Thursday, April 19, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
When Disaster Strikes, You Don't Need Government
All you need are volunteers. Everyone from highschoolers to churchgoers to retail employees pitched in, spontaneously, organically, and without the government.
Volunteers outnumber cleanup jobs in DFW areas hit by tornadoes
More volunteers than cleanup jobs
The outpouring of help has been so great that both Arlington and Kennedale said late Thursday that they don't need more volunteers.
"At this time, we have more volunteers than cleanup jobs," Arlington officials said in a news release. "However, in the event that additional volunteers are needed, the City will post a call for volunteers on the Tornado Recovery Center web page."
In west Arlington, Nancy Springer was surprised when members of Pantego Bible Church in Fort Worth stopped by with a chain saw to help remove fallen limbs from her back yard.
"I have new friends," she said, smiling, as Senior Pastor David Daniels and his wife, Tiffany, cut up branches and stacked them by the curb.
Springer's next-door neighbors Terry and Lori Jones, whose home was also damaged, are members of the church and enlisted the help.
"This is when community really matters," David Daniels said.
Plenty of companies pitched in, too, including The Home Deport.
Members of Team Depot, from regional executives to hourly associates, were recognizable by their orange shirts.
On Thursday, about 65 employees joined the Arlington cleanup, district manager Larry Waterman said. The company also had crews in the Lancaster and Forney areas.
"Giving back is one of Home Depot's core values," said Reed Lewis, an employee from the north Irving store who was working near Martin High School in southwest Arlington. "It's just the right thing to do."
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/05/3864940/volunteers-outnumber-cleanup-jobs.html#storylink=cpy
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
FBI NSL Letters: One for Every Thousand Americans.
The FBI has issued about 300,000 National Security Letters in the past ten years. The United States has 300,000,000 people. That means the FBI has issued one NSL for every 1,000 Americans.
Do you know of at least one thousand people? Chances are, one of them is the subject of an NSL.
NSLs are letters that compel companies to hand over information on their customers, and remain secret about it. They are not allowed to inform their customers of the FBI inquiry. It is the ultimate Kafka police state tactic, and the FBI seems to just love using it.
How many actual terrorists have the FBI caught thanks to the use of these letters? One. One terrorist was caught with help from an NSL. The rest of their catches occurred without any help from NSLs. Surely the FBI is using these letters responsibly and with due diligence, no?
Private citizens should have the same ability to secretly serve NSLs on the FBI itself. Maybe then we can find J. Edgar Hoover's drag queen outfits. Who wants to bet that Robert Swan Mueller is also a closet queen? Combine his middle name with that stupid ass expression on his face, and it's not too hard to envision him as being some kind of pansy or cockgobbler.
Do you hear me, Mueller? I'm accusing you of being a homosexual and a cross dresser! Why don't you serve Blogspot with an NSL for my info now?
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