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Catnipped, Not sure if you have come across this info or not.  People who’ve left pets behind supposedly can contact www.vetmed.lsu.edu From what I understand, people can tell them where their animals were

left at and they may try and find them.  The phone number listed is 888-773-6489, can call 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. or email God bless you and yours, Theresa

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More fitting that the w*nker did like John Travolta, and just hire a plane, fill it with desperately needed supplies and fly it down to the affected area a.s.a.p.

It’s ok to say "wanker" here, Helen. I doubt you’d offend any of the international, although you might some of your fellow Brits <weg Still, I was rather impressed with Travolta on that one myself. I wonder which of his aircraft he picked to carry that ton of supplies down there. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha http://www.jhedge.com

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Okay, I DO give Oprah credit for that. Her donations WILL be needed. The cleanup will be a horrendous effort. Melissa

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – —–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Still, I was rather impressed with Travolta on that one myself. I wonder which of his aircraft he picked to carry that ton of supplies down there. I heard it was 5 tons. I don’t think he could have packed that into his Gulfstream so I’d guess he brought it in on his 707. One story that the news seems disinterested in covering is the number of non-celebrity pilots that are flying in doctors, EMTs, and medical supplies…..at their own expense. Some of these folks were in the air before FEMA had even gotten their thumbs out of their (insert your orifice of choice). I just had to make sure that some of these unsung heros got a little of the recognition they deserve. They’re too busy getting the job done to stop for a photo-op. Oh, and Michael Jackson has donated a SONG. :)

Now, now don’t be harsh, he has a team of surgeons getting him all bulked and prepped before he presents himself!

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More fitting that the w*nker did like John Travolta, and just hire a plane, fill it with desperately needed supplies and fly it down to the affected area a.s.a.p.

IIRC, it was his own plane – he actually owns one of those huge things and is qualified to pilot it too. Cheers, helen s

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More fitting that the w*nker did like John Travolta, and just hire a plane, fill it with desperately needed supplies and fly it down to the affected area a.s.a.p. IIRC, it was his own plane – he actually owns one of those huge things and is qualified to pilot it too. Cheers, helen s

Yes, he owns more than one plane, and is licensed to fly them, in addition to holding a *commercial* ariline pilot’s license  (as in a 747).

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – More fitting that the w*nker did like John Travolta, and just hire a plane, fill it with desperately needed supplies and fly it down to the affected area a.s.a.p. IIRC, it was his own plane – he actually owns one of those huge things and is qualified to pilot it too. Cheers, helen s Yes, he owns more than one plane, and is licensed to fly them, in addition to holding a *commercial* ariline pilot’s license  (as in a 747).

Maybe this was his backup plan for when/if his acting career didn’t "take off" ;) Jill

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I agree with you. I hate these sickening emotional parasites as much as anyone replying in this thread. Something that is even more ugly is the fact that so very many people are simply unable to perceive that these self-aggrandizing bottom-feeders are doing what they are doing. That is, the vast majority of people really can’t tell the difference between a caring human being and a walking puddle of slime like Dr. Phil. I attribute this to the "Domino’s Effect" that I first noticed when I was going to college. I don’t mean the "Domino Effect" whereby one nation’s descent into Communism inevitably causes fifty others to suffer the same awful fate—I mean something else entirely: soon after I started living in the student dormitory (mandatory the first year, yuck) we had a huge contest to see which pizza delivery place had the best pizza. This is an issue of towering importance to students, and we all took it quite seriously. Anyway, the pizza place that came out dead last time after time (we had the contest more than once during the year) was always Domino’s Pizza. The most common judgement was "it tastes like cardboard". However, there was always a large minority of students who disagreed with the rest of us and said that they could not tell any real difference among *any* of the pizza places and since Domino’s had the fastest delivery, why not always get Domino’s? I found it absolutely appalling that these people genuinely could not tell the difference between truly excellent pizza and the tasteless crap made by Domino’s. In the many years since then I have noticed this "Domino’s Effect" over and over again in many different ways: there will always be a large minority of people who have no taste, no judgement, no patience whatsoever, and these people are the very reason why abominations such as Dr. Phil exist.

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The Dr. Phil show is capitalizing on this tragedy.  He was on Larry King the other day and had a clip where he was telling a woman that he might have found her family.  Larry King asked him if he really did find her family and he said, "You’ll have to tune in Thursday to see!"  <GAG!!!!

For all I’m playing the devil’s advocate in another thread, I’m not going to play it for Dr Phil or his ilk.  I don’t need to tune in a talk show to watch melodrama or trash.  That’s why I have neighbours… I guess the only good thing Oprah can be said to be doing is sometimes when a celebrity someone likes does something charitable, it can be a call to her/his fans to do the same and can really mobilize response (ie Live 8/Aid, Lance Armstrong’s Live Strong, etc.) –Fil

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Well I’m a masochist, so I had to watch it.  He singled out that family (and it looks like one or two others coming up after the commercial break!!!*), reunited them with each other, and got his good friend Mattress Mac to donate a condo and a car.  All the while pouring out his touchy / feely, "look how generous I am" celebrity BS while hundreds of thousands of other victims (and those of us who haven’t yet found our loved ones), can only look on and wish we were the "chosen" ones.///

