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Any info about relief efforts/charities/support, please add to this post

-Reg
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Katrina: 1-866-GET-INFO

for ppl lookin to contact loved ones in alabama, mississippi & louisiana


don't know if it's been posted or not, but i saw it on BET


pass it along

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Kamikaze Genes
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goddess; small g.

God bless you, a great deal of the maternal side of my family is in Biloxi, including my mom

I never knew two of my cousins moved down there until recently, and I am not even sure if anyone has heard from them.

I think they lived a few blocks off bourbon st.

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so thanks

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When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
- Bernard Bailey

I completely forgot they moved there until this morning my sister said something, we arent close i havent seen them in a couple years ever since their mom and dad got a divorce

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shakin your block with a 6 million dollar bop

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www.davidevanmcdowell.com

whew. Good luck to the rest of ya'll trynna locate folks. This number takes a while, but it works. Be patient.

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"Since it is art that translates civilization from one generation to the next, "art" is a quality-of-life need that cannot be disputed."

which is all they tell you before they hang up on you.

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/hurricanehelp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_hurricanehelpcenter/archives/2005_08.html#075269


and www.nola.com for any information on the new orleans area

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/feeling_fucking_gorgeous

just don't expect answers to come from your speakers. Somebody ( a "Leader" or social organization) needs to take that message away from the record and promote it socially. That's when it works.

<-- exits a post like...

@ theweatherchannel.com

NO - http://messageboards.weather.com/3/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=253291764&f=457105398&m=303101498

other affected areas - http://messageboards.weather.com/3/OpenTopic?a=frm&s=253291764&f=457105398

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get off the lord's bus if u aint got correct change

http://missingkatrina.com
http://safekatrina.com

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"That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation;

i can't get thru....dammitt.

you might get a busy signal at 1800 HELP NOW. just be patient. the same thing goes for the website. it took a few minutes but the site loaded just fine. please donate.
please use the HELP NOW number or donate online and free up the GET INFO line for those in the disaster area.



peace
ladee

http://www.nola.com/forums/homesavailable/

FREE HOUSING IN AUSTIN FOR DISASTER FAMILIES

E-MAIL: KATRINAHELP@AOL.COM

512-440-7965

10 AM - 9PM


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“Stand out firmly for Justice as witness before God, even against yourselves, against your kin and against your parents, against people who are rich or poor. Do not follow your inclinations or desires lest you deviate from Justice."
-Qur’an 4:135

LIST OF SHELTERS

(713.313.5480. Red Cross local number. And 1-866-get-info)

ALPHABETIZED BY CITY THEN NAME OF ORGANIZATION



Baytown Community Center
2407 Market Street
Baytown, TX
Red Cross

Lee College Gym
200 Lee Drive
Baytown, TX
Red Cross

Memorial Baptist Church
600 W. Sterling
Baytown Texas 77520
Red Cross
(Full capacity -- 8/31 5:30pm)

Missouri Street Church of Christ
3400 S Hwy 146
Baytown Texas 77520
Red Cross

St. Mary's Catholic Church
701 Church Street
Brenham, TX
Red Cross

Central Baptist Church
1991 Fm 158 Rd
College Station, TX
(979)776-9977

Lincoln Recreation Center
1000 Eleanor St.
College Station, Texas
(979)764-3779
For primary assistance, call 211

The Salvation Army Montgomery County Corps Community Center
304 Avenue E, Conroe
936-760-2440

Shelter for men & limited space for families

Meals available for anyone

1st United Methodist Church
4308 W. Dallas
Conroe, TX
Red Cross

Son Harvest Church
900 Steele Rd
(In Highlands, just west of Baytown)
Crosby, Texas
Contact: John Arrington
832-755-2399

Moody Methodist Church
2803 53rd Street
Galveston , Texas





Clear Lake Baptist Church
15700 Space Center Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77062
(281) 488-3767
www.go2clbc.org
FREE FOOD!!

Corinthian Christian Empowerment Center
4000 Telephone Road, # B-25
Houston, Texas 77087
713.462.5002

Gallery Furniture

I-45 North

Houston, Tx

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

(capacity 250)
18220 Upper Bay Rd-Nassau Bay
Houston , Tx

Men's Development Center
1811 Ruiz
Available to Katrina victims 24/7 until further notice.

Mission's Women and Family Shelter
419 Dowling


New Life Church
10800 Hammerly
Houston, TX 77043

North Forest School Bldg
11433 Surburb
Houston Texas 77016
North Forest School Building
6511 N. Wayside
Houston Texas 77028
Red Cross

Pilgrim Community Center
3118 Blodgett Street



The Salvation Army Harbor Light Center & Red Shield Lodge
2407 N Main , Houston
713-224-2875

Shelter for men only – meals/lunches available to anyone

Hot meal served 11:30-12:30 and 4-6pm

Sack lunches available anytime


713-932-1479
Contact: Mary Kemp
713-932-1479

St. Maximillian Catholic Church
10135 West Rd
Houston Texas 77064
Red Cross

St. Peter Claver
6005 N. Wayside Drive
Houston Texas
Red Cross
(Full capacity -- 8/31 5:30pm)

Westlake Volunteer Fire Department
19703 Saums Rd
Houston, TX 77084
(281)-492-0020
(281) 492-0560
http://www.westlakefd.net/
(I-10W off of Fry Rd. South)

Red 1st Baptist Church
1229 Ave J
Huntsville Texas
Red Cross

Second Baptist Church – Huntsville
2517 Sam Houston
Huntsville, Texas
(936)295-6404

St Mary’s Catholic Church

(capacity 200)
701 Church Street
Huntsville , Tx

1st Baptist Church
901 Ave A
Katy, TX
Red Cross

PowerHouse Christian Center
1818 Katyland Dr.
Katy, Tx 77493
281-391-0095
powerhousecc.com

Kingwood United Methodist Church
1799 Woodland Hill
Kingwood Texas 77339
Red Cross

Fairmont Park Baptist Church
10401 Bellfast Rd
LaPorte, Tx 77571
(281)476-2615
Contact:Theresa Cousins or Kimberly Riley

First Baptist Church of La Porte
301 S. Broadway

Laporte, Tx

New Life Central
2104 Underwood
LaPorte, TX
Red Cross

Mt. Belvieu Senior Citizen Center
11607 Eagle Drive
Mt. Belvieu
Red Cross
(Full capacity -- 8/31 5:30pm)

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
18220 Upper Bay Rd
Nassau Bay, TX
Red Cross

The Salvation Army East Harris County Corps Community Center
2732 Cherrybrook Lane, Pasadena
713-378-0020

Sack lunches available

Shelter for anyone For more on The Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services and our work with Hurricane Katrina, please visit our national website:

Fellowship Bible Church
1720 Broadway St.
Pearland, Texas
(281)482-0239
Contact: Vince and Layni Cade
First United Methodist Church
2314 Grand Blvd.
Pearland, Texas
(281) 485-1466

281-997-3855

THE ARROW PROJECT

18993 Ferne Drive

Porter 77365

is an independent therapeutic foster care agency that
will be operating outside of its regular venue by housing over 60
families and other evacuee ***, and the church is also providing their bus ministry to take people to and from their hotels.)

