So little time

Do you ever feel like the never have enough time? Lately, I've been felling that way a lot! Donna always says she doesn't have enough time and I'm always telling her that she gets the same 24 hours as everyone else. Some days I want more than the 24.

Lots in the news today....Alan Greenspan and his guys hiked interest rates again. If you're planning on buying a house soon, it may impact how much house you can afford because your credit card debt and other interest payments you have will likely go up too. I wish he would stop that. I've never understood the logic of raising interest rates to cool down the economy. I guess that's why I have a BS in broadcast journalism instead of economics.

Another hurricane is bearing down on the Gulf Coast. The last hurricane I went through was Hurricane Elena in 1985. It was Labor Day weekend and I was getting ready to go out of town for the holiday. I was new director at a radio station in Biloxi, Ms. My assistant news director called me as I was walking out the door to get on the road and I rushed to the station. We were on the air 24/7 with nothing but hurricane news for at least a week. My house didn't get damaged but it was a month before the power company hooked me up again. I had to take showers at friends houses as they got power. It seemed everyone got power long before I didn't. Anyway, Elena wasn't as bad as Katrina was or as Rita might be. I didn't lose anything. I have friends and family along the Gulf Coast. My niece lives in N.O. I'm still trying to locate a couple of friends in Biloxi. My cousin lives right outside of N.O. My niece and cousin are fine, their employers are relocating them so all's well. They're the lucky ones. My heart goes out to all those who aren't so lucky. And if I hear one more politician trying the blame the victims for their plight, I will scream. Brit Hume was on WTOP this morning saying that the evacuation in Texas because of Rita is much more smooth and more organized than in La., implying that government officials there are somehow better than the officials in La. Well I would hope it would be more organized, they had a whole month to watch La. and New Orleans make all the mistakes in the world. Give me a break! BTW, if you haven't donated to the victims yet, please do, they need all the help they can get.

I won't spend a lot of time talking politics. I could go on forever about that. I'll try to keep it light. Until next time. Peace.