Wednesday

They are coming our way today. All those people taking refuge in the New Orleans Superdome are going to be bussed to Houston and put up in the Astrodome. The Astrodome is no longer used here and for the past several city leaders have debated about what to do with it. This is a good use, I'd say. The bus ride over here won't be fun but they'll be in considerably more comfort here than there. The Mayor of New Orleans now says it will be 12-16 weeks before people will be allowed back into the city. Merry Christmas.

I am so angry with the dregs of humanity looting the businesses during the flooding of the city. People didn't get to a shelter to be taken care of but stayed out to loot and take advantage of this disaster. And they are so proud of themselves, smiling and waving for the cameras filming them. Stealing from jewelry stores, regular retail shops, is not survival. New Orleans is under Martial Law now. I say shoot the scum - there I said it. Trash bins loaded up with imported beer and shelving units being pushed along the street filled with liquor and, oh yeah, the ammunition from the sporting goods store.

The first responders are risking their lives rescuing the people who just couldn't see fit to leave their homes and are now stuck on their roofs. Yeah, house over life. Let's not help ourselves but be the very first to bitch about help available to them.

Enough venting for now. Do please contribute as best you can to the charity organizations helping the gulf coast. Americans are so incredibly generous. It is our tsunami.