new orleans

I'm at work waiting for various updates and downloads and whatnot, and i've been reading into the new orleans situation a little more in depth. i can't believe that we can send god knows how many people off to iraq and whatnot... and we can't even get enough national guard troops to louisiana to take care of our own citizens. i can't imagine how horrible it must be down there. there are reports of over 100,000 people still in new orleans. and, now they can't evacuate as effiently, because people are threatening the troops and volunteers with guns... and "evacuate my family first, or i'll shoot you," kind of thing.


i'm going to have to restart my machine in about a minute here, so i'm gonna cut this short. but i'm donating to the red cross this week, and i think everyone should at least do a little bit. send in one night's worth of bar money and have a movie night this weekend, or SOMETHING. seriously.