tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post113351157897948902..comments2023-09-28T09:25:06.469-04:00Comments on Operation Eden: We Are Living In A World Of ShitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-66699595373049557012007-10-02T22:48:00.000-04:002007-10-02T22:48:00.000-04:00Um, hello. I'm just a highschool senior who knows ...Um, hello. I'm just a highschool senior who knows nothing about real loss or any of this, but your story (along with problems of friend who's losing his house) have inspired me to <BR/>go froward with a project that may bring a horrible amount of grief to me. Nothing illegal or morally wrong I assure you, but controversial to say the least. The man, the sadistic piece of shit, punishment would do nothing to him or make any use of him. People like him, and most of the world need to discover their humanity, or discover they have no humanity. That is what I want to do. What I hope to do. What I NEED to do.<BR/>Thank you for sharing your story and the tale of your humility to those you care for. I wish I would do the same for my family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-61661257988957132252007-09-10T16:31:00.000-04:002007-09-10T16:31:00.000-04:00Florida doesn't get a lot of help when needed, the...Florida doesn't get a lot of help when needed, there are plenty of folks there, and it's been in the news, that are pretty hot about the fact that New Orleans got so much more help than they ever received. All of the rest of us in the remaining 48 know it's all too little, too late, or non existent. Red Cross puts up a tent and asks for volunteers, fima sends out money, but does anything ever get anywhere? Who can forget the trucks full of ice traveling round the country til the drivers dumped the ice out because they weren't getting paid or getting to deliver the ice where needed? E-mailing legislators doesn't do anything, someone writes a bill, it gets vetoed, or money gets appropriated, funds go out, but it is so tied up in agencies to disperse that it never gets where it needs to. And why why WHY are the insurance companies allowed to claim huge profits and not pay out claims filed appropriately. There is no such thing as an act of God, God doesn't punish people that way. Insurance companies do. Either you had insurance, or you didn't. If you didn't, you are in a bad way, because the government doesn't feel compelled to bail you out of your problems. If you had insurance you are in a bad way, because to minimize losses the adjusters have been instructed to give the run around in every way possible. The worst thing is no one is asking for a handout, or even for their home to be rebuilt. They just want the public utilities back on line, so they can rebuild themselves over time. Where is the army corp of engineers on that? Why isn't public water and electricity and phone service and places for people to shop for government subsidized low priced food items available to to these people after this long? What can the single taxpayer who's struggling to survive themselves supposed to do to help? We don't know what to do anymore, but something has to be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-10642958089199605172007-08-22T21:33:00.000-04:002007-08-22T21:33:00.000-04:00Its always angered me that we seem to give aid to ...Its always angered me that we seem to give aid to other nations at the drop of a hat but not our own people when they are in need.<BR/>But this week they did run to texas when they thought texas was going to have issues. And Florida seems to get quite a lot of support when needed.<BR/>this country is able to get massive aid rapidly to other nations that have some economic relationship to our major banking or business interests<BR/>but our government is usually scolded by the poorer nations for not responding fast enough during crisis which occurs in thier country. Check it out reads like your congressmans congressional record on the new history archive called the w3. I got so mad the other day watching the program on the palm island the shiek of nowhere is building with all the<BR/>oil money that was made off the worlds people.<BR/>The entire world weather is being affected by global warming and these idiots are building custom designed hotels on man made islands<BR/>which are so complex it requires new engineering technologies to build it. What I marvel at is that the shows would display things like this to impress me with the state of the technology. What they impress me with most is that they someone would waste all this resource for something of this nature when there is so many other things that the money could be used for to benifit the people of thier contries. You know Im all for science and exploration too. But to spend money for going back to the moon or mars especially the moon under the excuse of well we will be strip mining the moon soon for an energy resource is crazy.