A roundup from some of my reads. An Etherealgirl’s Adventures in Cyberland has been following opinion and news on New Orleans and is just as miserable and angry as I am. She points to the Time Photo Essay, and some of the coverage at Daily Kos (see the video from Hannity and Colmes – “Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera were livid about the situation in NOLA as they appeared on H&C. When Hannity tried his usual spin job and said…
Dear President Clinton, I have always respected you, but I am disappointed with you today. Please stop ministering to King George. This country needs you in a completely different way. You can still be a leader. By the way, this buddying up isn’t helping Hillary’s chances for a presidential run, believe me. You can’t be all things to all people, and it’s time for our leaders to start showing some spine. This administration has undone all the good you did…
They are rushing the aid… to millionaires and billionaires. Frist is pushing to pass a repeal of the Estate Tax – now! These are the priorities for the Bush Administration and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist – to move ahead on starving our economy even more. If passed, it would shift about $1.5 billion a week from the federal treasury into the pockets of the heirs to the nation’s biggest fortunes. We must fight Sen. Frist’s proposal to repeal the…
Email sent to Halliburton At this point, it is time to skim some of the millions in profit that you’ve made on the situation in Iraq and give it back to America. It would be a partially redemptive act for you to redirect – for free – your services to the areas hit by the hurricane. Donate time, services, and cash now please.
Help them now. It’s clear that Bush is calling for the “private sector” to do this. Red Cross Salvation Army 1-800-SAL-ARMY Visit your local Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club to donate. Online donations are possible, but the servers are very busy at times. donations server 1 Then – start writing letters to all those big companies who got so many benefits at our expense. They can probably get another tax writeoff from donating! Email Halliburton and ask them to give back…
ABC News: Iraqi officials see 1,000 dead in stampede This is horrible! A thousand people dead in a panicked stampede? A thousand people? Things are really deteriorating.