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Hurricane Sandy Relief

What can Florida do to help the victims of Sandy? Could we? Should we?

In recent weeks we have had much controversy over aid to Hurricane Sandy victims.  Many in Congress vote against helping these people because they say the National Budget is already too stressed. The Governor of New Jersey is attacking his own Partry because they still are blocking aid. His party says there are too many other things attached & yet no aid comes to these people. Why doesn't President Obama pass an executive order? Why doesn't Congress pass something to help? As Governor Christie of N.J. has said, when Florida was in need, they helped us. Why doesn't the state of Florida do something to help these people? What can Florida do? Are there any suggestions? Americans don't leave their needy to twist in the wind. Do we?

Marsha Cohen January 10, 2013 at 02:56 pm
These are. Great points. New Jersey needs help NOW'
Mindy January 12, 2013 at 03:40 am
hint...GOVERNMENT!!!
michael mirra January 13, 2013 at 01:35 am
Meantime, everybody has something to say, but no one does anything. Next Hurricane season, we know that if we get hit hard, we're on our own. It is a shame that America has come to turning it's back on it's people in need. Today it is them, someday it may be us. What goes around comes around.
Florida should understand what it is. Doesn't it make you feel ashamed to live in a land where helping our needy is a poltical game?
michael mirra January 13, 2013 at 03:01 am
Lets take a hypothetical situation. If you had a child that was suddenly struck by lightning & he needed extra medical help in order to survive & the only help needed to save his life wasn't there because people spouted political talking points to justify why they were telling you that if you son dies it's not their problem & if he dies, oh well. You might think that if someone wanted to help save his life, they wouldn't be spouting bull crap out of one side of their mouth but think they are good people because they don't forget to say grace.
michael mirra January 13, 2013 at 03:15 am
Donald Trump & those like him can help, but lt isn't an investment that will make them a profit. How about people like Romney with so much money that he, Trump, & guys like George Soros,etc. all think they are good people, but they don't care unless it brings them a return. No one HAS TO help, but it's the little people that can't afford to help that would help if they could. It's the big people that can help that turn a deaf ear & a blind eye. It doesn't have to be the government. With all the people that call themselves Christian kissing God's butt for the motivation of gaining devine favor, let some of them really make God happy by helping their fellow man without giving a thought to weather God cares. They should do it because that is the right thing to do. If good works are done because we want to do it with no thought weather God cares, that would truely make a God happy because it would be people's natural inner goodness & not done to kiss God's ass for favorable teatment for themselves. God would see that as selfish.
michael mirra January 13, 2013 at 03:58 am
say what???? What??? What part of what I wrote did you find beyond your comprehensive abilities?
michael mirra January 13, 2013 at 02:59 pm
When you asked say what, were you asking what saying grace is? It may have fallen out of fashion & not be rcognized anymore. It is something that religious people d at mealtime. It is an organized prayer over the meal for thanking God for the blessing of having food to eat.
Many 'Christian' people, however say their prayers, hallaluhus, pound their chest, etc, but turn their back on others in need & yet consider themselves 'saved' because they kiss God's ass with great vigor.

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kathy tsioukan May 31, 2013 at 12:04 pm
WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ONE WHO CAN HELP LOCATE AND CATCH THIS THIEF!!!! THANK YOU