Comments on: Count Your Blessings http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/05/07/count-your-blessings/ Life from the view of a Christian pragmatist and educator. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:44:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Drew http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/05/07/count-your-blessings/#comment-1428 Drew Thu, 08 May 2008 00:58:54 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=364#comment-1428 For the whining part the reference was really to the politicians who were placing blame in New Orleans. The residents did basically what they were told. I wasn't sure to call it Myanmar or Burma either. Burma it is! For the whining part the reference was really to the politicians who were placing blame in New Orleans. The residents did basically what they were told.

I wasn’t sure to call it Myanmar or Burma either. Burma it is!

]]> By: dtatusko http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/05/07/count-your-blessings/#comment-2346 dtatusko Thu, 08 May 2008 00:58:54 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=364#comment-2346 For the whining part the reference was really to the politicians who were placing blame in New Orleans. The residents did basically what they were told.<br><br>I wasn't sure to call it Myanmar or Burma either. Burma it is! For the whining part the reference was really to the politicians who were placing blame in New Orleans. The residents did basically what they were told.

I wasn’t sure to call it Myanmar or Burma either. Burma it is!

]]> By: Lisa http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/05/07/count-your-blessings/#comment-1423 Lisa Wed, 07 May 2008 19:46:39 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=364#comment-1423 I have a classmate from Burma (note he refuses to acknowledge Myanmar). He graduates next Thursday, but I think its unknown IF he can get home let alone what he will go home to. What a disaster. I don't understand how (if reports are true) that the junta would not alert citizens of the nature of the coming storm and then continue to demand humanitarian aide workers apply for visa's before being allowed to provide help to the 1million homeless people. The country was already lacking in so many basic resources. I agree with you that the nature of the devestation is far beyond anything that we have ever experienced in this country and they do need our prayers at a minimum. However, please be careful when you make comments like "Following Katrina we heard more ....... more whining than was appropriate or helpful. Yet there we sat as the richest nation in the world completely able to help ourselves in the midst of such disaster." I think that we need more loud voices making people aware of the lack of response still in the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans. Almost three years later, there are still thousands of people homeless. Just four months ago, our parish supported a sheet drive so that a sister church could provide something other than garbage bags for their neighbors to sleep on. They are still operating an illegal shelter in their church as there was still no resources available to begin reconstruction in their neighborhood. You are absolutely correct when you say that we are completely capable of helping ourselves. Too bad we're so selective on where and how quickly we do apply those resources. I have a classmate from Burma (note he refuses to acknowledge Myanmar). He graduates next Thursday, but I think its unknown IF he can get home let alone what he will go home to. What a disaster. I don’t understand how (if reports are true) that the junta would not alert citizens of the nature of the coming storm and then continue to demand humanitarian aide workers apply for visa’s before being allowed to provide help to the 1million homeless people. The country was already lacking in so many basic resources. I agree with you that the nature of the devestation is far beyond anything that we have ever experienced in this country and they do need our prayers at a minimum.

However, please be careful when you make comments like “Following Katrina we heard more ……. more whining than was appropriate or helpful. Yet there we sat as the richest nation in the world completely able to help ourselves in the midst of such disaster.” I think that we need more loud voices making people aware of the lack of response still in the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans. Almost three years later, there are still thousands of people homeless. Just four months ago, our parish supported a sheet drive so that a sister church could provide something other than garbage bags for their neighbors to sleep on. They are still operating an illegal shelter in their church as there was still no resources available to begin reconstruction in their neighborhood.

You are absolutely correct when you say that we are completely capable of helping ourselves. Too bad we’re so selective on where and how quickly we do apply those resources.

]]> By: Lisa http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/05/07/count-your-blessings/#comment-2347 Lisa Wed, 07 May 2008 19:46:39 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=364#comment-2347 I have a classmate from Burma (note he refuses to acknowledge Myanmar). He graduates next Thursday, but I think its unknown IF he can get home let alone what he will go home to. What a disaster. I don't understand how (if reports are true) that the junta would not alert citizens of the nature of the coming storm and then continue to demand humanitarian aide workers apply for visa's before being allowed to provide help to the 1million homeless people. The country was already lacking in so many basic resources. I agree with you that the nature of the devestation is far beyond anything that we have ever experienced in this country and they do need our prayers at a minimum.<br><br>However, please be careful when you make comments like "Following Katrina we heard more ....... more whining than was appropriate or helpful. Yet there we sat as the richest nation in the world completely able to help ourselves in the midst of such disaster." I think that we need more loud voices making people aware of the lack of response still in the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans. Almost three years later, there are still thousands of people homeless. Just four months ago, our parish supported a sheet drive so that a sister church could provide something other than garbage bags for their neighbors to sleep on. They are still operating an illegal shelter in their church as there was still no resources available to begin reconstruction in their neighborhood. <br><br>You are absolutely correct when you say that we are completely capable of helping ourselves. Too bad we're so selective on where and how quickly we do apply those resources. I have a classmate from Burma (note he refuses to acknowledge Myanmar). He graduates next Thursday, but I think its unknown IF he can get home let alone what he will go home to. What a disaster. I don’t understand how (if reports are true) that the junta would not alert citizens of the nature of the coming storm and then continue to demand humanitarian aide workers apply for visa’s before being allowed to provide help to the 1million homeless people. The country was already lacking in so many basic resources. I agree with you that the nature of the devestation is far beyond anything that we have ever experienced in this country and they do need our prayers at a minimum.

However, please be careful when you make comments like “Following Katrina we heard more ……. more whining than was appropriate or helpful. Yet there we sat as the richest nation in the world completely able to help ourselves in the midst of such disaster.” I think that we need more loud voices making people aware of the lack of response still in the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans. Almost three years later, there are still thousands of people homeless. Just four months ago, our parish supported a sheet drive so that a sister church could provide something other than garbage bags for their neighbors to sleep on. They are still operating an illegal shelter in their church as there was still no resources available to begin reconstruction in their neighborhood.

You are absolutely correct when you say that we are completely capable of helping ourselves. Too bad we’re so selective on where and how quickly we do apply those resources.

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