not for nothin', but why is it that when there is a crisis that the u.s. must be the ones to offer so much help when we have people in "our own country" that are homeless and starving?it is about time that other countries have stepped up to the plate and helped others like we have always done for many, many yrs. we are told that there are not enough jobs for people. folks can't even get a decent raise, bonus etc. taxes are raised because we are told that the country is hurting finanacially. who helped us during 9/11? tell me who! mind you, i do feel for the people in the latest disaster in asia and i have even contributed money, food and clothing but our people are hurting and we are told that there is not enough for us to help our own? something stinks! we are not the international police. we need to first concentrate on helping our own black, white, red, brown whatever. we have building after building that are left standing after a fire. instead we can clean these places up and open them up to the homeless but no, we don't have the money to do that. our children in urban areas can't even get acess to computers or even library books because there is no funding. why? because we can't afford it! people are dying because our govt. can't afford to give universal health care. why? cause we can't afford it?
but we have the money and are obligated to give it to others just to show that we are all that? show our own people that we are all that. take care of our own backyard. when you can take care of your own then you can go out there like big brother and reign supreme because you have taken care of your own. how can you be somebody else's baby's daddy when you can't take care of your own?
freddi