Just An Earth-Bound Misfit

I'm supposed to be traveling today, but it's snowing. Winter storm warning. 9" of snow forecasted. *checks calendar* Yep, it's supposed to be spring. *sigh*

frayach asked me to blog about Eliot Spitzer (former governor of NY who was publicly linked in a prostitution scandal). Specifically her question was, "Do you think Eliot Spitzer's wife should have refused to stand beside him at his press conferences?"

( My thoughts on yaoi, er Eliot Spitzer )

What is this about?

Hee! I just found this video on the NYTimes site.

Barack Obama announces... “Tonight, after a lot of thought and a good deal of soul-searching, I would like to announce to my hometown of Chicago and all of America that I am ready… ”

Invalid video URL.

Okay, need to stop procrastinating and finish my hd_holidays fic.

Hee! I just found this video on the NYTimes site.

Barack Obama announces... “Tonight, after a lot of thought and a good deal of soul-searching, I would like to announce to my hometown of Chicago and all of America that I am ready… ”

Invalid video URL.

Okay, need to stop procrastinating and finish my hd_holidays fic.

Ha! Enron's Lay and Skilling found guilty

How much do you want to bet Bush pardons them before his term is done?

~ you may now carry on with our previously scheduled program: Helena Bonham Carter: Is she too pretty to play Bellatrix?

Ha! Enron's Lay and Skilling found guilty

How much do you want to bet Bush pardons them before his term is done?

~ you may now carry on with our previously scheduled program: Helena Bonham Carter: Is she too pretty to play Bellatrix?

Normally I use this journal for fangirling fictional characters from a certain fantasy children’s series, but then I came across this quote from a column by Richard Roeper, rounding up memorable quotes pertaining to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

"Excuse me, senator, I'm sorry for interrupting . . . for the last four days, I've been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people out here who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated . . .

"And when they hear politicians . . . you know, thanking one another, it just . . . cuts them the wrong way right now, because literally there was a body in the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman had been laying in the streets for 48 hours . . ." -- CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sept. 1, in an awesome tirade directed at Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who had been tossing compliments to fellow politicians and blowing bromides up the wazoo before Cooper cut her off.

Mr. Cooper you rock. And at the risk of being forward, I must say you’re quite easy on the eyes. May I slash you?

Coincidently, the NYTimes has a profile on Anderson Cooper in today's edition. [Registration required].

Normally I use this journal for fangirling fictional characters from a certain fantasy children’s series, but then I came across this quote from a column by Richard Roeper, rounding up memorable quotes pertaining to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

"Excuse me, senator, I'm sorry for interrupting . . . for the last four days, I've been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people out here who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated . . .

"And when they hear politicians . . . you know, thanking one another, it just . . . cuts them the wrong way right now, because literally there was a body in the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman had been laying in the streets for 48 hours . . ." -- CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sept. 1, in an awesome tirade directed at Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who had been tossing compliments to fellow politicians and blowing bromides up the wazoo before Cooper cut her off.

Mr. Cooper you rock. And at the risk of being forward, I must say you’re quite easy on the eyes. May I slash you?

Coincidently, the NYTimes has a profile on Anderson Cooper in today's edition. [Registration required].

Mr. President,

After watching footage of the humanitarian disaster unfolding in New Orleans and the gulf coast, I am simply appalled. I feel like I’m looking at footage from a third world country, not the United States of America. Good God.

There was a photo posted on CNN a few hours ago of a dead woman sitting in a wheelchair, abandoned in front of the convention center. Not to mention survivors wading through that filth and the woman still wearing her hospital gown wandering around with her 3-day old baby. @&#*@&

I’m sorry, Mr. President, but I am just incensed. Wait, I’m not sorry. Where is the Federal Government? Where is Homeland Security? Where the fuck are you?

Sincerely,
One of your citizens

~*~
Rather than repost links, rurounihime put together a helpful post of links for information on the Hurricane Katrina disaster and where you can donate. The consensus I’ve heard from the media, is that large, established charities are best places to donate your money right now, if that’s what you wish to do. The American Red Cross is the charity I’ve heard mentioned most -- they are most able to mobalize their network of resources and volunteers -- and that is where I’m sending my donation.

~*~
Feel a need to tell the White House just what you think of the third world conditions our president is, through his inaction, responsible for after Katrina?

Want to demand that our National Guard troops come home to take care of our people?

Appalled and horrified?

Give the White House a call, or email at:

Comments: (202) 456-1111
comments@whitehouse.gov

Comments to Cheney: (202) 456-1414
vice.president@whitehouse.gov

Very few people have the balls to call the White House directly, so when people flood the phones it's taken as a very clear signal.

Mr. President,

After watching footage of the humanitarian disaster unfolding in New Orleans and the gulf coast, I am simply appalled. I feel like I’m looking at footage from a third world country, not the United States of America. Good God.

There was a photo posted on CNN a few hours ago of a dead woman sitting in a wheelchair, abandoned in front of the convention center. Not to mention survivors wading through that filth and the woman still wearing her hospital gown wandering around with her 3-day old baby. @&#*@&

I’m sorry, Mr. President, but I am just incensed. Wait, I’m not sorry. Where is the Federal Government? Where is Homeland Security? Where the fuck are you?

Sincerely,
One of your citizens

~*~
Rather than repost links, rurounihime put together a helpful post of links for information on the Hurricane Katrina disaster and where you can donate. The consensus I’ve heard from the media, is that large, established charities are best places to donate your money right now, if that’s what you wish to do. The American Red Cross is the charity I’ve heard mentioned most -- they are most able to mobalize their network of resources and volunteers -- and that is where I’m sending my donation.

~*~
Feel a need to tell the White House just what you think of the third world conditions our president is, through his inaction, responsible for after Katrina?

Want to demand that our National Guard troops come home to take care of our people?

Appalled and horrified?

Give the White House a call, or email at:

Comments: (202) 456-1111
comments@whitehouse.gov

Comments to Cheney: (202) 456-1414
vice.president@whitehouse.gov

Very few people have the balls to call the White House directly, so when people flood the phones it's taken as a very clear signal.