Poops and the roommate have been putting off a horrendous job for several days and we tackled it this afternoon, gettin' her done in one hour flat. We ripped up the carpet in her room to expose beautiful hardwood floors with paint splotches everywhere. That's okay, though. It's doable. We shared a home highlighting kit and are both presentably blondish again. One never knows when a girl will get lucky and need cute hair.

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Aaron Neville is crooning Amazing Grace to me right now on behalf of the Red Cross effort for Katrina relief. The CEO of Capitol One is a bit less convincing in his humanitarian TV debut, considering the way his company rapes us with the late fees and interest rates. I must say that it's a nice change to see talented artists united in a cause that is the good ole USA. I doubt any of us will even miss the traditional Jerry Lewis telethon this Labor Day weekend. Anybody remember way back in the early 80's when a group of musicians banded together for a benefit album called "We Are the World"? It remains one of my all time favs.

We're not talking another continent, people. What we are witnessing is homeland security in action fourdays later. Remember that the next time disaster comes knocking in your neck of the woods whether it is California or New England or tornado alley. The issue is not that blacks are being left to die in New Orleans because they are black and poor. The wake-up call is that our country is NOT READY to care for its' citizens when there is a crisis. *Someone* in Congress is responsible for this. They have failed us, and they are accountable for that failure while they prance and preen for the cameras in defense of their own personal agendas which include perks you and I never dreamed of. The question of the day seems to be "Who's in charge here?"

If you don't know who your representatives are and what they stand for find out .

I could apologize for the rant, but I won't. It's time for straight talk about who we are. Victims? I think not. Survivors....always.

Keep the faith and use the brain God gave you to make a difference.