Listen. I’ve been reading up and watching all the coverage about this financial mess we’re in right now, and it really reminds me a whole lot of another tragic event that happened not too long ago: Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans, Louisiana. The only difference between the two is the actual physical damage that took place during Katrina. However, dismissing that one fact, both issues are nearly identical. And I’ll tell you why. Both disasters were borne of the same things:
• The poor, “dis-enfranchised” people were such a loud voice that powers in both the Louisiana Democrat government, as well as the Federal Government, were forced to give them handouts they really didn’t deserve, nor could they qualify for.
• People could not or would not take care of themselves, so the race- and class-warfare warlords went to battle on their behalf, forcing the governments to provide for them in the name of “social justice.”
• The citizens who participated in these government-controlled hand-out programs knew they couldn’t afford these houses or their lifestyles, but they took them anyway. Why not? The rest of the taxpayers would foot the bills, so why should they care?
• The race wardlords and poverty pimps of this country besieged the government to “do the right thing” and give people things they didn’t deserve nor could they repay. If the government didn’t, they would be forever publicly hounded and called heartless racists.
• And even though the government knew they couldn’t or wouldn’t repay what was given them, they did it anyway to appear benevolent and appease the class-warfare mouthpieces.
• Lastly, we are going to be paying for both for a long time to come.
In the end, everybody suffers. So this is a lose/lose situation. Free-market capitalism is the only thing that works. The “great society,” welfare and socialism will kill this great country as we know it. So with that in mind, you must vote for McCain/Palin ‘08 to keep the American dream alive, but be realistic. If you can’t afford it, don’t take out a loan for it. And if you don’t need it, don’t try to acquire it. I believe like Boortz does: we should stand at the building entrance to all welfare offices and confiscate cell phones. If you can afford a cell phone, then you don’t need welfare. Enough of this bullshit scamming off of the government (read = responsible society as a whole).
Oh yeah, this asshole was a stand-up citizen, and “only” killed someone as late as February of 2006 in Lacombe, LA, so how could he be a Katrina evacuee? Who in the hell gives a crap about the timing of his previous crimes? My friend Step is dead, and for all of you leftist, free-to-be, you-and-me, hug-a-tree, peace-at-any-price crowd idiots, SHUT THE HELL UP!
You’ve pilloried me in the past saying Lucas Palmer WASN’T a “Katrina Evacuee,” but that doesn’t change the facts. Katrina evacuee or not, this was a career criminal; black, yellow, purple, white, or whatever. This scumbag didn’t deserve to be sucking our oxygen, much less taking the life of one of the finest cops on the face of this planet. Wanna call me racist? Go the hell ahead. You can try to hurt my feelings all you want, but the truth is, my friend Step is gone. And it’s all thanks to the hands of Katrina evacuee, Lucas Palmer.
Here’s a story from the Times Picayune:
More From The Times-Picayune
Lacombe fugitive dies in shootout
Murder suspect kills officer in Georgia
Saturday, July 01, 2006
By Paul Rioux
A Lacombe man wanted in connection with a Valentine’s Day murder in St. Tammany Parish was killed in a shootout with police that also left an officer dead Thursday night in an Atlanta suburb.
DeKalb County Police Detective Dennis Stepnowski, 33, was fatally shot by Lucas Palmer, 24, after a foot chase at an apartment complex near Stone Mountain, Ga., police said.
Palmer, who was killed in the brief gun battle with Stepnowski and the officer’s partner, was wanted on a first-degree murder warrant alleging he shot Corey Casborn, 23, in the head Feb. 14 in Lacombe, St. Tammany Sheriff Jack Strain said.
“We always believed Palmer would not go peacefully and would not be taken alive. Unfortunately, he took a police officer with him,” Strain said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Detective Stepnowski’s family and his fellow officers.”
DeKalb police said Stepnowski, a 12-year veteran, and another officer were on routine patrol Thursday about 7 p.m. when they saw a man behaving suspiciously and began running after him.