Plum Grove Assembly of God
931 FM 2090
Splendora, Texas 77372
Phone: 281-689-7457
Fax: 281-689-7993
Pastor: Ernie Parker
Cell: 281-659-3073
E-mail: pastorparker@pgag.org

Spring Tabernacle Church is opening tonight as an American Red Cross Shelter.
3031 FM 2920
Spring, TX 77388
(281) 353-1851
www.springtabernacle.org
(2 miles west of I-45 on FM 2920)

Oasis of Hope Church
471 S. Austin
Webster, TX
281-332-4126/713-628-8295
(Local businesses and church members are donating food and clothing for those victims staying in the Webster-Clear Lake area. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served
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ANIMAL SHELTERS

Houston SPCA :
713-869-SPCA (7722)

900 Portway Drive
Houston, Texas 77024-8022

Hotels OFFERING DISCOUNTS:

The following is a partial list of hotels offering long-term availability.

Courtside Inn
188 Freeman Blvd.
West Columbia, TX 77486
(713) 964-5300 OR (800) 231-1030
www.columbia-lakes.com/inn.htm
The Courtside Inn is offering a rate of $45/night OR $35/night if the stay is longer than 30 days.

Cottages at Columbia Lakes
188 Freeman Blvd.
West Columbia, TX 77486
(713) 964-5300 OR (800) 231-1030
www.columbia-lakes.com/cottages.htm
The Columbia Lakes Resort, Conference Center and Country Club is offering cottage suite rooms for $75/night OR $65/night if the stay is longer than 30 days.

South Shore Harbour Resort
2500 South Shore Blvd.
League City, TX 77573
www.sshr.com
South Shore Harbour is offering a rate of $89/night for any Katrina evacuees with proof of residency or driver's license from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Valid until Sept. 30, 2005. We will also be offering a 50% discount on all food purchases in any of our restaurants.

Moody Gardens Hotel
Seven Hope Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77554
(409) 683-4411
www.moodygardenshotel.com
The Moody Gardens Hotel is offering a rate of $99/night for any Katrina evacuees with proof of residency or driver's license from Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama. Valid until

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she wrote:

"Charity Hospital (mom's job) in New Orleans is treating its employees and patients like shyt. There have been few rescues and the employees are being starved. I know because my mother has called me crying several times a day. They only gave her bites of canned fruit and 1/2 cup of snap beans for the whole fukin' day!!! And now the administration is threatening to cut off phone lines probably because they're afraid they will be caught. Several patients have died. People have to shit in plastic bags. The smell is unbearable. My mother says that Charity hospital is way beyond third world. The conditions are deplorable, deplorable. And she had to leave her family because her job threatened her that she would lose her job if she evacuated with the rest of us. Please pass the news on."

Please flood the media about this. Maybe we can call attention to their situation...

My friend had to use it last night, his grandpa didn't evacuate and is missing. They turned that number into an emergency 911 number. We tried to find other ways to find out about missing people, does anybody know?

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Facts Lost © David Byrne

Quick & Dead: http://thequickthedead.tumblr.com/

On Social Media
https://twitter.com/#!/decaturkater
decaturkaters on instagram

http://nokr.org

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Kamikaze Genes
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goddess; small g.

i'm real worried at this point

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Facts Lost © David Byrne

Quick & Dead: http://thequickthedead.tumblr.com/

On Social Media
https://twitter.com/#!/decaturkater
decaturkaters on instagram

after 48 hours of no contact, I was getting a little worried.

the phone system is completely in disarray down there, as could be expected.
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HIP-HOP IS BACK ON DC RADIO!! WPFW 89.3 FM, Mon-Fri, 11pm-midnight (don't sleep! literally!)

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When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
- Bernard Bailey

http://kenburtonne.web116.discountasp.net/Katrina/Status.aspx

anyone you know in the houston, dallas, austin, san antonio, corpus christi, college station, humble, baytown, etc. areas:

Dear MoveOn member,

Hurricane Katrina's toll on communities, homes and lives has devastated the nation. Now victims must face the daunting question of where to go next—and we can help.

Tens of thousands of newly homeless families are being bused to a stadium in Houston, where they may wait for weeks or months. At least 80,000 are competing for area shelters, and countless more are in motels, cars, or wherever they can stay out of the elements. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross are scrambling to find shelter for the displaced.

This morning, we've launched an emergency national housing drive to connect your empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a place to wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a spare room, extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available housing online at:

http://www.hurricanehousing.org

Housing is most urgently needed within reasonable driving distance (about 300 miles) of the affected areas in the Southeast, especially New Orleans.

Please forward this message to anyone you know in the region who might be able to help.

But no matter where you live, your housing could still make a world of difference to a person or family in need, so please offer what you can.

The process is simple:

You can sign up to become a host by posting a description of whatever housing you have available, along with contact information. You can change or remove your offer at any time.


Hurricane victims, local and national relief organizations, friends and relatives can search the site for housing. We'll do everything we can to get your offers where they are needed most. Many shelters actually already have Internet access, but folks without 'net access can still make use of the site through case workers and family members.


Hurricane victims or relief agencies will contact hosts and together decide if it's a good match and make the necessary travel arrangements. The host's address is not released until a particular match is agreed on.

If hosting doesn't work for you, please consider donating to the Red Cross to help with the enormous tasks of rescue and recovery. You can give online at:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=859

As progressives, we share a core belief that we are all in this together, and today is an important chance to put that idea to work. There are thousands of families who have just lost everything and need a place to stay dry. Let's do what we can to help.

http://www.hurricanehousing.org

Thanks for being there when it matters most.

