Posted on 11/29/2005 6:01:20 PM PST by Nomorjer Kinov
Where is Jesse Jackson in our time of need. Answer: out in California trying to get a serial murderer off.
i was taught ..you borrow something , you return it in the same shape or better shape then it was loaned to you. there was no reason these people left this house in such shape. it sounds to me these people have no standards. what do they want for nothing? theyre lucky not to be in a tent. i dread to see what the trailers that are supposed to be temp housing will look like after a few weeks or the new houses that have been given to some. theres good people who are greatful for anything they get but then there are the people who feel we owe them everything. this family should get no help until they pay for the damage they've caused. i dont understand how so many people can whine so much instead of getting out and finding housing and work. what if fema wasnt there to give anything??? what would they do then? i gave and gave to the victims but now i'm done. i now believe in helping those who will help themselves.
Same here. I took in a fellow that lost everything but his grandpaw's shotgun and one sack of clothes. He is sleeping on a matress on the floor in my spare bedroom that I use for an office.
He has found a job. (had to get a ride for a few weeks) He has bought an old car. He buys groceries, is constantly cleaning the yard, house, etc. I have not heard a single complaint.
There's a lot of scum out there but this fellow ain't one of them.
The entitlement mentality says we can have it and destroy it and then expect more. This is a miniature version of what happens to many 'housing projects' in cities all across the United States. In neighborhoods where people pay for their own screen doors they don't seem to get ripped from the hinges nearly as often. I wonder why? I've also noticed in neighborhoods where people pay for their own glass, there are far fewer boarded up windows. Could it be that people take better care of things they pay for themselves?
You are so right. We have been experiencing this first hand lately in our family, but I've observed similar behavior for years all around me.
The only way to help the person be independent and have some level of self esteem is to quit helping them and make it clear that they won't be getting anything else from you. The problem is that when you do this, the 'victim' usually makes such a fuss over being so unjustifiably cut off that someone, somewhere, takes their side and keeps up the flow of assistance. The people who helped them and are now being mean are just piling on more abuse now, even though they are actually doing what the person needs most.
They deserve the best your money can buy for them. [/sarcasm]
... and they heard him exclaim, as he rode out of sight, "Merry effing Christmas you stupid a$$es, now back to our blight."
My mind blanked when I read this article. Have these people(the evacuees mentioned) gone completely mad?! I simply can't grasp it, it makes no sense. Why would people repay an act of total kindness with this behavior? To say that I am appalled is a gross understatement.:(
Katrina Fatigue Ping
There is a Bible verse that is appropriate for this: Matthew 7:6
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
This is what the "Great Society" of Lyndon Johnson and the Democrats has given us now 40 years later. The "entitlement" class of people. They are entitled to everything and you are expected to provide it. It's like slavery in reverse.
And you should have been. Most of these people are getting their life back together, some are problems. It wasn't the well to do who needed help and to expect not to have any problems is foolish. These people are trash, most are not.
Being in Houston I've seen hundreds making a go of it, and a few who need their rears kicked. I will not ignore the many because of the few or be put off by those who will bitch rather than help. BTW I'm in Louisiana just now, helping a couple of people put their business back together, want to come help, I assure you they are good ones.
I believe "idiot shrink" is redundant! ;-)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Oh, help. I picked up a copperhead and it BIT me.
Double-Dog Dittos to what you both said! I was incredulous reading this, as you were, Mila. This is truly the Legacy of LBJ, as you said, A.! "Gimme, gimme, gimme -- what, is this all you're givin' me? I want more!" Makes me sick!
It fills me with joy to know that my Maryland tax dollars supported this fine upstanding family for three months.
So I assume then that you took someone in?
Several. Most were distant, though not well known, family. Less than a handful were strangers. They have all moved on.
Well congrats for putting your walk where your talk is. It is admirable.
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