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# Don’t rely on the government to help
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/governor-seals-his-legacy-as-opportunistic-social-neanderthal/
- Published: 2005-09-13T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:46:49.000Z
- Author: David Pisarra
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Kira Landan Santa Monica*

Thanks to Hurricane Katrina, Americans have learned a valuable lesson about self reliance.

Not only can we not rely on the federal government to save us, we might need guns so the government can’t stop us from rescuing our neighbors.

As some people are beginning to say, “Hell no, we won’t go to no internment camps.” Not even if they declare martial law and cut off the water supply.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 13, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091305.pdf?ref=smdp.com)