Enterprise, Alabama vs. NOLA
We watched with trepidation and sorrow as they carried the bodies of dead and injured youth out of a fallen high school. We watched with anger as the media harrased and belittled a mayor who was under an amount of stress that would have leveled most good men. And we watched as nieghbors rolled up thier sleeves, dug in and started to clean up, rebuild and bury the dead.
Nobody went looting.
Nobody went and "borrowed" anything they "needed" from Caddy dealers and unsuspecting citiczens.
If you needed help, it was there before you asked.
People opened thier slightly or un-damaged homes to those with no place to stay, no questions asked.
Nobody blamed Bush.
Nobody blamed FEMA.
Contrast that with the Katrina disaster and you see the polar opposite to the above items. Now im not saying Katrina and the recent tornado's were anything alike. The tornados damaged at most a dozen square miles or so. Katrina leveled thousands.
And don't come whining to me and say it was because most Katrina victims were black and Enterprise is all white. BS. Enterprise is about 26% black and a few percent other minorities as well.
Where i come from if someone is hurtin' you do what you can to make it right. Whether it be a 50$ bill or a hot meal or a place to sleep for a few nights. It doesnt matter if they're white, black, red or purple. Its all about the KIND of people and how they treat others.
THe Katrina "victims" expected a handout from uncle sam the minute they had something go wrong. When the storm clouds abated, the people from Enterprise got up, looked around, and got to work. They didnt need a government man to say go here, do this. They just did what needed to be done.
Bad shit happens to good people. That's life. If it ever happens to me and mine, i hope i can be as good a person as the folks from Enterprise are.
Nobody went looting.
Nobody went and "borrowed" anything they "needed" from Caddy dealers and unsuspecting citiczens.
If you needed help, it was there before you asked.
People opened thier slightly or un-damaged homes to those with no place to stay, no questions asked.
Nobody blamed Bush.
Nobody blamed FEMA.
Contrast that with the Katrina disaster and you see the polar opposite to the above items. Now im not saying Katrina and the recent tornado's were anything alike. The tornados damaged at most a dozen square miles or so. Katrina leveled thousands.
And don't come whining to me and say it was because most Katrina victims were black and Enterprise is all white. BS. Enterprise is about 26% black and a few percent other minorities as well.
Where i come from if someone is hurtin' you do what you can to make it right. Whether it be a 50$ bill or a hot meal or a place to sleep for a few nights. It doesnt matter if they're white, black, red or purple. Its all about the KIND of people and how they treat others.
THe Katrina "victims" expected a handout from uncle sam the minute they had something go wrong. When the storm clouds abated, the people from Enterprise got up, looked around, and got to work. They didnt need a government man to say go here, do this. They just did what needed to be done.
Bad shit happens to good people. That's life. If it ever happens to me and mine, i hope i can be as good a person as the folks from Enterprise are.
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