Its been a while since I've last blogged. I know it, you know it. We know it. Its not that I've been too busy, although usually when I feel "inspired" I am usually somewhere that I can't do this. I have had some stuff on my mind the past few weeks that I really need to get off of my mind, and my chest.
Almost 2 months ago there was a tragedy of proportions in the Gulf of Mexico. An Oil rig off the coast exploded, sank and men lost their lives. That in and of itself is a sad, horrible situation. However, the aftermath of what is going on still is effecting hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people in the gulf coast region. We should be outraged as humans. Not because of the accident. Accidents happen. But the way the CEO's of British Petroleum have handled it. They have tried to manipulate and control the media. They have tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the federal governement. They have tried to get away from having to pay for the mistake and pass it on to someone else. They have continued to insult the people of the gulf region. They have constantly tried to sweep this "little incident" under the carpet, hoping that we as Americans quickly forget it. The thing is, if we look back on history, especially recent history, we can see that if we don't see it on the nightly news, then we tend to forget it.
A few years ago, Hurricane Katrina barreled through the gulf, and wreaked havoc upon the city of New Orleans, and the gulf coast region. The out pouring of support was great, but here we are 4 years later, and we barely remember. Do we think that things are back to normal there? Or do we think we've just done our part and moved on? I'm as guilty of these attitudes and actions as the next person, but does that make it right?
In haiti, there was an earth shattering earthquake less than a year ago. We had huge benefits, and concerts, and raised millions of dollars, and then *poof* we hear nothing about haiti anymore. Do we think that our money has fixed everything just that quick? do we not realize that there is still a ton of work to be done? More money that needs to continue to be funneled to Haiti to help. There are still too many homeless, orphans, widows that need our support. Especially from those of us who say that we follow Christ.
Heck, in Chile, we barely have heard a blip about the hardships that they have went through as a nation. I think that if that earthquake in Haiti hadn't happened relatively recent in time from the one in Chile, people would've cared more. Or maybe, if it hadn't happened in the Southern Hemisphere. Or perhaps, people confuse their Chileans or any South American with their disdain of the many illegal immigrants. Whatever the case, the two minutes that they actually talked about the pain, death, and destruction of the people of Chile is almost laughable in comparison to the stuff that happened in Haiti.
Tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, tornados...these things happen all the time, and usually the only time we remember these things is when the media continues to talk about it. However, the people who live there, and experience these things still need help. We need to get better about not forgetting. I think this is why I try to stick with the BP story right now. We need not to forget about the way of life that has been changed(perhaps forever) by the horrible accident out in the gulf region.
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Almost 2 months ago there was a tragedy of proportions in the Gulf of Mexico. An Oil rig off the coast exploded, sank and men lost their lives. That in and of itself is a sad, horrible situation. However, the aftermath of what is going on still is effecting hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people in the gulf coast region. We should be outraged as humans. Not because of the accident. Accidents happen. But the way the CEO's of British Petroleum have handled it. They have tried to manipulate and control the media. They have tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the federal governement. They have tried to get away from having to pay for the mistake and pass it on to someone else. They have continued to insult the people of the gulf region. They have constantly tried to sweep this "little incident" under the carpet, hoping that we as Americans quickly forget it. The thing is, if we look back on history, especially recent history, we can see that if we don't see it on the nightly news, then we tend to forget it.
A few years ago, Hurricane Katrina barreled through the gulf, and wreaked havoc upon the city of New Orleans, and the gulf coast region. The out pouring of support was great, but here we are 4 years later, and we barely remember. Do we think that things are back to normal there? Or do we think we've just done our part and moved on? I'm as guilty of these attitudes and actions as the next person, but does that make it right?
In haiti, there was an earth shattering earthquake less than a year ago. We had huge benefits, and concerts, and raised millions of dollars, and then *poof* we hear nothing about haiti anymore. Do we think that our money has fixed everything just that quick? do we not realize that there is still a ton of work to be done? More money that needs to continue to be funneled to Haiti to help. There are still too many homeless, orphans, widows that need our support. Especially from those of us who say that we follow Christ.
Heck, in Chile, we barely have heard a blip about the hardships that they have went through as a nation. I think that if that earthquake in Haiti hadn't happened relatively recent in time from the one in Chile, people would've cared more. Or maybe, if it hadn't happened in the Southern Hemisphere. Or perhaps, people confuse their Chileans or any South American with their disdain of the many illegal immigrants. Whatever the case, the two minutes that they actually talked about the pain, death, and destruction of the people of Chile is almost laughable in comparison to the stuff that happened in Haiti.
Tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, tornados...these things happen all the time, and usually the only time we remember these things is when the media continues to talk about it. However, the people who live there, and experience these things still need help. We need to get better about not forgetting. I think this is why I try to stick with the BP story right now. We need not to forget about the way of life that has been changed(perhaps forever) by the horrible accident out in the gulf region.
