Out of Sight Out of Mind

Ex presidents unite for our money

“I should say that nothing we do can be an adequate response to the agony we’ve seen,” Clinton said. “I am grateful to all the folks who have given.” The millions collected in our tax money did nothing but these two are helping Jr. to collect money for the public.
Bush Sr. decided to head this new fund not because there was a fear the federal government has not been doing its part to help victims even though it is obvious it hasn’t , but to fill in the gaps in government assistance and “help people who would otherwise be overlooked.” I ask why people are being over looked.
Millions of dollars were collected by the people from the 911 relief fund and has there been an accounting for all those monies? Where is it and what happened to it? Who received it? Out of sight out of mind.
“I think there should be an analysis of what happened. The time to do that is after some time passes,” Clinton said regarding where to place blame about the delay in aid, and further stated that there was a 911 commission and maybe there will be a Katrina commission.

A real leader in action

     General Roars into Action in New Orleans
When the cavalry finally arrived in New Orleans to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, this after people were abandoned and after days

of seeing people ding, ravaging for food and water leading to mass looting, a cigar-chomping three-star raging caging general led the way. That was Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, commander of the 1st Army, based at Fort Gillem in Atlanta. Normally he oversees training for all deploying troops on the East Coast. For the time being, the Louisiana native is the man in charge on the front line in New Orleans. He is also coordinating military relief efforts for all storm-ravaged areas along the Gulf Coast. Honore is winning over even some of the government's harshest critics, including New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who blasted the Bush administration's initial response to his city's disaster. "He came off the doggone chopper, and he started cussing, and people started moving,” Mayor Nagin told a radio station. "I give the president some credit on this. He sent one John Wayne dude down here that can get some stuff done." Honore and thousands of National Guard troops rolled in Friday and Saturday, bringing food, water and a sense of safety.

Who played the race card first?

     Rapper West piles on with the race card
Rapper Kanye West, a participant in Hurricane Relief benefit on five of the NBC Universal networks (NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo & PAX), decided that it was the right time to make a political statement of his own -- while in the middle of soliciting funds for disaster relief.
"George W. Bush doesn't care about black people," West said.

NBC, quickly cut away from West, but his statement had gone out to millions and was already in the living room.
West was on screen with Mike Myers as he remarked about the perceptions of white versus black looters. When West dropped his bombshell, Myers looked mortified and embarrassed.
The race card was played long before West made his statement. The AFP vs the AP report below shows white people finding bread and soda while a black person in the same condition is said to have looted. Furthermore when you see the masses of people who were left behind and not receiving any from of assistance, and most of them are black, the government played the race card by not being proactive to evacuate or instantaneously reactive.



We can see where it comes from

      One can only wonder what Barbara Bush thinking when she said on National Public Radio's "Marketplace" Of evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston." Then she added: "What I’m hearing is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this – this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
If by "working very well" she meant It’s a good thing that the president allowed us to displaced and homeless. Barbara. Making light of the victims being underprivileged while also making light of the fact they're displaced largely because of your incompetent son's criminal negligence: That is overwhelming hospitality. It's important to note, further, that Barbara Bush is also the one who said this about the Iraq war in 2003:
"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths," Barbara Bush said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 18, 2003. "Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

Barbara Bush just wants to hear about the relocated poor, Texas hospitality and stranded dolphins. We wouldn't want 10,000 fatalities in New Orleans alone to trouble her, would we? That is why our President is the man he is and showing contempt towards the poor and explains why vacations are more important than organizing buses to remove people before the hurricane hits.

How can you help?

      Right now in Niger, West Africa, an estimated 3.6 million people are in critical need of food, including 800,000 children under the age of five who are at risk of starvation. In the past year, drought and locust swarms have devastated crops throughout Niger and other parts of West Africa. Nearly 4 Million Ethiopians Are in Desperate Need of Food. 1985: Live Aid makes millions for Africa. Million more made from the album “We Are The World” and still millions are still hungry. George sr. and Bills’ request for our money is made out to be a wonderful thing to see the charity we have towards our fellow man. Out of sight out of mind is the reality. We all sang along with the song and gave our money. Where did that money go and who received it. What happened to our fabulous charity if still twenty years later the same starvation exists in Ethiopia and the situation is far worse along with many other regions of Africa? Where is Michael Jackson and other Black leaders who claim to care about the Black cause. Out of sight out of mind.




TORONTO -- The Ontario Hockey League today announced that $135,000.00 was raised to help the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, through a league-wide program with each of the 20 OHL Member Teams. Detroit, MI -- In response to the events of September 11th in New York City and Washington, D.C., the Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA) established a relief fund through the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan. The original goal of the DADA 911 Relief Fund was to raise $200,000 in financial aid. The DADA today announced that employees and owners of the DADA member dealerships in southeastern Michigan had risen over $225,000. In the first days following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, an unprecedented number of Americans contributed over $2.2 billion (some estimates run as high as $2.7 billion) in donations to assist in the relief of victims. (Two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, a third into the Pentagon, and a fourth went down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.) According to the New York State Attorney General’s office, over 250 new charitable funds were created in the weeks following the 9/11 crisis. This come from the Homeland Security: 9/11 Victim Relief Funds Updated March 27, 2003 Billions of dollars collected from the charity of others to go towards what? Where did the money go and who got the money? Out of sight out of mind.

      In December 2004, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami hit Asia and Africa, devastating many coastal areas. Almost 200,000 people in eight countries perished in a few hours, and over 100,000 are still missing. Many more had their homes and livelihoods swept away. The coastal areas of Indonesia and Sri Lanka and two Indian island chains bore the brunt of the calamity. They will require significant repair and reconstruction. President Bush has pledged $950 million in long-term U.S. support to help the tsunami victims rebuild their lives. To date, approximately $1.2 billion has been given or pledged by donors to Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies around the world. Due to the generous financial contributions from public, foundation and corporate supporters billions of dollars collected and again I ask where the money is? Who received the money? Out of sight out of mind.

      When the Pulitzer Prize seeking journalist decide this crisis has run its usefulness to them. After we endure another costly probing revue sucking investigation to determine who will be the fall guy other than the President. After we give billions of dollars to ease our conscious. Out of sight out of mind again…..