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Chevron And Dupont Post-Katrina Expansions Show Corporate Opportunism At Worst > Gulf Coast Update > Sierra Club

BOOMING AND SPLASHING

I am thinking about going out next week to take a few pictures to show you. I haven't been doing that for awhile now as there is nothing new in the way of development ..... that speaks for the rest of the Coast too. But let me tell you ... we are certainly Ka-Booming and Splash Padding. I don't see that as development when people are in trailers and nothing much has been done for them in the way of affordable housing. People are worried about insurance on their homes and cars. The cost of food is outrageous as is gasoline. June 1st is the beginning of hurricane season and I am here to tell you that in 3 yrs. there have been no shelters built. If we are ordered to leave the area most of us won't be able to afford the gas or hotel prices. I recently read where Apple Computer is going to locate in Ridgeland, Mississippi, just north of Jackson. How does that help us? Development seems to continue going north of us. Despite what the news reports, it is far from the truth. I have been reading about disasters around our country over the past years and it seems the aide money was never of benefit to the people. So we are not being picked on ... it seems to be a natural order. Them first and peons last or never.

Well, that's my "two cents worth" you might say but, to us, it's our life.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy in Song - New Version

I PREFER A TANDEM

Today is shaping up to be a very hot Sunday on the Coast which certainly isn't the climate that is required to produce a nice lawn or flowers. As time passes down here, it becomes less desirable to plant a garden. Why? Because this August will be 3 yrs. since Katrina destroyed our way of life and life for most of us hasn't gotten any better. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that something is wrong. All the money that "poured" into Mississippi hasn't accomplished much or should I say, it wasn't put toward what was intended ... to help us in our recovery.

Agendas of all kinds are thriving it seems. Gulfport put a city wide no smoking ban on restaurants, businesses and bars (casinos excluded). Restaurants and businesses are closing. Can't anyone see that this isn't solely a health issue? It's control. The gasoline crisis, in my opinion, is another form of control. Despite the casinos exempt status on the smoking ban, recently the Beau Rivage, that draws the most celebrities laid off 200 employees. The reason given is that because of the high cost of fuel, Floridians and other states are not coming. There's another reason, again, in my opinion, it looks bad on the coast. Why would anyone come again?

I recall that I remarked in one of my posts when bicycle paths were proposed for the two bridges built under the harmless guise that the citizens could enjoy a nice ride and the scenery. Not anyone in their right mind would ride on the path as it is too hot down here in the summer. Well, both of the bridges have the paths and I thought maybe there was thought put into it after all.

Nothing makes sense to me anymore. I have often wondered about the people who run our country and states. They are enormously wealthy. How can they possibly relate to the problems most people have? When they fuel up their jets or helicopters, will they be thinking about those on bicycles? I think not!

If you are computer savvy .. start searching the Internet. Try Hurricane Hugo in 1989. It gave me chills.

My Daughter's Neighborhood in Palm Bay, Florida

Cancer Treatment Inventor Discovers Way to Burn Salt Water for Fuel

Stormy Weather video sheet music

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A daughter lives in Palm Bay, Florida and hasn't been able to go back to the neighborhood. When sensational news makes headlines and eventually dies out, the tragedy still goes on for the people. I received this from my daughter this morning. The food she mentions is her attempt to save the meat she bought with her "stimulus" check.

"Hey Mama...I am at a library in another town..ours is closed. I can't call because I can't recharge my cell very easy...Walgreens let me charge it up after I talked to you..plus it is a prepaid cell...you can call, but I can't talk long. Power is still off....they are working on it round the clock...guess the lines melted. We are filthy and trying to save our food....each day it warms up a little more....160 homes destroyed...they say they arrested someone for arson...guess they caught him trying to set another one. Please pray this is over soon..the kids are miserable as you can imagine. I'll be in touch soon."

Mother's Day was a very good one. Dave, Anita and their children spent both Saturday and Sunday with me. My daughter Anita always gets me something unique because she puts thought into what she will do and what she knows I like. Before coming back to my hometown I lived in a rural area for years and all kinds of wildlife was around me. I particularly liked watching the antics of the squirrels especially when they jumped from tree to tree. We had squirrel feeders and when I moved home, I brought two with me. Just sentiment on my part because the wood was starting to rot. Last year I disposed of one but tucked the other away in the garage. I remember thinking how sentimental I am. It was of no use to me and really not pretty but still I kept it. I was presented with all kinds of presents and one was a new squirrel feeder. Click on pictures to enlarge them for best view.


I remembered I had one too and it was put on the fence.

This morning I was within 6 ft. of my subject. Looks like he posed for me.

I am slowly stopping my writings on Katrina as we all have a lot of problems (meaning all of you) and I believe there are many more lurking just over the horizon. With the means of communication that we have now, I am positive that you know about the killing of the unborn. There is a movement on that you may not know about yet and that is the right to kill a child up to three yrs. old if they are defective in anyway. Frightening isn't it? In less obvious ways, euthanasia has been practiced for many years. How do I know? My mother was "snowed" out as a nurse told me. That was in 1978. They give morphine shots until it finally stops their breathing. A nurse had the right to refuse to participate because they didn't want to be the one that gave the shot that took a life. So then lets go to 1999 when I lost my husband. Was he "snowed" out? Yes he was. Who did it hurt? Me! They refused further treatment and had me sign a release to hasten his death. Sorry that I am being so blunt but that's how it was. The way that it should have been is to have given him palliative care with sedation until a natural death. Should I speak out about these occurrences? I think that I should. Maybe a few people will see where we are headed but on a much grander scale.

I go to the doctor about every six months for a thyroid condition that I have. In the beginning when I reported a side effect from the medication I was always referred to another specialist of some kind. A complete disregard that maybe the medication was causing the problem. Now I don't say anything. I put on my biggest smile and say I feel wonderful.

In the political arena, Senator Obama mentioned guns and religion in the same sentence and that people turn to both as they are bitter about their economic situation. So maybe, under the guise for our safety, we will be disarmed and our freedom to worship abolished. The slogan CHANGE is upsetting. . For the first time, we have candidates where we will choose the lesser evil.

"Religion is an expression of material realities and economic injustice. Thus, problems in religion are ultimately problems in society. Religion is not the disease, but merely a symptom. It is used by oppressors to make people feel better about the distress they experience due to being poor and exploited. The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion."

Karl Marx

SunHerald.com : SS Hurricane Camille demolition begins

SunHerald.com : SS Hurricane Camille demolition begins: "GULFPORT --
A crowd of locals gathered early this morning along the beach here to snap some final photos and say 'farewell' to the SS Hurricane Camille."