It got on top of me today

Sep 02, 2005 17:44


I think I can sleep tonight. I didn't hijack one of the semi's from the Dairy across the street, fill it with food, drive it down to New Orleans, and GIVE THE PEOPLE SOME FOOD like I wanted to (Rambo-style)... But I did call my Aunt J in Chicago - She will be housing anyone her church contacts can match her up with (her house is old and tiny, but ( Read more... )

rants, world_events, social_justice

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eldritchhobbit September 3 2005, 02:15:28 UTC
You are the best, you know that? Hope you love the penguin movie!

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agentxpndble September 3 2005, 02:47:56 UTC
Oh please don't - PLEASE. I'm not. I'm so mad at myself that I'm so resource-less and incapable of walking out the door and actually doing something for these people TODAY. I don't even DRIVE - I feel totally incompetent as a citizen. I can be doing a hell of a lot more - maybe I even will - but this is all I can muster up right now.

The penguin movie really WAS good - I had expected them to play up the drama and so forth but is was really beautiful. They even spared us the worst of the fur seal and Skua gore... Most documentaries leave all of the disgusting stuff in. I LOVE these birds!

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llywela13 September 3 2005, 08:15:42 UTC
Hey, don't worry about going on about it. You should - we all should. This has been such a terrible thing.

Every time I see a journalist standing among those desperate people reporting on them, I think - if they can get journalists in and out, why can't they get some of those people out as well?

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