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posted by richardderus at 9:25 am (EST) on May 15, 2013
posted by richardderus at 7:34 am (EST) on May 15, 2013
Hugs!
Linda
posted by Whisper1 at 12:52 pm (EST) on May 13, 2013
posted by richardderus at 11:05 am (EST) on May 7, 2013
I Love West, by Goddess, Texas · 77 like this
2 hours ago ·
Terry Timmons
I had hoped that it would be longer than 72 hours after the tragedy in West, but reading the Waco paper today I discovered the first political response to the events of this week. The writer went out of his way to say he was "not politicizing this" but then took a shot at the good people of West seemingly needing the government to take care of them.
I would suggest he doesn't know much about the people who this happened to...
I think it is interesting to contrast how the people of West have responded to their tragedy with the reports of how other the people of other areas of the country handled their disasters:
I have never heard any West resident bemoaning the fact that the government hasn't provided housing for them yet. Maybe it's because West residents counted on their families, friends, neighbors, and even strangers in nearby communities to help them -- not the FEMA and the government.
I have yet to hear a West resident complaining that the government had not provided food and water for them. That's probably because people, organizations, businesses, and churches in local communities and even those as far away as Dallas, College Station, and Houston have provided so much food, drink, clothing, toiletries and other basic necessities that the City of West had to beg people not to donate anymore because they had no other place to store it. They counted on the generosity and love of their neighbors -- not the government.
And I have yet to hear a West resident or any other person complain that the reason that the government hasn't helped them is because President Obama hates Czech people.
I think it is interesting that the experience of the people of West to their disaster is such a foreign concept to those in the mainstream media such as the likes of Piers Morgan, Anderson Cooper, and others. What has happened to our country when it is such a foreign concept for people to rely on the goodness of man and each other rather than the government?
As a wise person once told me: Shouldn't we feel better knowing we helped our fellow Texans by giving them our money, than by the government helping by giving them our money?
I don't know the answers but I do know this: I am proud of you, West, and all of your neighbors, too. It's good to know that in Central Texas the principles of independence, self-sufficiency, and values relying on God and neighbors are still alive and well.
posted by mckait at 9:52 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2013
posted by benitastrnad at 12:40 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2013