[Shadeshi_Bondhu] Please come forward to help

Cyclone SIDR devastated Bangladesh on the 15th of November. Please come forward to help  On 15th November 2007, Cyclone Sidr, a Category 4 storm, devastated Bangladesh leaving over 3400 people dead to date and several hundreds of thousands injured. The bodies are still being recovered and the number is expected to exceed 10000. Over 3.5 million people have been affected by this cyclone. They have lost their near and dear ones and their houses, cattle, crops and all personal belongings have been engulfed by the deadly cyclone. Homeless, hungry and grief stricken these people are waiting for relief at the thousands of relief centers in Bangladesh but the relief that is arriving is just not enough. There are too many hungry mouths to feed. Please notice the number of hands that are going up for one box of biscuits. Many of them die in the stampede while some just go back home empty handed. To make matters worse these are remote areas and it not very easy to reach relief goods to these helpless people. Please click here to watch a video on the aftermath of Cyclone SIDR The water has been contaminated by dead bodies. It is very difficult to find pure drinking water. What usually follows such natural calamities is an outbreak of diseases. The medical teams are having trouble coping with the number of patients that are arriving at the medical centers.  The children are the most vulnerable  during such times. Please come forward to help. Please donate to one of the Non Profit Organizations that are playing an important role in rebuilding and supporting Bangladesh. Even if you can't afford it please don't be disheartened. Please pray and spread the word or help in whatever way you can. Thanks a lot for your Kindness and generosity Join Facebook Group BRAC Save The Children International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies World Vision Oxfam Islamic Aid

 

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[Shadeshi_Bondhu] !*!*! Freedom !*!*!

~* I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free *~ !*!*! Fre edom !*!*!

A VISITOR FROM THE PAST     (Thelen Paulk)

I had a dream the other night, I didn't understand. A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand. His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by my bed. He took off his three-cornered hat, and speaking low, he said:

"We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty. We wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny. For future generations, this legacy we gave. In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave.

"The freedom we secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep. But tyrants labored endlessly while your parents were asleep. Your freedom gone, your courage lost, you're no more than a slave. In this, the land of the free and home of the brave.

"You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun, Permits to start a business, or to build a place for one. On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent. Although you have no voice in choosing, how the money's spent.

"Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate. Your Christian values can't be taught, according to the state. You read about the current news, in a regulated press. You pay a tax you do not owe, to please the I.R.S.

"Your money is no longer made of Silver or of Gold. You trade your wealth for paper, so your life can be controlled. You pay for crimes that make our Nation, turn from God in shame. You've taken Satan's number, as you've traded in your name.

"You've given government control, to those who do you harm, So they can padlock churches, and steal the family farm, And keep our country deep in debt, put men of God in jail, Harass your fellow countrymen, while corrupted courts prevail.

"Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've sworn. Your daughters visit doctors, so their children won't be born. Your leaders ship artillery, and guns to foreign shores, And send your sons to slaughter, fighting other people's wars.

"Can you regain the freedom for which we fought and died? Or don't you have the courage, or the faith to stand with pride? Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save? Or do you wish your children, to live in fear and be a slave?

"People of the Republic, arise and take a stand! Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land! Preserve our Great Republic, and GOD-Given Right! And pray to GOD, to keep the torch of Freedom burning bright!"

As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came. His words were true, we are not Free, we have ourselves to blame. For even now as tyrants, trample each GOD-Given Right, We only watch and tremble, too afraid to stand and fight.

If he stood by your bedside, in a dream, while you're asleep, And wonders what remains of our Rights he fought to keep, What would be your answer, if he called out from the grave: "IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE???"

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