Hey man: Be a damn man!!!
As most of you have seen and heard on countless television news programs and one-hour specials, Hurricane Katrina was no damn joke. That bitch was as serious as. . .well, as a Category 6 hurricane. She was shooting first and not even bothering to ask questions. She was taking no prisoners.
Hurricane Katrina was Mother Nature saying: "Don't fudge with me!"
New Orleans is now 80% underwater, buildings and houses are completely leveled, dead bodies litter the roads like an afterthought, and infectious diesease is on the horizon as such seemingly hertofore innocous things like household cleaners threaten to pollute the soil and water. That bottle of Windex you never cleaned your glass with could end up poisoning you.
Before her reign of terror against the Big Easy ended, Katrina left behind carnage and damage reported to be in the billions; she became the blame for unrepentant looting, inspiring a new brand of idiotic lunacy as backwoods dumbasses stole Plasma TVs! Newsflash - there's no electricity. . .how the hell are you gonna watch it?
But, something else happened as those 160 mile per hour winds had their way with the city of New Orleans. . .something more sinister, something even more devastating. . .
As Katrina kicked ass and took names, the menfolk in Louisiana forgot something very crucial.
THEY FORGOT HOW TO BE MEN!!!!
Case in point: A heart-wrenching, gut-twisting tale provided by a local news station in Houston reported about a man whose house was cut in half by Katrina. He lost everything - including his wife. As he cried into the camera (and we cried with him), he spoke of how he was holding on to his wife's hands during the powerful storm. Then, it seemed as though he could no longer hold on. Valiantly, his wife, he said, told him to let go, to take care of the children and grandchildren.
Now, less you think me a heartless seahag (and you may be right), I must tell you I do feel for this man. Upon hearing his story, I wanted to do things for him - buy him a house, get him some good dental work, you know, essentials. But, still. . .something bothered me.
Why had he let go of his wife's hand? During a hurricane? Why didn't he do whatever he had to get his wife out of the city before the storm hit? In other words, why didn't he be a damn man?
Men are supposed to be the strong ones, right? The level-headed, unemotional decision-makers? They are supposed to come in, access the situation, find a solution, and order some submissive underling (i.e., the wife) to carry it out. They are brave and courageous, right?
That was what we were led to believe, eh?
And yet, I keep hearing stories of men who "couldn't hold on" to their wives. Or, men who allowed their wives to stay behind!
Another news segment featured a man who did just that. As he held his sleeping child, he spoke, tearfully, about his wife. He had no idea where she was. He said that his wife told him she wanted to stay.
And he let her? What husband lets his wife stay behind to ride out a category 6 hurricane?
You know, historically, men have bullied women, have told them what to do, when to do it and how it should be done. Men grab us and shake us when we're emotional, slap us when we're hysterical. They make a practice of "man-handling" us.
Now, I don't condone what men do. I can't stand social roles and if a man tries to tell me what to do that's when I pull out my trusty Louisville Slugger.
But, for Katrina, I would have made exceptions. During a category 6 hurricane, a man needs to invoke his "man-handling" rights and be a man. Grab the wife, tell her "we're" leaving and don't let her argue.
It seems as though when we want men to be men, they always let us down. Men want to be men when we don't need them to be men. We don't need men to rape and loot and plunder and shoot at the National Guard. Just take care of your families! Make sure your families are safe and for the sake of all that is holy and pure, DON'T LET GO OF YOUR WIVES DURING A STORM!!
So what happened to all the men during Katrina?
Most of them are probably at the Astrodome now. . .maybe looking for wives they just couldn't seem to hold on to.
Copyright 2005
galaxyMafia. . .is planning on volunteering as much as she can during this crisis. Despite the fact that she does thinks folks from Louisiana are crazy, her heart does go out to them!!!
Hurricane Katrina was Mother Nature saying: "Don't fudge with me!"
New Orleans is now 80% underwater, buildings and houses are completely leveled, dead bodies litter the roads like an afterthought, and infectious diesease is on the horizon as such seemingly hertofore innocous things like household cleaners threaten to pollute the soil and water. That bottle of Windex you never cleaned your glass with could end up poisoning you.
Before her reign of terror against the Big Easy ended, Katrina left behind carnage and damage reported to be in the billions; she became the blame for unrepentant looting, inspiring a new brand of idiotic lunacy as backwoods dumbasses stole Plasma TVs! Newsflash - there's no electricity. . .how the hell are you gonna watch it?
But, something else happened as those 160 mile per hour winds had their way with the city of New Orleans. . .something more sinister, something even more devastating. . .
As Katrina kicked ass and took names, the menfolk in Louisiana forgot something very crucial.
THEY FORGOT HOW TO BE MEN!!!!
Case in point: A heart-wrenching, gut-twisting tale provided by a local news station in Houston reported about a man whose house was cut in half by Katrina. He lost everything - including his wife. As he cried into the camera (and we cried with him), he spoke of how he was holding on to his wife's hands during the powerful storm. Then, it seemed as though he could no longer hold on. Valiantly, his wife, he said, told him to let go, to take care of the children and grandchildren.
Now, less you think me a heartless seahag (and you may be right), I must tell you I do feel for this man. Upon hearing his story, I wanted to do things for him - buy him a house, get him some good dental work, you know, essentials. But, still. . .something bothered me.
Why had he let go of his wife's hand? During a hurricane? Why didn't he do whatever he had to get his wife out of the city before the storm hit? In other words, why didn't he be a damn man?
Men are supposed to be the strong ones, right? The level-headed, unemotional decision-makers? They are supposed to come in, access the situation, find a solution, and order some submissive underling (i.e., the wife) to carry it out. They are brave and courageous, right?
That was what we were led to believe, eh?
And yet, I keep hearing stories of men who "couldn't hold on" to their wives. Or, men who allowed their wives to stay behind!
Another news segment featured a man who did just that. As he held his sleeping child, he spoke, tearfully, about his wife. He had no idea where she was. He said that his wife told him she wanted to stay.
And he let her? What husband lets his wife stay behind to ride out a category 6 hurricane?
You know, historically, men have bullied women, have told them what to do, when to do it and how it should be done. Men grab us and shake us when we're emotional, slap us when we're hysterical. They make a practice of "man-handling" us.
Now, I don't condone what men do. I can't stand social roles and if a man tries to tell me what to do that's when I pull out my trusty Louisville Slugger.
But, for Katrina, I would have made exceptions. During a category 6 hurricane, a man needs to invoke his "man-handling" rights and be a man. Grab the wife, tell her "we're" leaving and don't let her argue.
It seems as though when we want men to be men, they always let us down. Men want to be men when we don't need them to be men. We don't need men to rape and loot and plunder and shoot at the National Guard. Just take care of your families! Make sure your families are safe and for the sake of all that is holy and pure, DON'T LET GO OF YOUR WIVES DURING A STORM!!
So what happened to all the men during Katrina?
Most of them are probably at the Astrodome now. . .maybe looking for wives they just couldn't seem to hold on to.
Copyright 2005
galaxyMafia. . .is planning on volunteering as much as she can during this crisis. Despite the fact that she does thinks folks from Louisiana are crazy, her heart does go out to them!!!
