When Will This Blog Lighten Up?

Hopefully I'll be able to come up with something else to talk about other than the hurricane and gas soon, but I just keep watching it on TV and it keeps depressing me.

I read this on CNN.com, and thought it was something most people never hear about. You ever hear someone talk about how the US is always there to help OTHER countries when they are in need, but no one helps US? Here in an excerpt from the story, "Governments Pledge Aid After Katrina:"

The statement said offers of aid have been received from:

Australia, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.

Now I'm not so naive; many of these might just be empty pledges just to show the international community that they are willing to work with the US. But the fact is that they have said they would help us, the self-proclaimed sole superpower. Maybe we should remember this next time we want to criticize those countries for not agreeing with us on everything.