New Orleans... Under water.

Hi *waves*. I can only watch CNN for a few minutes at a time now. Watching what's going on in New Orleans makes me want to cry, throw up, and scream all at the same time. I feel so completely helpless and out of control right now because there is nothing I can do to help these people. These are times when I wish I was a fucking fairy and could wave my magic wand and make everything all better. It rips me apart that I can't. I just feel sick.

You all already know that I hate the Bush Administration with a sickly black passion that threatens to consume my soul, but I really don't know what to make of their complete lack of action in this case. What the fuck is the hold up Mr. President? You bent over backwards to send us to war, but you can't do something about the people of New Orleans dying? They have no food, they have no water, they have nothing. I guess it's not high on his priority list. You'd think it would be considering he's a transplant Southerner. And don't get me started on their token Colored Girl, Condaleza Rice. Yeah, that's right, I said it. All this "it's not about the victims being black." BULL SHIT! This is America. Everything is about race. If you're not white and you're not rich, you're fucked. Simple as that.

You know what else I find supremely entertaining? The fact that the company I work for, Safeway, hasn't starting collecting donations at all for Katrina. The DAY AFTER the Tsunami hit, we had donation cups at every register, but it's been almost a week, and there's nothing for the poor black folks in New Orleans. What up with that Safeway, huh? This company just sickens me. Thank goodness I have an interview on Tuesday. I want that job so I can get the hell out of this company.

[Edit] Oh my. Look at what Safeway put up a little while ago. It's about bloody time! [/Edit]

Whatever, I'm spewing venom and that is not helping anything. Please, PLEASE donate whatever you can to the victims of Katrina by visiting The Red Cross. You don't have to give money. There are other ways you can help, like food and clothing. These people need us and it's a joke that we can't even give proper aid to the citizens of our own country. We should be ashamed. It's disgraceful.

Peace and Love to the Hurricane victims. Blessed it be.