<BR/>Business as usual is not going to get todays issues solved. Personaly I think they which does not include us plan to use the moon as a last escape destination if needed that is why they are willing to invest billions of dollars in taxpayers money under the guise of looking for energy resources. If they don't make some changes soon and go back to being the government of the people, by the people, and for the people they may need to make that trip sooner than they think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-17483930749700957012007-08-22T20:34:00.000-04:002007-08-22T20:34:00.000-04:00The haves and have nots are so seperated from each...The haves and have nots are so seperated from each other now that there real gap between the two not only in finances but in their conseption of reality. This is most of the problem. I was watching tv the other day and the news was interviewing a man who was looking at purchasing a house in a developement outside of Las vegas nevada. The show was about the drought that this area has been having and the news caster asked the apparently well to do man and is wife who were looking at the homes were they not concerned about maybe not having any water. His response to the news caster was that there is plenty of water for people who have the money to pay for it.<BR/>Kind of like the noblemen and the peasants issue. Reminded me of the let them eat cake comment that lost Marie Antoinette her head during the French revolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1162957108580751502006-11-07T22:38:00.000-05:002006-11-07T22:38:00.000-05:00HEY IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE THE TRAGEDY AND YET THR...HEY IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE THE TRAGEDY AND YET THROUGH YOUR STORY I CAN STILL FEEL THE PAIN AND THE UNFAIRNESS, THE COLD HEARTEDNESS OF THOSE WHO ARE ABLE. I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY AT THIS POINT BUT KNOW THIS TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A TIME THAT TIME WAS NOT YOURS BUT ONE DAY YOUR TIME TOO WILL COME UNTIL THEN MY DEAR FRIEND I BID YOU COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE DON'T YOU GIVE UP, GOD ONLY KNOWS WHY THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY THEY DO AND HIM ALONE WILL HELP YOU FIND THE PEACE AND COMFORT YOU SEEK. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND GOD BLESS ALWAYS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1138314154535351162006-01-26T17:22:00.000-05:002006-01-26T17:22:00.000-05:00Myself and about 1 million others are experiencing...Myself and about 1 million others are experiencing what you went through. I also don't sleep, can't get throught the day, etc. But stop expecting someone to help you, your government abandoned you. Take responsibility for TODAY, get up and do what you can, YOU ARE STILL ALIVE AND SO IS YOUR MOTHER AND THAT'S MORE THAN ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE CAN SAY. Feeling sorry for yourself isn't changing your situation. BTW-the people who voted for Bush did this, so did corruption, greed, laziness, a lack of responsibility, and sheer bad luck. Deal with it the best you can and maybe that's not what you had before, but same with us. Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1137003197204556292006-01-11T13:13:00.000-05:002006-01-11T13:13:00.000-05:00i spent several weeks in pearlington ran the water...i spent several weeks in pearlington ran the water truck showers and did anything that was asked of me it didnt matter if you were atruck driver or a doctor there most wrked side by side no matter who you were. the people of the town are awsume save this town because this place is truely where america comes from dewey kast cozad ne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134426144451713042005-12-12T17:22:00.000-05:002005-12-12T17:22:00.000-05:00I am one pissed off motherfucker. Fuck u BUUSSHH, ...I am one pissed off motherfucker. Fuck u BUUSSHH, Fuck u Cheany, Fuck u Rummmsssfeldddd. For a bunch of conservatives u sure dont seem to have a problem with the lives of our military members or how much money u all blow on the oil war.one thing that is for certain, u dont give one flyin fuck about us katrina victims.God help the troops, for you are all walking dead men and women, but you are not alone, us katrina victims feel the same wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134412512422720912005-12-12T13:35:00.000-05:002005-12-12T13:35:00.000-05:00clayton,Okay, maybe I didn't read all the comments...clayton,<BR/><BR/>Okay, <I>maybe</I> I didn't read all the comments before getting on my soapbox and delivering a brash, emotional rant about things that I can't understand because they didn't happen to me.<BR/><BR/>And okay, <I>maybe</I> I didn't take the time to go through your blog enough to realize you were having a bad day and the tone of the post was slightly out of character.