People - Instead of Freaking Out Over NOLA / Katrina - How About ....

[NashVegas]

Donating?

Roll up a sleeve. Donate some water and money for relief efforts. Even think about volunteering in the coming weeks.

http://www.redcross.org/

It's so much more productive than getting upset with FEMA and/or whomever over a potential disaster we can't control.

[Bluebear]

1. I don't mind donating but how about a load of federal money?

They keep saying they want to build roads, bridges, schools....in Iraq. Here is their chance to do so and put a lot of people to work to boot.

[Horse with no Name]

2. I posted a thread earlier

Anyone who is able should go donate blood tomorrow.
It will be needed and you can do it no matter where you are.
No amount of donated money can buy blood, and without blood, no amount of money means anything.

[NaturalHigh]

13. If I donate here in Oklahoma,

will it get to those people in Louisiana? I don't know how well the Red Cross logistics are set up to get blood from one place to the other. It seems like a great idea to donate blood, but how much will it help if those of us in other parts of the country do it?

[Horse with no Name]

14. Because the blood banks coordinate the shipping of blood

to areas that are in need.
However, understand, this is a busy trauma season and even if your blood doesn't go to Lousiana, it will go to someone in need.
It wouldn't be a wasted effort at all.

[NaturalHigh]

15. Sounds good.

Thank you for posting the suggestion.

[NMDemDist2]

3. GMTA, I also Posted a thread for the Red Cross n/t

[MindPilot]

4. Why should we? Let the Republicans do it.

Yes I know it's the right thing to do, but we aren't the ones who gutted FEMA; we aren't the ones who sent the National Guard to Iraq; we aren't the ones who failed to regulate insurance companies.

But like the good little servile liberals were are, the right wing corporatists know we will always do the right thing; we will come along and fix what they broke. We will make the sacrifices that they won't.

At some point we are going to have to say no.

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[in_cog_ni_to]

7. It's part of the 'Faith Based' program. Help your fellow man yourself

so the Fed's and States won't have to. It's all part of their Faith Based plan.

[rodeodance]

8. Is FEMA low on funds?

es I know it's the right thing to do, but we aren't the ones who gutted FEMA;

[MindPilot]

11. I talked with a FEMA employee several months ago.

He was complaining about the administrations cutbacks and how they were hurting the organizations ability to respond effectively.

I don't know their current funding level, but I dare say the programs remaining are adequately funded so it will look just fine on paper.

It doesn't negate the fact that the things we have in place to mitigate such disasters are now inadequate as a direct result of at least, mismanagement, and more likely, criminal actions.

Yet another little piece of fallout from the republicans misdirected priorities and I don't think we should feel bad for pointing it out.

[AnnInLa]

5. Crisco....thank you for this

It's the first positive post of support I've seen. I've never been so ashamed of DUers as in this crisis. I'm going back to the Louisiana Forum and stay out of the GD where people will bitch about anything just to bitch.

In the Louisiana forum, under "Acadiana Thread"


Poster #1 (first post on DU) takes many of us to task about being insensitive to what's going on in Nola. He/she makes the point that the officials HAD TO DO SOMETHING. If there's just a teensy more chance that they will survive in the Super Dome rather than in their unstable home, why not try it? Honestly, there's nothing else they could have done with that many people. It's not a plot against the poor...it's trying something desperate that might work, might not.

((I'm still not sure what set off that poster, sure hope it wasn't something that I said.))

[NashVegas]

10. NP

And I know exactly what you mean about the positive thoughts. I've seen a few here and there, but I think there are still too many who think/hope these are things that can be controlled.

Anyway, I'll be thinking of y'all up here in Nashville and sending the good vibage down.

[HereSince1628]

6. Thanks...

I sent all I can spare for now this morning...
And I've been begging people to think about donating all day.

There's nothing now but wait and worry.

[SmokingJacket]

9. I donated when I paid my FREAKING TAXES.

WHY WHY WHY weren't they used for stuff like this, instead of being sent to Iraq, where they were used to kill people and secure oil wells for rich people?

I will certainly donate again -- and again -- as the need arises. But damn it all... the money for relief and preparation EXISTS. BILLIONS were LOST in Iraq. It just makes me VOMIT that disaster relief has to BEG.

[MindPilot]

12. I agree. And everytime I hear

"we're bulding schools and hospitals in Iraq" I want to just :nuke:

[friesianrider]

16. DON'T FORGET the forgotten victims of storms like this....the animals!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4485360

Please donate as much as you can to the Louisiana SPCA ( http://www.la-spca.org/forms/donations.htm )- at the bottom of the donation form where it says "how did you hear about us?" please put that you heard about it from DemocraticUnderground.com!