CBS, NBC, ABC (CNN sort of) coming to OCEANSIDE NOW
Holy crap... CNN called again, they plan to use an 'affiliate's' footage (woman is a bitch). ABC is on their way to MY vigil in Oceanside...NBC will be there at 7:30, CBS is on their way...ABC is...
View ArticleCindy's mother suffers a stroke
Cindy has left Camp Casey to be with her mother in Los Angeles. http://crawfordupdate.blogspot.com/ Please take a moment of time to reflect on what Cindy is doing and keep her in your thoughts and...
View ArticleUPDATE-Bush Prostest in Coronado-MUST READ San Diego!
My mom called me with this piece of news that was in the San Diego Union today.http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050826-9999-7m26visit.html Anyone reading this diary who is in the San Diego...
View ArticleSan Diego Vigil/Protest - Bush is a comin' to California
Dear HigherPower: I ask of you to have this seen far and wide. I ask for you to assist people to come to Coronado, California on Monday evening and then very early Tuesday morning to rally against this...
View ArticleBush comes to SAN DIEGO...and left EARLY!!!
I surely must be crazy! Up and actually functioning by 2:30 a.m....on a mission to get to Coronado to protest! Took a couple of great folks with me, one had been at the Oceanside vigil and was so...
View Article[ACTION ALERT]LEAVING IN A WEEK/LIVE UPDATE
I am going to be doing this as I am hearing reports. Listening currently to a driver of a bus full of supplies from Ann Arbor, Michigan and on their way to Franklinton in Washington Parish!!! They...
View ArticleURGENT- LA Animal Rescue Efforts
Please excuse this diary if it is short and sounds tired because I have been up almost non-stop for the past three or four days coordinating efforts to head to Louisiana in 5 days. I have received a...
View ArticleRefugee Needs to get to San Diego
Please, don't get pissed that I'm posting yet another diary, but I just received word from someone who is in Shreveport and needs a ride or flight to San Diego. They were evac'd to Shreveport and now...
View ArticleCovington or BUST...20 hours and counting
In 20 hours I will be on the road to Louisiana. The past few days I've been crazy busy with preparations and asking myself 'why'. Why does a middle age woman, who already experiences some 'hot...
View ArticlePRETTY DAMN URGENT - MS HAS NO FEMA
This came through on a message board...screw the fact I've posted a diary today, but I'm leavin' in 6 hours and I'm certain I won't do a diary for a few days until I get into Louisiana. Can people read...
View ArticleCovington or BUST...report from the road...
Left Oceanside California at 2 a.m. on Monday, drove until Big Valley, Texas and got rooms. Traveling with Dr. Levine from Tempe, Arizona... It is amazing how people see the signs on my truck and honk...
View ArticleURGENT FROM BOGALUSA...PEOPLE ARE F**KING DYING
I have been in Bogalusa, LA for the past three days and today I lost it...emotionally. The pain and suffering, the bullshit by every fucking government agency from the locals to the FEDS. I have...
View ArticleBogalusa/Slidell...the suffering continues
This will be a short diary, as land lines are 'down' and I'm borrowing a computer at the Red Cross Shelter in Bogalusa and the director is about ready to kick me off the computer. Yesterday I was in...
View Article[UPDATE]NEWS FROM SLIDEL-Human suffering...will it ever end for the victims
I've been here in the heart of the hurricane devastation for a week now and the stories and what I've seen continues to shock and horrify me. There is really TOO much to write in one diary, or even a...
View Article[UPDATE]Exhaustion and a sense of Helplessness Sets In
Cell phones are getting bad again, landlines are 'iffy' again. We are evacuating out tomorrow morning, too risky going through Texas. Seems alot of folks will be heading out today already. For those of...
View Article[Update] STORIES of my LAST day in Bogalusa....Residents CANNOT get weather info
[update] I forgot to mention, that the victims have no media venues and most are without knowledge of what is happening with Rita...please keep them in your thoughts and prayers...please. There are so...
View Article[UPDATE]Torn Between Two Worlds...(photos of Tirawa &me too!)
Well, I made it back to California and only got one ticket for speeding and one warning...both in Texas. It is a VERY large state you know. I really wanted to try and share my emotions with all of you...
