From a McComb, Mississippi Resident

[Por_sha911]

The following note was sent by a resident of McComb Mississippe and has not been edited. It may not be what you want to hear, but it is how the people feel.

______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 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 McComb along with Kentucky policemen protecting us from the hoodlums and thugs of McComb, 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. It is the Christian people who do the work, with love and compassion.

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.

[Por_sha911]

What, no comments?

[jorian]

errr....nice car! mines the same year.

OK how was that?

[2.7RACER]

por_sha911,
More truth in your post than I've seen in all the lib vs. conservative yattering.
Thanks for bringing us your post. And God Bless.

[gaijindabe]

Tons of good stuff happinging out there that is not covered in the media. If it is not Big Goverment taking care of things - they dont want to know.

[IROC]

According to what the Jehovah's Witnesses told my wife the other day, Katrina was god's doing. If that's true (they certainly seemed to believe it), it seems like Christians lining up to help afterwards is sorta like the fire department setting people's houses on fire and then saying "see what good people we are for putting out these fires".

Having said that, I think anyone who helps out down there should be commended.
Mike

[techweenie]

Originally posted by Por_sha911
What, no comments?

To me, it seems a pretty moronic commentary.

If the ACLU isn't there, neither is the Family Research Council.

If People for the American Way isn't there, neither is the Christian Coalition.

I don't know what the "American Atheist organization" is, but I'll guarantee there are non-Christians doing rescue work.

If Jesse Jackson is not directing traffic, is Pat Robertson?

This notion that only Christians are doing the good work is pretty un-Christian.

MoveOn.org generated about 200,000 volunteered rooms/beds for refugees. All of the other organizations mentioned raised relief funds. To sneer at other groups without making an effort to find out what they are doing is not what Jesus would do.

[einreb]

Originally posted by Por_sha911
They don't have a clue as to what this life is all about here on the Gulf Coast.

Ah... reposting 'unedited' emails off the interwebs. Comedy gold. The specific reference to the ACLU and NAACP not 'doing any work whatsoever' is priceless.

[jorian]

How come these "Christians" always keep score?

[einreb]

Pride

[dhoward]

Originally posted by jorian
How come these "Christians" always keep score?

How else will they know who 'wins'?

[techweenie]

Pat Robertson implied that (his) God sent Katrina to ease the approval process of Roberts.

It's looking like he might have something there, I believe the vote is today and all the TeeVee is talking about is Rita and an Airbus 320...

[jorian]

Pat Robertson must have eaten alot of paint chips as a kid.