—Noah Winer and the whole MoveOn.org Civic Action Team
Thursday, September 1st, 2005

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down on the upside

Some added resources (forgive duplicates)
We just connected last night to our people- well the closest ones - Jaymz' dad, sister, and good friend. Thank God - I am praying FOR EVERYONE

MS Sun Herald (REALLY FULL OF USEFUL INFO!!! pictures, survivor mail, citizen reports, daily articles, blogs, resources)
http://www.sunherald.com

The link to the web page where you can provide info about who you are trying to find is:
http://www.tsasw.org/qso/healthandwelfare.asp

WLOX Biloxi (updates, more good resources)
http://www.wlox.com

Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com

CNN
http://www.cnn.com

I learned of this additional resource today:

Disaster News Network
http://www.disasternews.net/news/news.php?articleid=2794

Darcie-Nicole Wicknick
R&B, Hip-Hop, and Gospel

askdarcie@hotmail.com
AOL SCREENNAME askdarcie

http://velvetstylus.tripod.com
http://www.askdarcie.info

http://katrina.streetlampsoftware.com/


Buy Mixtapes here www.leakpromo.com

Coming soon www.hiphopheads.com

http://hiphopheadz.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/hiphopgyrl

nite. thank God for that too. thanks for this bit of info kiera.

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Pinwheels and Hula Hoops: my book
http://www.lulu.com/content/132318

http://msmind.blogspot.com

you keep running and one day
you're gonna be clean out of a path...

One of my closest friends is Brandon Tarricone of New Orleans band Brotherhood of Groove (www.brotherhoodofgroove.com)

I have gone to NOLA the past seven Jazzfests and other times to visit him and his peoples (who at this point are my peoples too)I have kicked it with LEGENDS in New Orleans with him... he is a recognized playa in the game down thurr..

I just spoke to him on the phone, he's on tour in Montana.

After some emotional talk and heart spillage we began to discuss ways we can help rebuild the beloved Crescent City he has lived in for the past decade.

he said:

"I have no home to go to, and no flood insurance, so I guess I'ma tour around the country and raise some monies for the city, WWOZ (the Jazzfest sponsor radio station who lost its 30,000 radio tower and building was destroyed)," and regular joes like himself who have been left with little or nothing.

THe people behind the Voodoo Fest (which B.O.G. was scheduled to play this Halloween) will be involved in this touring effort that we want to reach across the northeast, a tour to benefit NOLA victims in lots of ways.


Brandon with the help of some lawyers for the Voodoo Fest have begun preparing the neccessary paperworks to set up the charity to funnel the funds from a tour to the peoples in need.

I am hoping that any OKPs with connects and what not can help out with promoters and venues, and artists... name artists... who can maybe get involved.

This is not a penny ante typa thing, there are already plans for BB Kings in NYC date not yet set, and possibly Higher Ground or Nectars in Vermont... 930 club DC, etc.

Brandon will tour and play with whoever (hip hop, rock and jazz and everything between) because he has nowhere to live for now and nothing left but the gear in his touring van. And his friends and family, many of whom are older jazz cats that don't get around so well and have little beyond their beautiful melodies and energies.

This is about the 9th Ward and the French Quarter. Uptown, St. Charles and Canal St. ALL OF NOLA. No racial or socio-culture lines here... we about helping ERR'Baahdy!

Pictures of the Grandstand at the Jazzfest fairgrounds are excruciating.

I believe in the power of the Okayplayer community.

please email me with any help of any kind.

steg187@hotmail.com

Peace and Blessings

www.jambase.com ~~~Go See Live Music~~~
www.upfulLIFE.com / www.facebook.com/UPFULLife

"...shocked the small axe could knocka giant lopsided" (c)Pretty Flaco

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM OES

State OES (Office of Emergency Services) has learned that trapped victims on the Gulf Coast are calling family, friends, loved-ones, or anyone they can get a call out to in California asking for
someone to rescue them. These requests need to go immediately to the US Coast Guard's Rescue at http://homeport.uscg.mil , click on Homeport: Missions, then click on Submit Missing/Stranded Persons Request and complete the information requested on the Recovery Assistance Form, or ...

You may also contact the following emergency numbers for people in distress in the New Orleans area.

Search and rescue emergency lines for the State Office of Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, Louisiana:

(225) 925-7708

(225) 925-7709

(225) 925-3511

(225) 925-7412

In LOUISIANA, Louisiana State Police:

(225) 922-0325

(225) 922-0332

(225) 922-0333

(225) 922-0334

(225) 922-0335

(225) 922-0341

(225) 925-7398

In MISSISSIPPI, call the State EOC at : (601) 360-0054

In ALABAMA, or to inquire about family and friends that did not evacuate the Greater New Orleans area contact the American Red Cross at: (866) 438-4636

from Davey D's electronic newsletter FNV...

A Few Things to Ponder: Juvi & Master P Step It Up Despite Huge Losses

by Davey D



Today in New York BET, The National Urban League, Russell Simmons, Ben Chavis and the Hip Hop Summit Action Network, Chris Rock, Juvenile and Master P held a press conference and spoke to the devastation in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina



Juvenile who has already started relief efforts informed the audience that he has lost his home, but is determined to see New Orleans rebuilt. He also came armed with information and statistics to back up his points about the US being able to do all sorts of things all over the world including being over in Iraq but not doing as much as they could and should in impoverished communities here at home. Many folks were impressed that Juv was able to come off with well-researched information and that he was willing to throw down in spite of his losses.



Master P who also lost many of his homes and businesses also spoke and told the audience that he’s always dreamed of being able to leave New Orleans to travel the world as a rapper and basketball player, but he never thought he’s see a day when he could not come back home…



Both Master P and Juv spoke passionately about how much New Orleans has contributed culturally to the United States and how it would be missed if not rebuilt.



Deborah Lee said that BET is putting together a huge telethon on September 9th and have commitments from a lot of major artists. Russell Simmons promised to help out and deliver some of those artists.



Chris Rock spoke and started off his remarks by talking about how places like Biloxi, Mississippi needed our help like 3 weeks ago. He joked about the challenge people had when they got into the airport and tried to hail a cab to get somewhere. He then honed in on the serious nature behind his humorous remarks which basically centered around how our collective neglect for these poor areas are now manifesting in what we are seeing today in new Orleans and Mississippi.



Susan Taylor of Essence Magazine spoke to the biased media coverage. She asked the reporters that were on hand to go back to their newsrooms and insist that they stop trying to show the people as animalistic criminals who are looting. She talked about how many of the victims are getting what they need to survive and in many places; there are no store clerks to take money.



Taylor’s points were underscored by some news agencies that have actually shown the coverage behind the looting, where you have people with babies who have been left alone for 2or 3 days with no help at all. Fox News in LA has been very good at bringing this point to light. In addition, while you do have some lawlessness, it is in the minority compared to all those who have been pulling together and trying to make it through one of the worst disaster to ever hit the US.



