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Posted By: Sandi Bowman
Friday, 23 September 2005, at 6:05 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Very GOOD idea and here's why... (Alex F.)

> Who cares about you??? I thought your post was about helping OTHER
> people?? Well then, you should know that making money on the internet is
> NOT EASY! It takes A LOT of time. It took me 2 years to build my internet
> business, and most people are NEVER able to even make a profit. How about
> finding them a job first??? Before we turn them into internet experts???
> :-)

> Actually, unless you've lived under a rock the past few months, many
> GREAT organizations are already coordinating and getting the ball rolling.
> Have you ever heard of the Red Cross, the Salvation Army or Craig's List?

> HEre's the links:

> http://www.redcross.org

> http://www.salvationarmyusa.org

> http://neworleans.craigslist.org/

>

> Put yourself in their place, you've lost EVERYTHING. No computer, NO
> ANYTHING!
> 6 months from now will you be "established"?

> The idea was to have a one-on-one

> So you would invite a complete stranger to live in your home for 6 to 12
> months, you would personally teach them? reagardless of who it is? or what
> their background was? What if he/she doesn't care about computers? ANd
> doesnt want to learn? what would you do then?? What if they have to bring
> their entire family with them? To your home?

> Not to mention the

> Of course they're human beings, and mostly great people, but are you
> ready to take them on and help them to be webmasters?

> Sandy, if the world was as peachy as it sounds in writing, we would live
> in paradise but what about living in the REAL world?

> Alex

Okay, folks. You've shot the hell out of what was intended to be a productive and hopefully helpful post to get some OTHER ideas rolling around and hopefully produce something that would work. I hope you've had your fun at my expense.

Alex, if you really think I don't know about the OTHER things that are being done, you're waaaay off the mark. I've been involved in many of them directly.

I've had enough of this crap. Not a damned one of you came up with an alternative idea.

Since it is internet, I never made one mention of having a stranger in my home (though I've done that in the past many times). You don't have to BE THERE to help someone...especially if you can establish a core group in various areas to be available for consultation when on-site is needed (and probably won't be if the mentorship is working and the volunteers are knowledgeable).

This IS the real world, folks. This country and world no longer 'works' the way it did a hundred years ago. Too much government interference stifled the heck out of individual initiative and working together. Everything has to be 'by the book'. Well, I've been around long enough to know that some things are better done by individuals, one to one. If you don't think so, just look at how the government screwed up on Katrina aid.

Enough said.

Sandi

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