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> > many commercial contractors scoured the astrodome as well as the superdome with job propositions. Obviously the people who went and got jobs on their own were not included in my comment. And getting these jobs would automatically exclude from the need-based welfare checks. 100percent were declined. This all seemed pretty obvious to me, which is why i didn't mention any of it.
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> I've tried searching for any news or opinion articles that mention this. I can find no evidence that these contractors ever offered jobs, let alone that "100percent were declined". Can you provide a source for these claims?
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> wintermute

my father is a contractor in the houston area. i suppose i am not able to offer conclusive written evidence, however, http://www.jobsearch.org/hurricanejobs/ shows that there are 50,000+ jobs available and the URL which i have linked shows a dramatic decreased in employement. It is happening, just because the news and internet isn't saying something doesn't mean that it isn't a problem. I've been to the relief sights. along with many of my family, friends, and co-workers. the aid is there, the money is there, but the will is not there.

this is not the reason for my initial post, however. all i was trying to say was, i believe that it was not such a bad comment to say "i cried less when my son died" because i believe that people, in an attempt to give themselves purpose or to attract attention to themselves, display excessive emotion over events that do not directly affect them... i think. now i can't even remember because of the absurd amount of off-topic inquisitions that my post generated.