<BR/><BR/>And <I>maybe</I> I was in a pissy mood and reacted to the tone of said post in a way that was less than fair.<BR/><BR/>And <I>maybe</I> all of those things together made me seem sort of like a heartless, inflammatory, knee-jerk reactionist asshole.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about all that. I can't imagine what you're going through and I know I wouldn't be handling it as well as you. Hope you find some peace and you have some good breaks in the future. And it is tragic that the government can’t pull their head out of their ass long enough to actually help people who need it.<BR/><BR/>For the record, I’m about as far from a rah-rah republican as you can get. I’m as upset about the state of this country as you are. I’m fully behind your stance of “America, love it or fix it.” Well said.<BR/><BR/>Also for the record, I’m not behind people who always blame their bad fortune on someone else. And expect someone else to be responsible for their actions. I know that’s not you, clayton, and I apologize for taking out my frustrations on you - you didn’t deserve that.<BR/><BR/>And finally - Straxus, last time I checked, the First Amendment covered heartless, inflammatory knee-jerk reactionist assholes like me, too :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134191842185490362005-12-10T00:17:00.000-05:002005-12-10T00:17:00.000-05:00During Hurricane Allison my father lost nearly eve...During Hurricane Allison my father lost nearly everything. The house I grew up in was in over three feet of water. Photos of our family life before my mother passed away were gone forever. The walls we had painted as a family were stained with mold and water, the paint peeling. My brother and I did the only thing we could. The very next morning, after the storm, we went to my dad's house and started working. We tore down the water logged sheetrock, moved out the ruined furniture, and started rebuilding all before noon. A close friend from my father's office came with a truck full of tools, lumber and two good hands. Our neighbors watched from their front yards, waiting for the FEMA to step in and save them. When the FEMA representative came by our house he informed us that since we had started working on rebuilding he was ineligible for reconstruction relief. Since my father planned on staying in the house it had to be "livable conditions" and he couldn't get any financial aid for that. He too, was reprimanded for being honest.<BR/>Our neighbors however, those who sat around watching their belongings float away, were rewarded for doing nothing by receiving full financial aid. It was a heartbreaking experience but I can't say I would have done anything differently.<BR/>My father is an honest, hardworking veteran whose never been afraid to take on responsibility or hard work. He taught us the way with a quiet determination to do what was right even when others said it was wrong. I don't think it ever crossed his mind to wait for someone else to do what he considered his work. I was proud to loan my hands to help him rebuild when the government he served most his life wouldn't. It was an eye-opening moment in my life that I'll always remember.<BR/>My heart goes out to you and your family. Our thoughts are with you.<BR/><BR/>--Alex Camacho and Family<BR/><BR/>"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'"<BR/>--Mary Anne Radmacher-hershey"Alex Camachohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793969373391038205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134179882760419012005-12-09T20:58:00.000-05:002005-12-09T20:58:00.000-05:00let's see maniacal bard.... you get on here and wh...let's see maniacal bard.... you get on here and whine and whine and whine. And what are you whining about? That someone else is whining. So constructive.<BR/><BR/>Might I also point out that instead of starting your own blog and whining on that, you chose to come to a blog that someone else created and spends many hours maintaining. Hmmm. Seems YOU may be a lazy whiner.<BR/><BR/>Ain't nobody I know down there who isn't working their ass off. And if one gets a little bitchy sometimes, that isn't too surprising.<BR/><BR/>to anyone who hasn't been down there..... mr cubitt's title of "a world of shit" is not just a metaphor....it is a fact of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134101634035850312005-12-08T23:13:00.000-05:002005-12-08T23:13:00.000-05:00It's becoming obvious that some of the anonymous c...It's becoming obvious that some of the anonymous commenters are getting their jollies by stirring the pot here. Pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134100878017911322005-12-08T23:01:00.000-05:002005-12-08T23:01:00.000-05:00Doesn't take much bait to get all you rodents craw...Doesn't take much bait to get all you rodents crawling out of the sewers, does it, you Anon jerks. Tell you what, if you can get your soul back from the Devil, I'll get 3 jobs. Whadaya say?