CPTAUSRET
06-25-2008, 11:21
Got this in an email. It pretty much reflects how I feel!
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A reader from the Wolverine State [Michigan] wonders:
Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for
help
in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal
government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and
trailers)
are?
Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels
in Chicago?
When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees
that failed in Des Moines?
Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?
Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen
television sets?
When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a
"vanilla" Iowa, because that's the way God wants it?
Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of
cannibalism?
Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural
people?
How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever
again?
Response--
Why? Because Iowans are resilient. Because Iowans will not wallow in
self-pity nor embrace victimhood. Because Iowans will roll up their
sleeves and
get to the heart-wrenching and back-breaking work of digging
out and moving forward. Because Iowans are not looking for someone
else to solve their problems.
Because although Iowans may be amused, bemused,
and irritated by the goings-on in Hollywood and Washington, they recognize
that
neither is a real place inhabited by real people doing real work--Iowa
is all three.
Because Iowa is bordered by the east coast and by the west
coast--the
east coast of the Missouri River and on the west coast of the
Mississippi--making it an entertainment and political backwater to
those in Hollywood and Washington.
Oh, Iowans will gratefully accept some dollars from here
and some
dollars from there, but they will not wait for those token donations to
move on with their lives.
Because although Iowans may argue passionately among
themselves about the Hawkeyes and Cyclones and Panthers and Bulldogs--in
times
of tragedy, trouble, devastation, and destruction every Iowan readily
stretches
forth his hands to assist and support his neighbors.
'Is this Heaven? No this is Iowa.' Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) in
"Field of Dreams."
As a Mod I am supposed to know where to post various threads, however I wasn't sure on this one. So if a smarter Mod, or an Admin comes along; feel free to move it as deemed appropriate.
A reader from the Wolverine State [Michigan] wonders:
Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for
help
in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal
government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and
trailers)
are?
Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels
in Chicago?
When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees
that failed in Des Moines?
Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?
Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen
television sets?
When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a
"vanilla" Iowa, because that's the way God wants it?
Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of
cannibalism?
Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural
people?
How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever
again?
Response--
Why? Because Iowans are resilient. Because Iowans will not wallow in
self-pity nor embrace victimhood. Because Iowans will roll up their
sleeves and
get to the heart-wrenching and back-breaking work of digging
out and moving forward. Because Iowans are not looking for someone
else to solve their problems.
Because although Iowans may be amused, bemused,
and irritated by the goings-on in Hollywood and Washington, they recognize
that
neither is a real place inhabited by real people doing real work--Iowa
is all three.
Because Iowa is bordered by the east coast and by the west
coast--the
east coast of the Missouri River and on the west coast of the
Mississippi--making it an entertainment and political backwater to
those in Hollywood and Washington.
Oh, Iowans will gratefully accept some dollars from here
and some
dollars from there, but they will not wait for those token donations to
move on with their lives.
Because although Iowans may argue passionately among
themselves about the Hawkeyes and Cyclones and Panthers and Bulldogs--in
times
of tragedy, trouble, devastation, and destruction every Iowan readily
stretches
forth his hands to assist and support his neighbors.
'Is this Heaven? No this is Iowa.' Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) in
"Field of Dreams."