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ca88andra, I think that this is being repeated all over the nation.
We are wonderful citizens when meeting one on one and when we see another's pain. These are the stories which renew our faith in mankind. I look for these stories now and refuse to listen to the fingerpointing rants and politics anymore. I need uplifting now as does everyone.
Thanks for your comments.
posted by
benzinha
on September 10, 2005 at 8:43 PM
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What good work is being done there! I'm sure your guests will remember it forever.
posted by
Ca88andra
on September 10, 2005 at 8:24 PM
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MayB, in the end, governments are just huge silly things. It is the people,
one on one, who truly touch those who are hurting and listen to them as friends and try to comfort them with whatever their small particular needs are and can be offered human solutions.
There will be a mess trying to identify those who are flung to the winds and 'verify' their claims and needs. It will be a huge mess. So, I say that we can do the many things which may be neglected and 'un-done' for this moment, and even in the future.
posted by
benzinha
on September 9, 2005 at 2:22 PM
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ariel70, I am old and sometimes get cranky and speak my mind, feeble as
it may be.
posted by
benzinha
on September 9, 2005 at 2:18 PM
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Good stuff Benzinha. i hope this story is being replayed in many places. I t is those little things which make all the difference
posted by
Azur
on September 9, 2005 at 1:52 PM
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benzinha
You do a good job of it too. Some of your remarks are a bit inflamatory tho'LOLLOL
posted by
ariel70
on September 9, 2005 at 1:49 PM
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ariel, thanks for reading and commenting. I try to be a positive moment
in the midst of chaos and shouting, when I can. Thanks.
posted by
benzinha
on September 9, 2005 at 1:48 PM
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Talion, it has been reported that the people in New Orleans are the close
relatives of all of those who moved away to other states. The far away relatives, like those Mexican illegals in the US, are the sole support of many of the old aunties and uncles and grandmas and grandpas and little kids still living there. Their life lines and blood lines connect them to every other state in the union.
My Tucson friends have relatives there and are busy searching for them to invite them here. My friends are afraid of their old auntie, the oldest one that they are searching for, as she is a hellbrand, they say, but they feel that she might be a bit subdued now. I bet that, if they find her, she will get up her regular steam fairly quickly and torment them as before. Only, this time, they will take it with a smile and a hug for her, grateful to still have her here on Earth.
posted by
benzinha
on September 9, 2005 at 1:47 PM
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benzinha
What a wonderful heartwarming post! Thank you.
In a dark and dismal world, people like you and those others shine like a beacon, and give hope to us all
posted by
ariel70
on September 9, 2005 at 1:37 PM
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benzinha
I went to college in New Orleans, developed a love for the city surpassed only by the love for my mother and aunts which prevented me from relocating there. I know what it means to miss it, would've been there this weekend for my anniversary had not Katrina hit. I fear it will never be the same again, but I look forward to falling in love with the new New Orleans.
posted by
Talion
on September 9, 2005 at 1:33 PM
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