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A Thought on HRC

A few people have emailed me to say that they are surprised that I am supporting Hillary Clinton for President because she represents the establishment.

Well, here is just one reason and response (others are forthcoming):

The people with the penises have been in charge for a really long time now and I just look at where we are in the World. America is not the shining city on the hill as it once was considered. So, I think that we need try my gender for a change.

Ask yourself, how would 911 been handled? Would we even be in Iraq? How would Katrina been handled?

Bush Sees White People

Here is a photo of W with -- wait for it, wait for it -- WHITE PEOPLE. Do you see any ethnic people in the photo or any of the others? Hmm, no ya don't. Dumb Dumb met up with the Govenator to tour San Diego -- white, republican land. Before he left the White House made some lame statements about how you can compare this to Katrina and took a dig at the elected officials of Louisiana. He neglected to mention Heckuva Job Brownie. Nor did he mention his own less than stellar actions.

The Prince of Compassion (with my embellishments):

Standing with his arm draped around the shoulders of Kendra Jeffcoat, whose house had burned to the ground, Bush said, "We know how tough it is for you (I have no clue b/c I am a very rich man)," as Jeffcoat's eyes filled with tears. "The American people care for (white) people like you who are suffering."

SoCal is On Fire

It is estimated that almost 1 million people will be relocated due to the fires in Southern California. The Santa Ana winds have struck again. Dumb dumb or his advisers may have learned from the Katrina debacle and the deplorable way that they treated African Americans. I saw stole this graph from NYT:

Of course, it is easier for him to want to help white people. After all, San Diego county is predominantly Republican. Is that why Bush is coming to SoCal? Is he trying to remove the stench of the rotting bodies from the 9th Ward off? Good luck, you'll need it. What kind of messages does this send? He'll come for white people? Kanye is still correct.

I am happy to report that fire has not touched my family members who live in the LA area nor any of my friends. We feel very fortunate.

Proud Presidential Moment #756

                  

                                             

       

And The Winners Are . . .

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its third annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and two to watch). This encyclopedic report on corruption in the 110th Congress documents the egregious, unethical and possibly illegal activities of the most tainted members of Congress. CREW has compiled the members’ transgressions and analyzed them in light of federal laws and congressional rules.

Sixteen members have been replaced from last year’s list of 25.

Check out Beyond Delay which offers short summaries of each member’s transgressions as well as the full-length profiles and all accompanying exhibits.

Members of the Senate:
Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)

Members of House:
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA)
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-CA)
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. Timothy F. Murphy (R-PA)
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM)
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY)
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R-NM)

Dishonorable Mention:
Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)

Several members in the study are already under federal investigation including: Reps. Calvert, Doolittle, Feeney, Jefferson, Lewis, Miller, Mollohan, Murphy, Renzi and Young, as well as Senator Stevens.

The Bell Tolls

It has been two years since Katrina devastated the Big Easy and the Gulf Coast. Some cities have recovered, some have not and it seems they never will. The course of lives have changed forever, with very few changing for the better.

There are over 100 bodies in the New O corner's office that have not been claimed. There are bodies that have rotted and never been picked up. Few are rebuilding because they don't have insurance or the insurance doesn't cover the rising cost of construction.

It would appear as though we have left those who were already even further behind. We should not forget them. It should be a matter of pride and honor that we help them. NOLA

Quick Takes

The Mormon takes a cheap shot at Hillary. Hmm, better than men in weird body underwear.

Oh, we are still losing our soldiers in Afghanistan. I am sorry for their families. Grrrrr.

Orange is hot. At least some people get almost what they deserve. Cry me a river, NOT!

Dumb dumb doesn't know jack about the environment. Where does he get this crap?

A good thing, but way over due.

It is almost two years later, towns are still struggling to recover from Katrina. We have failed.

New Poll: Racism in America

Damn, I can't believe that they needed a poll to figure out that we have racism in America. I am shocked, shocked I tell you. See CNN

It would seem that most of those who were polled said "that they know people who are racist, but do not consider themselves to be racist." wink, wink

Then, how does anyone explain the Tufts University Journal that published, "O Come All ye Black Folks?" This shit pisses me off. Why can't people just be people and not some label? At times like this, I wish that we were all color blind. The carol wasn't meant to be offensive. Um, right, it is surprising, but not all Black people are from the Ghetto, asshats.

I know, let's ask the residents of New Orleans if they think that people in America are racist?

Turnout is Key

Well, it had been awhile since I have written about politics, but I have some two cents to share.

