I love writing about useless crap in my BLOG and it's mine so if you don't like what I'm writing about you don't have to read it...capiche? Anyway on a more serious topic, I was watching the news last night about the devestation that Hurricane Katrina (that bitch) left behind in New Orleans and two things came to mind...once again, if you don't like it then don't read the damn thing.

1. What the hell is wrong with the American people? Don't they realize that the people of New Orleans are dying? That they need help? I know everyone feels that this is such a tragic time but the only thing I hear about is the American Red Cross, the Sally Ann, and two guys from Ottawa doing something...Strike up a fundraiser, donate some food or clothing to those poor people forced...well not forced but that have no other means...to stay in New Orleans. I am eighteen years old and I racked my brain last night trying to think of something for the people there. I am eighteen years old and I damn well know that we aren't doing what we can to help them. Or maybe I'm just ignorant and I'm not seeing everything behind the lines. And I sincerely apologize if I am. But when  I watch the news and see so many emotions running wild, what really stuck with me was a woman who had diabetes, who hadn't eaten in two days crying and saying "I don't want to die like this" it really strikes me. There is so much that I can see. People praying, people crying, people who are starving, people who need medical attention, violence, looting...and in the end all you can see is that people are losing hope. What the hell was that nonsense about leaving the patients from the hospital on the roof and then not coming to get them because of safety reasons...people DIED because of that little stunt. Can you blame the people for being angry? They've lost EVERYTHING. In the past week their lives took a turn for the worst...and now they are without homes, they are worrying about lost family members, they are upset because of the fact that they haven't been transported and its been almost a week. Someone said something to me last night that struck home on the subject...

"When the Asian tsunami hit they were there in a second helping people...and now, when it's in their own country, its taking them too long, it should have been done by now, they should have been out."

Which is true, and by no means is this tragedy to be compared to the tsunami that hit in December...they are both devastating...all I'm saying is do something, donate something to the red cross...because you cannot let these people lose hope.

2. The second thing I noticed was that the world is changing, which suggests climate change...we better start teaking better care of Earth because we're going to keep on going like we are and then it will be too late to fix it.

 

Anyway, I had to write this, it's my own opinion and thats that.

I'm out,

Lesley