Happy Slaver Day weekend to everyone, except the service industry workers for whom every holiday is a laborious day.

I continue to be unable to write about food or beverage when so many are going without.
I am appalled by the lack of response to our fellow HUMAN BEINGS.

Please donate today to www.secondharvest.org, whatever you can. 5$ is a latte and a scone. Seriously. 1$ can feed someone for more than a day. Think about that mediocre lunch you buy yourself at least once a week….Change one teeny, tiny little habit. Don’t buy that new t-shirt, eat in just that once, go to a matinee and donate the difference. By making a small donation every couple of weeks, you really, truly will be saving lives.

Some things on my mind and yours.

1). I’m sorry, can someone explain to me again what HOMELAND SECURITY means? What Was Said vs. What Is Happening, from CNN

2). Why aren’t Indianapolis, Memphis, Birmingham, etc. stepping up to the plate? I hear about the Astrodome in Houston taking in refugees. Anyone else???????? Daley ’shocked’ at federal snub of offers to help from Chicago Trib

Donate to some of the food banks closest to the refugees:

www.austinfoodbank.org in Austin, TX
www.etexfoodbank.org for East Texas
www.endhungernetwork.org in Houston, TX
www.msfoodnet.org/ in Jackson, MS
www.memphisfoodbank.org in Memphis, TN

3). Our conservative government talks about doing “for America,” but clearly they have a complete and utter disregard for most Americans. And by most, I mean anyone worth less than 3 million dollars. 34% of the people of New Orleans were already living below the poverty line. You are seeing exactly what this government thinks about the dienfranchised. Nothing. They would rather golf or go shoe shopping. They want to win; they want to be in charge; but they don’t want to do the job.

While you bought Ferragamos, Condie, there was a woman trapped in her swealtering attic, swollen from being submerged in contaminated water, barely able to swallow from thirst, past being hungry, but told rescuers to get the children in the house next door first. So did you go with the blue or the black $600 pumps?

But Dennis Hastert (R, Illinois) gets my Worthless-Fucking-Human-Being award: Denis Hastert Questions Rebuilding New Orleans from the Washington Post. Way to go, Denny. Way to piss on their grave, fucko.

4). I scare myself at the amount of rage I feel when I here neo-conservative bastards dare to blame the victims in this tragedy. A curse on you all with all that my Sicilian stink eye can muster. I spit in your general direction. You arrogant fucking pricks. You are the scum of the earth, you just have nice shoes. May empathy be thrust upon you by the cruelest and darkest of karmactic forces.

5). I can’t possibly see how a little blue dress can come close to such a disgusting show of inhumanity on the part of George Bush and his.

6). If Brett Favre Can Do It, Why Can’t the Leader of the Free World? from the Chicago Sun Times

7). We were quicker to respond half a world away when Asia experienced a tsunami. What about all of the cruise ships and military ships in the Gulf and Central Mexico? Why are we doing nothing.

8). If you do one thing, listen to audio, from CNN, of the Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagins, pleading, begging for help. HERE I emplore you.

9). I reiterate: These people did not choose to stay. They had no way to leave. No where to go.

10). Inaction is murder. “We never saw them, we only heard their screams.“

SPREAD THE NEWS:

If you are trying to make sure a family or loved one is OK, submit your request: hurricanrelief@cnn.com.

If you are trying to get any news on a family member, your house, or want to let people know you are OK, go to this site that uses satellite imagery provided by Google: www.scipionus.com

The charity that I am urging people to contribute to is America’s Second Harvest at www.secondharvest.org. I believe very strongly in this charity. They are a network of food banks with nothing but experience when it comes to getting food to those in need. Please. And thank you to the donations I received from readers directly through this site. Every penny will go to America’s Second Harvest.