Yes, we have a REAL chance to get back the House and Senate. But, we aren't there, yet. Let's not spend the next two days prediciting victory.

Let's get out there and make it HAPPEN. How are we going to do that? by VOTING ON TUESDAY and making sure that all of our felllow liberals and moderates do the same.

Please VOTE on TUESDAY and take five friends with you. Otherwise, these articles won't matter.

Women, Katrina victims and LGBT community stands to lose the most.

Always Trust a Teddy

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
                -Theodore Roosevelt

Quoteable dumbass

“I’ve come back to New Orleans to tell you the words that I spoke on Jackson Square are just as true today as they were then,” he told a largely friendly audience at Warren Easton Senior High School, referring to his major nighttime address on the storm last September.

That speech, itself a carefully planned event that came after most of the victims had died, was seen as a turning point by White House advisers who recognized the political damage done by the flawed government reaction.

“I have returned to make it clear to people that I understand we’re marking the first anniversary of the storm,’’ he said, “but this anniversary is not an end. And so I come back to say that we will stand with the people of southern Louisiana and southern Mississippi until the job is done.”  New York Times

Translation: I don't like Black people and will do the bare minimum or even less to help the white trash since some of the may vote. The church people can help the rest.

Yea, I don't care that there are still dead bodies in the ninth ward nor do I care that people don't have jobs or places to live. Have you seen my ranch? Can I go to my ranch, now?

It's Been One Year

It's been one year since Hurricane Katrina has hit. What is different for so many of those victims? For thousands, not so much. They don't have homes or jobs or unemployment.

In the Ninth Ward there are still dead bodies that have not been recovered. This is not a Third World Nation, this is the United States of America -- is it not? How can this be happening? Why is it being tolerated?

We, as a Nation, had a real opportunity to take a good, long look at ourselves. We have some real problems. There were several neighborhoods full of poor Black people who were left behind long before Hurricane Katrina. Have we taken this moment to ask ourselves, why in this Nation of prosperity were so people left to live a life in utter poverty without that quality -- HOPE -- that is the hallmark of America? How can we help these people now? How can we prevent these things happening ever again?

Why doesn't the President seem to care? Where is the special committee to ensure that New Orleans and all of the other cities recover?

Are the American people to desensitized that we don't care once the nightly news coverage moves on? Do we care so little about our fellow man to allow these things to happen? Are we so busy with being consumers, that we have forgotten that are those who go without everyday in our own backyards?

Most importantly, WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

Fox Fading Fast

Apparently, everyone is tired of the not even close to close to fair and unbalanced news. Their rhetoric is truly tiresome at this point. This was emailed to me, so I can't tell you from where it came. Was it their coverage on Katrina? Their excuses for the Katrina aftermath or their coverage on the War on Christmas that put them over the edge?

Q2 '06: Every FNC Program Loses Viewers

Fox News Channel lost viewers across the board in the second quarter of 2006. The network dropped 19 percent in the demo and 5 percent among total viewers compared to the same quarter in 2005. The quarter-to-quarter drops are also notable, and they're demonstrated in the chart below.

"Early prime" programs were the biggest losers. Your World and Big Story are down 15 percent in the demo. Special Report is down 24 percent. Fox Report is down 19 percent. The total viewer losses are almost as bad.

Quarter-to-quarter numbers can and do fluctuate. But the fact that every program, from 7am to 11pm, lost viewers in the second quarter helps explain why Roger Ailes is on the warpath. Here are the numbers:

	25-54 demo			Total viewers
Program	Q1	Q2	%	Q1	Q2	%
On The Record	334	306	-8%	1,397	1,330	-4%
Hannity & Colmes	359	332	-7%	1,536	1,485	-3%
The O'Reilly Factor	446	394	-11%	2,274	2,077	-8%
Fox Report	350	282	-19%	1,491	1,225	-17%
Special Report	312	235	-24%	1,485	1,190	-19%
Big Story	213	180	-15%	1,037	895	-13%
Your World	220	187	-15%	905	794	-15%
Studio B	227	205	-9%	948	861	-9%
DaySide	223	205	-8%	813	728	-10%
Fox News Live	224	208	-7%	870	792	-8%
Fox & Friends	330	308	-6%	904	842	-6%

(This analysis is based on the Q1 and Q2 2006 rankers.)

On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

Any guesses as to how many people will leave the Bush Administration? The new chief of wieners is asking for anyone who wants jump ship, do it now.

