Katrina

[WhiteKnight77 1]

Do not let this get political. Comment on it, but keep it clean.

A DIFFERENT TWIST ON KATRINA

Make sure you read what's at the end...

This was written by a man who is a survivor of the hurricane. A little different twist on what we have been hearing in the media.

To my friends and family:

What I have seen since Katrina: The poor and the wealthy hurt by the storm. Black, white, Hispanic, Oriental and Indian all hurt by the storm.

Christian people giving, giving, giving. Churches going all out to minister in Jesus' name. Neighbors going door to door helping one another.

Thugs and hoodlums going door to door looking for someone vulnerable.

Ice and water being fought over as police tried to keep the peace.

People coming up from New Orleans taking over empty houses because shelters are full. Out of town volunteers coming with food and staying for now a week still serving it.

The Churches all over this part of the country doing what Christians do in a crisis. Even

FEMA doing a wonderful job in getting help to us. The Red Cross doing a great job in the shelters. The Salvation Army doing a great job in the community. Four hundred crewmen from everywhere bring back the power to our homes, churches and businesses. Lines at service stations a block to a mile long.

National Guardsman patrolling the streets of McComb along with Kentucky policemen protecting us from the hoodlums and thugs of McComb, Pike County and New Orleans (the most dangerous city in the world before Katrina). Drug dealers working outside shelters.

Doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel working tirelessly, even sleeping in the hospital to do the job God called them to do.

WHAT I HAVE NOT SEEN;

The ACLU setting up a feeding line.

People for the American Way helping in the shelters.

The NAACP doing any work whatsoever.

The American Atheist organization serving meals in the shelters.

Jesse Jackson directing traffic at the gas stations.

I could go on but you get my message. It's the Christian people with love and compassion who do the work.

The gripers in Congress should come on down and get in line to pass the water and the ice. Are you listening Hillary, Chuck, Teddy and all the sorry loafers we call Senators and Congressmen ? They don't have a clue as to what this life is all about here on the Gulf Coast.

Boy, I feel better now.

David A. Millican

[Specter 0]

I just have one question:

What would any of you do to save your family if you got caught in that city with no way out?

To what lengths would you go to get a roof, any roof, water and food for your kids, your wife, and any other loved ones?

Sit back in your nice computer chair and judge all you want to until your heart goes pitter patter.

But just ask yourself, what if that was you?

I know: we'd all be like WK and crawl and beg to get out. But that isn't an option for everyone.

You are always going to have a few criminals take advantage of the system and people that can't help themselves.

Fortunately for us that isn't the majority.

Just ask yourself, "What if that was me, and I couldn't get out for whatever reason. What would I do?"

And we all know what the computer chair heroes would say: "I wouldn't get caught in something like that."

All I can say to that is BS.

Bad ###### happens to millions of good people everyday.

I would keep that in mind when answering WK's post.

Don't judge lest you be judged yourself.

While I agree with a very little of what this guy says, I wonder how much fighting over ice and water he'd be doing if his family was trapped in there?

As for not getting political WK, that post is about as political and religious as it gets.

If you don't think so, I think you need to read it again.

I would have gotten a warning for posting that.

Edited September 24, 2005 by Phantm

[Ruin 17]

*sigh*

This post is trash. Why is it even here? It's designed to attack and/or provoke it.

[calius 0]

Do not let this get political. Comment on it, but keep it clean.

So we can have a religious debate then instead?

I sniff the lock button around here someplace.

[warhawk 0]

It's simply amazes me everytime I read a post like this how some people walk away from it with the idea that the entire post is about attacking people that stayed behind. Lets go through this for the slow bunch.

Fact: The mayor or New Orleans did not fully impliment and/or take all necessary measures to evactuate everyone. IE Buses sitting underwater because they were not utilized.

Fact: The Governer of LA not acting when it was evident that the Mayor of NO wasn't.

Fact: People expecting the Federal Government to come in and save the day and in doing so overstepping their bounds.

When it comes to people leaving or not leaving. Those that were physically unable to do so should have been evacuated, forced if you think it's the governments responsibilty to "provide" for people, by the Mayor first then by the Governer second when the mayor failed to act. Those that had the physical ability, IE they could walk if nothing else, and didn't well sorry I don't feel sorry for them. If they want to stay behind in bacteria infested flood waters that is their problem not the governments. There are and have been reports of able bodied people refusing to leave their homes when the Federal Government sent people around to evacuate them. And I am expected to show sympathy for them?

Fact is there was plenty of notice for people to evacuate and some didn't. Look at Texas. People were given notice and even those who were thought to be in the direct path at first didn't return when they saw the storm change directions. The evacuation plans in Texas may not have gone off perfectly but people heeded the warnings and acted accordingly. Local and State Government did what they were suppose to do and they are getting the help they are suppose to get in advance from the federal goverment and I'm sure will get the help they are suppose to get when it's over.

Stout Hearts

|RE|Warhawk

[RooK 0]

Remove the Christian slant and it is a pretty good article. You don't have to be a Christian to have compassion and help. Still, those last comments ring true: for all the whining some groups are doing about how the hurricane was handled (NAACP in particular comes to mind) they sure aren't doing a darn thing to help but rather turn us against ourselves.

[Dannik 43]

Why would the NAACP enter into this discussion? They are an activist legal body and not a front line rescue team, like the Red Cross. Expecting the NAACP to step up to disaster relief is like asking The Red Cross to provide a rescue worker to defend your rights in court.

The same with the ACLU. Yeah, a bunch of activist lawyers would be really helpful in disaster relief, as opposed to the groups that actually showed up and started the relief efforsts.

Oh, and as to the author of the parent letter, all credibility was lost when FEMA became a Christian organization, and not an extension of the Federal government.

Another thing the author ignores is the fact that there were many other groups who tried to assist, many several days before FEMA, the Red Cross, etc. arrived. They were declined access.

Obviously David A. Millican is attempting to simply push his religious views in a fight against reason and truth.

That being said, WK, in the future, can I suggest you use your blog for posts of this nature? You know this will end badly, since it only barely (if at all) passes as appropriate here. At least in your blog, it's clearly a personal take, and not the take of someone with "Staff" under their name.

[Rocky 1,224]

Yeh, I am afraid this post is heading for more flaming than debate. And being that the subject is both political and religious it runs contrary to the posting guidelines.

So in order to comply with the guidelines (and to avoid appearing hypocritical) I'll need to close this.

[WhiteKnight77 1]

This was something to show that those doing the complaining are the ones not doing anything whether religious or political. I live in the area of the civil rights birthplace and see how much they spout garbage, yet do nothing to solve problems.

I have seen people bash the feds for not doing anythng when actually, their hands were tied. Heck, even Jimmy Carter, the one who created FEMA has bashed them, yet when he created them, he didn't give them any actuall directives as to what they were supposed to do during a crisis. Sure, FEMA could have placed stuff in Mississippi to be closer to landfall of Katrina, but with roads impassable, they couldn't have gotten relief supplies there any quicker or they would have been damaged where they sat. Then what, just as much or more critisism for not having the stuff out of harms way. FEMA is or was between a rock and a hard place. That is my views of it.