[Rhodes22-list] Jim White's response

[Wally Buck]

Jim,

Well said.

Wally


>From: Jim White <lemenagerie22 at yahoo.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Jim White's response
>Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:22:15 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I guess I'm a little dense? Attention to what? I might not be the sharpest 
>tool in the shed, but it certainly didn't take a natural disaster to wake 
>me up. I just try and stay out of political bickering...it's generally 
>nonproductive.
>
>We're pretty well aware of what hurricanes (and other disasters) bring here 
>on the coast of the Lone Star State. There but by the grace of God.
>
>Back when I was a kid, Hurricane Beulah did us a number, flattened an 
>already tortilla flat piece of real estate, and inundated us with 
>floodwaters that lasted clear into the 1980's. We got brushed again this 
>year...
>
>I agree with you about politicians staying away...they're for the most part 
>probably not good for much other than lying to us and living off of the 
>government payroll.
>
>For the most part, I think we're all doing as much as we can to help out, 
>individually and personally. I view that effort with extreme pride, and see 
>the complainers and do nothing folks for what they are.
>
>Have I missed anything?
>jw
>
>
>
>ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>Jim:
>Now we know it takes a disaster to get your attention. However, it
>is probably better that most of the politicians stay away. They could
>really screw things up on scene. Unfortunately the news media thinks that
>they could help.
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Jim White
>Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:44 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Blame the Republicans, Deomcrats, you and I
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>
>I make it a rule not to usually chime in on this sort of thing, but I've
>just heard so much of this kind of thing in the past few days that I felt
>obligated too. So forgive my indulgence.
>
>Here in Texas we have hosted over 250,000 folks from NOLA.....At the risk 
>of
>starting a fiery hailstorm: How many has NY taken in?
>
>Texas can and will accommodate as many of the victims of this tragedy as
>possible. It's in our nature. We'll do the best we can. And it is sort of
>scary....we have a tenuous economic balance as it is, and crowding
>multitudes of people into common areas invites all sorts of trouble (black,
>white or otherwise...it's the human ANIMAL), but we're willing to take the
>chance and risk it, try and provide some solutions, some hope and comfort
>because they're AMERICANS who are hurting, and we're good neighbors. You'd
>do it for us right?
>
>I assume Herb (another Texan) is currently assisting with the rescue and
>recovery effort, as are many from here. That too is in our nature. Please
>list for me politicians or partisans on both sides of the coin (I know BIll
>Frist is one), who are overe there rolling up their sleeves and helping 
>out.
>Where is Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank or Hillary Clinton? Where is Newt
>Gingrich, John Cornyn or Kay Bailey Hutchinson (the latter two, Republicans
>from Texas)? When you start counting on politicains and administrations to
>"help out", you might as well pee into the wind.
>
>Our tiny City of Port Isabel (population 2500) has a number of displaced
>families, with five kids (as of last Friday) already enrolled in the local
>high school, (which has a graduating class of under 100), I'm sure we'll
>probably see more. They're welcome here.
>
>The devistation from that hurricane was unprecidented, and certainly there
>were failures at all levels and with all political persuasions, that's to 
>be
>expected. We all gave them license to behave badly in Washington, our State
>Capitols and local governing bodies, did you research your candidates 
>(every
>one of them) record each time you voted, or did you just vote for your
>party? Maybe it's time for a total housecleaning, both sides of the isle?
>Maybe this thing is showing us how much of a failure both sides are, and
>like Brad says, maybe we ought to be Boy Scout prepared....
>
>This isn't about racial inequality or any such crap and you know it.
>Politicizing this situation exacerbates the agony, heartbreak and
>frustration we all feel. It's not about an administration....it's about a
>country, and dammit we need to work together to try and solve this mess.
>jw
>
>
>
>And now this news from Barbara Bush:
>
>"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in
>Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality and so many of the
>people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this
>is working very well for them."
>
>Bill Effros
>
>
>
>
>
>Jim White
>Le Menagerie
>www.lemenagerie.blogspot.com
>
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