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

From: Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:04:20 -0000

In the Northridge Freecycle group, someone offered to drive supplies
over personally. They're asking for necessities such as toothbrushes,
towels, blankets, etc, and need everything before Tuesday. Personal
responsibility and pride still exist.
--G.H.


--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "tschibasch"
<tschibasch_at_y...> wrote:
> 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 2005-09-04 12:04:33