<BR/><BR/>I will quote our Lord Jesus, "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." <BR/><BR/>Anons, you make Christ weep. Do you have no shame? Please, just go away and leave us alone to do what we have to do to get back on our feet. I have family to take care of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134093250259336112005-12-08T20:54:00.000-05:002005-12-08T20:54:00.000-05:00whahhaaa, they gave a job to someone other than me...whahhaaa, they gave a job to someone other than me. Go get a different one, create one, apply for one with the people who did get the contracts.<BR/>And wasn't it outsiders that gave the tons of donations? dillhole!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134092861737923902005-12-08T20:47:00.000-05:002005-12-08T20:47:00.000-05:00Yep, keep blamin the president! If you could get s...Yep, keep blamin the president! <BR/>If you could get some of those folks out there to quit raping pilaging and plundering, you may get some sympathy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134087422038313632005-12-08T19:17:00.000-05:002005-12-08T19:17:00.000-05:00There's an aspect of this commentary that some of ...There's an aspect of this commentary that some of the dumass Anons are overlooking:<BR/><BR/>While I don't expect my government to be Johnny on the Spot handing out miracles and solving everyone's problems, I sure as hell didn't expect them to hinder the recovery efforts. <BR/><BR/>I certainly didn't expect them to hand over the contracts to Haliburton. Those rebuilding contracts should have gone to the local people (that's called jobs, employment, to you Anon yo-yos who keep screaming we should all get back to work). How do you get back to work when the job's been given to an outsider? Explain that. <BR/><BR/>(I wanted to go throw up after hearing that jackass who's squatting in the Oval Office tell us how he's rebuilding Iraq. Bricks and Mortar. Whahoo. Iraq is more important to him than his own country. I guess that's the New Patriotism.) <BR/><BR/>Clayton, don't let these bastards get you down. There's a lot more good people out here than bad, and we're not taking their crap anymore. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for this blog. I gotta go now and decide which photo I want to purchase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134070629794818032005-12-08T14:37:00.000-05:002005-12-08T14:37:00.000-05:00cfromflorida, what part of the comment I left dire...cfromflorida, what part of the comment I left directly before yours did you not understand? This isn't rocket science I'm explaining, sunshine.clayton cubitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01776105970847059304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134060213889655962005-12-08T11:43:00.000-05:002005-12-08T11:43:00.000-05:00What's all this 'get back to work' shit I keep rea...What's all this 'get back to work' shit I keep reading? Is it not apparent to you that he <B>is</B> working, and trying his damndist to rebuild his family's life? In fact, he and many others were hard at work before the hurricane, paying the taxes that fund FEMA. If FEMA is incapable of doing the job we pay them to do, then we all deserve to have the money we pay to fund them returned to us.<BR/><BR/>I don't expect the US government will come to my aid in the event of a major crisis like this. But when they take our hard earned money <B>by force</B> (all taxes are taken by the threat of force) for the ostensive purpose of disaster relief, we damn sure have the right to bitch about it when they don't. This is America goddamnit. And there's a reason this right is the <B>first</B> amendment to our constitution, and not the second or tenth. If you want to live someplace where you don't have to be subjected to hearing complaints about your country's shortcomings, move to Korea or Iran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134054190691493582005-12-08T10:03:00.000-05:002005-12-08T10:03:00.000-05:00Am I the only one here that thinks that it’s a bit...Am I the only one here that thinks that it’s a bit irresponsible to blame the government for all your problems? It’s not the government’s responsibility to see that you’re taken care of in times of crisis; it’s a perk you get for living in this country. The bottom line is that you should take care of yourself, and any help you get from the Feds is a bonus. It may be aggravating as hell and totally mismanaged, but it’s still a privilege, not a right.<BR/><BR/>And another thing: the government doesn’t generate revenue on their own. They get money through citizens in the form of taxes. So to everyone out there collecting federal aid: remember you’re not taking money from some big, faceless agency, you’re taking money from your friends, your neighbors, and people you don’t know, including those of us who had the common sense not to live in a bowl ten feet below sea level.