money for floods

[mythgene]

as seen on sparrow77
Money for floods: poverty, humanity, and the social contract

Also, Hurricane Katrina-Our experiences by Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky

Comments

[ambeaux]

The sick thing is that the same media that fucks with us and lies to us also, sometimes, gives us hope. I watched the Daily Show and Letterman tonight, for the first time in months, hoping for some glimmer of sanity. A social barometer that people are paying attention and learning from this. And they were critical in just the right places. And I feel no better.

Thank you for posting these links--and every thing you've posted in the last week. I want to hope and I am afraid to hope and I have never been so fucking angry in my entire life.

And I am struggling not to cry all the time.

I have been in some of the places this article goes this last year. I have kept my belly empty so that I can feed one child. The other child is in a whole different socio-economic class because of his dad and I have been glad--glad that his dad is paying for him to board at school an hour an a half away because, frankly, I can't afford to feed a teenager. And I am fucking lucky!

You kick ass, mama.

[digitalchicana]

thanks for the link.