Wednesday, August 31, 2005

It's time to think about it

First, for the very latest on the New Orleans situation, you can watch WWL-TV on line here; they are on until midnight each night. It provides a sobering perspective on the starkness of their plight.

Then, please click on the link in the post below, and give what you can to the organization of your choice; they need everything they can get right now.

After that, we need to realize that we sit on the most dangerous earthquake fault in the Western Hemisphere, the New Madrid Fault. A massive earthquake like the 1812 quake could reroute the Mississippi River and plunge us into the same darkness as the Gulf Coast and New Orleans.

I hope, with all my heart, that city, county, and state officials have plans ready to go for such an event. Just because it hasn't happened in nearly 200 years doesn't mean that it can't happen soon, and we need to be prepared for it.

1 comment:

polar donkey said...

This email was sent out by the Republican National Committee today. Now we can see what their priorities are.

Dear XXX,

For the last four years, President Bush and Republicans in Congress have championed a pro-growth agenda that has brought tax relief to millions of Americans. Historic legislation in 2001 and 2003 put America on the track to economic growth, and today our economic outlook is bright. There is more work to do, however, to ensure that tax-paying Americans can keep more of their own hard-earned income.

When they return from their August recess, Senators will consider a key issue: elimination of the death tax. The death tax is an unfair double taxation of income, which hurts America's small businesses and farms and threatens job growth. Unfortunately, Senate Democrats are working hard to oppose our efforts to eliminate this unfair tax.

Will you help bring tax relief to more hard-working Americans? Call Senator George V. Voinovich at 202-224-3353 today and ask them to eliminate the death tax.

Our party's opportunity agenda means allowing families to keep more of the money they earn. The historic tax relief in the President's first term was only the beginning. Americans deserve a tax code that is simple and fair. The Senate needs to do its part by making tax relief permanent and burying the death tax forever.

Call Senator George V. Voinovich at 202-224-3353 today and ask them to vote to eliminate the death tax!

Make your voice heard on this important issue. Call Senator George V. Voinovich. Express your support for tax relief and economic opportunity.

Elimination of the death tax would be a victory for fairness and job creation. Working together, we can help eliminate the burden of the death tax once and for all.
Thank you,

Ken Mehlman,
RNC Chairman


I want to vomit. The federal government can't seem to get anything organized in the hurricane disaster zone because Bush filled the government with incompetent, political hacks. Now a major American city has been wiped from the face of the earth. Would the republicans be willing to raise taxes to pay for rebuilding New Orleans and help all these people restart their lives. Apparently, that's not fucking likely.