Oh thank you, thank you, I'd forgotten about jibjab

since the presidential election when they had the "This Land Is Your Land" with "Bushed" and Kerry which was way too funny.

I know they're talking about Wal Mart, but it comes down to no choice in towns as small as mine. If it wasn't bad enough for them to come in and close down our Rich's Department Store and our Ames Department Store and practically all of our mile long Main Street, when our local K-Mart decided to hang on, Wal Mart built a "superstore" right behind K-Mart and its adjacent big chain grocery store. At this Wal Mart you can buy your groceries as well.

K-Mart is still hanging on, as well as the small grocery store next door, but I've a feeling it won't be long before they just give up.

I used to shop once in awhile at Wal Mart for the "Lower prices all the time," but I've decided to boycott that place.

• Link for Big Box Mart from Jib Jab (see below) - Peanuts
  • That was cute! Thanks! - nm
  • Oh thank you, thank you, I'd forgotten about jibjab - omt

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It just so seems that the media always focuses on the sensational.  Not that I don't feel for all displaced persons but those in shelters, it appears to me, are having all their needs met.  What about those who are too proud to ask for help?  Those doing the best they can to help each other?  I simply have not been aware that MS/AL were so hard-hit.  We live in a very poor, rural community in NW Arkansas and I'm sure that there are many people in MS/AL and rural parts of LA that are in desparate need of help and no one seems to be concerned about them. My husband and I would even be willing to go to these areas at our own expense to volunteer but unfortunately, we haven't been "trained" to volunteer so there's nothing we can do until we receive "proper training."  What the heck??  How much training does it take to pass out water and food for the SA or ARC in areas where they don't have ANYONE?

 Maybe, like me, thanks to the media reporting, not many know there are people there hurting.  I hope we can find some small way to  help.  We've tried about every charitable organization and they want cash donations to go into their general funds.  We've already done that.  Now in our small way, we want to help those no one is talking about.