Why would anyone want to leave that fabulous workplace? Could it be that they are mortified about the Katrina debacle? Or horrified about the war for oil on terror in Iraq? Hey, maybe we will finally find out where Osama bin Hidin' really is located?

GWB: New O Hater

Georgie is a liar once again.

That’s right! He did know about the levees, the deplorable lack of preparedness for the Superdome and other concerns expressed to him by various members of the Homeland Defense droolers. Even, Michael Brown can prove he told ‘em so.

The best part? It is all on tape, baby! You can see it here. Now, what does Karl Rove have to say? Talk about guilty.

My favorite part:

A top hurricane expert voiced "grave concerns" about the levees and then-Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown told the president and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff that he feared there weren't enough disaster teams to help evacuees at the Superdome.

"I'm concerned about ... their ability to respond to a catastrophe within a catastrophe," Brown told his bosses the afternoon before Katrina made landfall.

The official response:

Homeland Security officials have said the "fog of war" blinded them early on to the magnitude of the disaster. But the video and transcripts show federal and local officials discussed threats clearly, reviewed long-made plans and understood Katrina would wreak devastation of historic proportions. "I'm sure it will be the top 10 or 15 when all is said and done," warned Max Mayfield of the National Hurricane Center the day Katrina lashed the GulfCoast

"I don't buy the `fog of war' defense," Brown told the AP in an interview Wednesday. "It was a fog of bureaucracy."

Only one briefing? Yea, how many does it take blockheads? Not to mention the date of that briefing was August 28, 2005. Do they think that we are all that stupid?

The White House and Homeland Security Department urged the public Wednesday not to read too much into the video footage.

Fat Tuesday

Happy Mardi Gras and especially, Fat Tuesday. Is anyone out there going to party like a rockstar? Tonight, in San Francisco and the Bay Area you can head out to a few places that are giving a percentage of proceeds tonight for Katrina Aid.

So, that's right drink up! Hey, this time it even has a point. That's right, shake what your momma gave you to earn some beads, bitchez!

Do You Swear?

Brownie, the infamous bungler, may testify about the deplorable way he treated black people during the Katrina debacle. Yes, Michael Brown, our beloved ex-FEMA official, desires all things to be made public.

Yea, so he has time to re-print and re-write all of his correpondence and forges ignatures on others?

He should be on trial for murder, but that is just my opinion and my blog so I get to write it.

An Important Message Re: Katrina

New Orleans isn't in the headlines these days, but what's about to happen there is incredibly important and needs our attention now.

I've learned from ColorOfChange.org that Black and poor folks are about to be locked out of New Orleans permanently. There's an atrocious rebuilding plan that will give huge profits to real estate developers, while pushing poor and Black residents out of New Orleans. The plan is quickly gaining traction.

Sadly, no one in Washington is standing up to stop what's happening, or to fight for an alternative--not even Black or progressive members of Congress. Congressional staffers in Washington D.C. say the public isn't paying attention, and representatives who want to fight for New Orleanians don't feel like they have the public behind them. Now is a time when we can truly make a difference if we speak out together.

I've joined ColorOfChange.org's campaign to fight against the forced gentrification of New Orleans--and to push Congress for a better plan which serves all New Orleanians. I wanted to let you know what they're doing, and urge you to get on board.

The plans on the table require displaced residents to come back to New Orleans and start the planning process for rebuilding, completely on their own. If too few are able to return, government (through a corporation set of for the purpose) can sell their property to developers who will turn around and build new, higher-priced housing and make huge profits, or turn the neighborhoods into park land.

It makes no sense. Katrina scattered working class and poor people across the country. Many of them want to return. But it's outrageous for politicians to expect them to come back to New Orleans and rebuild their homes under these conditions--where there are no jobs, no opportunities, not even the electricity to power a drill!--without even the promise of help. It's a set-up, and it will push these people out of New Orleans forever.

Things get clearer when you see who's behind the plans. At the federal level is Congressman Richard Baker.^[2] You may remember him--he's the Republican from Baton Rouge who said this, after Hurricane Katrina: "We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did."^[3] At the local level is Joseph Canizaro, a big-time real estate profiteer and a personal friend of Bush. Neither of these men has been a friend to the poor or Black folks of the region, and their plans reflect this.

There are better ways to go about rebuilding New Orleans. Instead of lining the pockets of development interests and wealthy landowners, federal funds could be the fuel for bringing residents back, for providing job training, temporary housing, and jobs related to building and repairing their neighborhoods.

