Haiti

Just thinking about the crisis in Haiti. We all acknowledge it is a tragic situation -- at least all but a couple of loud-mouthed public figures. But is this the time to throw stones? Today Haiti is what it is -- A toppled country, devoid of food, water and any infrastructure in its capital city of millions. The time to question its extreme poverty and corruption was before the earthquake struck. Why now are people waking up to question the years of corruption and neglect? Why do we wait for a tragedy to see the shortcomings and needs around us? We also didn't see (or at least the Corps of Engineers wouldn't admit seeing) that the sea walls in New Orleans would not hold, yet it takes a tragedy to get the attention of folks. And then they begin screaming that "they should have done something." The time to do "something" is before the disaster -- not after it. What other tragedies await us because we refuse to see?