From my own personal experience as a journalist, I too have seen how things get twisted. There are two glaring cases that come to mind. The first was in 1989 after the devastating earthquake in San Francisco. The national media went and tried to make the residents of West Oakland look like criminals who were looting cars and people trapped under the Cypress Freeway. You had many people doing the armchair thing about how terrible these people were until it was realized that what they thought was looting was actually local residents risking life and limb to try to rescue people still alive and buried under the rubble. Some people were going back bringing trapped people water and health supplies. Others were going back and grabbing pursues and IDs for stricken and shocked family members. To this day people who saw the initial coverage still saw West Oaklanders as looters and not heroes. In addition, it was years after the earthquake before that, part of town were repaired.



The other incident was in London during the first bomb attacks. I was there and actually covered it. I gathered many interviews and have on tape person after person stating that the bombings were no big deal because they happen all the time and that the latest incident was the result of Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair’s foreign policies. I was there with other reporters and I watched with my own eyes as some of my mainstream counterparts went out of their way to try and find somebody who was panicked by the attacks and willing to blame Al Queda. What was being aired on national news in no way reflected what we all experienced at the bombing sites. In fact, we wound up eating dinner at a packed restaurant right across the street from open of the bombing sites and even took the subway home. More importantly, Londoners were not running around panicked. I have all this on tape, which we aired.



These examples are cited to bring to light what we are seeing with some of this coverage in New Orleans in terms of bias. For example, there are hundreds of dead bodies floating in those floodwaters; they have not shown that on TV. In those flood waters are alligators, they have not shown that. There was one news report that I actually did see about an elderly couple being trapped in their cars and 8 alligators swimming around them waiting to eat them if they left the car.



In many places there are people who are without homes who have been outside enduring the harsh elements for 2-3 days. That story has not been fully told. People think that it was real easy for folks to bounce out of town when they got the evacuation orders. We’re now finding out such activities were poorly executed and in many cases damn near impossible.



To underscore this point, folks may wanna check out a show they aired on the Discovery Channel a few month’s ago about changing weather conditions. They focused on Hurricanes and described an impending scenario about Hurricane X striking New York City. Scientist believe it’s only a matter of time before a catastrophic wind storm hits the big apple. During the show they showed how hard it would be for New Yorkers to leave the area and get out of harms way once the orders were given. The key words here are ‘harm’s way’.



What a lot of people fail to realize is that Katrina didn’t directly hit New Orleans. The direct hits took place outside the city itself. It struck in many of the areas that people were running away to. Many of the homes destroyed are outside of New Orleans as well. In other words, with a storm this wide and so huge and planes grounded you were likely to get hit unless you were able to get to the center of the state and even then it didn’t mean that you could do easily and quickly.



It’s like telling folks in San Francisco to get out of town because an Earthquake is coming and they rush across the Bridge to Oakland. That ain't gonna do no good. During rush hour it takes 2 hours just to get 40 or 50 miles away from Frisco. Can you imagine what things would be like during an ill planned evacuation Where you gonna run to when earthquakes and their damage can be felt hundreds of miles away?



We also have to note that you have rampant price gauging and we’re not talking about gas only. That’s another story that hasn’t been fully reported. Instead of giving supplies away you have people trying to charge top dollar in the some of the nation’s most impoverished communities for badly needed supplies.



You have scenarios where the police themselves have been looting. Lastly you don’t see a lot of reports about George Bush refusing to tell his oil buddies to sacrifice and lower gas prices. He was asked this by Diane Sawyer earlier today.



This is not to say that everything is kosher and everyone is without fault in New Orleans, but this is a life or death situation for a lot of folks. It should also be a hard lesson for all of to learn from. Are we prepared for a disaster when it strikes us. Can I really leave the bay if a massive Earthquake hits? Do I have enough supplies on hand? What am I willing to do if my house which is on solid ground is left standing while nearby house on soft land are decimated? Having a ‘tell them to go eat cake’ attitude in the face of disaster don’t cut it especially when people feel their survival is at stake...
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HIP-HOP IS BACK ON DC RADIO!! WPFW 89.3 FM, Mon-Fri, 11pm-midnight (don't sleep! literally!)

http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/katrina_no_red_cross.htm

"Don't Give your Hurricane Katrina Relief Donations to the Red Cross"

The Red Cross has a long history of thieving and stealing cash donations intended for disaster relief. Even as far back as the Korean War the Red Cross was plundering soldiers' mail and care packages. Some veterans have informed us that they would buy cigarettes from the Red Cross and find a twenty dollar bill or a note from a soldier's mother tucked into the pack.

More recent examples are plentiful. Families of September 11th victims were prevented from receiving half of the donations sent by well meaning citizens to the Red Cross for their aid. The recent Tsunami also was a great money-making opportunity for the Red Cross which was very clear in its calls for donations of only cash which would be much easier for the organization to funnel and launder and steal. Only recently have tsunami survivors begun to see a dime of the money collected on their behalf by the Red Cross.

The Red Cross is very adept at stealing money and looting mail. They have been caught inumberable times but always allowed to get away with their schemes because the organisation is so tightly linked to the establishment. Libby Dole, wife of Senator and powerbroker Bob Dole, was for a long time the head of the outfit. It is an organization by and for the elite insiders designed to gather intelligence and steal from those who need aid.

The International Organization of the Red Cross is a secret intelligence agency that has acted as an arm of the British Intelligence Services since its inception.

If you want to help survivors of Katrina, do a little research and find organizations that you can trust or better yet, use available resources and work together with neighbors.

LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP KATRINA SURVIVORS

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"Red Cross Pocketed Half Of 9/11 Donations"

CNN | January 3 2005

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Charities swung into action after the September 11 terrorist attacks, raising more than $1 billion. But questions are being raised about where and how and how much of that money is being distributed.

Bearing the brunt Tuesday during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's oversight panel was outgoing Red Cross President Dr. Bernadine Healy.

The Red Cross has raised more than $564 million for the Liberty Fund, which was set up in response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

While the agency states on its Web site that it is spending more than any other relief agency responding to the terrorist attacks, it has distributed only $154 million.

Healy was hammered by one New York official for the Red Cross' decision to put aside nearly half of the money raised for future needs that may include terrorist attacks.

"I see the Red Cross, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars that was intended by the donating public to be used for the victims of September 11 -- I see those funds being sequestered into long-term plans for an organization," testified New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

Healy later told CNN the Red Cross was a service organization and that previous donations had prepared the agency to deal with September 11.

"We had planned for a weapon of mass destruction attack," she said. "We knew our obligations under the congressional charter. We knew it involved victim assistance and sheltering. We knew that it involved with dealing with rescue workers. We knew that it involved blood."

She also noted that some of the new funding went toward helping communities learn how to deal with other threats such as anthrax.

