A WASPs Response To Tragedy

Hello and Welcome, to the next installment of the Preppy Chronicles.

WASPs and Preppies It's Time to step up to the plate

It is my hope that this installment will cause you not only to think but to act.

In the past few days we all have been constantly assaulted by horrific images  of the tragedy in Haiti. I use the term  because there is not an hour that goes by that we are not reminded of the tragedy by the media. We have held everything from a telethon to Bake sales, you name it we have done it, to raise needed money for food, clothing, medical supplies.

Three days ago, someone asked : How did the earthquake affect me, How do I now feel about it, and What was I going to do?

My response  came in Four parts:

1. As a human, I was at first in a state of shock, then came anger and pity and finally  compassion.
2. As an American, I was and still am proud of my country  for stepping up to the plate and doing what no other country can or will do.
3. As a political analyst,  The earthquake was the best thing that could have ever happened . ( Now before you take me out to the edge of the city, to stone me hear me out.) We now have a major change in the size of the population, a major dispersion of the population; which will allow much-needed growth in the country side. The entire infrastructure will be rebuilt from the ground up. (And who will be supplying the materials and labor? … You guessed it The United States… Can you say Economic stimulus ) Haiti will become the Phoenix  that rises from the ashes.
4. As a WASP, my response must be one of substance and sustainability. Those of us that do still have wealth, must respond by putting our money where our mouth is. The amount of funds that have been given, are nothing short of astounding. But what happens when this bounty runs low or out, which it will do. Most of the money raised has been from the common man, who will shortly run out of money to give, although the need will still be great.

That’s the time that you and I must step up to the plate.

To be blunt.

There will be great needs and opportunities in the future. In areas that the government, theirs and ours just suck at, because they ( the governments ) are just too large to handle the problems effectively.  So…I ask that you think about the ways that you can do something of substance and sustainability. Haiti, is just one of many places in this world that needs our help. I can’t feed the world, but I can do something that will make a real difference in the future.

Now, I am going to say something that will make some of you, including myself cringe, As a WWASP (Wealthy, WASP) I don’t like being forced into a position, that I must step up to the plate, but the reality is, that is what the world expected of us and that is what we will do. ( I like to do things because I want to do them, not because that is what the world expects ) So.. I will pull out the check book, and get involved as best I can. And Damn it, I will put a smile on my face because it will put a smile on the face of someone who I will never meet. ( believe me I am not feeling sorry for myself, but just expressing my thoughts out loud. I am very blessed to be in that position, … No really I am.)….Now before I completely put you off of giving, off of me, this blog and the all the WWASPs out there I will shut up.

Doctors without borders.

Thank you for your thoughts and actions.

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.

Always Bumby

The Preppy Chronicles Edition I vol.3

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