2005 - 09-02-05

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.

Everybody is saying we need to come together
in this country. That's certainly true. But we need to come
together intelligently.

Ah hell. I hate this. It seems to me I'm
getting a little incoherent. So I'll stop writing now and
let Theresa take over from here.