At times like this, we expect Black and progressive members of Congress to fight for what's right. But they aren't. As it stands, there's no political price to pay for ignoring New Orleans' working class, black and poor residents. There's no public political support for those who want an inclusive, fair rebuild, either.

Those in Congress who want to do the right thing need to know that we've got their backs (and that we'll hold them accountable if they don't act). Those that wish to sell out New Orleans need to know that there will be a political price to pay.

Please join ColorOfChange.org's campaign. It takes only a minute and can make all the difference in the world for hundreds of thousands of New Orleanians.

Shrub Does New Orleans

Shrub visited New Orleans this morning to see the remaining devestation from Hurricane Katrina. Just Kidding.

He went to give an award to a woman named Daisy VanDenburgh for teaching kids how to read. The best part? Here it comes!

She is white and a registered republican. Shocking, isn't it?

He takes a tour of the Gulf Coast, so he can see things that have progressed.

Translation: He is shown where industry is cleaned up thus by-passing those who are poor, homeless/displaced, Black and Democrats.

Oh, he will also go to the home of a very rich Republican home builder for a fundraiser in Mississippi. Cross-posted Daily Pepper and the Refugees.

New Democratic Mantra

Hey, hey, ho, ho!

George W has got to go! (Repeat as many times as necessary.)

That's right Congressman John Lewis is calling for Impeachment! Where do i sign a petition? How can I help? Let's spread the message to everyone including our own Representatives now!

Why not? Think about Iraq, the spying and lying and the Katrina debacle! Shakespeare's Sister is also singing discussing this song.

UPDATE:

California US Senator Barbara Boxer is starting to shout our chant, too. Welcome, Babs!

Help NOLA Now

Okay, here is a small way to help those in New Orleans. We all have gifts to give, correct? So, why not spend some money on a gift basket or two from Cafe Du Monde. Who doesn't like their coffee and beignets? Yummy. This will help their economy. If several of us do it then we will make a small difference.

I got this idea because my talented doggie, Liam -- see bottom right -- sent me an early Christmas present because he knew that I was longing for a taste of the big easy.

This suggestion is also posted at Daily Pepper.

Unacceptable and Outragous

These are just two of the ways to describe my reactions to this heart-breaking story that come from New Orleans. I saw the story on CNN, but found nothing on their website about it.

Apparently, yesterday a former neighbor and sort-of caregiver, went into the home of some friends in New Orleans when she couldn't track down the elderly couple. She found their bodies inside the home. This is interesting because the outside of the home is clearly marked that it was checked with a date and a zero on the front. Most have thought this to mean that nobody was found in the home -- dead or alive.

The blame game has started and the finger points to the Oregon National Guard who says that the zero means that nobody identified themselves when they rang the door bell. Um, yea -- that's  it.

WTF?

More and more family members have been coming to New Orleans in search of missing loved ones only to find their bodies. They must be in a horrible condition seeing as how they have been there since August 28 or so.

This outrageous and renews my anger at all of those government officials did a shitty, shitty job. What will happen to those displaced? Have we forgotten the hurricane and her aftermath already?

Does Grammar Count When You Address a School?

This is too good, not to post the entire thing!

Delisle Elementary School Pass Christian, Mississippi

10:54 A.M. CDT

THE PRESIDENT: Listen, first I want to thank the Superintendent. We're delighted to see that the schools of pass Christian are blue ribbon schools. They have been blue ribbon schools before and they'll be blue ribbon schools in the future. Part of the health of a community is to have a school system that's vibrant and alive. And in spite of the fact that a lot of equipment was damaged and homes destroyed and teachers without places to live and -- this school district is strong, and it's coming back. And it's a sign that out of the rubble here on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi is a rebuilding, is a spirit of rebuilding.

And thank you all for having us. I want to thank the principals and teachers for understanding the quality of education -- the quality of the education in a community helps define the nature of the community. And one of the things that's interesting is the high school principal told Laura and me that the -- and Madam Secretary -- that the high school was deemed to be a blue ribbon high school after Katrina hit. And yet a lot of the students don't know that yet. And so when the high school comes back next Monday, the first thing the principal is going to tell them is that the school that they go to, even though the building is different -- the buildings are different -- is a blue ribbon high school.

And the Superintendent says, blue ribbon high school last year, this year, and next year. And I appreciate your spirit. Thanks for letting us come by. (source: Whitehouse.gov)

Thank you all. Bye-bye.

