Re: Blogging for Katrina Relief

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> With all due respect to the bloggers' efforts, we up here are being
> strongly encouraged to donate $$$ to the Canadian Red Cross. They
> are not as yet accepting food or other goods due to logistical reasons.
> After seeing some of the relief efforts and GWB hugging some down-home
> country boahs and sistahs, I can see why.
>

I personally would never donate money to rebuild a city that is surrounded
by water and is five feet below sea level. If they want to build a new N.O.
ten miles inland, maybe. I think they might be better off just bull-dozing
the entire thing. and making a park out of it.

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Amatus

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"Stovepipe" <stove99pipe@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Flap <fullosseousflap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Here is a link to a charitable list:
>> http://www.truthlaidbear.com/katrinacharities.php
>>
>> Flap
>
> With all due respect to the bloggers' efforts, we up here are being
> strongly encouraged to donate $$$ to the Kaannaaddian Red Cross. They
> are not as yet accepting food or other goods due to logistical reasons.
> After seeing some of the relief efforts and GWB hugging some down-home
> country boahs and sistahs, I can see why.
>
> I'm also glad to see the army is in there restoring peace and pushing
> the looters back into their holes.
>
> .... Ah wonder who got all o' those Country-style Telecasters and them
> Gretch Country Gentlemans outta the second-hand Guit-tar stores?....
> Prolly lifted a couple a pedal steel guits as well... A Gibson Flying V
> or two...
>
> Wasn't Les Paul from Now Ore-Lins?
>
> Pity I didn't see New Ore-Leenz when I had the chance.
>
> At any rate, the Red Cross is the international disaster agency, and
> though I haven't got much $$$ in pocket at this time of year, that's
> where my donation is going.
>
> Cheeahs
> SP
>
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