Give displaced kids books

Dick (without) Decorum

I mean,
you have people

who don't heed
those warnings

and then put people

at risk as a result
of not heeding those warnings.

There may be a need
to look at tougher penalties

on those who decide
to ride it out

and understand
that there are consequences

to not leaving.1

First (Class) Lady

Almost everyone I've talked to
says we're going to move
to Houston.

What I'm hearing--
which is sort of scary--
is they all want to stay in Texas.

Everyone is so
overwhelmed
by the hospitality.

And so many of the people
in the arena here,
you know,

were underprivileged anyway,
so this--this heh heh--
is working very well for them.1

(Un)cover(ed)

On the one hand,
they're just t1ts.

On the other hand,
they're just t1ts.

Jesus, people!

And I do mean that literally.

Yes, the Red Cross is technically a "faith-based" operation. But I really don't think now is the time to quibble about who believes what. Personally I don't give a damn. 95,000 107,400 (and counting) people are being sheltered and mostly fed, not preached to. Good enough for me. No doubt the Red Cross volunteers are praying--terrific. Who could possibly be offended by that?

There are certainly other organizations. The important thing is to help if you can, and to do it now. The NAACP has a hurricane relief fund, for instance [also there's toll-free number on their home page], and ACORN (which already does lots of good things for NOLA and other cities) has a direct donation link up now--but their local office has been destroyed and they themselves are refugees. Here's MoveOn.org's housing effort.

PS: F*ck Pat Robertson. I'm sure God is as baffled by him as the rest of us are.