She was dangling from a bridge!
 

I do not know if any of you watched cnn this morning but they were reporting on the caravan of immigrants stalled on a bridge.
They showed a mother hanging onto a ladder, dangling off a bridge to be lowered to a raft in the river. Once she reached the raft, her two small children were brought down.
Ok.... I know all the arguments about these people breaking the law to come here illegally .... blah blah blah...
putting all the politics of that aside, there was a desperate mother dangling from a bridge.
As a parent, I, much like any of you, would move mountains in the best interest of my children. And while I have seen tough times, I have never had to dangle from a bridge.
I have to wonder about the condition of our country when we have, seemingly, lost our humanity to partisan politics.

I do not know why this story struck such a nerve in me. I guess I am sick and tired of the hate being peddled by politicians.

Lots of other things go on in these people lives that are even worse than dangling from a ladder.

Exactly....
Seems to me the most powerful nation in the world could come up with some ideas of how to address the situation in a humane way.

El Presidente is instead looking forward to his very own Gaza-on-the-Rio-Grande.

I keep thinking of the S. S. St Louis debacle.

It gave amnesty to millions, mostly Mexicans, when Reagan was President.

I agree...We have room for a billion plus people here. Open the gates!!!

That's about as fair as me suggesting the anti-immigration solution is 'kill them all.'

Excuse me? That sounds racist to me. Why would you deny entry to anyone worldwide if you allow entry to those "dangling" from a bridge and their families. Is there a double standard? What would your entry criteria be?

How cute. You worked the R-word in.

The person does not get entry because of dangling from a bridge, per se, although your lack of sympathy for a person in such peril is quite telling. Asylum for refugees, of course, is based on demonstrated peril in homeland, not while traveling. But on humanitarian grounds, we should assist Mexico to assure safety of travellers.

@JJIII: tell me I've got a new target here, and I'll suspect you're right!

Thanks Don, you've put it far better than I could.

DQ, I'm just happy to see different people joining in.

In general, I completely agree.

The callous attitude and who it comes from tells me all I need to know, Barb. You care. You may not be able to do anything about it but, you care and that's the difference. Whatever else comes from their mouths is irrelevant. You care and they don't. Stay focused on that.

She was dangling from a bridge!
 

Thank you for your response, Bluestreak.
There is a story told to those who go into the social work field that is told to rookies.
It is the starfish story... not sure if you have heard of it.
Two friends were walking down the beach after a horrible storm happened the night before. There were hundreds of starfish washed up on the beach where they would die if they did not get back in the water.
One friend reached down, picked up a starfish, and started to throw it back into the ocean. The other friend stopped him and said, do not be silly... there are hundreds of starfish, you cannot possibly make a difference.
The first friend threw that starfish as far as he could back into the ocean and replied, i made a difference for that starfish.
And, Bluestreak, that is how I deal with the frustration of the big, complex problems that I cannot change. I try to make the difference when and where I can even if I cannot save all the starfish on the beach.

Bless you and others like you.