True leaders feel the suffering and spring into action, they are compassionate and empathetic. Folks who consider themselves compassionate, understanding , loving, can not get stuck in the suffering it is enough to stop anyone in their tracks. Focus is required, focus on the problem, lifting the sorrow and suffering.
As I write this I hear talking heads on tv discussing the wealth of BP, and how they can get it., how they want investigations on unethical business, etc etc..The focus is wrong, now is not the time to call names, try to grab money and start investigations, now is the time for us to gather together and take action to stop the suffering and sorrow. We need to team up with BP, and make this disaster go away from our people our shores! Congress is demonstrating its inability to lead because they can not focus on what is necessary when it is necessary, and that is clean up and prevention, so people can have their lives back, now!
Take it on a small individual basis. A child is drowning, you can be angry, complain focus on the lack of parenting, concentrate on calling authorities, etc or you can jump in the water and save the child. Action is the only need we have right now!
I agree with David DeCenzo . We should not boycott BP, they could go bankrupt and not pay any of the bills. They need money to make the reparations that will be enormous, do not punish those that are already suffering by being anxious to kill the perpetrator! This is the true meaning of "turn the other cheek." We need to support BP, so that they can be responsible for the damage.
If Hannity can spotlight the different methods to clean spills in water, then why is our President and Congress not doing anything! This is enormous, compared to Hurrican Katrina, why didn't we learn from that disaster the necessity of immediate action!
It boils down to government versus private business once again., if Hannity has the answers, why hasn't Congress been discussing them and springing into action.
What leadership emerged and what did not emerage and why? What would a businessman have done if this was his shore that was going to be devastated? You would run home to secure your home when you heard a hurricane was coming. You board up windows, remove anything that could fly around the yard etc. Nothing, was done, nothing! That is the true heartbreak! No preventive action was asked for from our people or considered by our Congress or our President, we waited for the company to figure it out while they tried to stop the break, and millions of gallons of oil spread on our shores.
My feeling is that we will develop new technology and preventive measures from this disaster that will benefit all of us. Hannity had wonderful ideas submitted on his show, to clean the oil spill. With these proven ideas demonstrated on the show, we know that we can establish new safety measures, that includes hugh nets that can mop up spills. It is wonderful to see the innovation, and it is sad to see the slow response of our government to clean up as BP trys to cap the pipe. We could have stopped the disaster from reaching our shores, and started the clean up. Now Florida is waiting for the oil to travel to it's shores and nothing is being done to capture it before it does its damage.
How can we move our Congress into action, what if this was an attack on our country? In retrospect, I wonder why Congress did not meet on the event immdediately and call for protective action from our brilliant scientists, inventors, and the many working companies that could have stepped up and instituted protective measures immediately. Instead they are discussing possible penalties, fines and actions against a company overwhelmed with guilt and responsibility.. Everything seems to be backwards in this world. Our people needed immediate action, not someone to think about future penalties.
We need to learn to turn the other cheek, this is an example of truly understanding that lesson. Turn the other cheek help to solve the problem, do not exacerabe the problem and increase the suffering! Quit complaining and call your Congressman and tell him or her to move the President off dead center, maybe he has to get the names of these people with the clean up ability, who are trying to contact the government from Hannity!
Our government is now facing the danger of losing our best friend, England, of destroying the pensions of our English friends, of killing a company, all because we are focusing on complaints, sorrow and suffering. This is not helpful to those who are crying, who have lost their life long jobs and businesses. They need to see action. The liberated countries of Europe are what come to mind, they saw action, marching through the streets when Victory in Europe was declared. Though devastated, hope was before their eyes. What have we done to give our people HOPE!
We need to create a positive attitude, we need a leader that knows how to do that, to speak to our people and say..".help BP to solve the problem, support clean up, suppor the locals, I am sending private businessmen to clean up the bayous, work will begin within so many days, and you will be back in business within a month!" Not just talk, mean it and get it done! Put together work crews, unemployed, trusted prisoners, national guard, whatever, but get it done.!
Now is the time to create jobs, offer hope, get the new clean up ideas out on the surface of the ocean and swamps to capture the oil. Action is what we need, compassion, understanding and all the help the brilliance of our country can bring to the table.
We can do it with leadership. Our government is lacking in what we as a country are known for,the men and women who braved public opinion and failure to step up to the plate and make things happen, right or wrong but get an action in place! Where are these leaders? We need to find them and vote them into office. We love our action figures, now we need to create action figures in government instead of complacent politicians, vote seekers who occupy office for life, who do not know the daily travails of surviving in business and the need to spring into action.
Let the oil clean up fund we hold languish, while are shores are polluted, hmmm? Could this possibly have a reason?
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