At some point during the chase, shots were fired, said a police spokesman, who did not indicate who fired first. Witnesses reported hearing at least 10 shots in rapid succession.
Stepnowski died a short time later at a hospital. The suspect died at the scene and was identified by fingerprints as Palmer on Friday, DeKalb police said.
St. Tammany detectives said Palmer killed Casborn in a botched drug deal and then burned his body in a sport-utility vehicle. An alleged accomplice, Jermaine Burns, 24, of Lacombe, was arrested Feb. 24 and booked with first-degree murder.
Casborn, who lived in New Orleans, drove to Palmer’s home at 27233 S.E. Price Alley in a 2001 Lincoln Navigator and was met by Burns and Palmer, who allegedly got into Casborn’s vehicle and shot him in the head, sheriff’s deputies said.
With Burns following in another vehicle, Palmer drove the SUV to a wooded area off U.S. 190 and torched the vehicle with Casborn’s body inside, detectives said. The charred body was discovered five days later.
Detectives said the alleged drug deal involved a large amount of narcotics that Palmer and Burns took after Casborn was killed.
Casborn’s mother, Nina Casborn, who has disputed the charge that her son’s murder involved drugs, said she was irked by reports that Palmer tried to pass himself off as a Hurricane Katrina evacuee to residents at the apartment complex.
“He was no evacuee. He was a murderer and a fugitive,” said Casborn, who lives in Lacombe. “I’m glad he’s been brought to justice, but I’m horrified that a police officer had to be killed in order to do it.”
She expressed sorrow for Stepnowski’s family as well as Palmer’s, saying she knows all too well what they are going through.
Oh, Nina… how misguided you are! “He was no evacuee. He was a murderer and a fugitive,” Are you kidding me lady? You think that being a murderer and a fugitive is LESS serious than being an evacuee? Give me a FRIGGIN’ break!!!!
Argue all you want about who was where, when, why and how, but this piece of human garbage killed one of the most decent men I’ve ever known. One who would protect the wives, sons, daughters, girlfriends, etc., from the scum that abuse them.
The suspect — identified as 25-year-old Lucas Palmer — also was killed in the shootout at Mountain Crest Apartments. Palmer was a Katrina evacuee from Louisiana and was wanted in that state on charges of first-degree murder.
Neighbors at the Atlanta-area apartment complex where he lived said Palmer fled Lacombe after Hurricane Katrina and had just gotten out of jail Thursday before the shootout.
Police have not yet identified the suspect, but some who knew him at the complex said he was a New Orleans native who moved to the area after Hurricane Katrina.
The 12-year veteran of the DeKalb County Police Department, known to his colleagues as “Step,” was killed Thursday in Stone Mountain, Ga., after pursuing a Hurricane Katrina evacuee wanted in a February homicide in Louisiana.
The 12-year veteran of the DeKalb County Police Department, known to his colleagues as ‘‘Step,’’ was killed Thursday in Stone Mountain after pursuing a Hurricane Katrina evacuee wanted in connection with a February murder in Louisiana.
Palmer was being sought on a first degree murder charge for killing and burning the body of another man this past February in St. Tammany Parish north of New Orleans. One man is in custody in the Louisiana case but police believe Palmer was the trigger man and thought he had fled to the Houston area.
The suspect’s name was not immediately released. A neighbor, Vaughn Smith, said the man and his family moved to Atlanta from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Torrey Gails, 16, said the police officer was shot a couple of times in the throat before another officer shot the suspect.
Gails said the slain man had just gotten out of jail on Thursday and did not want to go back. He said the man went by the name “N.O.” because he was from New Orleans, but added that many residents did not know him because he had just moved to the complex when he got out of jail.
Hundreds of Katrina evacuees were relocated to four large apartment complexes in that area of Stone Mountain.
