Archive for January, 2010

In the wake of the devastating Haiti crisis, two things are starkly clear. People are ready, willing and able to give, and others, don’t believe in extending a hand unless they’ve taken care of their own fully.

Here’re a few comments I copied from People.com:

“How about we take care of America and the Americans’?? Why isn’t New Orleans re-built yet? Why is there so many homeless people in our own country? It’s time we start taking care of ourselves. People need to stop being obsessed with movie stars, athletes and find a hero in your own family. There is a whole lot of good American people that need jobs but yet the big companies keep exporting jobs. I just love that millionaires have to donate their time to raise money instaed of just cutting a check and going about the day. But they need to keep their name in the news or they won’t land the next multimillion dollar movie. I long for the days’ of yesterday and miss the good old USA.” – Rick

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I’m not a big fan of New Year. It fills me with dread for some reason. I think about the New Year the same way I think about my birthday – here we go again, another year. It’s not a good feeling, never really has been. I don’t remember the last time I was excited about a new year. And I’m not that excited this year either. It’s just another day!

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