A PLEA FOR HELP!!!!

Today, I read the news on the internet and the reminders of two deaths in this city.  One was the drowing death of M. Louis Bill Adams and his obituary.  A man who died on on his way to work, a man of character who was determined to work and support his family.  http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/louis_bill_adams_jr_crossed_mu.html .  The other involved a homicide of a 32 year old man in Stallings Playground, Mr. Ali Robinson  http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/index_2.html .  Two different men, two different causes of death.  One the result of a storm and the determination of man to get to work;  The other for reasons not known but the result of a gunshot wound.  As I read the latter article and the postings, I found one posting of interest to me and I responded.

"Mr. Joey, dear, the hearts of many are breaking. They break for the families of those whose loved ones have been shot for reasons unknown and known. However, they are breaking because there is no one or no group of people that can determine the total cause and offer solutions to this issue. In my opinion and my friends (The Velevet Glove Brigade) the causes have been allowed to accumulate by the incompetence of our leadership in this city for decades and because of the failure of the basic family unit and the establishment of basic moral and religious standards. We have allowed the issue of ancestry to pervade our decisions in many cases and we have made a grave mistake. All of us have made that mistake. I call upon the Times-Picayune, its owners and editors, to help us crawl out of the state in which we now find ourselves. To the latter group, I give my thanks for allowing the public to post and recognize their right to eliminate a post. However, I believe with its leadership and combined editorial abilities, it and the posters can begin to bring this city to its feet. We cannot simply rely on the leadership of this city - we must lead a peaceful revolution to overcome the causes of the depolorable state in which this city now exists. May the T-P help all of us create a "NOUVEAU NEW ORLEANS"!"

Somehow, over the years, I and my friends have sought to seek the totality of the answers to the problems of this city.  We have seen the deaths of men caused by violence.  Our hearts break for the society of our childhood and recognize the degradation and illegality of segregation.  However, we must recognize that many still blame slavery and segregation as the cause of the problems of this city.  Many have used that as a basis of election to public office and that too is a cause of the problems of this city.  We cannot continue that mindset.  We all must unfiy to overcome the horrors of the past and create something new.  We believe that the T-P can help by a front page article attacking the causes, calling for unification of people, improvements in the lives of all.  Katrina did not kill this city.  It did cause major damage.  What will continue to cause its destruction is the basic failure of people of all ancestries to unite in a major effort to improve the root causes of the destructive elements that are causing these shootings and crimes.  Again we plead with the T-P to do the unusual and show leadership and be blunt in its analysis and expose completely the causes of the deplorable state that this city now lays in.  DARE TO CARE AND DARE TO SHARE IS OUR MOTTO.  Will you accept the challenge - the owners and editorial staff of the T-P.