If you are looking to be completely freaked out, read this article written in National Geographic last August. It completley foretells the disaster. In fact, I am wondering if this is some sort of hoax, becasue I can’t possibly believe that this was written a year ago. It predicts exactly what happened last week in New Orleans. Thanks to Scott for forwarding this to me.

Though I have conflicting feelings about Eazy E, I still wanna wish him a happy birthday. If he were still alive, he would be turning 42 today. He is the Godfather of Gangsta Rap, which isn’t necessarily a good thing. But he reminds me a bit of Eminem in that his lyrics were not only extremely impressive, but also so over the top that they were more amusing than they were violent. He was the founder of NWA, and without him, there would be no Ice Cube or Dr. Dre, meaning that there would probably be no Snoop Dogg or Eminem. His song Boyz N Tha Hood inspired a PA working on the set of Pee Wee’s Playhouse (John Singleton) to write a film based on the song. Eric “Eazy E” Wright died of AIDS in 1995.

Sorry it took me so long to post the letters from the editor, but the last month was completely insane. So below are the ones I liked best. Some have had stuff edited b/c they were so long. Please vote for the one you like best in the poll on the right side of the page so that we can determine who gets the $50.

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Who killed President William McKinley on September 6th, 1901?

Not everybody thinks that Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster. Some think it was a man made disaster, an opportunity for the illuminati to impose their will on the people. Take this, from niburu:
the Illuminati plan is to create maximum chaos to instill maximum fear to create a sense of maximum dependency on authority. They want multi-levelled chaos to justify the imposition of marshal law, ?holding? (concentration) camps, centralised dictatorship, and the Orwellian global state in all its forms. The engineered terrorism and the ?war on terrorism? are, in this regard, part of the same agenda that includes crashing the world economy, bringing the United States into conflict with China, and ?natural? catastrophes like New Orleans.
Well worth checking out the whole page. Completely insane. Well, this got me off on a tangent about weather seeding, because the conspiracy websites tend to think that’s how it was done. Turns out that Malaysia recently tried cloud seeding to put out a fire, and Russia used it to assure a sunshiney day when they had a military parade in 2003.
Another crackpot theory: The hurricane was God’s ways at showing his anger at homosexuality. Southern Decadence, a gay pride parade, was scheduled for the past week, and was stopped by the hurricane. Repent America, the same organization that protested at the Phillies game last month, believes that the hurricane is God’s way of punishing a ‘wicked city’. Hey Repent America, Jerry Springer called. He needs some ignorant white trash for his next show, and he thinks you guys will be perfect.

This is mayor Ben Morris of Slidell, Louisiana talking about what a supreme failure FEMA is, and that if they keep slowing things down, they better be prepared to bring guns. This is good stuff. If you don’t have audio, just click below to read the transcript.

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Here’s the worst analogies ever written in a high school essay. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.

It was on this date 30 years ago that Squeaky Fromme tried to kill Gerald Ford. I have read that her tentative release date is today, but I can’t find any news stories saying that she’s getting out. If anybody sees anything, please post it below. In the meantime, here’s an interview she did a few years ago.

Wow, this is amazing. Sean Penn went down to New Orleans to “help”, but his boat sprang a leak. Oh, and part of his entourage was a personal photographer, making sure this true American hero could be captured in all his glory. Wow, what a total loss of respect for someone I’ve always been a big fan of. Nothing like a disaster to get your name in the news! Here’s a pretty decent write up about the situation from Anne Rice. And below I have included a response to the article on a message board that I kind of liked, even though I disagreed with a lot of it. Finally, here’s an editorial in the NO Picayune Times calling for FEMA director Mike Brown’s head.

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Wanna thank everybody who contributed money at quizzo on Wednesday and Thursday. We raised $177 in just two days! Though I asked for a dollar per person, several people made sure to give more. Thanks for your contributions! I wanna be over the $500 mark by the end of this week. 100% of the money raised will be sent to the Red Cross. If you are looking to get involved, there are some other charities worth looking into as well. The Humane Society has been in Mississippi and New Orleans rescuing people’s pets. I realize that everyone’s first priority is rescuing humans, but I know how much my pets mean to me, and how much I would appreciate the thought of someone trying to rescue them if they had to be left behind. Wanna donate more than money? The Habitat for Humanity will be going in to rebuild homes after the initial cleanup, and is taking volunteers.

In other news, I ate at a Cuban restaurant in the Northeast last night called Isla Verde. Eat there! It was easily one of the best meals I’ve had in Philly. Also, a friend of mine is involved with what is supposed to be a really great cabaret show. It’s called Northern Liberties. I haven’t had a chance to see it yet, but I am hoping to go soon.

On this date in 1886 one of my favorite American characters (at least partly because we share a first name) was captured in Arizona. Geronimo and his band of less than 50 people evaded a quarter of the American Army for more than a year. If you have not read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, I highly suggest it.