Craig Clayton

Hurricane Katrina: Political Ranting and Raving

September 1st, 2005

I love how blogs have become the new place to dump your idea’s, but let’s face it - some of the things coming out of people’s fingertips is absolutely ridicilious. (obviously misspelled)

I can’t even comprehend what has happened in New Orleans. I have a buddy, Heath Bittel, that lives there with his wife. Heath is probably one of the more charitable people I know. We used to do all kinds of things to help people in Murray when we were roommates (move in day, etc)….

I am concerned for him - why? He lives about an hour from New Orleans. They are evacuating these “crazed” people from the city to areas near his home. When I say “crazed” i mean it justly. Trust me, you take away every material thing I have or that I want, starve me for three to four days, and lets see how sane I appear!

Never the less, Heath is trying to help these people as an emergency coordinator for his company and as member of a Church.

There are people right now trying to blame this on everything. Let’s blame God, let’s blame Jesus, let’s blame the president, let’s blame FEMA, let’s blame the blue states, let’s blame the red states, let’s blame ourselves….

The truth? We live in a world where nothing is guarenteed(spelling, again?). You might _feel_ in control, but in reality, at any moment, it could be taken away from you. These poor people in New Orleans are victims. We should do everything in our power to help them. We should be understanding of their state of mind - Seriously, everything they have probably lived for is gone!

I encourage you to be like Heath Bittel - Give all you can give to help. Be positive, stop blaming God, and the president, and FEMA, and our troops, and the police. PRAY for these people. Money and Aid will come through PRAYER. I’ll be honest, tonight at 9pm was the first time i’ve watched any real “coverage” of what is happening. Why? I guess I am scared of what it would reveal to me - and now that I’ve seen it, I know what I was scared of ….

I hope this makes some sort of sense.

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