The point is, I could go on and on and on and on…. but I don’t think I need to. Palmer told all of his new neighbors in the apartment complex that he was a Katrina evacuee, and was obviously living in “Katrina evacuee housing,” so yes, he was getting government money. All “evacuees” had their rent paid for at those apartments by the government. What more evidence do you idiots want? *sigh*…
Step, I will remember and love you always, and know you’re looking out for us where you are in heaven. I’m also very excited to know that Lucas Palmer completely bypassed the normal judgment and went straight to hell. He deserved it. You weren’t the only person he’d murdered, but thank GOD you’ll be the last.
We will always miss you….come visit us when you can - even if it’s in our dreams.
I came back from vacation on Thursday night 29 June 2006 only to hear sad news. My dear friend, Dennis Stepnowski, had been murdered. He was killed in the line of duty. Step, as he was known, was a cop’s cop. He was a mentor to younger, less-experienced officers. I’d never have thought Step would be one to be taken down like this. He was a WWE-type, buffed-up body-builder, who was a physical fitness nut. I’ve always winced every time I heard about a DeKalb Co. GA police officer getting hurt, because it’s a very bad area, but I always thought “nah, it’s not Step… he won’t go down like that.”
Well, Thursday night he did. I have been trying since then to write about it and I’m just now barely able to. But I have to - in Dennis’ honor. You see, Dennis was a mentor to me when I first started out on the job. He was a great guy, humble, and full of compassion for his fellow man. He also saved many fellow officers’ lives on the job. Dennis was the picture of benevolence and bravery. How did Step die? He was shot through the neck while attempting to arrest an armed robbery suspect, who later turned out to be wanted for murder out of Louisiana. About 20 shots were exchanged.
And Katrina takes another….
When will the good people of this country stand up and be heard, and tell the Katrina parasites from Louisiana to go home? Mr. Nagin, you owe the rest of the country more than you can ever repay. You’ve got what you wanted, a subservient welfare culture, and you had them all bussed back to vote your dumbass back into office. Now, why don’t you send those busses back to where your voters now live, and make them come back home? You and your state’s Democratic policies are what have fostered this welfare, “gimme” mentality, and the rest of us are paying a very dear price for it.
When all is said and done, Louisiana will have paid a far lesser price for the damages done by Katrina. A year after the hurricane left, the parasites from New Orleans and the surrounding parishes continue to pollute society as long as they stay away from home. They demand their “rights” to free government housing, food, money, breast implants, jewelry, designer bags, etc. The time is now to get off your damn lazy asses and get your shit together. If you don’t like it here in Georgia, or in Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, or any of the other places you’ve infested, then go the hell back home. We’re THROUGH with you here! I know our crime rate has risen immeasurably, and I for one am sick of it.
Mayor Nagin, and Governor Blanco… TAKE BACK YOUR CHOCOLATE CITY, so the rest of the world can get on with their LIVES! Too many Katrina evacuees are wreaking havoc in this country. Rapes, robberies, murders, fraud, theft, and the list just goes on and on. Enough is enough. Take it back, Mr. Chocolate City. No more free rides. It’s time to take responsibility for your actions and INactions. And don’t blame the federal government. Mississippi and Alabama have been on their feet for a long time now. Take your shit and go home.
Please pray not only for Step, but for all of the other law enforcement officers who are out there every day, putting their lives on the line for you. Remember, for every time you hear on the news about bystanders running from a crazed gunman, there is somebody’s son or daughter wearing a police uniform running toward that crazed gunman.
I love you, Step… I will miss you so much. You’re in my heart always. God has your six now, and I await our meeting on the other side. Heaven needs a cop like you. Godspeed, my friend. This is a huge loss to the entire law enforcement community. He will never be forgotten. Step was my brother - and this is a brother- and sister-hood that runs very deep. When we lose one of our own, it hits us all very hard because we’re family. And even harder when it’s close to you.
“It’s not how these men died that made them heroes…but how they lived.”
Oh, and listen to the perp’s sister blame the “system.” The only good news out of this is that Step killed the scumbag (Lucas Palmer).
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