Haiti and Oprah

Ok. Today, two separate thoughts. One: Haiti. It is noble and right to help Haiti, given their current situation. But, why weren't we doing this before all of this happened? Where was the aid before the earthquake? Why should we help now? Most people in that country had nothing before the earthquake, guess what?! They still don't have anything post earthquake. Like Brian Williams just said, what happens when the world's attention moves on? Sure George Clooney can buy the airtime to have a telethon on Haiti's behalf, but I would be very interested to know if he is indeed contributing to the pot. What about his cohorts appearing with him tonight? The Bible says, "To him who much is given, much is expected." People often forget about these places except for when tragic events happen. There was no telethon for Katrina. Rita is all but forgotten, although her devastation is almost as great. Five years later, homes in south Louisiana are still vacant. Most still have the water stains up the walls and mold growing in the moist summer heat. People are still displaced because they cannot afford to go back and have nothing to go back to. What happens when Haiti's corrupt government swallows the money meant for aid, or plucks children off the streets to be adopted. Children who very well may have parents. My hope is that the aid workers build better buildings for them. That clean up doesn't take five years for them. This whole situation just makes me sad. I am struggling to comprehend all of this.

Ok. On to the next topic! Anyone see Oprah today? Sarah and Bristol Palin were on today's show via Skype (Oprah's getting cheap? I think so!) Bristol's portion of the show was an interview about her single motherhood. Oprah pulled out a quote from the INStyle article featuring the mother/daughter pair in which Bristol is quoted saying that she will "defintely not have sex again until she's married." Oprah then proceeded to bash Bristol on this claim, stating that is wasn't realistic for a young woman with a child to remain chaste until marriage. This just infuriates me. Oprah has no room to comment on pre-marital sex because of her own lifestyle! I hardly believe that she and Stedman refraid from having sex because they are not married. Bristol is trying to make things right in her situation and I believe that. Hasn't Oprah ever heard of re-claimed virginity? That is a whole other issue that I can talk about later. Just infuriating! I can't adequately put into words the feelings I have about the interview I watched! Kudos to you Bristol Palin!