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Sep. 2nd, 2005 09:24 amThat's the number of the Red Cross. Which all of you Americans lucky enough not to be affected by Hurricane Katrina should be calling. It doesn't matter if you can't give hundreds of dollars. Give what you can.
You can also go to their website: The Red Cross
If you want to wear your support, you can get one of their super-cool field bags or shirts or knit kits in their Red Cross Store. I have the t-shirt and the bag, and they look great with jeans.
A lot of people were left with a bad taste in their mouth after 9/11 regarding the Red Cross. However, the ARC is a disaster relief organization, not a charity operation. They move in after situations like a natural disaster or during wartime and dispense aid. What money they don't use, they save for the next disaster. So let's all move past 9/11.
And can I say this to all you media people out there in TV-land who are trying to find something or someone to blame this hurricane on: CUT THAT SHIT OUT RIGHT NOW. KATRINA WAS AN ACT OF GOD, IF THAT TERMINOLOGY PLEASES YOU. IT IS NOBODY'S FAULT. PEOPLE ARE NOT PSYCHIC AND HINDSIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20. KATRINA CAME ASHORE AS A CATEGORY 4 STORM, AND IF YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THAT TO BLAST A CITY THAT LIES BELOW SEA LEVEL BACK INTO THE 18TH CENTURY, YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MINDS.
I was thinking about all the unfortunate people who have been victimized by this storm, and it seems to me that it must be very hard to reconcile living in the 21st century with the reality of what has happened. You know that 150 miles in any direction, people are living their lives with water and electricity and communication and food, all these things that we have come to take for granted because our society is so advanced. You can understand why people are upset - it's more than the disaster. It's the whole "We live in the United States - how can this be happening to us? Where is food, where is water, where is transportation?" And then they think about aid to tsunami victims and Florida and get angrier. Then they get a gun. And then things go to hell.
You can also go to their website: The Red Cross
If you want to wear your support, you can get one of their super-cool field bags or shirts or knit kits in their Red Cross Store. I have the t-shirt and the bag, and they look great with jeans.
A lot of people were left with a bad taste in their mouth after 9/11 regarding the Red Cross. However, the ARC is a disaster relief organization, not a charity operation. They move in after situations like a natural disaster or during wartime and dispense aid. What money they don't use, they save for the next disaster. So let's all move past 9/11.
And can I say this to all you media people out there in TV-land who are trying to find something or someone to blame this hurricane on: CUT THAT SHIT OUT RIGHT NOW. KATRINA WAS AN ACT OF GOD, IF THAT TERMINOLOGY PLEASES YOU. IT IS NOBODY'S FAULT. PEOPLE ARE NOT PSYCHIC AND HINDSIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20. KATRINA CAME ASHORE AS A CATEGORY 4 STORM, AND IF YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THAT TO BLAST A CITY THAT LIES BELOW SEA LEVEL BACK INTO THE 18TH CENTURY, YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MINDS.
I was thinking about all the unfortunate people who have been victimized by this storm, and it seems to me that it must be very hard to reconcile living in the 21st century with the reality of what has happened. You know that 150 miles in any direction, people are living their lives with water and electricity and communication and food, all these things that we have come to take for granted because our society is so advanced. You can understand why people are upset - it's more than the disaster. It's the whole "We live in the United States - how can this be happening to us? Where is food, where is water, where is transportation?" And then they think about aid to tsunami victims and Florida and get angrier. Then they get a gun. And then things go to hell.
