let's just get all cynical

This week the PGA Tour goes to New Orleans...for the first time since Katrina, and, yes, a little bit is being made of it. The Tour will go there and play, and raise a bunch of money for local charities that sure as hell could use it. There are cynics though, that are looking at the whole thing and thinking too much is being made of it. New Orleans needs a hell of a lot more than this to get well, and in the grand scheme of things, this is much ado about nothing.

Well shit, people. If everyone felt that way, we'd get nowhere. If last year I said "My money won't do much of anything, I'll just not send it to the Red Cross." What if I did that, and millions of other people did that? What if we all do that this year, and next? Then where the hell would we be? Every little bit helps, and adds up into something that does make a difference. No, the PGA Tour isn't going to cure all New Orleans's ills in one weekend. Nobody wields that kind of power. So what should they do? What should anyone in that position do? Just throw up their defeatist arms and say, "Oh well, lets just forget it then?" No, this weekend won't fix everything, but it'll make some steps in the right direction. The Tour could have easily said..."No, New Orleans is still a mess. Let's just go someplace else that weekend and stay out of their way." Could have, but didn't...and yeah, that does make a difference.