Auntie Charo's Soapbox

You can't miss coverage on the disaster, it's on t.v. and on the radio twenty-four hours a day, and it should be, many lives were devastated by that awful hurricane, and there, by the Grace of God, go us...we were spared by Nabi and several recent typhoons.
My two cents are worthless when it comes to thinking that FEMA officials were on FOX and CNN constantly promising that they were positioned just waiting for the storm to pass until their forces could march in with water, cots and food. Likewise the Red Cross. Yet....thousands of people were hurried into that hot stadium with no water or food unless they brought it in themselves. There was no planning....no security, no nothing. I'm glad that Mr. Michael Brown is no longer in New Orleans, but think that the man from Homeland Security should have been bumped as well...it doesn't make me feel happy that we're not the only ones that elect dumb officials or appoint dumb people to high places........it happens in the states as well.....it's just sad that people have to suffer because of it!
In the meantime, I hope that we continue to remember that the people in the gulf states will continue to need our help for a long time and that we'll need to be generous for as long as they need our help. Some day, it may be one of us that needs the help. They've always been generous whenever we've needed it. I hope we remember that as we write our checks out to the Red Cross or to the Catholic Charities Services.