My Two Cents

First let me start off by saying how incredibly sorry I am for all those families that are being ripped to shreds by this horrendous tradegy. I sit here in my home, every day, watching the news and feeling completley helpless, useless, and very frightened about what would happen to us if another natural disaster should occur any time soon.

I would also like to point out my absolute disgust at our own government. We have known for well over 10 years that something like this could happen to New Orleans. I can't even count the number of times I've watched some program on Discovery talking about what "COULD" happen in this situation. Was anything done? No. Our so called "government" has seriously dropped the ball. And I'm not talking about just with this storm. Ever since Bush was elected, we have found ourselves let down time and time again. Like a bad relationship where your partner does nothing but take advantage of your niceness, Bush has let us down over and over again. I hear Bush saying the National Guard is on their way, but I can't help but think "How? They are all over in Iraq fighting the same war your Daddy tried to start but couldn't get the backing." We are losing more and more troops each and every single day, more Americans are losing their lives over there, and thanks to the constant news coverage, we have become more desensitized. Each and every day since Katrina hit, Americans are losing their lives right here, IN OUR OWN COUNTRY!! And the help was too late in coming for those fellow country men. I lose so much sleep at night thinking about those children that didn't have a choice in the matter, and had to stay there, and now they are either in a much better place, or they are in a living hell.

9/11 was a horrible day that will live on in all of our minds forever. None of us will EVER forget where we were or what we were doing when those planes crashed into the towers. But do you know where you were when people began losing their lives in New Orleans? What were you doing when the flood waters started to rise and trapped people in their homes?