As you can see, Dumb Dumb is off the mark again.

Note to w: read only what is on the notes, please do not add anything . Also, you might want to read it at least three times silently to yourself before reading it aloud to anyone else.

Racisim in the South?

Gee, I am so surprised.

Okay, one black man as the victim (64 years old to boot).

Three or four white cops.

A brutal beating.

Now, they plead not guilty. Oh, there is a video tape. Not guilty, my ass.

A Thanks to All

As a lot of you know, I ran a toiletries drive for those displaced by Katrina. Thanks to the generosity of so many, 40 boxes of items were shipped to those in need.

The items were shipped to Houston, Texas, Baton Rouge, LA and Jackson, Mississippi. I came back from lunch today to find this in my mail. so, it really belongs to all of us.

Thanks again to all of you wonderful donors.

Lord of the Flies: Brownie Edition

It isn't my fault. It is Mayor Nagin's fault. It is Governor Kathleen Blanco's fault! They can't get along, so it is their fault. (Source: San Francisco Chronicle)

What about having the outdated equipment? That is the Department of Homeland Defense's fault.

This is how the first day of hearings of what went wrong have begun. Can't you just hear Brownie yelling, wait, lemme talk! I have the conch. Why won't anyone listen to me?

This seems to be the problem, we have a bunch of over-indulged rich man-boys who are "playing" government. It would seem that they have adopted most of their rules from Lord of The Flies and Animal Farm. There is one set of rules for one, small elite group and another for the masses.

Let Them Eat . . . Nothing!

According to the Mirror, tons of British aid in the form of NATO rations are set to be burned, not given to those left hungry in Katrina's aftermath.

The aid worker, who would not be named, said: "This is the most appalling act of sickening senselessness while people starve.

"The FDA has recalled aid from Britain because it has been condemned as unfit for human consumption, despite the fact that these are NATO approved rations of exactly the same type fed to British soldiers in Iraq.

"Under NATO, American soldiers are also entitled to eat such rations, yet the starving of the American South will see them go up in smoke because of FDA red tape madness."

How long will it take before the US press reports the story? Shall we count the days? Sickening.

I Agree With These People

A sign against US President George W. Bush and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is hung in front of a house in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, three weeks after hurricane Katrina hit the city. Hurricane Katrina's relief supremo urged New Orleans to hold back on plans to let tens of thousands of evacuees return home from Monday, warning the storm-wrecked city remained unsafe.(AFP/Omar Torres)

Some People Can't Go Home Again

A poll has been taken of those who's lives were permanently altered by Katrina. Her aftermath will be felt for a long time.  Many of the displaced, do not want to return home and have lost their faith in government. Who can blame them, really? They were failed by many.

As tempting as it is to point fingers and there is enough blame for all it, is about being right? No, not in my opinion. It is about doing what's right for these people.

Forty-three percent said they want to move back home when they can. About the same number of evacuees — 44 percent — said they want to permanently relocate, and most of them wanted to stay in Houston, said the poll published Friday.

The slow response to the storm strained faith in government. Six in 10 said the experience has made them feel that the government doesn't care about people like them.

But their religious faith has been strengthened, eight in 10 said. And 90 percent were hopeful about the future.

The evacuees polled, all from New Orleans or elsewhere in Louisiana, also said:

• More than half of their homes were destroyed. Two-thirds were renting their homes and a third were owners.

• Almost three-fourths don't have insurance to cover their losses.

• More than half didn't have health insurance, a usable credit card with them, or a bank or checking account from which they could withdraw money.

• Nearly three-fourths heard before the hurricane hit that an evacuation order had been given; a fourth did not.

• More than two-thirds said they didn't evacuate because they didn't realize how bad the storm and its aftermath would be. More than half — 55 percent — said one factor was that they didn't have a car or a way to leave. Source: San Francisco Chronicle

How we help them, now, is what is important. We have a duty to have a thoughtful, honest way to put their destroyed lives back together.

Freedom of the Press, Kinda

Well, according to the United States Army, the media should be censored. My blood began to boil when I read this story in the San Francisco Chronicle. It is inconceivable to me that reporters are told what they can report and when. To go so far as to say that reporters cannot write about the recovery of bodies in New Orleans? Why not? yes, I can see the photos point about being respectful to the dead and their families. But to outright censor the media? To tell them that if they cover this story, then will no longer have access to oter military stories goes too far.

