I have been doing some serious thinking about the recent events in Haiti and the relief efforts that are currently underway. First of all, please understand that this is not an attempt to make light of the devastation that has taken place there. Rather, it is a commentary on the attitude of many people around the world toward the United States....and worse than that, the attitude of people living here in the United States, who share that same hatred toward the very country that they live in. With that said, please read on…….
The one thing that stands out to me in all of the news stories coming from Haiti is the overwhelming support that has come from countries like China, India, Russia, countries in the EU and countries in the Middle East. It seems that every news story shows thousands of ships, planes and people from all of those areas…while at the same time…the evil U.S. is nowhere to be found. I can only surmise that it’s because of our evil capitalistic society and maybe even more so….our evil Christian beliefs. No wonder people around the world hate us so much. Here we are so close to Haiti, and yet we are doing nothing…..while all of those other countries listed, are sacrificing their time and resources to help in this relief effort……..
The only response that I can make regarding the previous paragraph is a VERY snarky…”Yeah right”. (actually I can think of some other phrases, but this is a family-friendly site) Here we (the United States) are in the midst of the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression…..millions of people are out of work and millions of others are facing layoffs and possible foreclosure of their homes...and yet many of these same people, all across America, have donated millions of dollars in just a matter of a few days. As a country, the United States has ships, planes, manpower, food, water and medicine already on the ground. So….where is everyone else? That’s an easy one….pretty much nowhere to be found. Where is the support from China? Have they already forgotten that it was the U.S. that came to their rescue in May of 2009 after a horrible earthquake killed thousands in their country? What about some of the “oil countries” in the Middle East? Although the “royal families” have billions of dollars…it seems that whenever there is a crisis in THIER part of the world…again, it’s the United States that comes to their aid as well. So where are they when it's someone else in need? Then you have India….whose economy is the 12th largest in the world….an economy that has grown by over 9% in each of the last 3 years….Where is India in the middle of all of this devastation in Haiti?...Again, nowhere to be found. While I’m not going to address each and everyone on this list, I will say that there are a LOT of countries around the world that have the resources to help…and yet they are content to sit back and let Americans do it…one more time. Why is that? Simple answer again…because we ALWAYS do. Over the years, we as a country have always come to the rescue of those in need. It didn’t matter that they hated us prior to the disaster….we were there. And then too many times in the years following those relief efforts, far too many of those very same countries reignited their hatred for America, Christianity and our way of life as soon as the crisis has past. It’s also not unusual to see people from those very countries return to not only to their hatred of America….but too many times they also return to their mission of killing the very “infidels” that came to their rescue in a time of need.
I said that there were some in the United States who also share in that hated of all things that are represented by this great country. One of the biggest “haters” of our way of life is that fat pig Michael Moore (I apologize to any pigs…fat or thin…who might read this…and are offended by the comparison) Michael Moore has no problem speaking up against capitalism…He also has no problem speaking up in support of countries that are ruled by dictators, who keep their people in poverty and governmental slavery. Yet I don’t see him moving his fat butt to any of those countries…OR giving back the millions of dollars that he has earned by making movies (I use that term VERY loosely here) in this evil country. Here’s a quote from the great chubby one, on our capitalistic society…”Listen, friends, you have to face the truth: you are never going to be rich. The chance of that happening is about one in a million. Not only are you never going to be rich, but you are going to have to live the rest of your life busting your butt just to pay the cable bill and the music and art classes for your kid at the public school where they used to be free…..And it is only going to get worse. Forget about a pension, forget about social security, forget about your kids taking care of you when you get old because they are barely going to have the money to take care of themselves”.
His documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11”, (one of many of his "movies" that show his hatred of all things American) attempts to make a case for the belief that President George W Bush waged the war on Iraq based only on lies. The “movie” was produced on a budget of around $2 million dollars and made a worldwide gross profit of $120 million dollars. Yeah I can see why he thinks capitalism sucks. (Keep in mind that “Fahrenheit 9/11” is only one of many “films” that blubber boy has made) As far as Moore’s comments concerning other people’s chances of being able to accomplish success in the United States, I can only say this….If a fat slob, with limited education (i.e. Michael Moore)…can make millions of dollars…then the opportunities are certainly unlimited for the rest of us. If all of these other countries are so wonderful....then why doesn’t Moore move to one...(maybe Cuba or Venezuela to name a couple of his favorites) and see how successful he would be there. Not gonna’ happen…yet he will continue to trash the United States and speak with a twinkle in his eyes when talking about Hugo Chavez and the Castro brothers.
The United States is the greatest country that has ever existed in the history of the world. Regardless of what was taking place within our borders at any given time, we have always been there for the rest of the world. Why? Because of the very Christian principles that this country was founded on…..principles that say that we should even love those who hate us. So we give when it is not convenient and we sacrifice for people who we will never meet. Even when we are denigrated by those who hate us and seek to destroy us…even though we are often looked at as evil…even though our system of capitalism is criticized as evil….we continue to have compassion. Here’s what I think….I think the rest of the world should be glad that capitalism is alive and well in the United States (at least for now)….because if it weren't…we would probably be nothing more than another “third-world country”….with no way of helping all of those who hate us…when they need it. One last thing….Michael Moore…if you hate the United States and all that it stands for as much as you seem to….then please go away. If you won’t give all of your ill-gotten gain to the relief effort in Haiti….then maybe you could just go down there and let them barbeque you….since that would probably feed thousands of people for quite some time….Then Again….That’s Just Me
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