Me and the Christians

[thegame07]

@everybody: Sorry if it sounds like I'm fishin' for compliments, I'm not...
.. but you're welcome to say nice things about me all the same, lol.

im quite nosey so i enjoyed reading what you have been doing in the last week.

I will also let you know when i want some holes dug

 

[rest0re]

respect for you man. good deed indeed

and you did it without god telling you to do it just you would go to heaven...

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

hurricane katrina disaster relief?

HA!
no one came to help me when i lost everything

oh that's right, i'm white - i won't get help.

 

[mthrnite]

I can help you out, pcp...
.. ummm, which way did you come in?

edit: ok, that was uncalled for... what kind of relief did you sign up for, there's a lot of groups doing work. When I was down there I saw Methodists, Menonites, tons of Baptists, Habitat for Humanity was mentioned but I didn't see 'em.

The family we were helping wasn't white, but I don't think race was a criteria for acceptance.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

what do you mean 'which way did you come in?'

 

[mthrnite]

sorry, old joke... Groucho... I edited my post above.

 

[thegame07]

i was going to say something but i went fu** it i will just leave the race haters alone nothing gets through to them. So i guess all the white people are still without a house according to pikachus theory.

 

[mthrnite]

There's still a ton of spray painted "STILL NO FEMA!" signs perched in front of wrecked houses.
I didn't mean to belittle your plight pica, by all means, let's hear your story.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

I can help you out, pcp...
.. ummm, which way did you come in?

edit: ok, that was uncalled for... what kind of relief did you sign up for, there's a lot of groups doing work. When I was down there I saw Methodists, Menonites, tons of Baptists, Habitat for Humanity was mentioned but I didn't see 'em.

The family we were helping wasn't white, but I don't think race was a criteria for acceptance.

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!
LOL

ok don't tell me it wasn't uncalled for. i'm not going to turn this into a flame war but i'll just but it this way.

the people i know who lost fucking everything they owned did not receive fema or any other government assistance and they were all white. in fact only 2 got money for their houses because of house insurance - people like me who rented got nothing. and i know of three blacks who applied and got money instantly who did not need the aid and bought new plasma tvs, xbox 360s, etc. i don't know anyone who was white that got assistance that legitmly needed it.

i applied for fema aid and was rejected because it was determined "Due to my filing status, I do not need aid". I only lost everything i owned, except for a 8 year old car that died after driving back from evacuating to jacksonville, arkansas (about 900 miles one way). and had to find another place to work, another place to live (where housing was impossible to find and the rates were at 250% higher than normal) then somehow have the money to pay existing bills, refurnish an apartment and then how money to somehow eat and put gas in my car. i also had to basically stop going to school full time because now i had to work full time (2 jobs also) to pay for my new higher bills.

then i applied for temp food stamps (you were suppose to get 1-3 months of money if you were in affected zip codes) I was in an affected zip code but due to certain information, i do not meet the requirements. the imbred who told me that was so stupid you could see the bubbles coming out of her head.

i called the city council, state representative, etc and was told that only certain amount is being delegated to certain racial groups and that aide for caucausions has been reached.
that statement alone proves me point because for every 1 white who got aide 0.5 asians or other minority groups and 4 blacks got aid.

 

[Hitto]

oh that's right, i'm white - i won't get help.

A few years from now, you'll look back at some things you said and shake your head.

Anyway, kudos, mthrnite! I'm an endorphin addict too (I try to participate at the homeless soup once a week), and when you see starving people, you don't see them as black, white, or arab - you just see people who need help. I wuv the warm fuzzy feeling

 

[[M]artin]

There's still a ton of spray painted "STILL NO FEMA!" signs perched in front of wrecked houses.

FEMA is an urban legend.

