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Old 09-15-2005, 12:30 PM
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Arrow A Hurricane Katrina volunteer's experience.

I got this off of fullsizechevy.com

This is from a guy i know in Houston that went to volunteer his time to help the hurricane victims. We all had better pay attention to what is going on with the welfare state our country is becoming.


SO I VOLUNTEERED..........

I thought I might inform the few friends I have of my recent traumatic
experience. I am going to tell it straight, blunt, raw, and I don‘t give a
****. Long read, I know but please do read!!!

I went to volunteer on Saturday at the George R. Brown Convention Center for
two reasons.

A: I wanted to help people to get a warm fuzzy.
B: Curiosity.

I‘ve been watching the news lately and have seen scenes that have made
me want to vomit. And no it wasn‘t dead bodies, the city under water, or the
sludge everywhere. It was PEOPLE‘S BEHAVIOR. The people on T.V. (99% being
Black) were DEMANDING help. They were not asking nicely but demanding as if
society owed these people something. Well the honest truth is WE DON‘T. Help
should be asked for in a kind manner and then appreciated. This is not what
the press (FOX in particular) was showing, what I was seeing was a group of
people who are yelling, demanding, looting, killing, raping, and SHOOTING
back at the demanded help!!!!! I‘m thinking this can‘t possibly be true
can it???? So I decide to submit to the DEMAND for help out of SHOCK. I
couldn‘t believe this to be true of the majority of the people who are the
weakest of society. So I went to volunteer and help folks out and see the
truth. So I will tell the following story and you decide:

I arrived at the astrodome only to find out that there are too many
volunteers and that volunteers were needed at the George R. Brown
Convention Center. As I was walking up to the Convention Center I noticed a
line of cars that wrapped around blocks filled with donations. These where
ordinary Houstonians coming with truckloads and trunks full of water,
diapers, clothes, blankets, food, all types of good stuff. And lots of it
was NEW. I felt that warm fuzzy while helping unload these vehicles for these
wonderful human beings. I then went inside the building and noticed
approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of clothes, shoes, jackets, toys and all types
of goodies all organized and ready for the people in need. I signed up,
received a name badge and was on my merry way excited to be useful.

I toured the place to get familiar with my surrounding; the entire place
is probably around 2 million sq. ft. I noticed rows as far as the eye can
see of mattresses, not cots, BLOW UP MATTRESSES!!! All of which had nice
pillows and plenty of blankets. 2 to 3 bottles of water lay on every bed.
These full size to queen size beds by the way were comfortable, I laid in
one to see for myself. I went to look at the medical area. I couldn‘t
believe what my eyes were seeing!!! A makeshift hospital created in 24
hours!!! It was unbelievable, they even had a pharmacy. I also noticed that
they created showers, which would also have hot water. I went upstairs to
the third floor to find a HUGE cafeteria created in under 24 hours! Rows of
tables, chairs and food everywhere - enough to feed an army! I‘m not talking
about crap food either. They had Jason‘s Deli food, apples, oranges, coke,
diet coke, lemonade, orange juice, cookies, all types of chips and
sandwiches. All the beverages by the way was put on ice and chilled!!!! In a
matter of about 24 hours or less an entire mini-city was erected by
volunteers for the poor evacuees. This was not your rundown crap shelter, it
was BUM HEAVEN.

So that was the layout: great food, comfy beds, clean showers, free
medical help, by the way there was a library, and a theatre room I forgot to
mention. Great stuff right????

Well here is what happened on my journey -

I started by handing out COLD water bottles to evacuees as they got off
the bus. Many would take them and only 20% or less said thank you. Lots of
them would shake their heads and ask for sodas! So this went on for about
20-30 minutes until I was sick of being an unappreciated servant. I figured
certainly these folks would appreciate some food!!! So I went upstairs to
serve these beloved evacuees some GOOD food that I wish I could have at the
moment!

***The following statements are graphic, truthful, and discuss
IRRATIONAL behavior***

Evacuees came slowly to receive this mountain of food that is worth
serving to a king! I tell them that we have 2 types of great deli sandwiches
to choose from - ham and turkey. Many look at the food in disgust and DEMAND
burgers, pizza, and even McDonalds!!!! Jason‘s Deli is better than
McDonalds!!!! Only 1 out of ten people who took something would say "thank
you" the rest took items as if it was their God given right to be served
without a shred of appreciation!!! They would ask for beer and liquor. They
complained that we didn‘t have good enough food. They refused food and
laughed at us. They treated us volunteers as if we their SLAVES. No not all
of them of course...but 70% did!!!!!! 20% were appreciative, 10% took the
food without any comment and the other 70% had some disgusting comment to
say. Some had the nerve to laugh at us. And when I snapped back at them for
being mean, they would curse at me!!! Needless to say I was in utter shock.
They would eat their food and leave their mess on the table... some would
pick up their stuff many would leave it for the volunteers to pick up. I
left that real quick to go down and help set up some more beds. I saw many
young ladies carrying mattresses and I helped for a while. Then I realized
something...their where hundreds of able bodied young men who could help!! I
asked a group of young evacuees in their teens and early twenties to help. I
got cursed at for asking them to help!!! One said "We just lost our ****ing
homes and you want us to work!!" The next said "Ya Cracker, you got a home
we don‘t" I looked at them in disbelief. Here are women walking by carrying
THEIR ****ING BEDS and they can‘t lift a finger and help themselves!!

