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lv-ab: FW: What I Have Seen and Not Seen re: Katrina]

From: brian aylen (no email)
Date: Wed Oct 05 2005 - 12:49:32 EDT

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    Here's another...

    >Subject: RE: What I Have Seen and Not Seen re: Katrina]
    >
    >AMEN BROTHER!
    >
    >NOT A SINGLE THING HERE ON THIS PAGE THAT DOESN'T SOUND EXACTLY RIGHT TO
    >ME.
    >NO SUPRISES AT ALL. ONCE AGAIN ITS THE BED ROCK ORGANIZATIONS COMPOSED OF
    >REGULAR AMERICANS, INDIGINOUS TO THE FABRIC AND HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY
    >DOING WHAT THEY FEEL IS THEIR DUTY. .......AND THE POLITICIANS AND
    >BLOOD-SUCKING, POLITICALLY CORRECT ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING FOR PERSONAL GAIN
    >OR A WAY TO COVER THEIR BEHINDS. BUSINESS AS USUAL.
    >
    >THE AVERAGE AND ABOVE AVERAGE AMERICANS IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY THAT MAKE THIS
    >COUNTRY REALLY WORK.... NOT GOVERNMENT. WITHOUT THEM, THE GOVERNMENT
    >WOULDN'T HAVE A POT TO PEA IN.
    >
    >NOW I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER
    >
    >
    >
    > Read to the bottom of "What I have not seen "Subject: Aftermath of
    >Katrina
    >
    >
    > To my friends and family: >>From a Mc Comb Resident
    >
    > 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.
    >
    > The Red Cross doing a job in the shelters. The Salvation Army doing
    >a great job in the community.
    >
    > Four Hundred crewman 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 Mc Comb along with
    >Kentucky policemen protecting us from the hoodlums and thugs of Mc Comb,
    >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.
    >
    >

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