I have pulled the most disagreeable part of the article here. Be sure to note that these Army soldier who want respect for the dead, felt enough respect to pee on people's homes. Also, note the racist and offense attitude from the Louisana official!!!

Dean Nugent, of the Louisiana State Coroner's Department, who accompanied the soldier, added that it wasn't safe to be in Bywater. "They'll kill you out here," he said, referring to the few residents who have continued to defy mandatory evacuation orders and remain in their homes."

"The cockroaches come out at night," he said of the residents. "This is one of the worst places in the country. You should not be here. Especially you," he told a female reporter.

Nugent, who is white, acknowledged he wasn't personally familiar with the poor, black neighborhood, saying he only knew of it by reputation.

Later Monday, the recovery team collected a body from a green house on St. Anthony Street in nearby Seventh Ward. The dead man, who was slipped into a black body bag and carried out to one of the white vans, had been lying alone on the living room floor for nearly two weeks, neighbors said.

"I told them weeks ago he was in there," said Barry Dominguez, 39, who lives across the street and has refused to leave the neighborhood he grew up in.

After the recovery team took away the St. Anthony Street body, two workers urinated on the side of a neighbor's house.

SF Toiletries Drive Gains Momentum

Dear Kind Readers:

Thank you for your generosity to date! We still need more of the following:

• Soap
• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Combs
• Brushes
• New, underwear in all sizes
• New, socks in all sizes
• Disposable razors
• Deodorant
• Antibacterial hand gel or towelettes
• Toothpaste and toothbrushes

Please bring them to:

The Marchese Company
1388 Sutter Street Suite 805
SF CA 94109

Questions? Please send an email here. Also, drop us a note if you want to help with money for postage or to help us buy more supplies. Travel-sized item are preferred when possible.

Friends who have fled New Orleans suggested this list. We are sending the items to Houston to be distributed, but we we are also looking for a place in Mississippi, too.

Check out the rock star efforts at BlondeSense and The Green Night is keeping a list of efforts.

Am I Dreaming? Hallucinating?

Omigod! GWB just took full responsibility for the Federal governments failure to act sooner to aid the Katrina victims. I might just fall off my chair. I hate to say it, but almost need ti give him props. See the San Francisco Chronicle for details.

I didn't even know that he knew how to spell responsibility, let alone own up to it! Pell-Mell apparently feels the same way!

Ding Dong! Brownies Gone!

Good news! Michael Brown resigned his top dog at FEMA position today. Share in the joy at the San Francisco Chronicle! Finally, a reason to smile!

Genius Strikes Again

"I can assure people ... that this recovery is going to be comprehensive. The rescue efforts were comprehensive, and the recovery will be comprehensive."

President George W. Bush

Source:CNN

More on Toiletries

THANKS SO FAR for the GREAT RESPONSE, San Francisco. However, we have a long way to go. There is a HUGE need for toiletries. Apparently, the Red Cross is not allowed to hand them out. They are only able to hand clothes and food. So, send down your soaps, disposable razors and the like on over!!!!!!! PLEASE, please, please.

The first shipments of 6000 bars of soap, 6000 bottles of shampoo, 1000 bottles of lotion and a case of toothpaste and toothbrushes have left the building. Some pics will follow.

Not in San Francisco, but want to help us? send me an email and I will give you my paypal info. 'cause we need money for supplies and postage fees, peeps.

(email: catherine at povertybarn dot com)

This Picture is Perfection

I just got this picture emailed to me. The source is Irish Television. This says it all.

28% of America Sucks

A new Pew Research Poll was released today showing that 28 percent of Americans approve of Shrub's response to Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that she has caused. What rock do these people live under? Seriously.

Have we all been watching the same news and reading the same papers? Or are people just that stupid? This whole thing is a disaster. Bush = incompetence, see CommonSenseDesk for a further explanation.

(Source: Reuters)

How Do These People Sleep at Night?

This is beyond unacceptable. What is fucking wrong with these people? How can they hold their heads up high? How do they look at the themselves in the mirror? What do they tell their children?

WHAT THE FUCK, EXACTLY DO THEY ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT?

This makes me sick. It is inhumane, unacceptable, inexcusable and just motherfucking WRONG. Those self-absorbed, arrogant, merciless pieces of shit.

How could they have left people in nursing homes behind? Couldn't they have at least evacuated them? UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I am beyond angry. The story of these 30 bodies makes my flesh crawl. Maybe Condi rice can take their shoes? Maybe Shrub can play their guitars or the Mayor can complain about help. See CNN.