View ArticleJOY...An Update On a Bogalusa Refugee (who needs help)
Joy is a lovely woman whom I met while at the Red Cross shelter in Bogalusa with Dr. Ken. Her smiling face and 'take control' attitude made me think for more then a fleeting moment that she was the...
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HURRICANE? WHAT HURRICANE? Remembering Slidell - Photos
Remember the hurricane? The one called Katrina? Then three weeks later Rita? Should you have already forgotten, below are a few of the photos that I took while in Slidell. It is abit of a 'tease',...
View ArticleSlidell-A Quick Update
Haven't seen an 'open thread' and so am doing just a quick diary because I wanted to share some GOOD news. Doug Price called me not too long ago from Atlanta and told me about his trip with supplies to...
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THE POWER OF ONE- HELPING SLIDELL HIGH [Please Recommend]
As I sit here on the eve of 'hump day, I feel the last thing I want to do is have an overload on 'hurricane diaries'. That being said, I felt it VERY important to share some contact information as...
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TRIBUTE TO TIRAWA - A Beautiful Spirit [Please Recommend in his honor]
It has been a while since I have written anything here, or actually anywhere. I guess I needed some 'down' time from the emotions of having been in Louisiana. This diary is meant to share Tirawa with...
View ArticleVIGILS-When the 2000th SOLDIER FALLS. Prepare to HOST/ATTEND NOW
I hadn't much thought about writing another diary for awhile and surely not one that will now BEG all of you to immediately go to MoveOn.org and offer to host a vigil, or at the very least attend one.
View Article"RED" is Dying - The Horses of Camp Pendleton
I named him 'RED', not overly original for a red horse to be named "Red", but his time on earth is coming to an end soon and I am helpless to do anything. Red lives on Camp Pendleton. The story of the...
View ArticleA THANKSGIVING WISH TO ALL
What a difficult year this has been for America and the World. As I reflect upon my own personal trials and tribulations that I've struggled with, I am incredibly thankful for all that I have, even...
View ArticleIN MEMORY OF THE TEN FALLEN MARINES...
IN HONOR OF THE 10 FALLEN MARINES (please consider recommending in their honor...) When I heard that we lost 10 Marines in one incident the other morning, I felt paralized. The Corps has been much...
View Article[Updated]RAGE, ANGER and Suicidal thoughts
How angry can someone get before they just throw their hands up and say 'to hell with it'... How much more can our wonderful country take, before she has been raped and pilaged beyond repair....
View ArticleUPDATE - TIRAWA (by request)
UPDATE: The outpouring of concern for this beautiful creature always amazes me. He has touched literally hundreds, if not thousands of lives in his 8 years on this planet. SUNDAY - 8 a.m. PST: T rested...
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UPDATE - TIRAWA (By Request)
UPDATE: The outpouring of concern for this beautiful creature always amazes me. He has touched literally hundreds, if not thousands of lives in his 8 years on this planet. I know it is asking...
View ArticleTAKING Back My Neighborhood...could cost my life...fuck it.
It's me...Barbara, the one that does crazy things like try to save the world kind of crazy. The one who had to go to Louisiana after Katrina cuz I KNEW things were being lied about and I KNEW I had to...
View ArticleBetti - Sun Update 2 (7 a.m)-PRAYERS NEEDED
What do you do when you begin your Saturday like most others with heading to ride my horse and work on some horses and you receive a call from your niece saying that her mother (my sister-Betti) is in...
View ArticleBetti...waiting to die
I love the lyrics of Seasons of Life and it is the song I listen to over and over while I go through the final journey with my sister: Five hundred twenty-five thousand Six hundred minutes, Five...
View ArticleUPDATE-THE POWER OF ONE & MARCH 19th VIGILS -Pls Rec
Dear All,I've not written a diary since my sister (Betti) was so sick and ultimately passed away September 22, 2006, I still find it difficult to get involved in life.So much is happening in this...
View ArticleVIRTUAL IRAQ MEMORIAL-In Honor of our Troops-Attend a Vigil
50,000 PROTESTERS in LOS ANGELES yesterday...THOUSANDS in San Francisco today, over ONE THOUSAND IN SAN DIEGO...protests around the country ALL WEEKEND...are we seeing a THEME here?DAMN STRAIGHT WE...
