Just in Time for the Holidays

The money changers at the temple can stay.

WWJE? Who Would Jeeeeesus Evict?

Why, the least of his brethren, of course:

New Orleans evacuee Celeste Jackson packed her clothes and most of her belongings in her car Thursday and prepared to move out of the FEMA trailer park on Victoria Drive that she has called home for two years.

The Mount Olive Gardens park, still home to about 75 families, is one of 13 trailer parks scheduled to close today as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s effort to move hurricane evacuees into permanent housing.

FEMA, however, has said as long as there are people still living in the parks who have not found apartments or houses to rent, the parks will stay open.

"They never told us that," said Jackson, 18, who lives in a trailer with her infant son and her mother.

"My stuff is already packed," she said. "My mother didn’t pack anything because why pack if we don’t have anywhere to go? It doesn’t make any sense."

On Thursday, a day before the announced closing date, residents of the FEMA-run park expressed mixed opinions about leaving. Several residents said they were confused about the agency’s official policy for the park.

FEMA said it placed fliers on the trailers two months ago notifying residents of the pending closing date and encouraging them to contact their FEMA case workers.

I guess neither the "faith-based initiatives" on the part of Team Bush nor the so-called Christians who greedily shovel the appropriations for such projects into their pockets and purses give so much as a sanctified shit, eh? Well, if nothing else, the aftermath of the storm and flood has certainly distinguished between those Christians who actually practice their faith and those pathetic souls who cling to a religious fig leaf to cover up their own significant character flaws. Call it a learning experience for all concerned...

Oh, and slightly off topic, but not really--"experts" expect the coming political campaign to be "especially ugly." Hmmm...you know, the modern tradition of ugly campaigns really seems to have coincided with the rise of evangelical "Christianity" as an organized political force. Maybe that's just coincidence...or maybe not.