An example of misrepresentation

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Fw: From a McComb, Mississippi Resident

 

WOW..this says it all!!!!

McComb aftermath of Katrina

 

To my friends and family: From a McComb, Mississippi Resident

 

What I have seen since Katrina:

 

The poor and the wealthy hurt by the storm.

 

Black, white, Hispanic, Oriental and Indian all hurt by the storm.

 

Christian people giving, giving, giving.

 

Churches going all out to minister in Jesus' name.

 

Neighbors going door to door helping one another.

 

Thugs and hoodlums going door to door looking for someone vulnerable.

 

Ice and water being fought over as police tried to keep the peace.

 

People coming up from New Orleans taking over empty houses because

shelters are full.

 

Out of town volunteers coming with food and staying for now a week

still serving it.

 

The Churches all over this part of the country doing what Christians

do in a crisis.

 

The Red Cross doing a great job in the shelters.

 

The Salvation Army doing a great job in the community.

 

Four Hundred crewman from everywhere bring back the power to our

homes, churches and businesses.

 

Lines at service stations a block to a mile long.

 

National Guardsman patrolling the streets of Mc Comb along with

Kentucky policemen protecting us from the hoodlums and thugs of Mc

Comb, Pike County and New Orleans (the most dangerous city in the

world before Katrina).

 

Drug dealers working outside shelters.

 

Doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel working tirelessly, even

sleeping in the hospital to do the job God called them to do.

 

 

WHAT I HAVE NOT SEEN;

 

The ACLU setting up a feeding line.

 

People for the American Way helping in the shelters.

 

The NAACP doing any work whatsoever.

 

The American Atheist organization serving meals in the shelters.

 

Jesse Jackson directing traffic at the gas stations.

 

 

I could go on but you get my message. Its the Christian people with

love and compassion who do the work.

 

The gripers in Congress should come on down and get in line to pass

the water and the ice. Are you listening Hillary, Chuck, Teddy and

all the sorry loafers we call Senators and Congressmen. They don't

have a clue as to what this life is all about here on the Gulf Coast.

 

Boy I feel better now.

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My Response - Uma

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" In a national press conference today at Amritapuri, Amma announced

that the Mata Amritanandamayi Center (U. S. based non-profit

organization), will provide $1 million in aid to help victims of

Hurricane Katrina...."

 

http://www.ammachi.org/humanitarian-activities/get-

involved/Katrina/monetary-aid.html

 

"The religious response to Katrina victims offers an extraordinary

window into the religious diversity of America and different

traditions' motivations and methods for giving. Louisiana,

Mississippi and Alabama are viewed, in religious terms, as Bible Belt

states. But a striking range of faith groups are raising money and

sending volunteers to the area. Even faiths with small numbers in

America, such as the Sikhs, have several organizations offering

aid...."

http://www.religionlink.org/tip_050919b.php

 

There are numerous efforts underway all over by a variety of groups

and individuals of alllll faiths. Most groups (especially those of

eastern faiths) don't believe in advertising their efforts or loudly

patting themselves on their back, and the biased media doesn't like

to carry the efforts made by people of faiths other than mainstream

Christian. For individuals to promote an attitude that compassion and

assistance is a monopoly of one faith versus another is pathetic!

 

"....New Orleans (the most dangerous city in the world before

Katrina)......." Where was the "love and compassion" of these self

righteous groups that allowed a city to get so pathetically poor and

downtrodden, which was unmasked by Katrina?

 

The divisive attitude of "Mine is better than yours", is one of the

root causes for the mess in our world today. One yardstick of

measuring the true value of an institution is whether they bring

people together or they divide. I think everyone in every single

faith needs to remember their own role in the chaos on our earth

planet.

 

Thanks

 

_/\_ Tat Twam Asi (That Thou Art)