The hearing was contentious, with panel members trying to get at the issue of donor intent and whether the Red Cross misled donors.

"What's at issue here is that a special fund was established for these families. It was specially funded for this event, September 11," said Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-Louisiana.

"And it is being closed now because we are told enough money's been raised in it, but we're also being told, by the way, we're going to give two-thirds of it away to other Red Cross needs."

The subcommittee asked Healy and her agency to provide the exact language of all of its television and newspaper appeals for donations.

Healy said what the agency has learned is it needs to explain to the public the mission of the Red Cross.

"Don't confuse us with the 9/11 Fund in New York. Don't confuse us with Habitat for Humanity. Don't confuse us with the scholarship in New York for the victims. We have to get that out," she said.

Controversy over the Liberty Fund was one reason Healy decided to resign at year's end. But she defended the agency's decision of how to use the money.

"The Liberty Fund is a war fund. It has evolved into a war fund," she
said."We must have blood readiness. We must have the ability to help our troops if we go into a ground war. We must have the ability to help the victims of tomorrow."

A widow who lost her husband in the World Trade Center attack also complained to the panel that what money was available from various charities was tied up in red tape and confusion.

"Why then haven't these charities been able to get together and agree on one uniform application? Why haven't they been able to get together and develop a quicker way for families to receive these funds?" asked Elizabeth McLaughlin of Pelham, New York.

"We all have the missing persons reports, death certificates, and any other proof needed to avoid fraud. But the charities are not sharing these documents and information with each other," she testified in tears.

She told the panel that she had to construct an 18-page spreadsheet to try to keep track of all the requirements of various aid groups.

McLaughlin received a $27,000 check from the Red Cross but fears she may still lose her house without additional aid.

The Red Cross said it has helped 25,000 families with food and temporary shelter, counseling and cash assistance.

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i'm ready to freakin fly my ass somewhere close and walk if i have to.. im seriously over here like.. what.can.i.do..

where will my money BEST be served?

you say where NOT to go.. so where?

Breathe E.Z.

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Please support> www.helpthesudan.com

https://volunteer.united-e-way.org/hurricane-katrina/donate/

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I used to work for Boy Scouts Of America many years ago, and trust when I say that very little of the donated money actually goes to help people. A lot of it is reinvested in all their businesses.

People who remember my DELETED Red Cross post (like DOVE) know what's up... I was told *after* I donated to them that they were corrupt and I THEN told people not to use them.

That does NOT = Advocating.

(Nice diversion tactics though...)

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get off your high horse. I didn't see you take it back anywhere on here. I'm not mad and don't care that you gave to United Way or anyone else. I'm asking how you can advocate it while you are screaming about a duplicate post being deleted.

You're talking to yourself now.

BTW PEOPLE: This all relates to another thread (3X: White Folks are telling people not to give to the Red Cross)

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people with intelligent thoughts, and something to say. How can we help? Let's talk.

In the upcoming September issue of OZONE Magazine, rappers David Banner (Mississippi) and 5th Ward Weebie (New Orleans) comment on Hurricane Katrina.

DAVID BANNER: “I think Hurricane Katrina has exposed America for what it is. I think it’s bigger than black and white. I think it has a lot more to do with rich and poor. We’ve always known that America is a racially driven country. We front like it’s all good, but we know the levels of racism that are in America. I think this is more than just pulling the race card. It shows that America doesn’t give a damn about people in the hood, period.

If this same thing happened in New York, they’d probably be out there mopping themselves. When 9/11 happened, there was help on 9/12. We sent billions of dollars overseas when the tsunami happened. You know, this is our home. We break our necks to help other people, and we fight for oil, but we can’t help our people right here in Mississippi. Mississippi is definitely not getting the relief funds that they really need because we’re not getting the TV time. There’s cities in South Mississippi like Pass Christian, Long Beach, Biloxi, and Gulfport that are just gone. And these are just regular, ordinary folks. White, black, rich, poor. These are places where our grandmothers and grandfathers stay. There’s history in these towns.

America is the most powerful country in the world, but it takes us four days to get there? The things they did four days later are the same things they could’ve done when it happened, period. They coulda flown helicopters in there or something. America is the most powerful country and the proudest country when it feels like it. They said they couldn’t get down there for different reasons, but those were just excuses. I sent a tour bus full of water down there. My bus driver paid with his own Mastercard. I told him to go ahead and buy whatever they needed and I’d pay him back. He filled the tour bus up twice with water, food, and supplies before the American government did. He drove down there from Memphis. Then I came down there myself and I sat and signed autographs and passed out water to the kids for four, five hours myself. How can David Banner, a so-called “gangsta rapper,” react quicker to a crisis than our own government?

There’s still people in Mississippi without power right now. The water is still not drinkable from the faucets. Then you’ve got places like the Red Cross using preferential treatment with the stuff people had donated. I had cats from the streets telling me they gave all the better clothes to the little white kids. There’s people who are coming city to city and can’t get water or food from the Red Cross without a little armband. We’re having a national crisis. If people need food and supplies, you should give it to them.

The bigger picture is that we’re gonna have to take care of our own people. We’re having a big benefit concert September 17th at Phillips Arena in Atlanta. We’re trying to raise $1.5 million. This is the first time that every radio station – Cumulus, Infinity, and Clear Channel – all came together, working together with no egos. T.I. got on the radio station and challenged everybody – all the football players and record company execs – and he raised $255,000 in two hours.

I’m glad Kanye said what he said on NBC. The President never gave a damn about black folks. I mean, we knew that already. That’s not a surprise. It was the perfect time for him to say it. Personally, I believe that if CNN had showed more white people stuck in New Orleans, the government would’ve reacted quicker.

I blame Bush for the time it took for them to react to the situation. I blame Bush for not taking this situation as seriously as they did after 9/11. This is ten times worse than 9/11. These are communities; whole cities of people, just gone. We’re talking about cities, not just a building. We’re talking about a whole coast of people. These are the same states that helped assure that Bush was gonna get in office, and then he turned his back on them. Where was he when we needed him? This is our President!

In the Art of War they tell you that the best way to control the people is through chaos. Most people make their decisions when something happens that sways them emotionally. So maybe this is God’s blessing. We as American people, no matter what race you are, we see that now we’re gonna have to set up better systems to protect the poor. All these organizations that we’re forming now need to stay in tact. We’re gonna have to be prepared to take care of our own. And we’re gonna have to make sure that these relief funds go to people who buy our records and support us and come to our concerts. Those are the families that I have to be concerned about first, because those are the families that put me in the position I’m in now.

