"Ops, Sorry! I thought this was New Orleans. "
Posted on 06/18/2008 4:31:56 AM PDT by Gillmeister
The recent devastating flooding in our heartland raised 1 question in my mind........
I realize many counties hate us due to our corrupt lib media telling lies around the world how awful we are, but the USA has always helped in natural disasters more than any other country..........so is it too much to ask for some in return?
I know this is a stupid non-issue with alot of people, but it bugs me that we have not heard of ANY support from any other country.
Reminds me of an old song by the Kinks, “Help Me Now I’m Falling.” -—
I remember
When you were down
And you needed a helping hand
I came to feed you
But now that I need you
You won’t give me a second glance
Now I’m calling on citizens from all over the world
This is captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I’m falling
Help me now I’m calling you
Catch me now I’m falling
I’m in your hands, it’s up to you
Catch me now, I’m falling
I remember
When you were down
You would always come running to me
I never denied you
And I would guide you through your difficulties
Now I’m calling on citizens from all over the world
This is captain America calling
I built you up when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I’m falling
Help me now I’m calling you
Catch me now I’m falling...”
It don’t matter, Bubba. We’ll get by just fine without them, and we’ll still be there for them when they need our help because that’s just the way we are. We’re Americans. Nobody could do more. We could do no less.
Canada routinely stands with us and to some extent, so does Mexico.
The Iranian hostages, 9/11 and Katrina come to mind.
Carolyn
and the question is....
...did george bush cause the flooding?
Why have state and local governments from the flooded areas ignored this problem until now when it’s too late?
Ignored what problem? When lots and lots of water falls in the same place in a short period of time, there is going to be flooding.
Mexico has sent many people in advance of this event, so they would be prepared to assist.
This raises an interesting question:
Who is America’s best friend?
Hands down, the answer must be England and Australia.
Can you say infrastructure?
Cedar Rapids, which had the worst flooding, had also upgraded their levee system during the past 15 years. Sometimes, nature trumps what we can do to hold it back.
Like some great big drains or something?
They understand as we do that we are in the best shape and position to take care of ourselves. We never ask for help.
"George Bush does not care about Midwestern white people..." :)
I never looked at it that way.... I guess they were there for 911 and Katrina as well. Looks like we have some apologizing to do and some crow to eat. (IALMAO)
LOL!
I realize the Midwest flooding is bad and I am NOT minimizing it, but are you really comparing it to a tidal wave (or hurricane or earthquake) that kills tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people and leaves millions homeless and starving in countries without the resources or the competent aid agencies to do anything about it?
Many, many countries DID offer help after Katrina. And there are in fact many, many lesser disasters in foreign countries that the U.S. doesn’t send aid for.
"Ops, Sorry! I thought this was New Orleans. "
especially when those towns are built on major rivers...duh!!!
This would not happen if George Bush would sign damn Kyoto. I think he caused the flood in the Bible. I know it is there somewhere.
We here in Cedar Rapids had the infrastructure in place. Flood stage here is 12 feet. We’d seen 20 feet back in the 1920s. The infrastructure was prepared for 22 or 24 feet of water. That seemed like ample margine.
Last week, we crested at 30.5 feet. We flooded beyond our 500 year flood plain - and we’d never had a 100 year flood.
So shut up about what the state and local government should have done. They did their job. When the water came down, local officials and volunteers did theirs. In some places, it wasn’t enough, so now our job is clean up.
We don’t blame FEMA, Bush, the Fedaral, state, or local government, God, Halliburton, or anyone else. There was just a lot of rain.
Amen...from up by Waterloo/Cedar Falls myslef.
Hands down, the answer must be England and Australia.
I would add Canada, Japan, and Israel to the list.
Has anybody spotted Lootie down there?
Here is Gordon Sinclair’s fine piece on the Americans. All the people in the flooding have our prayers and best wishes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ_okAgAUGE
Amen. Props from Iowa City.
Having spent three months on a bagging team during the floods of 1993 I can offer some insight.
At one point as the river was Missouri was rising they told all the sandbaggers on top of the levees to put on life jackets because the levees had become mud and they could have collapsed at any moment. Everyone did so. No one left.
160,000 volunteers bagged, cooked and ran supplies during that effort.It was as close to total war as I have ever seen.
The levees finally blew out when to river crested 14 feet above the sandbags. No one had any regrets, because we gave that river one hell of a fight.
The people of Iowa are putting up a very stiff fight; they are standing their ground and they will recover quickly because of that.
God Bless you Iowa...
Isn’t there some kind of EPA rule that says if things are wet for more than 10 days in a year it is automatically declared “wetlands”?
Does this mean we need to evacuate the entire midwest so we can prserve this great national treasure... ie our “wetlands”?
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