[Vision2020] Lack of Compassion

Tue Sep 6 13:10:02 PDT 2005

A saying my Gram would use to remind me just how fortunate we were when we 
would see people living on the street and I would complain that we had 
little more to eat than potatoes and "ketchup" soup (again!):

"There, but for the Grace of God, go I."

We need to be thankful for our fortune and be willing to help those in 
desperate need as LA and MI are now.  It COULD happen here, it COULD be us 
there, it COULD be one day soon that we may need help and we would not want 
others to say "Why didn't they just move/work harder/stop being poor/be a 
different race, etc.

Since the water in LA/MI has been contaminated for days, just where do you 
expect them to fill their "milk jugs" from?  Since their homes/lives have 
been lost, where do you expect them to go to start over?  Since there are 
families displaced and separated from one another, where do you expect them 
to turn to find their family members or to be found by them?  Since the 
roads out of town have been flooded/bridges destroyed, just how do you 
expect the Governor to have gotten buses in there before they did?

Wailing at God is something that Job did after he lost everything and God 
not only listened, He had compassion and mercy on His child and doubled his 
losses.

Pat, shame on you for your lack of compassion and simple humanity.

J  :(

>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "'Pat Kraut'" <pkraut at moscow.com>, "'vision2020'" 
><vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: @SPAM+++++++++   Re: [Vision2020] Mississippi and FEMA
>Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 05:36:10 -0700

>Thank you, Ms Kraut, for sharing the "insights" below.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"If not us, who?
>If not now, when?"
>
>- Unknown
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
>On Behalf Of Pat Kraut
>Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:02 PM
>To: vision2020
>Subject: Re: @SPAM+++++++++ Re: [Vision2020] Mississippi and FEMA
>
> >From the survey seems to say the split is just about the same as here. 
>But
>what I am hearing is a lot of questions and attacks directed to the
>President which is unfair.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Harkins" <jeffh at moscow.com>
>To: "Pat Kraut" <pkraut at moscow.com>
>Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 7:55 PM
>Subject: Re: @SPAM+++++++++ Re: [Vision2020] Mississippi and FEMA
>
>
>Offline
>
>Hi Pat,
>
>I fear we are alone in this dialogue here.  I
>have enjoyed your comments and appreciate your insights.
>
>Some folks just don't get the concepts:
>
>Personal accountability
>Self-reliance
>State Sovereignty
>The difference between a helping hand and a handout
>The government can't make life perfect - only the individual can do that.
>
>At 04:48 PM 9/5/2005, you wrote:
> >I once has someone who went to Christ Church explain to me that those 
>from
> >Georgia felt differently about the Civil War and I fear this comes under
>the
> >same description. I am sure that the south feels that they have been
> >slighted by the Feds. They have raved for years and they are well trained
>to
> >seek the help of the Feds, not do anything to help themselves. I do not
>care
> >how poor they are they could have filled some milk jugs with water. The
> >mayor could have gotten the buses from the schools and bused them out. 
>The
> >National Guard is busy doing a lot of things that is what they are 
>trained
> >for and what we are paying them to do. You might as well wail at God for
>the
> >timing of Katrina while the guard is stretched.
> >I am watching Lt Gen Carl Strock on C-Span right now and he is most
> >fasinating.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> >To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 1:39 PM
> >Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Mississippi and FEMA
> >
> >
> >Again, form the Sun-Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi):
> >
> >"By Saturday [September 3, 2005], not much had improved in some areas.
> >Hancock County had one FEMA representative on site, and he was looking 
>for
>a
> >place to establish operations."
> >
> >From:
> >
> >http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/special_packages/hurricane_katr
>i
> >na/12562564.htm
> >
> >Well, Mr. Harkins . . . Is this the best that FEMA can provide seven days
> >after the hurricane?
> >
> >Tom Hansen
> >Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >
> >"If not us, who?
> >If not now, when?"
> >
> >- Unknown
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com 
>[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> >On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
> >Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 12:34 PM
> >To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >Subject: [Vision2020] Mississippi and FEMA
> >
> >Greetings Visionaires -
> >
> >Mr. harkins stated that the blame for lack of sufficient response should 
>be
> >limited to local authorities, specifically local authorities in the New
> >Orleans area.  He stated that all is fairly well concerning FEMA nad 
>other
> >areas, like Mississippi.
> >
> >As much as I would like to believe you, Mr. Harkin, the Sun-Herald 
>(Biloxi,
> >Mississippi) has something different to say:
> >
> >http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/12566982.htm
> >
> >Tom Hansen
> >Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >"law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice, and when 
>they
> >fail in this purpose, they become the dangerously structured dams that
>block
> >the flow of social progress."
> >
> >- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
> >
> >
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