There’s a lot more we can do as artists, but I’m really, really proud of the rappers who have stepped up to help. I can honestly say that we’ve concentrated so much on helping because it’s in our hearts and it’s the right thing to do, but we don’t get the publicity for it. We’re gonna have to make sure people see the efforts these rappers are making, because every time somebody gets shot or something negative happens at one of our concerts, they make sure they publicize it.” – David Banner (OZONE Magazine Sept 2005)


WEEBIE: “I think this whole situation is ridiculous. For one, we’re American citizens, and they’re calling us “refugees.” My whole issue is the response, how they were treating the people from the hood. My cousins – 20 years old and 10 years old – got stuck down there. They were calling for help and there was no response. My cousin had to lie and say she was pregnant to get help. In New Orleans, the system is fucked up, for real. The money wasn’t spent on the right shit. They knew about the levees years ago. This shit wasn’t a coincidence. The main areas that got flooded was the hoods, the black communities, all the people making minimum wage. The French Quarter got a little water, but for the most part, Jefferson Parish and the areas where the rich people stay at are good. New Orleans is fuckin’ underwater. They’re trying to move us out and recreate that whole city for the white people.

They’ve had a problem with the levees and the pumping systems by the 9th ward for years, and those are predominantly black areas. They knew that since the last big hurricane, damn near forty years ago. Every time there was a big storm, the 9th ward and downtown gets flooded. They coulda fixed this problem. They pumped money into the French Quarter. Parts of the French Quarter are still below sea level, but it’s higher ground compared to the rest of New Orleans.

They did a mandatory evacuation, but they didn’t do it until Saturday, and most of these people in the projects don’t have the finances or the transportation to even move. I was already out of town on business. To be honest, I didn’t even take the hurricane that seriously myself, because every time one is coming, they always turn at the last minute. A lot of people didn’t take it that seriously, and a lot of people didn’t have a choice. They didn’t have transportation or finances.

The local mayor and local government are speaking up for the city now, after they’ve seen the seriousness of the whole situation and New Orleans is under a telescope to the rest of the world. Everybody is really starting to take up for what they believe in, but that shoulda been taken care of from the gate. They really shoulda given these people more time to evacuate. Maybe it’s just me being mad and frustrated by this whole incident.

My car is underwater. My mom’s house is underwater. My grandma’s house is underwater. I won’t know the status of my crib until I go back down there. It’s just crazy right now. I still can’t even believe this shit; it still feels like a dream to me. I can’t even believe that my city has been hit this hard. I’ve never experienced anything like this. We’ve had storms and shit before, but I didn’t expect it to be like this. Thousands and thousands of families have to relocate and start all over. Me, you’ll probably see me in Houston. I don’t know. I’m gonna be all over. I’m gonna stay grinding. Hurricane Katrina, we depending on that FEMA.

I can’t really give you the full story, cause I wasn’t there. But just hearing about all the raping that was going on in the Superdome, I think that shit was just pathetic. We’re at a time of crisis right now, and we’ve got people raping people and doing dumb shit for no reason. Then, we’ve got people trying to stop people from getting food or whatever else. These people are hungry. I can’t even imagine the pure chaos. My love and condolences go out to all the families that suffered. It took me four days to get in contact with my family because the phones were down. Right now my phone is still acting up, so I’m still trying to contact some of my friends.

There’s no sugarcoating now; no bullshit. Our city was corrupted. Maybe this had to happen to our city to really clean house. They had so much corrupt shit going on in our city, and the school system was really fucked up. We were up to six murders a day, and that’s in the daylight. The biggest problem in New Orleans was that there’s no jobs, no money-making opportunities. I’ve witnessed some of my homies try to stop hustling and go to work, but there’s just no opportunities. This was a hard hit, but maybe it’s a major setback for a major, major comeback. I don’t know what the reason is that this tragedy happened, but I feel like it was real fucked up from the political side of things and the street side of things. It’s fucked up all the way around.

They’ve got to rebuild New Orleans. It’s a historical city. I couldn’t see the world without New Orleans. I can’t even look at a map without seeing New Orleans. But when they rebuild New Orleans, they’ve got to have jobs for these people. They need to have a better system, period. They need to have a plan for the city in case another hurricane hits. New Orleans is a great city. We make a lot of money down there – but where does the money go? That’s what I want to know.” – 5th Ward Weebie (OZONE Magazine Sept 2005)

there goes my $25 bucks.


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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We are leaving this Sat. afternoon to take water, food, personal hygiene items, paper products and other items of necessity to the victims of Katrina. We were going to New Orleans, however because of the amount of devastation there, we're not getting clearance to go into that area. After some checking we decided to go to Shreveport, La. instead. We have made contact with pastors there who are working with some from New Orleans. Our plan right now is to deliver the above mentioned items, pass them out, provide some items for the shelters operating there, and minister the Word to those who are affected by this event. The pastors advised that they are in great need of tooth brushes, tooth paste, soap, mouth wash, clothing, bedding, portable beds, (air mattresses, etc.), school supplies, towels, wash cloths, first aid items, underclothing, femenine products.

A large number of the students from Dillard University are being housed by the churches that we are working with. They are trying to raise money to send these young people on to their homes, as their school will probably not reopen again, at least this semester, if at all this year. Some other state schools are opening their doors to students who attended the affected schools, as this
appears to be across the board at all levels. We (our church) is going to try to get a head count of those living in the St. Louis area and we will probably send a van to bring them back into the area.

We are renting a 24 foot truck to make the delivery, and we will try to start loading Friday morning, and try to continue collecting items until it full, then put the rest of the items in storage. We will again take another truck load in about a month to help replenish depleted supplies in Shreveport.

If anyone would like to assist in this much needed ministry, you are welcome to go with us, as it appears that we will rent a 15 passenger van for those accompanying us.

As you are aware gas has taken a 54 cent per gallon increase in the St. Louis area and along the I-55 corridor (which we will mostly travel to destination). This is a one day hike. Many of you have experienced the same thing. If you can't go but would still like to help get needed assistance to the victims, you can send a check, money order, money gram, or Western Union, for what ever amount that God lays on your heart to give. ALL OF THE MONIES RECEIVED WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE THE AFOREMENTIONED ITEMS, TRUCK AND VAN RENTAL, AND FUEL THERE AND BACK. Our church is a 501 3 C certified and all contributions are fully tax deductible.

Anyone living in or near the St. Louis area, and collect things through your church, family or neighborhood can drop them off at our church. The contact information is listed below. I regret that we will not be able to pick up things, due to the short amount of time that we have to conduct this mission it leaves us no time to pick up. When we take the 2nd load we will have time to pick up items from those wishing to participate.

