Friday Misc. Thoughts

I want to continue more on yesterday's discussion about conscious consumerism next week but for today will just shoot out a few random thoughts (hey it's Friday and I'm feeling lazy):

I know everyone is suffering from donor fatigue, and those of us in America might soon be facing another crisis with this hurricane Wilma, but the UN reports that the situation in Pakistan/India where the earthquake happened is going from bad to worse. Winter is setting in there and people don't have any shelter. They actually said something to the effect that there are not enough winterized tents out there in the world currently to address the crisis. My heart bleeds for many of these poor people who, like the poor of New Orleans, were living day to day, paycheck to paycheck. In some cities of Pakistan, aid still hasn't arrived. If you can give, even just $5-10 bucks, might I suggest one of my favorite charities, Doctors Without Borders - they are there when many other organizations pull out or never make it in. They care without discrimination.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
If you can't give, please at least contact the Pakistani embassy and demand to know what they are doing and to stop the red tape and fussing over India and other nations helping them.

The Apprentice - bummed last night to see Kristi get the boot on this television show. I liked her. She reminded me a lot of the girls I went to college (university in England) with, strong Southern women (her accent makes me think she is from North Carolina, Tennesse or Kentucky but will look it up). People said she was bossy, but it didn't seem that way to me and that might be because I spent four years with girls like Kristi and I know that its not bossiness as much as a determination to get things accomplished, a willingness to go down in the trenches if need be, an ability to never give even when it seems impossible and finishing everything in the end with grace and a good dose of humor. Many of my friends are like Kristi and I wouldn't trade them for the world. Stupid beauty queen Jennifer M, manipulated her way out of getting the boot, but she will get hers. They lost a really good team player in Kristi.

Super happy this week to see the further downward spiral of the Republican party, loved Tom Delay's mug shot (sucker!) and the in-fighting between the Cheney and Rove camps. Please God let it be like Jurassic Park, when the dinasours start to destroy each other.

I like that new Kayne West song, "Golddigger" with the Ray Charles mixed in. It reminds me of the other Kayne West song I like, "Jesus Walks With Me," which you hear a lot of today because they use it to advertise that new movie Jughead - a movie about the first Iraqi war. Seriously, why would I pay to go see a movie about a war in the desert - I can just watch the nightly news for that. Besides it is so depressing.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!