<BR/><BR/>Was Katrina a tragedy? Undoubtedly. Do I feel bad for the thousands of people who share your experience? Absolutely. Have I done my part to help? I sure have. But<BR/>I don’t feel much sympathy for spoiled whiners with a sense of entitlement that believe that all their problems should be solved by the government. Don’t blame FEMA for your problems, blame the hurricane, your choice of a home, and poor civil engineering. As backward as it is, FEMA’s just trying to help.<BR/><BR/>I live in southwest Florida and have been hit by two hurricanes in the last two years. But I acknowledge that it was my choice to live there and my responsibility to be prepared for such a catastrophe. Maybe you should think about all the people out there who are taking care of themselves before you post another whiny rant about how you aren’t getting your handouts in a timely and courteous manner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134036166021938692005-12-08T05:02:00.000-05:002005-12-08T05:02:00.000-05:00Maniacal Bard, and other rah-rah boot-strappers, I...Maniacal Bard, and other rah-rah boot-strappers, I think we can all agree that we're pro-America, and anti-moving to-Norway-or-Canada-or-a-cave-in-Afghanistan. In fact, I'm so proud of America, and being American, that I'd like to fix it. I suggest we change the choice from <I>America: Love it Or Leave It</I>, to <I>America: Love It So Fix It</I>. This means paying attention to the actions of elected officials, and voting the incompetent, lying, stealing, dumbass ones out of office.<BR/><BR/>It also means taking care of your family and friends and neighbors, which, if you've read this blog at all, you'll know I'm all about. This whole blog has been DIY American action, self-sufficiency and citizen helping citizen. Read it. Yes, sometimes I'm going to bitch about a lame bureaucracy, sometimes I'm going to moan about the ill fortune that's befallen us. I also sometimes glow in the good fortune we've found. Good days, bad days. Life. It's all in here.<BR/><BR/>You'll find some of us are so proud to be American, so red white and blue patriotic, that we want to go way past just helping our immediate circle of fellow Americans, and we want to help Americans clear across country. In situations like this, when maybe we can't get off work, or we've got kids at home, and yet our fellow citizens are facing some enormous obstacle, we invented this thing called government. It should, when run properly, take care of a lot of the things we can't do by ourselves as puny little individuals.<BR/><BR/>Like deal with the recovery and rebuilding from a <I>Category 4 hurricane the size of Great Britain.</I><BR/><BR/>We know it's possible:<BR/>http://operationeden.blogspot.com/2005/12/eight-years-two-americas.html<BR/><BR/>Is the government the answer to all things? Is it the only place to look to for action? Is it inherently evil? Must it be useless? No. No. No. And, no.<BR/><BR/>We're supposed to be living with a government <I>of the people, for the people, and by the people</I>, it will be what we make of it. Be part of the solution. America: Love it, so fix it. It's not complicated.clayton cubitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01776105970847059304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134030863276946792005-12-08T03:34:00.000-05:002005-12-08T03:34:00.000-05:00Well, some of you got it, and some of you are extr...Well, some of you got it, and some of you are extremely well spoken and i understand your statements. <BR/><BR/>I know that all of you are hard working, ass kicking Americans. The point I have been trying to make is that, yes, the hurricanes sucked alot of ass!! I feel for ya, I donated, I want you to succeed, I want you to overcome this, But I refuse to listen to a world of shit, and merry fuckin christmas and anything else! <BR/><BR/>I lived through a devastating flood, i know people that fema helped....and more that they didn't help and i also know you can do it with or without them!<BR/> I know that if your waiting for the government to help you out, you'll just keep on waiting... i know Americans have been overcoming obsticals (apparently I don't know how to spell obstacles) for decades and they/we will continue to do so. I know that you all have huge hearts and i know that those of you who stay marrowed in sorrow will not get very far. And one very cool thing, is that I know I can sit here and yell at you guys and you can yell at me, and the government/the man or anyone else will not walk in my office and arrest me or tell us that we can't rip on each other. We have this right and much much more because we are AMERICANS...the most giving, caring, hard working bunch of ass kickin sons of bitches in the world! Try that anywhere else in the world and see what happens. Call me Douchebag, asshole or anything else you want, without fear of anything happening to you....and you do that because of who you are.... an American. I'd give the shirt off my back and my last dollar if I thought you'd use it wiseley...Take care you soggy sons of bitches! Now get to work, and keep the south wierd, and whatever else it is you feel the need to do!