View ArticleI heard from the press - OCEANSIDE VIGIL - THE PLACE TO BE TONIGHT - RECOMMEND
This is my third little diary to try to MOVE people to attend a vigil tonight!Perhaps this diary will motivate those of you that are still sitting on the fence! The press is calling me, they will be...
View ArticleIMPORTANT FOLKS-Presidential Commission on Veteran's Hospital/PTSD in San...
Good Morning,I was working and just saw this on KUSI, which is our local independent news channel here in San Diego. I went to their website and listened to this http://www.kusi.com/... video.It WILL...
View ArticleRunning for Blood - IN MEMORY OF BETTI
This is dedicated to my sister Betti Schulz, who lost her life to AML on September 22, 2006.http://en.wikipedia.org/...Betti was a woman who was strong, incredibly intelligent and a woman who chose to...
View ArticleConyers - Right? Nope...
I'm tired on how everyone thinks the 'wait and see' and 'follow the masses' is what our lawmakers that we supposedly elect, should do.NOTHING short of IMPEACHMENT is going to appeal to me, NOTHING...
View ArticleBARBARA's UPDATE - 3:45 a.m. - Tuesday
It is 3:30 a.m. roughly. Another day in this infero'd state. We are being told there are resources to fight this coming from OTHER STATES.I fell into bed with Winston (my Jack Russell) after...
View Article[UPDATE]Mr. Bush...PLEASE DO NOT COME TO CALIFORNIA
Mr. Bush,Sorry this will be short, but you see we are literally on fire here in San Diego County and I have to help people and horses, so haven't much time to write currently.But this is a letter...
View ArticleRANT...My 80 year old Mom's doctor won't see her
Please bear with me as I rant. I am so damned angry that I could spit. My Mom is amazing, some of you have met her...she rocks.She is also 80. She pays alot of money each month for supplemental...
View ArticleGO REC MOTHERSHIP(Gustav)-Remembering Katrina - Pls Rec
THREE years, has it been THREE YEARS? I remember the anxiety I felt watching Katrina unfold... The helplessness I felt and the increasing frustration of those of us who didn't know what to...
View ArticleTo the POWERS THAT BE here at dKOS
This is short, this has nothing to do about politics or any hatred geared toward anyone or anything.It is a SIMPLE APPEAL and GROVEL....In the pit of my stomach I'm feeling way too anxious about this...
View ArticleA TRIBUTE to Betti - a life taken too soon
I use to write diaries here...I no longer do so...lots of reasons why.Haven't had any work for 8 months, am broke, disgusted with life as I am being forced to live it and even more disgusted with those...
View ArticleThe STENCH that is DHS (and Child Protective Services) - HELP NEEDED
I have not written a diary here for a very long time. Most of you out there no longer know who I am or what I am about...but I need the KOS community to help me here in a HUGE WAY. If you can...
View ArticleChoose LOVE..thank you Keith O
Take a moment to reflect and begin tomorrow with love in your heart...Perhaps read and share this mantra...here, on Facebook, Tweet it...
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Arizona - Plan to EXTERMINATE the Mexican Gray Wolf
Just a baby...a much needed new generation...often killed before they are 6 months old now.This is why I fight...the circle of life...for our apex predatorSPEAK FOR WOLVES - 2014 On Monday, March 10,...
View ArticleARIZONA for WARREN - March to the Polls w/Julián Castro
Last week I was able to see Stacy Abrams when she came to town...today, on my last day of work, I took two hours to go to this lovely restaurant who hosted the MARCH TO THE POLLS event. El Portal is...
View ArticleARIZONA WORSE IN NATION for testing for Covid-19
I live in Phoenix….I don’t much like Arizona and have been trying hard to get out of this state for the last couple of years.As Covid-19 grips the nation and as we all are feeling as though we are on a...
View ArticlePHOENIX RALLY 6/23 - As ARIZONA adds 3219 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and...
I live near this church and do the little shopping that is necessary in the immediate area of this church. On Sunday (I suspect) the advance team for Trump will be in the ‘hood’ preparing it for his...
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