This trip we are limited in the amount of time we have. We take several missionary trips each year and St. Phillips Baptist Church of Trenton, New Jersey partners with us in these efforts and some of them are flying into St. Louis and we will drive from here, there and back. Most of us don't have any extra time that we can take off from jobs, as we use all of our time for missionary trips, so everyone has to be back to work on Tuesday morning and I have to be back on Wednesday morning. That is the reason for the rush.

The pastors that we will be working with is: Pastor Joe Gant, Calvary Baptist Church, 5823 Ledbetter Street, Shervepost, La, 71108, phone 318-636-4930, Sister Shirley Stewart is assisting Pastor Gant in this effort, and Pastor Harry Blake, New Caanan Baptist Church,1666 Alston, Shreveport, La, 71103 church phone 318-227-9993, as they are spearheading what some of the churches are doing. It is to be noted that Dr. Blake is out of town today because of a death in his family, however, Sister Monica Mickle is directing the effort from the church for Dr. Blake until he returns.As you are aware Shreveport was one of the 1st cites where persons were evacuated to, and persons are still being taken there. They will be setting up a tent city in a few days to accomadate displaced persons and families.

Again if anyone would like to go you are welcome. If you can't go and would like to assist in this ministry, please send a contribution as mentioned earlier. If you can't go, cannot send a contribution, please continue to pray for all those affected, and pray for us as we go to deliver the Word and provide a ministry of service to those affected.

Thanks for any consideration given this request.

Yours in Christ,
Rev. Nelson Grayson
Minister of Out Reach
Baptist Church Of The Holy Communion
7515 Melrose Avenue
University City, Missouri, 63130
314-725-4613 Church Phone M-F 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
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Mystics president make huge donation to Red Cross
09/01/05 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Washington Mystics

Washington, DC -- Washington Mystics President and managing partner, Sheila Johnson has donated $500,000 to the American Red Cross to help with the relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. The Mystics current roster has two players from the state of Louisiana. Rookie of the Year candidate, Temeka Johnson hails from New Orleans, while All-Star Alana Beard is from Shreveport.

"The Mystics and so many of us have families and friends in the hurricane region and while our prayers go out to them, we hope our financial contribution will help them to rebuild," said Sheila Johnson.

Although Temeka Johnson's home suffered considerable damage, her family members were able to weather the storm in a safe location. The Alana Beard foundation, located in Shreveport, is collecting necessary items for the victims.

The Washington Mystics encourages all to make donation to the American Red Cross by logging on www.redcross.org or by calling 1-800-HELP-NOW.

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i know this is not as serious as the other links on this post but... just for the sake of getting information out. don't let people abuse the tragedy!

http://gaswatch.energy.gov/

Also contact your state's attorney general...

Alabama: Troy King (R) (334) 242-7300
State House, 11 S. Union St. Montgomery, AL 36130
http://www.ago.state.al.us

Alaska: David W. Márquez* (R) (907) 465-3600
P.O. Box 110300, Diamond Courthouse, Juneau, AK 99811-0300
http://www.law.state.ak.us/

American Samoa: Malaetasi M. Togafau (684) 633-4163
American Samoa Gov't, Exec. Ofc. Bldg, Utulei, Territory of American Samoa, Pago Pago, AS 96799
http://www.samoanet.com/asg/asgdla97.html

Arizona: Terry Goddard (D) (602) 542-4266
1275 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007
http://www.azag.gov/

Arkansas: Mike Beebe (D) (800) 482-8982
200 Tower Bldg., 323 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72201-2610
http://www.ag.state.ar.us

California: Bill Lockyer (D) (916) 445-9555
1300 I St., Ste. 1740, Sacramento, CA 95814
http://caag.state.ca.us

Colorado: John Suthers (R) (303) 866-4500
1525 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203
http://www.ago.state.co.us

Connecticut: Richard Blumenthal (D) (860) 808-5318
55 Elm St., Hartford, CT 06141-0120
http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/

Delaware: M. Jane Brady (R) (302) 577-8338
Carvel State Office Bldg., 820 N. French St., Wilmington, DE 19801
http://www.state.de.us/attgen

District of Columbia: Robert Spagnoletti (D) (202) 724-1305
John A. Wilson Building, 1350 PA Ave, NW Suite 409, Washington, DC 20009
http://occ.dc.gov

Florida: Charlie Crist (R) (850) 414-3300
The Capitol, PL 01, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050
http://myfloridalegal.com/

Georgia: Thurbert E. Baker (D) (404) 656-3300
40 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, GA 30334-1300
http://ganet.org/ago/

Guam: Douglas Moylan (671) 475-3409
Judicial Center Bldg., Ste. 2-200E, 120 W. O'Brien Dr., Hagatna, Guam 96910
http://www.guamattorneygeneral.com/

Hawaii: Mark J. Bennett (R) (808) 586-1500
425 Queen St., Honolulu, HI 96813
http://www.state.hi.us/ag/index.html

Idaho: Lawrence Wasden (R) (208) 334-2400
Statehouse, Boise, ID 83720-1000
http://www2.state.id.us/ag/

Illinois: Lisa Madigan (D) (312) 814-3000
James R. Thompson Ctr., 100 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
http://www.ag.state.il.us

Indiana: Steve Carter (R) (317) 232-6201
Indiana Government Center South - 5th Floor, 402 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204
http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/

Iowa: Tom Miller (D) (515) 281-5164
Hoover State Office Bldg., 1305 E. Walnut, Des Moines, IA 50319
http://www.IowaAttorneyGeneral.org

Kansas: Phill Kline (R) (785) 296-2215
120 S.W. 10th Ave., 2nd Fl., Topeka, KS 66612-1597
http://www.ink.org/public/ksag

Kentucky: Greg Stumbo (D) (502) 696-5300
State Capitol, Rm. 116, Frankfort, KY 40601
http://ag.ky.gov

Louisiana: Charles Foti (D) (225) 342-7013
P.O. Box 94095, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4095
http://www.ag.state.la.us/

Maine: G. Steven Rowe (D) (207) 626-8800
State House Station 6, Augusta, ME 04333
http://www.state.me.us/ag

Maryland: J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D) (410) 576-6300
200 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202-2202
http://www.oag.state.md.us

Massachusetts: Tom Reilly (D) (617) 727-2200
1 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108-1698
http://www.ago.state.ma.us

Michigan: Mike Cox (R) (517) 373-1110
P.O.Box 30212, 525 W. Ottawa St., Lansing, MI 48909-0212
http://www.ag.state.mi.us

Minnesota: Mike Hatch (D) (651) 296-3353
State Capitol, Ste. 102, St. Paul, MN 55155
http://www.ag.state.mn.us

