red cross

I am sitting in the Nashville area red cross pr office hearing about disaster relief.

Here are a few Tennessee stats

55000 meals and snacks served since Saturday.

During the tornato relief they served 40000

Whole state has 22 shelters open — including 10 in the middle Tennessee area.

Second harvest food bank has stepped in to help out with food.

My husband works for a local hotel. He is at work today and told me not to expect him home as scheduled. Gustav evacuees are checking in today. Luckily the hotel has a pet friendly policy. While this is his job, I know that he will make the evacuees feel welcome.

It's hard not to be cynical about the improved response Republican leaders are making toward New Orleans this year as opposed to their awful neglect in 2005 after Katrina hit.

I would like to alert all of you darlings that the Red Cross is in dire need of blood… doesn’t matter which type you have.  And now the eager 16 year olds can donate (with parental permission)… so I urge you to answer the call if possible!!!  

Muah!!!

We already knew this… Bush and Cheney are unquestionably guilty of war crimes, and here is more supporting evidence from yet another source, the Red Cross:
NYT
Red Cross investigators concluded last year in a secret report that the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation methods for high-level Qaeda prisoners constituted torture and could make the Bush administration [...]

We already knew this… Bush and Cheney are unquestionably guilty of war crimes, and here is more supporting evidence from yet another source, the Red Cross:
NYT
Red Cross investigators concluded last year in a secret report that the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation methods for high-level Qaeda prisoners constituted torture and could make the Bush administration [...]

Reported in the Tennessean

Kudos to whoever at the Red Cross came up with the approach of setting up this website (and the executive who approved it) to support their effort