Help Haiti, why should we?

 I just want to get this blog out of the way:  WTH people.  Haiti wasn't exactly a nation of prosperity, but it's a living hell hole now post earthquake.  I am hearing shat both for and against aid.  I think the celeb telethons are a fricking joke.  While all those celebs were helping out Katrina "victims" and our government was opening the check book to them and area in Wisconsin was being shunned.  Why?  Because it's all about timing dearies.  Days before the areas around Esophia, WI were hit by several tornadoes.   Over 75% of the structures uninhabitable, he towns basically wiped out.  Fed aid, nope it all went to NO.  For the record the night that those tors hit there they already were guessing the path of the hurricane and telling people to evacuate.  NO had days, those in WI had no more than 5 minutes of warning.  So pardon my not giving a shat about them taking up my TV time.  Back to the point of this post.

First off, if you blame the quake on either God's wrath or Global warming get the hell off of my blog before I have to kick your ass.  I have seen too much carp over the last few days since the quake.  One of the main charities with it's token celeb was funneling money.  Text for Haiti and none of it goes there.  Whatever.  They need assistance for just the basic needs right now.  They are making shelters out in the open with sticks right now, in fear of the next aftershock.  Tents and cash are needed.  Here is a list of checked and double checked AMERICAN BASED charities. I have given a bit to several charities.  I went to Fox News who has done a heart wrenching yet wonderful job.  Take time to watch some of these clips.  From showing children waiting to be adopted to their parents in the USA, to the impersonal mass graves mixed with dirt and garbage, and a mothers worse nightmare.  As a parent I cannot even fathom any of this.  You can hate Fox News for its sometimes Right views, but without them the state department would NOT have gotten these children.

With that being said other countries are doing things that are far better then our presidents idea of letting our donations be tax deductible this year instead of next year.  Big fricking deal.  Canada is matching dollar for dollar the donations in their country.  Nice.  Oh Canada!  So looking north, I found this charity whose stuff I have bid on before.  Comfort Doll.  Take a second to look at the auction, there will be other artists up in the coming days too.  The first is with Pete Levin.  Here is the link.

She has in the past done photos with Collective Soul and most recently Blues Traveler! 

Most of you who read this blog are parents.  Mothers.  What if it was your child stuck under a pile of rubble, what would you do?  I know form the bottom of my heart knwoing someone donated their hard earned money to bring in the heavy moving equipment to save my baby, would mean the world to me. 

Natural disasters happen everywhere.  Death happens.  But out of the tragedy comes compassion.  Just 5 bucks does add up.