKN2042270720080620
Mayor Ray Nagin wants to build a ‘Chocolate City’ out of the ruins of New Orleans.
Transcript of Mayor Ray Nagin's speech
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/news/t-p/stories/011706_nagin_transcript.html
Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in the state of Iowa. The estimated population of the three-county Metropolitan Area which includes nearby cities of Marion and Hiawatha, was 249,320 in 2006. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the actual city's population at 123,944 people in 2006.
As of the census of 2000, there were 120,758 people, 49,820 households, and 30,838 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,912.6 people per square mile (738.4/km²). There were 52,240 housing units at an average density of 827/sq mi (319/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.86% White, 3.71% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.77% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.55% from other races, and 1.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino (Legal or Illegal) of any race were 1.71% of the population.
Indiviudals of pallor must readjust with the times and show how much they care in the name of diversity and Civil Rights. If the city of Cedar Rapids Iowa is 91.86 percent white, show the world they can be diverse and rename their city the ‘Vanilla City’.
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