2:54 P.M. - WWL Reporter Jonathan Betz says the refugees at I-10 and Causeway are standing in squalid conditions. He said there are only 10 portable toilets for thousands of people and the Interstate median is full of human waste.

That's the latest thing. It's still an insane refugee situation along the freeway now. All the people that got out of the Dome or the convention center area are just strewn along the highway.

wind her up:

1:52 P.M. - First Lady Laura Bush: This is the most devastating natural disaster in our history.

Tom, I'm getting a change in my phone service tomorrow which means a flat rate for nationwide calling, so email me your number and I'll try it out!!!

You know what's really annoying? Whenever I read a headline like this: "Bush’s approval rating falls to new low," I have no idea how old the article is, as I have to click on it to find out if they're talking about the new low from last week, or the newer, lower low from this week.

Someone previously posted, but Warner Brothers will double your contributions through Ellen's link: [link]

Tom, I love you, but I hate the phone. If you want email I got your back.

Holy shit, the local NBC news broadcast is just RIPPING the feds. Amazing. Jay DeDapper (the reporter) is just about tearing up.

"If the networks could figure out getting all their people and supplies in by Saturday night, why is it taking the federal government until Friday?"

if they're talking about the new low from last week, or the newer, lower low from this week.

this and the eating babies x-post really made me chuckle today. thanks!

Tom, You know I don't like phones much. Is it okay if I pester you on AIM, via the video chat?

from dailykos:

his would be funny if we weren't talking about real suffering. From this CNN video of Bush in Biloxi. Bush is talking to two sobbing African-American women who have lost their house, and a white guy:

Bush to women: "There's a Salvation Army center that I want to, that I'll tell you where it is, and they'll get you some help. I'm sorry.... They'll help you.....

Woman 1: "I came here looking for clothes..."

Bush: "They'll get you some clothes, at the Salvation Army center..."

Woman 1: "We don't have anything..."

Bush: "I understand.... Do you know where the center is, that I'm talking to you about?"

Guy with shades: "There's no center there, sir, it's a truck."

Bush: "There's trucks?"

Guy: "There's a school, a school about two miles away....."

Bush: "But isn't there a Salvation center down there?"

Guy: "No that's wiped out...."

Bush: "A temporary center? "

Guy: "No sir they've got a truck there, for food."

Bush: "That's what I'm saying, for food and water."

Bush turns to the sister who's been saying how she needs clothes.

Bush to sister: "You need food and water."

The Air Force is gathering water an the response is tremendous.

WHY do we not have an emergency stash ready? In various places around the country? To be mobilized in case of an emergency? t starts smacking head on things

Ouch! The Roosevelt Island trams are stalled! Where is Spidey?