I've got to tell you

First, some good news. Our oldest daughter is one week from graduating high school. It is mind blowing to realize it has been almost 18 years that she has been on this planet, and I still remember when she would fall asleep on my chest when she was a baby like it was yesterday. She had to do her final major project presentation for school today, and since it is about her band, Dear Audience, I am sure she dazzled them with her musical abilities.  

 

The bad part is the more I want to forget what is happening in along the southern shorelines back home, but I can’t. Not because it is dominating the headlines, not because of the horrible images I continue to see on a daily basis, or even because I hear the people I work with constantly trashing the current administration for their lack of leadership in getting something done. My kids are even concerned about it now, so I am having to sit down with them and explain that the damage being done now can screw up the way of life for the family we have back home for generations to come. I don’t want people to forget about what’s happening down there, and more importantly, like most people from the that area, I want them to get it back to what it should be before they leave.

 

For me, this is just like Katrina. God had a purpose for me being out of the area. I took in my Godchild, we were able to allow him to have a somewhat normal routine for the couple of months that the area around New Orleans was patched up so they could do things like open schools, stores, hospitals, and churches again. I wanted desperately to go down and help. I had the training to help on several fronts, but we could not get things setup for me to take the time off to do it. Then my sister asked me to take her son while things got sorted out, which we were happy to do.

 

I guess this time, I am up here on the west coast, and all I can do is keep reminding everyone in any way I can that the spill is still happening. I can keep pushing with my blog, and my show for someone to grow a pair and take charge (seems LA Governor Bobby Jindal has become that person!), and stop waiting for a decision from the idiots hat don’t care about what’s happening and get to saving what can be saved before there is nothing left! We want the politics to stop, and the action to begin.

 

Saw some of Eric Asher from WIST-AM/New Orleans, LA on C-Span and I understand he was on MSNBC for a few too. Had some of the Executive Producers of the shows at work asking who he was since they hadn’t heard of him before. C-Span could have picked a better choice, but at least they gave the oil spill some coverage. Someone tell Eric the trick to TV is to look like you care what the guest is talking about, and next time, don’t check the blackberry while on camera doing an interview. Nice try, Bubba!