Replies to '09/12-13 Hurricane Katrina: Rescuing the Rescuers and Rebuilding'

I think Dr. Phil did a great job of showing how hard the rescue teams are working in New Orleans.  They are doing so at great personal sacrifice.  It would probably be much easier for them to bail and go to another city to find work.  But instead they choose to stay to help rescue those in need and to help restore order to the city.  They are truly angels. 

However I think it is a disgrace the way the citizens of New Orleans and the rescue workers and police were pretty much abandoned and left for dead during the first days after the hurricane.  I think the current administration added greatly to the tragedy by dragging its feet and doing nothing for days while people were dying waiting for water and food.  Now there seems to be an effort by the powers that be to put a positive spin on their response.  Bush can do a photo op and pray all he wants to, but what these people really need is action and relief.  Bush prays in public because the right wing conservatives eat that stuff up.  I do believe in prayer, but everything this man has done suggests to me that he could really care less about anything but the ultra rich.  If the current is so Pro Life, why didn't it care about the lives of the babies that were dying in the streets?  Actions speak louder than words. 

Where did I say in my post that I do not believe in prayer?  Where did it say that I don't believe in prayer in public & that I think it should be a moment of silence instead?  Where did I say that I don't believe in the power of prayer.  You're putting words in my mouth & you don't even know me.  In fact I think you meant to direct this post at the person I was answering and I think in her post she'd made a statment & she's left out a word.  I believe she said "the power of prayer never amazes me" & I believe she MEANT "the power of prayer never CEASES to amaze me".  Because I believe she was mentioning using prayer as a first defense for depression.  I agreed with her and I STILL do.  I went on to mention what helps me with my SAD or my seasonal disorder.     

It sounds to me like it's YOU that's filled with anger & hate & perhaps you should be praying for yourself for understanding, kindness & some empathy for your fellow man.  This is a time of crisis and having empathy to me would mean cutting people some slack right now when they make a typo on a bulliten board & not using it as a platform for your political &/or religious beliefs.     

Its very hard for me to listen to hogwash like this and not get upset. How naive and ignorant and misguided so many people are. THERE IS NOT SUCH A THING AS "GOD"! "God" does not exist. You people sit here and talk about the power of prayer and talk about praying to your almighty God for strength and courage...the same God that was so gracious that he thought it was imperative to send or allow Hurricane Katrina to hit New Orleans and leave over a million homeless indefinitely and thousands dead. GET REAL! I'm going to pray to God for allowing me to survive Katrina even though he allowed it to happen. Does that really make sense??? When will you all wake up and realize there is no "GOD". God is just a fabrication passed out through the centuries to maintain some sense of order. People need to feel they are living life for a purpose...not just some senseless, wretched existence that culminates in grim, everlasting death. No "Merciful God" of any type could sit back and watch let alone allow something like Hurricane Katrina to happen. As much as you all go to church and try to justify and rationalize this horrible disaster, you all dont want to conform to the fact that "God" isnt an entity. I just dont see how something so obvious is yet so vague to most people. "God"...umph! I have woken up and smelled the scent of reality, when will the rest of you? That doesnt mean that I worship the devil (who doesnt exist either) or am a bad person, I'm just enlightened.