WHY THE **** SHOULD I HELP PEOPLE WHO DON‘T WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES!!!!

I waved them off and turned away and was laughed at and more "white boy
jokes" were made at me. I felt no need to waste my breath on a bunch of
pitiful losers. I went to a nearby restroom where I noticed a man shaving. I
used the restroom, washed my hands and saw this man throw his razor towards
the trash can...he missed... he walked out leaving his disgusting razor on
the floor for some other "cracker" to pick up. Even the little kids were
demanding. I saw only ONE white family and only TWO Hispanic families. The
rest were blacks...sorry 20% to 30% decent blacks... and 70% LOSERS!!!!!

I would call them ******S, but the actual definition of a ****** is one
who is ignorant, these people were not ignorant......they were ARROGANT
*******S. The majority of which are thugs and lifetime lazy *** welfare
recipients. We are inviting the lowest of the low to Houston. And like
idiots we are serving the people who will soon steal our cars, rape, murder,
and destroy our city while stealing from our pockets on a daily basis
through the welfare checks they take. We will fund our own destruction.

By "US" I don‘t mean a specific race, I mean the people who work hard,
work smart, have values and morals. Only people who want to help themselves
should be helped, the others should be allowed to destroy themselves. I do
not want to work hard, give the government close to half the money I earn so
they can in turn give it to a bunch of losers.

I don‘t believe in being poor for life. My family immigrated here, we
came here poor, and now thank God, and due to HARD WORK we are doing fine.
If immigrants, who come here, don‘t know the language can work and become
successful... WHY THE **** CAN‘T THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMEGROWN DO IT!!! If
we continue to reward these losers then we will soon destroy our great
country. I just witnessed selfish, arrogant, unappreciative behavior by the
very people who need help the most. Now these same people who cursed me,
refused my cities generosity, who refuse to help themselves are DEMANDING
handouts on their own terms!!!!!!! They prance around as if they are owed
something, and when they do receive a handout, they say it‘s not good
enough! Well you know what......these types of people can go to hell for all
I care!
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Old 09-15-2005, 12:46 PM
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**** thats horrible.. maybe there is a reason that hurricane went there and took there homes away.
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Old 09-15-2005, 02:14 PM
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yep and the people who are asking are getting nothing. Alot of the religious groups are saying NO got hit because of their lifestyles (kind of like a few cities in the bible)
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Old 09-15-2005, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by archemedes
yep and the people who are asking are getting nothing. Alot of the religious groups are saying NO got hit because of their lifestyles (kind of like a few cities in the bible)
In reality N.O. did not even get hit that bad though, those under funded levees is what screw them over, of course that is their own fault.
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They should just plow NO into the ocean
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Originally Posted by 97z2801ss
They should just plow NO into the ocean
Id say the same thing... knock everything down and start over
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they are talking about rebuilding it on higher ground now
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hopefully kick the ******** out of the us too
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You also have to understand that it is their way of life. Its all they have known. Most tend to use the excuse of :"its hard being black" to help ease their guilt of not acheiving or having any ambition. Also, the fact that what they DID have is now destroyed, For a good reason prehaps? We don't know and will not know for that is information not intended for us TO know. Im the type of person whom believes everything that happens to us, thats bad that is..is for a good reason, and the goal is to keep fighting the good fight. Ambition. Now that is what drives us.
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What I thought was funny is a group from mobile who lived on Dauphin Island (there re only a couple houses standing now, but hundreds used to be there) were in MS helping clean up and help people, it shows how people are raised differs.Too many people are taught they are the only person that matters everyone else owes them something, that's a pathetic view of life, noone owes anyone anything except respect
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My brother lives in Jacksonville, FL and he went to Alabama to help with the relief efforts (he works for Home Depot, so they transfered him to an Alabama HD to help with all the work they're doing down there)... He said he went out for a smoke break and noticed there was a truck across the street handing out water, the rule was "1 bottle of water per person." Well, some black lady took two bottles of water, and the guy behind her shot her point blank in the head because he was pissed off that she took 2. IMO, these (trying to keep it clean) are no better than the terrorists, and should be deported to Iraq where we can then nuke the **** out of all of these bastards that don't deserve to be alive.

Oh, and not to mention my brother then almost died from the bacteria and **** in the water... he got anthrax and e. coli poisoning, but they got him to the hospital in time and what not.
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that was on the news. He was not in a good area (the police won't respond to calls ther without 3 cars going)
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Originally Posted by DDxHellRaiser
YIm the type of person whom believes everything that happens to us, thats bad that is..is for a good reason,
a quick question, just so i know that i'm not misreading what you meant, are you saying as in bad things happen to people because they were bad or bad things happens to people because its what we are destined to experience?
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