New Orleans is a mess.

Waldo thinks that we should give up on New Orleans and move out. I tend to agree. Besides the fact that a city on the coast below sea level is untenable, you have the fact that the federal government (read: your taxpayer dolla…

Catholic Charities USA Collecting Donations for Recovery Efforts

Catholic Charities USA is collecting financial donations to help communities recover from the damage brought on by Hurricane Katrina. Donations will be used to fund local Catholic Ch…

Did New Orleans Catastrophe Have to Happen? ‘Times-Picayune’ Had Repeatedly Raised Federal Spending Issues
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051313

This administration is just plain stupid.

The Ambleside Online Advisory has created a free curriculum plan, AO-HELP,
for families and relief workers who need emergency educational help for
children in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. All books and materials
necessary are available online for free. It requires no materials other
than pencil and paper, and a Good Samaritan friend with access to a
computer and a printer. It is designed to be user-friendly, even for those
who have never taught, and suitable for a wide age range.

We offer AO-HELP in the hopes that it will fill a gap for the churches,
support groups and other organizations that suddenly need to set up
temporary schools for the evacuated children in their care who no longer
have schools to attend, and also for families who wish to continue
homeschooling during this crisis but do not have access to school materials.

AO-HELP — Ambleside Online Helping Hands Emergency Learning Plan
http://www.amblesideonline.org/HELP.shtml

We would greatly appreciate any help you can give us toward getting the
word out quickly about AO-HELP to those in need.

We would also like to encourage churches and individuals to make copies of
the e-texts required for implementing AO-HELP for those without
computers. School supplies such as this can be sent to Project Noah for
distribution to those in need. More information here:
http://www.projectnoah.org/ .

Thank you so much for any help you can offer.

You can read this entry from LaShawn Barber’s weblog, which contains this interesting quote: Double Toothpicks has a link to the looting video. Notice any similarities among the crooks? Um, what are you implying? Why don’t you just say it?…

Several blogs are dedicating Thursday to sharing links and information about Hurricane Katrina. Follow the links below to find places to contribute to the relief effort, and post for relatives unaccounted for.

I recommend donating to the Salvation Army

First, unless you are in a position to get to the Gulf coast, and unless you have experience with relief work, stay home. I know from experience that untrained yahoos mean well, but tend to make things worse in the

what a concept

One other thing, when the authorities finally do get those bums out of there, don’t be sending them HERE, because we don’t want ‘em….

Yeah, the hyocrisy of these people amazes me. In their mind I’m sure Jesus would rationalize shooting people on site. Unbelievable.

Washington, DC (AHN) – President Bush will meet with representatives of 14 federal agencies in order

La Shawn Barber is encouraging us to do the same:
Tomorrow bloggers will unite in a hurricane relief day to blog and give to the charities of their choice.