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Thursday, September 01, 2005

I think I hit my saturation point with things here in the Atlanta area today. I've been following the events in New Orleans with some interest but over the last twenty-four hours or so I began to become a bit overwhelmed with the level of tragedy in the area. Not just the loss but the dissolution of human decency.

What's really done me in though is the situation here in the Atlanta area. People on the Gulf Coast are mourning the loss of loved ones, homes, memories, cherished items and here we are up in Atlanta panicking about gas supplies? Are supplies tight? Yes. Will there be shortages? Yes. Do people need to freak out and drive to the gas station and fill up? Absolutely not. How about we drive a bit less, plan our trips a little better, carpool? How about we exercise a little rational sense and separate ourselves from the animals in New Orleans who feel it's appropriate to try and ransack the last functioning children's hospital in the city putting the lives of the patients and physicians at risk? How about we tell the gas station owners who are gouging their customers to screw themselves instead of whining all the way to Big Brother?

Call your boss and tell him or her you'd like to work from home one a day week (if you don't already). I mean, how much of your work has to be done at your desk? I truly believe that if people really wanted to we could cut our gas consumption by 10-20% without a loss in productivity. Go to church in your own community instead of driving 50 miles one way to hear the preacher that says what you already believe. If you're a Methodist, chances are that the Methodist church three blocks down isn't going to be preaching a message all that different than the church your going to. People in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are suffering in every way imaginable. Don't you think we could keep from adding to the suffering by exercising a little common sense? Not here in the Atlanta area. Hell, at least we have jobs and cars and homes! The folks down there who have survived the storms are grateful to be alive. Can someone in the Atlanta area please get a dose of perspective?!?

Damn!

And No, I'm not done yet! Just wait until I get going about the President's speech yesterday. Argle-Bargle! That'll wait until tomorrow. We now return you to your regularly scheduled perfect life with no real tragedy (my apologies to those who do have some...this isn't directed towards you).

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