My head has been reeling with thoughts in the wake of Katrina. As a nation we have shown ourselves to be SO poorly equipped to handle it. I keep wishing there was more of a way that I could physically help those in need and it makes me so ANGRY that we can be so incredibly organized to move to war, and not so organized to move to peace and assistance.

Where is the organization like the National Guard, filled with volunteers who train on a regular schedule, but can keep a ‘regular’ job and can mobilize in an instant to give aid when/where needed, but are NEVER called to go to war? Personally, I would enlist in such an organization today.

I decided years ago that I would never bear arms for my country, but I wish I had equal opportunity to bring aid.