KATRINA, KATRINA, KATRINA

OK...SO THIS LEVEE BROKE IN THE FANTASTIC CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. WHY IS IT THE MEDIA KEEP REFERRING TO "KATRINA'S DESTSRUCTION" WHEN REPORTING ON THIS.

DO YOU REALISE THE LEVEE BROKE WELL AFTER THE STORM HAD LEFT THE AREA? ALSO THAT LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAD RECEIVED MEMO'S WITH BOLD TYPE FACE FONT FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AND NOAA WEATHER CENTER THAT IF "KATRINA" COMES ASHORE AT THE LOCALE IT DID THAT THE LEVEE'S WOULD, FOR SURE, IN DEED, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT BREAK! BUT TO HEAR THESE TALKING HEADS TELL IT ONE GETS AN IMAGE OF A RAGING STORM TEARING THE LEVEE'S APART. NOT TO MENTION ALL THAT BULLSHIT ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE FOUND DEAD AND RAPING WOMAN & CHILDREN IN THE SPORTS DOME WAS BEING REPORTED ALONG WITH THE WOES OF THAT ONE GUY I'LL NEVER FORGET WHO SCREAMED HE WAS STARVING TO DEATH!

YES, HURRICANE KATRINA DID CREATE CONDITIONS FOR THE LEVEE TO BREAK, BUT THE HURRICANE ITSELF DID NOT BREAK, TEAR DOWN, TEAR ASUNDER, ROARED THROUGH TEARING THE LEVEE'S DOWN OR HAVE ANY PART IN THE LEVEE BREAKING. THE RIVER THAT MAN DIVERTED FROM IT'S NATURAL COURSE DID, INDEED SWELL DUE TO THE STORM, AND FINALLY LOOSED ITSELF UPON THE GREAT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. I KNOW THOSE JAZZMEN AND FOLKS WILL GET THAT TOWN RUNNING AGAIN! IT'S JUST ALL THIS BULLSHIT ABOUT RACISM, AND WHINING AND MEDIA MIS-INFORMATION (WHICH THE NEWS SHOULD BE CALLED NOW-A-DAYS) DRIVNG ME NUTS!

OH, I DO RECALL THE DAYS OF RESPONSIBLE, SERIOUS, NOT-SO-GLAMOROUS LOOKING FOLKS REPORTING NEWS AFTER THEY HAD THE FACTS!

I CAN'T WATCH THE NEWS MUCH NOW-A-DAYS. YOU EVER NOTICE THE NEWSPERSON ALWAYS, SOMEWHERE IN SOME NOT NEWS EVENT OR MAYBE EVEN A NEWS EVENT ALWAYS ENDS UP EITHER ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THEY JUST SAID OR MAKING A STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT {SIC} "THIS RAISES QUESTIONS WE'LL GET TO AT ANOTHER TIME?"

QUESTIONS FROM THE NEWS GUYS....I LOVE IT!!

DELL COMPUTERS - A DARK, DARK STORY

I was going to write a mad-as-hell-I'm-not-gonna-take-it-anymore I'm sorta losing my mind post. BUT...I figure the e-mail I sent will suffice.

The SETUP; I ordered a cable to transfer info from computer trash to computer new-on-the-desk. It's cost ws $47.00. I received a cable that transferred info from a NOTEBOOK to a computer. I am not rich, by any means. But I threw it away. I didn't complain. I didn't ask for my money back. I told the dude what I wanted and I got the wrong sort of cable! The following IN FACT took place;

Hi DELL....
I have discovered the very DARK side of DELL, which I am in process of relating to the public, as to how DELl re-acts to someone not sending in forty seven dollars. Then, when a customer service rep (using the term very loosely) from India who has been trained quite well in english calls, I explain the situtation to her and advise her I am currently on-line making the payment now. (I pay on-line through my bank)
Well...she evidently didn't hear me and proceeded to demand my bank account number and other personal information. To which I replied that if "you" can't have your name and phone number shown on caller I.D. I am not giving you anything. I, again, told her of the mistake at the bank and , again, told her I was paying it as we spoke.
She went on about 15 dollar late fee. That I owed 62 dollars now.
I had to be very rude and hang up on this woman. But later , the next day, a man trained very well in english called and made similar demands. I asked if they kept records there. If they knew I had explained everything and the payment was already made?....All he wanted was my accouunt number etc, etc.
NOW....This is not counting the 30 to 40 calls I was getting with hang ups to figure out when I would most likely be home. I was very suprised when that woman did answer..(I had taken to yelling "Speak" when I answered. I had a special ring for DELL'S oh so wonderful customer service.
Then...after the man called again I advised him to STOP CALLING. I worked in collections once and know this means YOU CAN NOT CALL!!....You could be prosecuted by the law.
Then calls and hang ups started again...when, on a lovely Sunday morning, the man calls me again!!...I reached my threshhold of tolerating ignorance and yelled into the phone if he knew IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO CALL SOMEONE ON A SUNDAY IN THE UNITED STATES customer service wise or collection wise.
Hang up calls ensued the next day.

To the money matter of this forty seven dollars....$47.00!!! Yes FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS..I was being hounded for after one payment (which would have been $47.00) was not made.
I had paid $62.00 that morning the woman was on the phone. It appeared it had been processed a week later and I deleted the DELL account from my payment schedule online at the bank. I looked the next day as to some other bills and saw the bank CANCELLED the payment. I also received a humane looking bill from DELL in the mail showing I didn't owe $62.00....but #57. something. Which I immediately paid.
Then...I get a call from a guy right here in the good old USA and I tear his ear off as to the anxiety, grief , frustration and just plain personal madness I am going through presently over this FORTY SEVEN dollars and advised him I HAD PAID IT and hung up. Yes...I was rude once again. More hang up calls ensued....
That was up to about the 14th of October. About 30 days of hang-up calls with 3 calls speaking to complete ignorant, tho well trained in english, "employee's" OUTSOURCED for DELL COMPUTER trying to tell them I PAID FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS...THEN SIXTY TWO DOLLARS and fiinally, when the HUMANE BILL from DELL came again FIFTY SEVEN SOMETHING!!!!

So...by the time you read this you should have your bloody money. I WILL NEVER BUY FROM DELL, ADVISE SOMEONE TO BUY DELL, EVEN MENTION DELL PRODUCTS AGAIN! I'm trying to figure a way to get rid of this DELL COMPUTER too.
A rosy image on television and in your e-mails. But I'm going to let the people see your underbelly DELL Computer!!
I am NOT A DEAD-BEAT! Check the info out. You know where.
To be treated as I was....harrased daily and nightly....for NO REASON other than a FORTY SEVEN DOLLAR LATE PAYMENT is NOT ACCEPTABLE! Especially when THE PAYMENT HAD BEEN MADE!!

- DYCKNS

JUST A SONG FOR YOU! aND YOU! aND YOU!

HERE'S A FANTASTIC SONG I FELL INTO THE OTHER DAY! I STILL CAN'T FIGURE HOW I'M PLAYING KEYBOARDS SUDDENLY. TWO SETS ON THIS CUT! WITH GUITAR AND A DRUM KIT. HERE'S THE CD. I'M GIVING THEM TO THE GOOD FOLKS DURING HALLOWEEN WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHING ME OUT THE DOOR TO PLAY AND PULLING ME BACK IN TO WRITE. THANKS GUYS!

AND BOB?...IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THIS. WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO E-MAIL ME OR WRITE PERMISSION TO RELEASE A CUT OF THIS SONG? IT'LL BE ALOT BETTER ON VOCALS, I SWEAR TO THAT.