Southwest Missouri firefighters watch as fire hits nonmember
Yes folks, the good-ol white-hood wearing boys in Missouri are still alive and well. What kind of country is it where we live in a place in which fire-fighters will let someone's home / property burn while the owner pleas with them and even offers them money to help him put out the fire? Last time I checked, as a public servant, your primary duty is to protect and serve right? It just so happens to be that this poor soul who's home was on fire was a hispanic fellow you see. The AP story won't tell you flat out, but it just seems awful clear that this is a case of "yer kind don't belong here boy". The fire fighters claim that this person did not pay his membership dues and as such, was not entitled to fire-fighting "protection."
I hate to play that race card, but this kind of shit really burns me a new one. There is absolutely no excuse for something like this to happen in today's day and age. This is just dumb-ass hillbilly back-woods stupidity. There just isn't a polite way to put it. It sure would be a shame if that hispanic fella happened to be a doctor while one of those firefighters was fighting for his own life in the ER. I bet ya things would play out a little different if that firefighter hadn't paid his insurance that month huh? What ever happened to human decency and just plain old doing the right thing in America?
