Differences between Iowa and New Orleans

How come there are no celebrities holding telethons raising money for Iowa?

How come the media is not asking tough questions to the government, President Bush, and FEMA. Questions like;

Why hasn't the government solved the problem yet?

Where's FEMA?

Why did President Bush cause the flooding?

Why isn't the federal government relocating people to other cities, like Chicago, Omaha, Minneapolis?

When will Spike Lee hold a press conference and accuse the federal government of blowing up the levees in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and other towns?

How come Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks have not yet arrived to help? Is it because Sean is smoking a Cuban cigar and celebrating with his new best friend Hugo Chavez?

Where are all the looters carrying off televisions, stereos, beer, food?

When will Iowa's governor announce that we will rebuild a new "Vanilla Iowa"?

Will Vanilla Ice be the MC at the opening ceremonies of re-dedicating Iowa?

Where are the reports of cannibalism, gang rapes, murders and intimidation of helpless people?

Where are the reports that President Bush hates Iowa?

None of these things will happen. People in the midwest don't declare that certain cities are black, white or any other race. They are midwestern cities in the USA. We stand together, white, black, Indian, oriental, hispanic, etc.

No, it's not the federal governments fault this happened. No President Bush did not cause this. No Spike Lee won't waste his time here, neither will Sean Penn or the Dixie Chicks. We did get football star Dallas Clark to come here to help. Rock bands like REO Speedwagon and The Little River Band volunteered time to help raise funds to help.

For the most part, midwesterners pull themselves up by their own boot straps, help each other, dig in and get the task done, not matter how tough the task is.

People in this part of the country depend on God, not government. Why? Because government is made up of people, mostly politicians that tell us what we want to hear, but usually don't deliver. People in the midwest know that God always will deliver you. You may go through trials and tribulations, but when you put your Faith, Hope and Trust in God.

HE GETS ER DONE!

Why won't Hollywood show up in a place like Iowa? Because they would be told something like this:

If you want to help, grab a shovel, fill a sand bag, bag a dyke, help clean up or get out of the way. We have work to get done!

God bless all of the people that have helped the midwest get through this. Most of all, All Praise and Glory goes to God. Even though this happened, it pulled us together to get through this. God gets all of the glory for making a success out of tragedy.