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The new issue of inflammatory French magazine Charlie Hebdo appears to mock the death and utter devastation wrought by Tropical Storm Harvey. “God Exists! He Drowned All the Neo-Nazis of Texas,” the weekly mag’s cover screams. An illustration of half-submerged swastika flags and arms giving the Nazi salute accompanies the headline. Critics were quick to blast the mag for poking fun at the mega-disaster, which claimed at least 37 lives and displaced tens of thousands of people. “So the idiots at Charlie Hebdo are cheering the #Houston #Harvey disaster b/c they claim it drowned neo-Nazis. WTF?!” tweeted conservative pundit Debbie...

Matt Wuerker, the leftwing editorial cartoonist for the leftwingPolitico, was met with almost universal condemnation Wednesday for a ‘toon that not only mocked the victims of Hurricane Harvey, but mocked the victims in most desperate need, those requiring rescue from rooftops. Utilizing that form of bigotry and hate that will always be acceptable among the Beautiful People, Wuerker managed to lump all Texans into a single GodTardingRacistSecessionist. Ugly, ugly stuff. [...] In summation… In the middle of a historic hurricane devastating God knows how many thousands and thousands of Texans, the cultural supremacists at Politico are stereotyping those very same Texans in the...

In an unbelievably classless move, Politco tweeted out the latest political cartoon from illustrator Matt Wuerker that actually mocked Texas victims of Hurricane Harvey, portraying them as Confederate sympathizers who want to secede from the United States. In addition, the Politico cartoonist thought it appropriate to deride people’s faith as well, with a man dressed in a shirt with a Confederate flag being rescued from his rooftop and declaring: “Angels! Sent by God!” A Coast Guard pilot was shown correcting him: “Er, actually Coast Guard...Sent by the government.”

Reform Jewish Leader Responds to New Orleans Mayor Comments Linking God and Destruction from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita In response to the comments made by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin stating "Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country," Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement noting, “Mayor Nagin’s comments yesterday, suggesting that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck our land because, ‘God is mad at America’ are offensive, misguided, and perhaps even more to the point,...

SIERRA VISTA - Students at Buena and Tombstone high schools, plus several other schools, have come up with fund-raisers for victims of Hurricane Katrina. In Tom Heller's chemistry class at Buena, students are using a sticky piece of canvas to help hurricane victims. "I don't allow chewing (gum) in my class. I have (students) put it on the gum board. I call it gum art," Heller said. "I taped off the corners so we could frame it," he said of the 81/2-inch by 11-inch canvas that displays a colorful and oddly shaped array of chewing gum. Heller said he had...

Subj: FW: Worth the Read !! This (unfortunately) hits it right on the head. Well worth the read. Welfare State by Robert Tracinski Sep 02, 2005 It has taken four long days for state and federal officials to figure out how to deal with the disaster in New Orleans. I can't blame them, because it has also taken me four long days to figure out what is going on there. The reason is that the events there make no sense if you think that we are confronting a natural disaster. If this is just a natural disaster, the response for...

<p>The disaster efforts are a disaster itself.Why did it took 4 days of suffering four these people to get any aide till it was sent to them?It was now a week of this BS!!If Rudolf Guiliani is mayor he would've done it a better job than this.This was acceptable!! It's was partly to blame on both the Clinton and Bush administrations for cutbacks of the funds for to fix the leveys of New Orleans.I thought these folks would've had a better chance of survival if the leveys were fixed like they were supposed to.Instead,the money was rerouted to fight the Iraqi War and hailliburton!To hell with wars as far as I'm concerned.The evacuees of New Orleans,Mississippi and Alabama are more important than human life is more important right now.We've got people dropping dead out there and more to come man!This is a disaster of the bible's proportions and one that residents of Louisiana had feared for years would happen.There nightmare has now reached the fruition and their are still peeple in that god-forsaken superdome still waiting to get out of that cesspool,hellhole that is full of human boddies with the unbearable stench of dead bodies,human waste and mold.How the hell can the National Guard force the remaining 10,000 peeple to remain in such an environment?This is excusable!! They should let those people sleep outside in the open-air where it's much better than inside that disease-brewing superdome.What do they intend to do if a disease pandemic results from this?They obviously don't think about that.Somebody has to be accountable for the dead.If theier is people looting in the streets of New Orleans it's because they do that to survive.They are starving for Christ's sake.Do you blame them? What is wrong with looting?!?! When it comes down to stealing you gotta do what you gotta do to do-even if it means breaking some laws.There's still peaple in flooded areas still waiting to be saved.By the time help comes their way,more will be dead.There's no cents in rebuilding this town because it is built in a stupid way by 3 bodies of water.Who the hell in their right mind would want to take another chance and go back to that?So what if they rebuild the city.It's still in danger of being wiped out again of Katrina!Anyway,this is one big flop-up that will be on the minds of voters next election.Keep your eyes glued to the TV because more dead are on the way and it's all BUSH'S FAULT!</p>

How To Help Hurricane VictimsAugust 30, 2005 FEMA lists the following agencies as needing monetary donations to assist hurricane victims: • American Red Cross 1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English 1-800-257-7575 Spanish • Operation Blessing 1-800-436-6348 • America's Second Harvest 1-800-344-8070 • Adventist Community Services 1-800-381-7171 • Catholic Charities, USA 703 549-1390 • Christian Disaster Response 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554 • Christian Reformed World Relief Committee 1-800-848-5818 • Church World Service 1-800-297-1516 • Convoy of Hope 417-823-8998 • Lutheran Disaster Response 800-638-3522 • Mennonite Disaster Service 717-859-2210 • Nazarene Disaster Response 888-256-5886 • Presbyterian Disaster Assistance 800-872-3283 • Salvation Army 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769) •...

Maybe I missed it, but I have a question: Where's the global relief effort for us today? New Orleans is under water. Mississippi is a disaster. Scores are dead. Homes are destroyed. Businesses are shut down. When this kind of stuff happens to other folks, we're there. When this kind of stuff happens to us, who's here? I know we're a rich country. But I think it a bit rich so few call to wish us well in this country. Perhaps some have and perhaps I've missed it. Still, others never miss a chance to bash us if we've done...