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Donald Trump is getting some flack for going gaga over one of the new Apprentice contestants, saying that she is one of the most beautiful women he has ever seen. The funny thing is that I looked at the photos to see who he was talking about but found every single one of the women there to be very beautiful. The one he is nuts over actually is a little too Barbie doll pretty for my tastes.
I happened to look at this article because Robert Scoble pointed to it with a mention of Bill Gates appearing on the show.
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This is a really tough tough issue. I would not be the person I am today if it hadn’t been for going to an all woman’s college where I truly had the freedom to just be myself and over the course of those four years, discover my adult self. Wells College insisted that it was either go co-ed to attract more students, or eventually shut down.
School is in session. Here is an article from the NY Times on the first weeks.
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I went to a wedding today, well, actually a Civil Union of two dear friends who have been together for 20 years already. I was talking with another guest who asked, “hey didn’t I see you at Costco with a couple of pallets loaded with stuff?” I said that I was there with a cart and pallet but there were a lot of other people doing the same. But she told me “No, it was you. I recognize your hair. And I didn’t even know about the drop off center. But when someone explained to me what you and so many others were doing, I was inspired and we collected a bunch of stuff and also went to the drop off center.”
Exactly my point…. 🙂
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There are a number of spots where people can “check in” so others can find them.
The Red Cross added one yesterday afternoon called Family Links.
You can go to www.redcross.org and click on Family Links on the right.
The direct url is http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina
There is also an 800# where you can call in and have someone at ACR register you in the database or do a search for you. Call 1-877 LOVED-1S (1-877-568-3317)
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Well, it was really FEMA’s boss, Michael Chertoff, head of Homeland Security, who had the most astounding interview with Robert Seigel yesterday afternoon on All Things Considered. I listenened in the car on the way home. Seigel asked Chertoff why the thousands of people at the convention center with no food, water or officials in charge were being completely overlooked. Chertoff responded with disbelief – that the people were even there. Seigel said that NPR reporters were there and that is what they are reporting and it was a nightmare. Chertoff said well, you can’t believe all of the rumors. Oh my god. So Seigel replied that these are not rumors. These are experienced reporters that have covered wars and have been in refugee camps. Chertoff said, well, I’m not going to argue with you and the interview ended. It was astounding! Why couldn’t he just say “oh my god, nobody has come to me with this information. I will get on it immediately.” It was like he was a robot. The entire interview was incredible. Chertoff was on the defensive and kept saying “there’s food, there’s help…we have staging areas.” You can listen to it here. Siegel deserves a medal for keeping his cool. It’s a shame that it has to be this way. Our government could have been heroic.
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