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August 30, 2005Proof that hatred makes you stupidI know the rest of the blogosphere is writing about Hurricane Katrina, and there is nothing I can add to it all, except to say that I am keeping to prayer for these folks who have lost everything - homes, jobs, family heirlooms and histories…it boggles the mind. I am waiting for Amazon to put up an Honor System donation thingie as they did for the Tsunami in December - it will be a practical way to donate some money and try to help. This FEMA SITE has a listing of reliable and trustworthy organizations to which you can donate monies, which is the best way to help (after prayer, of course). It’s a terrific resource. Glenn Reynolds is looking for ideas about how to unite the bloggers into collecting aid - he’s hoping we can get something going by Thursday. If you have any ideas, you can send them to him at pundit@instapundit.com but put FLOOD AID in your subject line. Oh, and Glenn notes that as far as he can see, no foreign government are offering aid. Of any kind. I have not read many blogs but a few people have sent me some lines, here and there, written at lefty and Democrat sites, and blaming President Bush for Katrina…because…you know…there was never a destructive Hurricane like this before Bush came into office and (like Clinton) did not sign the bogus “Kyoto treaty.” Hurricane Camille didn’t happen. Hurricane Andrew didn’t happen. The Galveston Hurricane of 100 years ago which destroyed the town and killed all the orphans didn’t happen. People, you are letting your hatred make you stupid. Not just foolish, but STUPID. Grow up. Now. If you cannot grow up in the face of all of this misery and destruction, the ripping apart of people’s lives and livelihoods, then you may never be able to. But try. Try today. GROW UP. http://theanchoressonline.com/2005/08/30/proof-that-hatred-makes-you-stupid/trackback/ 7 Responses to “Proof that hatred makes you stupid” |
August 30th, 2005 at 4:50 pm
This is an awful and horrendous thing, but I cannot believe that this will be the last time in our lifetimes that a major city and metropolitan area will be effectively shut down for a long time, if not devastated completely. And in that future case, I do not believe it will be due to natural causes. This is a terrible thing to have happened, but hopefully we can learn from the recovery efforts to be able to keep our cool and better prepare us for some later time when we may be hit by a catastrophic terror attack.
—I was struck by the Louisiana governor’s references to God and a call for a day of prayer.
August 30th, 2005 at 5:52 pm
Must I repeat myself? Stupidity is a commodity, given in great abundance, by God.
Actually, my favorite rant is that ‘Bush cut the emergency budget!’
Yup- in the 2006 budget. Only a year off.
August 30th, 2005 at 6:24 pm
For what it’s worth, I e-mailed Amazon customer service to ask if they’d be doing an Honor System thingie for Hurricane relief. Prayers and more prayers have been my offering today. Local churches in my town have a relief van that goes into situations like this. I imagine that on Sunday we will take a special monetary gift and have a list of things such as bottled water that they can take with them which can be donated before they leave.
August 30th, 2005 at 7:36 pm
Catholic Charities is also collecting donations for the victims of Katrina. You can earmark your contribution to be used for that particular purpose. http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
As someone who went through Hurricane Andrew, I urge everyone to offer what they can. Believe me, these poor people have no idea of the trials that lie ahead of them in the ocming months.
August 31st, 2005 at 12:45 am
Oh come on… Canada offered “official condolences.” That’s the same thing, right?
Think about it this way: there are many of us out there who believe mankind has an obligation to help his fellow man where needed. Thanks to the progressive movement in the early and mid-twentieth century, our government has enshrined that in forced redistribution of wealth.
We are seeing that play out on the world stage now. When the tsunami hit, the US was expected to pony up more than everyone else combined (which, when you add in the private donations made by American citizens and corporations, we did). Now that we could use help, we’re expected to fend for ourselves.
Imagine what will happen if the Kofi Anans of the world get their wish and build an international government with sovereignty over all the world’s people.
August 31st, 2005 at 3:33 am
It’s not just the lefty blogs - the German govt has said Katrina was our fault (Kyoto and all - like if we had signed up it wouldn;t have happened).
October 15th, 2005 at 6:43 pm
[...] It took less than twenty-four hours for the Germans to decide to exploit the dead in New Orleans and Mississippi to wallow in their hate-America philosophy. Instead of simply offering assistance or prayers, they show their ignorance of the long history of devastating Gulf storms (the destruction of Galveston a century ago comes to mind) and decide to stoke even more Bush-hatred and anti-Americanism. These words and actions do not reflect friendship, and they will not be forgotten. No, they will not be forgotten. [...]