 

[thegame07]

wow you sound like someone who likes pikachu and is on crack. You seem to have paranoia about black people getting everything.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

wow you sound like someone who likes pikachu and is on crack. You seem to have paranoia about black people getting everything.

stfu
its not like you lost everything you owned and worked for within a matter of a 2-4 hour hurricane passing through and then only be told that you do not qualify for assistance when everyone else around you is getting aid who are of a different race. and your lame attempt at calling me a racist is getting old, fast. perhaps you're too close minded to see what i'm trying to see. in addition, you never went through it so you will never know.

the acts of the hurricane where not racially motivated however the assistance, of lack thereof, was racially motivated.

i guess you forgot that the mayor of new orleans went on national radio and television stating that "new orleans will be a chocolate city once again" and the naacp made their normal big to do over the evacuees in the superdome yet ONLY transported blacks leaving the whites, esp elderly behind to suffer.

 

[Veho]

Less flaming, more praising mthrnite and all other volunteers who helped those in need, regardless of religion/skin colour of those helped or those helping.

EDIT: Sorry my post got directly under yours, PCP, it wasn't aimed at you but at everyone.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

artin @ Jun 4 2007, 09:47 AM)]

There's still a ton of spray painted "STILL NO FEMA!" signs perched in front of wrecked houses.

FEMA is an urban legend.

you do know the 'wonderful' president we have that appointed the president of fema had no previous experience and was the owner of a horse farm. but him and george w. are friends so he got a nice high paying job for which he knew nothing about.

 

[mthrnite]

Race inequality goes both ways, to me that's obvious anyway. I can't impress my morals on the government, would that I could! My main point in my initial post was that we should see similarities first, and differences last, not that I always rise to my own standards, cuz I don't.

Sorry your shit got strowed. I hope you got something out of it, besides resentment I mean. I've been on the wrong end of the government stick before when my life was upturned. I don't know if being white had anything to do with it, I attribute it to a budget slashed social system. I did manage to get food stamps, which was a giant help, every little bit you know? Most of my help came from kind people who had nothing to do with the government though, that and my survival instinct kicking in.

Anyway, I see you got through it with your neck intact. What doesn't kill us.. and all that jazz.

 

[thegame07]

I really dont think your racist but your really going over the top with they get more Attitude. I dont see why rescue workers or helpers would decide to help black people out more than anybody else. Your theory just sounds stupid and not valid. I can understand rescue workers helping out people with kids first so maybe you could start complaining about that instead.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

i understand your initial post for this thread and i'm not insulting that int he least, i think it's cool you helped out. that's not what i'm complaining about.

however people think certain things and it will never change. i did an internship in orlando for 8 months and had 3 black roommates (we had a 8 bedroom condo so 7 roommates plus myself) and they were all from up north and could not believe the way that blacks act in the south. people from the north and from other parts of the world apparently think that people act the same throughout. and that is far from the case because in the south, blacks still harp on the slavery issue as if they are the ones who were personally slaved and won't do anything to better their lives where up north, it's an understood but also a motive to lead a better life. there are exceptions but hopefully you see my point.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

I really dont think your racist but your really going over the top with they get more Attitude. I dont see why rescue workers or helpers would decide to help black people out more than anybody else. Your theory just sounds stupid and not valid. I can understand rescue workers helping out people with kids first so maybe you could start complaining about that instead.

did you watch the news ever during this event?
where you actually in new orleans, parts of mississippi and alabama that got destroyed over the hurricane?

can you honestly answer me that and saw you were?
you weren't so do not attempt to say that my "theory" was not valid when i along with thousands of other people witnessed it first hand.

it's interesting how you accept certain things that went on and yet other things you consider "not valid". there were hotels in arkansas and dallas, tx not taking in people from louisiana and mississippi because of what was going on on tv for fear their place would be looted and destroyed.

 

[thegame07]

Well mrthmite as i said before it would be nice to see the pics when you post them

pikachu:the post i made "wow you sound like someone who likes pikachu and is on crack".that part of my post was actually supposed to be a joke(which i thought you wouldn't take serious). well no hard feelings about the posts however im just saying my opinion and i dont think your view was right. You acctually tryed to help me out the other day which i appreciate. Well anyway lets just leave it now because me and you are never going to agree about this issue.

I can answer your above questions however im ending as it is. Im not taking this debate any further because me and you is never going to agree with each other.