This has been an absolutely dreadful week in the news: IRS shenanigans, reporters being bugged, more lies on Benghazi and to top it off, a tornado in Oklahoma, where parents and children died and a whole town was wiped away in 45 minutes.
Right away, the crazies were out blaming global warming, climate change or whatever the politically correct term is to be used this week. Instead of trying to advance an agenda, we should all be concerned about helping the unfortunate people who lost their family members, their pets and their homes.
Right now, they could care less what caused the tornados. They are looking for help to figure out what has to be done to get their lives back in order. Quickly.
Senator Whitehouse from Rhode Island wants to blame republicans for the tornado. That is just preposterous. The republicans are no more at fault for this than democrats are responsible for earthquakes. So let's get off that horse because it's not going to ride.
What are we as Americans going to do to help? Well, the people of Moore, OK have been helping their neighbors by digging through the rubble for anything that can be salvaged. The Red Cross once again has set up a number that you can text to in order to donate money. The President has declared the affected areas disaster areas and has sent in FEMA to analyze, assist and recommend what the needs are. The Governor is utilizing state resources to get this city back on its feet as quickly as possible.
The stories are so sad but the people are resilient. Instead of complaining and delving into self-pity, the townspeople are looking to a better day, a brighter future for themselves and their loved ones. We should all take a page from the Moore play book.
If there is one lesson here that can be the takeaway, it is this: whatever your lot is in this life, there are people worse off than you, who know how to take this dreadful negative and make it a positive. All in all, things are never as bad as they first appear, because as Annie said, "The sun will come out tomorrow."
And we don't need to beat a drum to use another's misfortune to advance our agenda. It's just not the American way.
Great post, and ironic that you mention how the tornado was politicized, because we were discussing that in class today! It's really annoying how these days politics get brought up before any condolences are offered to the victims of these natural disasters, I think it's great that some of us take the time to look at everything from a third person perspective!
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