WOW!
When you compare the difference between the way the Chinese addressed the flooding of the Yangtze River and the frighteningly slow response of the Americans to Cyclone Katrina I’d advise you to start sharpening up those chop stick skills!
They are all bloody woosies though, we have floods, fires, droughts and locust plagues – we are a veritable biblical studies class and we barely flinch. It tickled me that we were collecting charity for the Yanks.
Pakistani Response
President Pervez Musharraf, of Pakistan, was at the centre of the Pakistani Earthquake Disaster within 24 hours and it was obvious by his sound bites that he was going to make sure that their country's response to this disaster did not mirror America's shame.
They are all bloody woosies though, we have floods, fires, droughts and locust plagues – we are a veritable biblical studies class and we barely flinch. It tickled me that we were collecting charity for the Yanks.
Pakistani Response
President Pervez Musharraf, of Pakistan, was at the centre of the Pakistani Earthquake Disaster within 24 hours and it was obvious by his sound bites that he was going to make sure that their country's response to this disaster did not mirror America's shame.
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What isn't corrupt in the US? Then we have the ever enthusiastic 'throw yourself down on the ground and speak jibberish' religious furtives that seem to be playing an ever increasing role in Republican politics. The State and Church were seperated for very good reasons.
I believe the response to the recent tsunami which hit an even larger area was handled better than the way the Yank half arsed their southern states rescue.
The tsunami killed hundreds of thousands, and to this day, many of the relief supplies are still sitting in docks due to local corruption in some affected areas. (My sister-in-law is a doctor who has been making trips to Sri Lanka since February to help.)
The total death toll from Katrina was about 900 and the clean-up is well under way. 90,000 sqare miles were affected and within a week everyone was placed elsewhere with food, water and shelter. I'm not sure that was actually true in the remote areas hit by the tsunami; but it really doesn't help your narrative to look at that.
As to your comments about church and state, despite the hysteria in the media, there is no legislation pending to force me into the pews on Sunday morning. We have a consititution that prevents the creation of a state religion and allows its citizens the freedom to practice their religion without state interference. Pretty scary stuff - freedom.
Some of the first people sent to the Katrina affected areas by their Government were armed troops to keep their own people off of each other. I believe that a number of citizens were shot by these troops. They brought bullets instead of water.
The dog eat dog life of the average American is not something I want to see perpetrated on our people. Yet our current government is striving headfirst to turn us into a purely market democracy, where if you don't have the dough you are a second class citizen, grist for the mill.
The melting pot that we are has allowed many lifestyles and religions to flourish in this country. I would like this trend to continue without the trumped up charges from our 'allies' that we should be suspect of the Muslims.