I don't know why the Red Cross can't fix itself, but I suspect that (like the Susan G. Komen For The Cure organization) the tone-deaf/style-over-substance right-wing culture that is currently its DNA is a big part of the problem. Criticisms have been plentiful over a period of years; here are just a few:

The 2001 fire in Alpine, a community 30 miles east of San Diego:

http://utawards.signonsandiego.com/alpin…

http://utawards.signonsandiego.com/alpin…

2003 fires in San Diego:

http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/fires/…

2005 article in the Socialist Worker:

http://socialistworker.org/2005-2/562/56…

I recently filed to have a 501c3 charity recognized and it took about 18 months for the application to be reviewed. Apparently not totally out of line with what you should expect. So, uh, good luck getting organized by January.

Um, in light of Tuesday's story maybe it wasn't such a good idea to end Wednesday's story with "Stay tuned for rolling heads." Just sayin'.

After the white collar criminals-run-amok tragedy of this Tuesday's disastrous midterm election, I am going out to numb myself just before kissing this otherwise beloved Earth goodbye upon its brutal death from reckless corporate greed.



Roast in HELL, GOP!

#3: Why should LD ruin a good story with accuracy?

And KISS MY ASS, all the lazy fuckers who should have voted who COULD have made a difference, but instead kept texting on their goddamned ip3's. Your inactions cost the people of Washington State and the United States just about everything we had left. Now that we're officially Citizens' United Police States of Corporate America, DON'T come crying to me. I VOTED!