[NautiNurse]

As usual, please permit common sense to guide your posts on this thread.

[apackof2]

Thank you..its deeply appreciated

[CedarDave]

Why did they take you off all the sidebars? Are you about to be banned for two being too truthful?

[185JHP]

Thanks for the good work you're doing!

[MIsunshine]

Did I already say thanks to you for your post on previous thread at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475135/posts?page=5508#5508 ?

I hit post & my monitor decided I need a new one. Back with new monitor & the thread you responded on is locked!

Thanks again very much.

[Recovering_Democrat]

TIM McGRAW USES 1980s CHRISTIAN SONG TO KICK OFF HIS PERFORMANCE AT NBCs "CONCERT FOR HURRICANE RELIEF"

"More Power To Ya" by Petra

More Power to Ya
Words and music by Bob Hartman
Based on Isaiah 40:31

You say you've been feeling weaker, weaker by the day
You say you can't make the joy of your salvation stay
But good things come to them that wait
Not to those who hesitate
So hurry up and wait upon the Lord

(Chorus)
More power to ya
When you're standing on His word
When you're trusting with your whole heart in the message you have heard
More power to ya
When we're all in one accord
They that wait upon the Lord, they shall renew, they shall renew their strength

Jesus promised His disciples He'd give strength to them
Jesus told them all to tarry in Jerusalem
When they were all in one accord
The power of His Spirit poured
And they began to turn the world around

So be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might
Put on all His armor and fight the good fight
In all of our weakness, He becomes so strong
When He gives us the power and the strength to carry on

[Clemenza]

Are you there? You and Nautinurse deserve our thanks.

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

I would like to thank you once again for Free Republic. Many of us would be lost without this place to share our anger, frustrations, hopes, fears, and wishes.

Jim, I hope you and yours are well and happy as you are rich in friends and prayers.

[RushCrush]

Jumping in late on this thread, I'm watching FOX and Geraldo and Shep Smith seem to be hysterical. What they are saying does not make sense to me..... Shep unable to speak. Geraldo babbling, I think we need to get them out of there, they seem to be doing more harm than good, stirring folks up.

[doug from upland]

FR beats Drudge with the bus story --- CLICK

[TheSpottedOwl]

Good grief, I gave up trying to catch up on the last thread, and this new one is over 1000+. Sigh....

Once again, thank you for all your hard work : )

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

It's obvious what's happening - the Guard is setting up a cordon around the city to isolate the violence and chaos. That's why these people aren't being allowed to simply march out of the city. Presumably they are trying to secure the city on a sector-by-sector basis and are bringing relief into a particular sector only after it has been deemed secure. Absent the lawlessness and looting this kind of cordon & secure approach wouldn't have been needed and relief efforts would have been a lot faster.

[Graymatter]

Some real blowhards on cspan.org right now. Jesse Jackson Jr. and cohorts slamming fed govt and GWB especially. All on same page, Bush's fault, Bush's fault, Bushbushbush.

[loveliberty2]

Fox should remove Geraldo from New Orleans. He could be an objective and stable influence in an otherwise terrible situation. Instead, he is close to inciting a riot--a situation which would hurt the very people who are needing help the most!

[Blogger]

On the next thread, can you list the Southern Baptists as a charity to contribute to? They are having some success in helping folks. They are very experienced at getting into bad situations and making them better with their disaster relief units. It's at namb.net

[SandRat]

UPDATE

Navy Personnel and Family Member Helpline for Hurricane Katrina Relief Information
Active, Reserve and dependents: 1-877-414-5358
DoN Civilians and dependents: 1-877-689-2722

Navy Personnel Command has set up a 24-hour helpline for Navy members and their families to call for information regarding their loved ones. This line is staffed 24 hours by active-duty Navy volunteers and has connectivity with Navy, FEMA and other government agencies. They will try their very best to answer questions regarding the status of Navy members, but please be aware that communication in the region is still inconsistent.

[d-informed-1]

i am organizing a monetary donation drive at work and want to make sure the funds go to a GOOD charity that will make the best use of it. is the Salvation Army the right one? anyone have suggestions?

[NormsRevenge]

CODE Oink is out in full force. :-)

Mackenna Johnson, 2, gets a lift from her mother, Joyce, as she puts some money into the world's largest piggy bank during a visit to the California State Fair, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. The money received over the Labor Day Weekend will be donated to the American Red Cross for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The piggy bank, which has been ceritifed by the Guinness Book of World Records, is 14 feet tall, 21 feet long and 18 feet wide. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Aids to Navigation Task Force
U.S. Coast Guard | September 01, 2005
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Members of the Sector Jacksonville Aids to Navigation Team are deploying to be a part of the Coast Guard Seventh District Aids to Navigation Task Force and will be available to the media to discuss their role in the response to Hurricane Katrina Friday at 6:45 a.m.

The Jacksonville Aids to Navigation Team will be sending three people and one boat to be part of the Aids to Navigation Task Force. Coast Guardsmen from Charleston, S.C., St. Petersburg, Fla., Miami, Fort Pierce, Fla., Tybee Island, S.C., and Georgetown, S.C., are all rendezvousing at Sector Jacksonville before heading to the areas affected by the hurricane.

The Aids to Navigation Task Force is comprised of 21 personnel from Aids to Navigation Teams throughout the Seventh Coast Guard District, as well as the crews of Coast Guard cutters Joshua Appleby and Oak, who will help restore aids to navigation in affected waterways. Restoration of these aids is a critical step in the process of opening waterways and seaports to vessel traffic.

The task force is traveling in five recreational vehicles and bringing with them six, trailerable aids-to-navigation boats and as much equipment as they can pack into their vehicles.

The Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Buoy Depot has loaded trucks with over 229,000 pounds of buoys, chain and sinkers to head to St. Petersburg, Fla., where they will be shipped to the areas affected by Katrina. Restoring the aids to navigation in the disaster area is a critical step in the process of opening waterways and seaports to vessel traffic.

The Coast Guard cutter Joshua Appleby, homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the cutter Oak, homeported in Charleston, S.C., are also part of the task force and are taking on supplies at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg with a scheduled departure date of Sept. 1. These cutters will set buoys marking navigable channels for vessel traffic.

[Salvation]

Prayer for the new day:

Prayer of Solace

May Christ support us all the day long,
till the shadows lengthen,
and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over
and our work is done.
Then in his mercy
may he give us a safe lodging,
and holy rest and peace at the last.

Amen.

(attributed to John Cardinal Newman)

[OKIEDOC]

Yahoo! News Photo


I wonder how many of these buses in water could have taken out people stranded from the hurricane. Sure Jessie Jackson blame Bush before thinking.