Re: Is Anyone to "Blame" other than Mother Nature?

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:04:44 -0000

Yes, there have been some stories about the Red Cross. But these are
not as bad as the stories about United Way. The company I work for has
a 'matching fund' set up, so I gave a donation yesterday...

If we don't give money to the Red Cross, then how do we send help? Are
there other alternatives?

I completely agree that we should be giving more to our communities.
It is best achieved through volunteering. It is easy to see a problem
somewhere (even in the USA!) and think that it is someone else's
problem. Not a good attitude, in my opinion.

John


--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Elena Dent"
<debadger_at_p...> wrote:
> It means in a major metropolitan center we have lost the middle
class. The
> very rich and the very poor contribute very little to the fabric of
society;
> it's the middle class who have the biggest stake in getting along,
making
> things work and pulling together. The very rich are a small
percentage of
> the population, they will of course take care of themselves first
and leave
> when things are difficult. The very poor have almost no resources
to help
> out and less incentive - they have never had a lot, so they have a very
> short term viewpoint: grab what you can, when you can, and as much
as you
> can because ain't nobody gonna help you out or leave something for
you if
> they can take it.
>
> Someone supposedly shot at an aid helicopter. What-thefuck-is THAT?! It
> seemed like a cool idea to some dumb gangbanger? A terrorist?
Spooking at
> shadows?
>
> Why are people just screaming for help instead of trying to help
with the
> levees or helping their neighbors if they can? Or are they, but
we're not
> hearing about it? Dunno.
>
> I wonder if Katrina will be a turnaround, if enough people are
sickened by
> the helpless sheep in the slaughter pens to actually start pitching
in in
> their communities? I know I won't donate to the Red Cross, too many
stories
> of greed and mismanagement, but I am thinking I should do more for
my own
> community. And by extension, perhaps if we ALL volunteer more it
will be a
> better place here. We used to have a 'can do' attitude as a nation,
we were
> proud of the fact that we could and did help out, pitch in, get
things done.
> When did we, as a culture, lose that? Was it a myth, that even the
poor here
> had self respect and tried to do for themselves? I don't think so.
>
> Elena
Received on 2005-09-02 13:04:49