We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:19:00 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Skip that trip to McDonald's. Skip a meal, send the money to the Red Cross. (click the Red Cross logo). I already did. Enough for the next two weeks of lunch, and prolly more after payday. Or any other charity you prefer. We did it for the Tsunami, let's do it for our own, this time. Update: Chuck Simmins has a list of other ways to donate. $10,000,000 so far. Mebbe you're going to be partially wrong, Mike!... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:44:05 -0600 We have a donation going via withholding every month. Keeps it simple for bookkeeping. The Red Cross and other private groups do a stellar job in helping victims of disasters. Too bad they can't equip the victims with guns to prevent looting. After the Loma Prieta quake, our little town deputized a fair few to patrol and shoot looters on sight. No one looted a thing. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31328 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31328 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:57:26 -0600 Sorry, no trenchant comments from the AARP Aviation Section. I always mellow out when I'm a pint low on O negative... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31316 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31316 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:15:26 -0600 Let us not veer *too* much closer to picking on people, vice picking on arguments... or in addition to picking on arguments. Don't wanna be DU or Kos, or even the Rottweiler here! I'll sacrifice the entertainment and traffic. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31314 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31314 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:20:47 -0600 Oh- and Mudpuppy.... if you have specific issues with Red Cross, I'd be happy to address them in an email. Click my nick and ask away. If you have problems with Red Cross, I may be able to alleviate your concerns. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31312 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31312 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:57:51 -0600 You know, we were talking here a home a bit ago.... Food for thought; something to be proud of and glad for amidst the devastation: Is this not a great country!? Are we not the greatest people on Earth!? Where else in the world can people trapped by rising waters climb out on their roofs and expect--EXPECT--a helicopter to come rescue them, or a boat to sail up to get them, and NOT have to worry about being extorted by the rescuers, or terrorized by their neighbors? What other country has a Coast Guard that does a tenth of what ours does, being the one uniformed American service whose mission is to save lives! Where else is the weather warning system sophisticated enough and trusted enough to convince more than a million people to evacuate such a small area on such short notice! What other country could have accommodated such an evacuation without wholesale rampaging and looting and inhumanity all along the way? Or had the resources to house and feed them all! Where else is it a GIVEN that when people anywhere need help, millions of citizens respond with money, time, & energy? Where else do people start talking about getting back to work before the disaster is even over!?! Where else do you have to get in line to volunteer to help (as we had to do after Ivan)?? Only here--only in the United States do you get it ALL! This is the greatest country the Earth has ever known! Not because we are militarily strong, not because we are wealthy, not because we are isolated from old world woes, but because we are a people who don't quit, who don't give up, and who don't leave others behind! We are Americans. We are the distilled essence of all the good, important parts of humanity everywhere, all the things that really matter, refined over millions of years. We're not a perfect people by any means, but I think we're a lot further along that path that a lot of our detractors are... And for that, I try to thank God every day! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31311 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31311 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:57:22 -0600 I was going to reply to Mudpuppy, but everything I wrote was too *pointed*. Thanks for your support, John and Sanger.... you guys ROCK!!!!!!!!!!! (BIG HUGS) Sanger- I was in Homestead for two weeks in Sept. right after Andrew... I've been a Disaster Services volunteer for 14 years... I can tell you personal stories of the great things I've seen happen, but having it come from an outside observer means so much more. Thanks. Really. *smile* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31310 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31310 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:55:58 -0600 I was in Florida where Ivan hit; the Red Cross & the Salvation Army did a GREAT JOB, for WEEKS!!! We're not talking about petty silly financial issues here, we're talking about helping the people who are helping people whose lives are utterly devastated, who need real help right NOW, and "Feed the Children" isn't going to do crap for them! The Great American Red Cross was in place before Katrina hit, and it will be there for months longer!!! Save your petty politics and churlish minor grievences for when there's nothing more important to deal with. This matters!!! Give to the Red Cross, Give to the Salvation Army. Do it! Give 'till it hurts! People are dying right now. People have lost everything, and some will lose all before it's over! There are 12-15,000!!!! people in the superdome who still have to be evacuated, who are expected to be stuck there for at least another 4-7 days! There are hundreds dead, hundreds more lost! The Red Cross and the Salvation Army will be there. For everyone. Today! Give! Just do it!! Then give some more!! DO IT!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31309 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31309 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:31:08 -0600 Well, Mudpuppy, while I *won't* discourage donations to Feed the Children, I will still stand behind the Red Cross. All organizations have their bad moments. I think the Red Cross has done far more good than harm, and will continue to support them. Your mileage obviously varies. S'cool. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31308 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31308 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:25:58 -0600 Given the past scandals with the red cross, I would recomend a donation to Feed the Childern. For each dollar, they can deliver 7 pounds of supplies directly to those who need it most. I mean no disrespect to the red cross, just they have abused the trust of people in the past. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31307 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31307 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:08:45 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31301 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/hurricane_katrina.html#comment-31301 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:33:13 -0600