Here's how to get to speak with a person when dumped into voicemail for a huge number of companies.
(Thanks to Conrad for the heads-up.)
Just in case you don't think there's anything wrong with Bush and his administration being the ones to investigate their own failures, and you don't think there's anything wrong with Michael Brown--whose previous job was overseeing horse shows, and who got fired from that job--being appointed to direct FEMA (which is part of Homeland Security, after all, no minor thing), Think Progress gives you the details of the stellar resumés of Brown's deputies.
You know, just today, I was saying how tacky I thought it was that Bush didn't bother to inform Sandra Day O'Connor before announcing that he was going to renominate Roberts to replace Rehnquist and that she would, therefore, have to stay longer on the bench than she had planned.
Then I read this absolutely shocking statement from Barbara Bush, and I figured it out.
"And so many of the people [refugees from LA] in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
From the AP:
"I'm not star-struck. I need answers," said Mildred Brown, who has been [at the Baton Rouge shelter Bush visited] since Tuesday with her husband, mother-in-law and cousin. "I'm not interested in hand-shaking. I'm not interested in photo ops. This is going to take a lot of money."
Remember that donating and volunteering in your area, even if you're far from the Gulf Coast, helps free up time, money and supplies for that area.
Got a few dollars? Oxfam America
Got blood? American Red Cross
Got muscles? Habitat for Humanity
Got room? Hurricane Housing
Got food? America's Second Harvest
Got time? America's Second Harvest
There are other ways to help, also, but those are the ones that come immediately to mind.
Yesterday I started my new meds. I also took a two-hour nap in the afternoon. This morning I woke up more easily than I have been lately (at 8am my eyes just popped open), but it's only 12:30 now and I am already ready for another nap. I don't know if this is a side effect of the medication, a change in the stress level I was living with, or something else. Only time will tell!