IOWA FLOODS
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:37 pm
> *One wonders??*
>>> Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
>>> Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved the problem?
>>> Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?
>> Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago?
>> When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines?
>> Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?
>> Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?
>> When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa, because that's the way God wants it?
>> Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?
>> Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?
>> How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?
>> Response-->> Why?
>> Because Iowans are resilient.
>> Because Iowans will not wallow in self-pity nor embrace victimhood.
>> Because Iowans will roll up their sleeves and get to the heart-wrenching and back-breaking work of digging out and moving forward.
>> Because Iowans are not looking for someone else to solve their problems.
>> Because although Iowans may be amused, bemused, and irritated by the goings-on in Hollywood and Washington, they recognize that neither is a real place inhabited by real people doing real work--
>> Iowa is all three.
>> Because Iowa is bordered by the east coast and by the west coast--the east coast of the Missouri River and on the west coast of the Mississippi--making it an entertainment and political backwater to those in Hollywood and Washington.
>> Oh, Iowans will gratefully accept some dollars from here and some dollars from there, but they will not wait for those token donations to move on with their lives.
>> Because although Iowans may argue passionately among themselves about the Hawkeyes and Cyclones and Panthers and Bulldogs--in times of tragedy, trouble, devastation, and destruction every Iowan readily stretches forth his hands to assist and support his neighbors.
>> 'Is this Heaven? No this is Iowa.'??Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) in 'Field of Dreams.
>>> Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
>>> Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved the problem?
>>> Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?
>> Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago?
>> When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines?
>> Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?
>> Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?
>> When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa, because that's the way God wants it?
>> Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?
>> Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?
>> How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?
>> Response-->> Why?
>> Because Iowans are resilient.
>> Because Iowans will not wallow in self-pity nor embrace victimhood.
>> Because Iowans will roll up their sleeves and get to the heart-wrenching and back-breaking work of digging out and moving forward.
>> Because Iowans are not looking for someone else to solve their problems.
>> Because although Iowans may be amused, bemused, and irritated by the goings-on in Hollywood and Washington, they recognize that neither is a real place inhabited by real people doing real work--
>> Iowa is all three.
>> Because Iowa is bordered by the east coast and by the west coast--the east coast of the Missouri River and on the west coast of the Mississippi--making it an entertainment and political backwater to those in Hollywood and Washington.
>> Oh, Iowans will gratefully accept some dollars from here and some dollars from there, but they will not wait for those token donations to move on with their lives.
>> Because although Iowans may argue passionately among themselves about the Hawkeyes and Cyclones and Panthers and Bulldogs--in times of tragedy, trouble, devastation, and destruction every Iowan readily stretches forth his hands to assist and support his neighbors.
>> 'Is this Heaven? No this is Iowa.'??Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) in 'Field of Dreams.