Mississippi: Jim Hood (D) (601) 359-3680
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 220, Jackson, MS 37205-0220
http://www.ago.state.ms.us/

Missouri: Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon (D) (573) 751-3321
Supreme Ct. Bldg., 207 W. High St., Jefferson City, MO 65101
http://www.ago.state.mo.us

Montana: Mike McGrath (D) (406) 444-2026
Justice Bldg., 215 N. Sanders, Helena, MT 59620-1401
http://doj.state.mt.us/

Nebraska: Jon Bruning (R) (402) 471-2682
State Capitol, P.O.Box 98920, Lincoln, NE 68509-8920
http://www.nol.org/home/ago

Nevada: Brian Sandoval (R) (775) 684-1100
Old Supreme Ct. Bldg., 100 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701
http://ag.state.nv.us/

New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (603) 271-3658
State House Annex, 25 Capitol St., Concord, NH 03301-6397
http://www.state.nh.us/nhdoj/

New Jersey: Peter C. Harvey (609) 292-8740
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market St., CN 080, Trenton, NJ 08625
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/

New Mexico: Patricia A. Madrid (D) (505) 827-6000
P.O. Drawer 1508, Sante Fe, NM 87504-1508
http://www.ago.state.nm.us

New York: Eliot Spitzer (D) (518) 474-7330
Dept. of Law - The Capitol, 2nd fl., Albany, NY 12224
http://www.oag.state.ny.us

North Carolina: Roy Cooper (D) (919) 716-6400
Dept. of Justice, P.O.Box 629, Raleigh, NC 27602-0629
http://www.ncdoj.com/default.jsp

North Dakota: Wayne Stenehjem (R) (701) 328-2210
State Capitol, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, ND 58505-0040
http://www.ag.state.nd.us

Northern Mariana Islands: Pamela Brown (670) 664-2341
Caller Box 10007, Capitol Hill, Saipan, MP 95960
http://www.cnmiago.gov.mp/

Ohio: Jim Petro (R) (614) 466-4320
State Office Tower, 30 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43266-0410
http://www.ag.state.oh.us

Oklahoma: W. A. Drew Edmondson (D) (405) 521-3921
State Capitol, Rm. 112, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105
http://www.oag.state.ok.us

Oregon: Hardy Myers (D) (503) 378-4732
Justice Bldg., 1162 Court St., NE, Salem, OR 97301
http://www.doj.state.or.us

Pennsylvania: Tom Corbett (R) (717) 787-3391
1600 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov

Puerto Rico: Roberto J. Sanchez-Ramos
GPO Box 902192, San Juan, PR 00902-0192
http://www.justicia.gobierno.pr

Rhode Island: Patrick Lynch (D) (401) 274-4400
150 S. Main St., Providence, RI 02903
http://www.riag.state.ri.us

South Carolina: Henry McMaster (R) (803) 734-3970
Rembert C. Dennis Office Bldg., P.O.Box 11549, Columbia, SC 29211-1549
http://www.scattorneygeneral.org

South Dakota: Larry Long (R) (605) 773-3215
500 E. Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501-5070
http://www.state.sd.us/attorney/attorney.html

Tennessee: Paul G. Summers (D) (615) 741-5860
500 Charlotte Ave., Nashville, TN 37243
http://www.attorneygeneral.state.tn.us

Texas: Greg Abbott (R) (512) 463-2100
Capitol Station, P.O.Box 12548, Austin, TX 78711-2548
http://www.oag.state.tx.us

Utah: Mark Shurtleff (R) (801) 538-9600
State Capitol, Rm. 236, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0810
http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/

Vermont: William H. Sorrell (D) (802) 828-3173
109 State St., Montpelier, VT 05609-1001
http://www.state.vt.us/atg

Virgin Islands: Kerry Drue (Acting) (340) 774-5666
Dept. of Justice, G.E.R.S. Complex 488-50C Kronprinsdens Gade, St. Thomas, VI 00802

Virginia: Judith W. Jagdmann (R) (804) 786-2071
900 E. Main St., Richmond, VA 23219
http://www.oag.state.va.us

Washington: Rob McKenna (R) (360) 753-6200
900 Fourth Street, Suite 2000, Olympia, WA 98504-0100
http://www.atg.wa.gov/

West Virginia: Darrell V. McGraw Jr. (D) (304) 558-2021
State Capitol, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. , E., Charleston, WV 25305
http://www.wvs.state.wv.us/wvag/

Wisconsin: Peg Lautenschlager (D) (608) 266-1221
State Capitol, Ste. 114 E., P.O.Box 7857, Madison, WI 53707-7857
http://www.doj.state.wi.us

Wyoming: Pat Crank (D) (307) 777-7841
State Capitol Bldg., Cheyenne, WY 82002
http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us

to let some employees go help out with pay, so i pray that i will be able to be one of those to go help.

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i have tons of clothes already packed up... baby, women, mens.. and shoes...

Breathe E.Z.

~Vee~

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"We had chemistry cuz she was a Cancer.." (c) Common

Please support> www.helpthesudan.com

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/USNSAHome.htm
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Michael: George Michael, I’m sure that Egg is a very nice person. I just don’t want you spending all your money...

George Michael: Ann.

Michael: ... getting her all glittered up for Easter, you know?

they sell their shit

fuck that

i hate them

I can't just drop it off anywhere.

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Make moves, not excuses.

No price on them
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Michael: George Michael, I’m sure that Egg is a very nice person. I just don’t want you spending all your money...

George Michael: Ann.

Michael: ... getting her all glittered up for Easter, you know?

off the Eastex Freeway (59) at the Cavalcade exit...if you're Northbound it's going to be on the left side of the freeway, on the right side if you're Southbound

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down on the upside

http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/Katrina.htm

Paper Goods - plates, cups, baby wipes, diapers, toilet paper

Water - Bottled drinking water (No glass containers)

Single-serving snacks - Pop-Tarts, cereal bars, breakfast cereal

Peanut butter, bread, mayonnaise, easy-open meats, vegetables

Heat and eat foods - chili, stew, canned pasta with sauce, canned vegetables, etc.

Single-serving foods that do not require refrigeration

MRE's (Meals ready to eat) - you can get these at sporting good stores

Baby formula, baby food, baby juices

Personal hygiene products, toothpaste

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down on the upside

i am going to ship some diapers. good thing i saved all these $3 off coupons!

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When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
- Bernard Bailey

do they even want mass mailings of donations?

I have clothes and shoes ready to go (they were going to the church's yard sale to buy vans...but that can wait). I was going to give them to the salvation army...but i don't want them to end up in the thrift store uptown.