disaster relief

My personal e-mail has been humming with discussion of the Big 3 bailout, and opinions are all over the map. I thought I would reprint (with permission) this analysis from my stepson, who is in an MBA program at MIT and a very smart guy:

My personal e-mail has been humming with discussion of the Big 3 bailout, and opinions are all over the map. I thought I would reprint (with permission) this analysis from my stepson, who is in an MBA program at MIT and a very smart guy:

From a press release:

Senator Rosalind Kurita (D-Clarksville) received a major endorsement from the Tennessee State Employees Association (TSEA) in her write-in campaign for the State Senate.

Facing South refers us to a GAO report that finds that private charities lack an adequate number of volunteers, sufficient financial resources, and the necessary shelter space to provide dependable relief without government disaster response.  Donations to private organizations are down with the we

The day after Big Oil buddy Sen. Ted Stevens is indicted for hiding gifts from an Alaskan oil company, Sen. Lamar Alexander, who has received money from Sen. Stevens but has not said whether he will return the money or not, is again on the record opposing alternative energy:

Madeleine Albright points out yet another disastrous consequence of Bush’s imperialist war of choice: by announcing he would trample the sovereignty of any foreign nation without provocation (he threatened Iran again just yesterday)

I'm heading to New Orleans for a couple days of work - My peer promised to take me to the Ninth Ward for a tour. I haven't been to the Crescent City since 1996 since the Promise Keepers Men's Conference at the Superdome.

A left-leaning blogger offers his advice to those interested in helping those affected by the worst tornado damage in these areas in decades. In addition to his direct experience with the damaged areas, he and other bloggers request that donations should be made to the following: