2005 - 09-02-05

You know, the idea of living in a tent city
sort of sucks, doesn't it? But it's a hell of a lot better
than wandering around homeless in a city full of "sewage
soup" desperately looking for fresh drinking water and food.
Can you imagine how good it would feel to tens of thousands
of those victims just to be able to brush their
teeth? Or take a shower? Or to sleep in a clean and snug sleeping bag
or cot?
To have enough food and water to satisfy the needs of
themselves and their family? To have a place 100 yards away
where they could get medical attention?

Like I said earlier, one of my readers made a suggestion of an
organization who could handle this situation better than
any other organization I know of. It's important for you to
know I am NOT a member of their organization. Matter of
fact, I've made a lot of jokes at their expense. But
I will say this, every member I've
ever met has been ethical, trustworthy, skillful,
hard-working, honest, and generous.

What I'm going to do is sign off now. I'm
going to let my assistant, Theresa put into this newsletter
word for word what was sent to me. I urge you to keep an open mind.

I Think They Are The Absolute Best
Option

We've Got To Handle The Crisis At Hand!

I am going to be traveling out of the
country for the next few days. It will be a very short trip.
As soon as I return, I'll start writing more newsletters.

Before I leave, I am instructing Theresa to
post on my website some of the
thoughtful, intelligent and insightful feedback I received from
my readers. It's going to give you a lot to
reflect on. I hope it disabuses you of the idea we can solve
problems... just by... mindlessly throwing money at those
problems.

Something else I want to say. Yesterday's
newsletter and this one are both somewhat sloppy. Usually
when I write a newsletter, it goes through several drafts
and I tighten it up until it is a very "together" message.
These past two newsletters are not as together as I would
like them to be. But the truth is, neither am I. I'm not
really "together" at all any more. If I do have a few
moments of lucidity during the day, all I have to do is turn on CNN
for a few minutes and my capacity for clear-headed thinking
is destroyed.