<BR/><BR/>Drive fast....take chances!<BR/><BR/>Maniacal BardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134024892222546392005-12-08T01:54:00.000-05:002005-12-08T01:54:00.000-05:00Maniacal Bard - My name is Charlotte and I live in...Maniacal Bard - My name is Charlotte and I live in New Orleans. No, I won't post my last name or email because there are too many wacko's on the net. No reference to you, just sayin...<BR/>I am up at this late hour not because I just got home from work, but because I am looking for jobs on the internet, as I do daily, because my company bailed out like so many others after the storm. I'm not whining. I had flood insur even tho I live in a so-called no flood zone, so I did get insurance money to pay for my home repairs. Yes, I realize I live in a bowl surrounded by water and within 20 ft of the MS river & I choose to continue to live here. I am one of the lucky ones to have gotten thru Katrina so well. Maybe that's why I feel so strongly for those who lost EVERYTHING, not just material things but family and the means to support what family is left. If you could see the mountains and mountains of debris and whole areas of this city wiped out, you might feel the passion too. It looks like a bomb was dropped, literally. There is not a single person in this area that hasn't been affected by this disaster. There is nowhere in this city that doesn't show the effects, nowhere you can go to escape it. I could go on & on but I won't. One more thing, I've said before & will continue to say how thankful we are for all the volunteers who came down & helped us out and for all those who donated in any way. And I'm really sad that you think your donation was abused.TravelingMermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08616443915730559621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1134003898787708702005-12-07T20:04:00.000-05:002005-12-07T20:04:00.000-05:00Oh wow...I am disgusted by some of the comments he...Oh wow...I am disgusted by some of the comments here. Since when is applying for tax-funded disaster relief a whiny, selfish thing to do? Part of the reason we pay taxes is for government programs to help those who need it. An example of one of those programs is (gasp) disaster relief! I'd certainly hesitate to tell someone who has lost their house, neighbors, and town that they have no need of help. As someone pointed out above, this isn't a lone person deciding to randomly ask the government for money, this is someone suffering from a national disaster accepting money offered to everyone in their situation, only to be turned down because of red tape.<BR/>I'm sure NPR would air this story if someone sent it to them. They're reputable and nationwide, so hopefully someone would take notice and fix the situation, or you would at least get enough donations to help buy your mom a new home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1133998659908544892005-12-07T18:37:00.000-05:002005-12-07T18:37:00.000-05:00You think the people in Indonesia got massive gove...<I>You think the people in Indonesia got massive government assistance?</I><BR/><BR/>Um, yeah, they did. A big chunk from our own government, in fact.<BR/><BR/><I>You are all still alive, and living better than most of the world.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, a pretty large group of people aren't still alive. And the ones that are aren't necessarily living better than the rest of the world (as revealed in this <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1132832,00.html" REL="nofollow">TIME cover story</A> from a few weeks ago). I'm sure you're assuming that because you live in the Gran' Ole US of A that everything in the Gulf Coast must be fine by now. But it's not, and that's the whole point.<BR/><BR/>You, and the other comments like you, need to educate yourself before you start spouting rhetoric you picked up from talk radio.Spencer Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06850254032247325438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16914335.post-1133988159750083622005-12-07T15:42:00.000-05:002005-12-07T15:42:00.000-05:00WHO IS WHINING????Don't y'all get it YET????People...WHO IS WHINING????Don't y'all get it YET????People in Indonesia got some assistance from their own government but THEY also got ALOt FROM THE USA,without the hassles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com