More fitting that the w*nker did like John Travolta, and just hire a plane, fill it with desperately needed supplies and fly it down to the affected area a.s.a.p. I can’t stand Dr Phil or Oprah. They’re parasites on the back of human tragedy. Helen M — Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server – http://www.Mailgate.ORG

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I agree. It’s disgusting. If people really want to help, fine. But it’s totally tacky for them to try to get "see how wonderful and compassionate I am!" points, too. YUCK!!! Melissa

That was pretty much my point about Oprah taking her show down there.  She could just as easily have stayed at home, let it be known she made a donation and encouraged other people to help.  It’s the "look at me!" self-aggrandizement that bugs the crap out of me. Jill

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[[OK.  I'm totally with you on this one.  Mostly because Dr. Phill makes me gag anyway.]] Well, I have some issues with Dr. Phil, but they’re not really related to anything I’ve personally seen from him. I don’t watch his program. My retired mom, on the other hand, does. And I tease her about this trait of hers, but I feel like every time Dr. Phil talks about a disorder of some sort, my mom thinks *I* have it. Honest to gosh. I asked my husband over the weekend, "I know that ‘hypochondriac’ means you think YOU have the symptoms of every ailment you hear about. What’s the name of the disorder when you think someone ELSE has the symptoms of every ailment you hear about?" And I was only half kidding. ;o) Donna, thinking that at least my CATS are sane. Relatively speaking. ;o)

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – [[OK.  I'm totally with you on this one.  Mostly because Dr. Phill makes me gag anyway.]] Well, I have some issues with Dr. Phil, but they’re not really related to anything I’ve personally seen from him. I don’t watch his program. My retired mom, on the other hand, does. And I tease her about this trait of hers, but I feel like every time Dr. Phil talks about a disorder of some sort, my mom thinks *I* have it. Honest to gosh. I asked my husband over the weekend, "I know that ‘hypochondriac’ means you think YOU have the symptoms of every ailment you hear about. What’s the name of the disorder when you think someone ELSE has the symptoms of every ailment you hear about?" And I was only half kidding. ;o)

Whatever it is, its epidemic in my family.  And my mother was the all time master.  I think half the reason I married Charlie is cause he won’t play this game. Jo

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I agree. It’s disgusting. If people really want to help, fine. But it’s totally tacky for them to try to get "see how wonderful and compassionate I am!" points, too. YUCK!!! Melissa That was pretty much my point about Oprah taking her show down there.  She could just as easily have stayed at home, let it be known she made a donation and encouraged other people to help.  It’s the "look at me!" self-aggrandizement that bugs the crap out of me. Jill

Ugh. That’s what I thought. I don’t know the specifics of what she was trying to prove, but I’d think the *last* thing La. probably needs is Oprah and her enterage. Sherry

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In article – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well I’m a masochist, so I had to watch it.  He singled out that family (and it looks like one or two others coming up after the commercial break!!!*), reunited them with each other, and got his good friend Mattress Mac to donate a condo and a car.  All the while pouring out his touchy / feely, "look how generous I am" celebrity BS while hundreds of thousands of other victims (and those of us who haven’t yet found our loved ones), can only look on and wish we were the "chosen" ones./// More fitting that the w*nker did like John Travolta, and just hire a plane, fill it with desperately needed supplies and fly it down to the affected area a.s.a.p.

It says something about John Travolta that he has the self-discipline to maintain proficiency as pilot-in-command of aircraft including the Boeing 707.  I’d expect him to be focused.

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In article – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – [[OK.  I'm totally with you on this one.  Mostly because Dr. Phill makes me gag anyway.]] Well, I have some issues with Dr. Phil, but they’re not really related to anything I’ve personally seen from him. I don’t watch his program. My retired mom, on the other hand, does. And I tease her about this trait of hers, but I feel like every time Dr. Phil talks about a disorder of some sort, my mom thinks *I* have it. Honest to gosh. I asked my husband over the weekend, "I know that ‘hypochondriac’ means you think YOU have the symptoms of every ailment you hear about. What’s the name of the disorder when you think someone ELSE has the symptoms of every ailment you hear about?" And I was only half kidding. ;o)

Little mentioned outside medical circles is the dreaded Intern Syndrome, in which an intern believes he or she is coming down with something in every service to which they rotate. Some of those afflicted are more dramatic than others, and, at one hospital, a betting pool was formed for the first day that the (male) intern didn’t come down with something. One overjoyed staff member discovered that her day in the pool was his first day on obstetrics. Later in the day, she was seen walking down the corridor, cursing. "He came down with morning sickness."

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I agree. It’s disgusting. If people really want to help, fine. But it’s totally tacky for them to try to get "see how wonderful and compassionate I am!" points, too. YUCK!!! Melissa That was pretty much my point about Oprah taking her show down there. She could just as easily have stayed at home, let it be known she made a donation and encouraged other people to help.  It’s the "look at me!" self-aggrandizement that bugs the crap out of me. Jill Ugh. That’s what I thought. I don’t know the specifics of what she was trying to prove, but I’d think the *last* thing La. probably needs is Oprah and her enterage. Sherry

She brought about a dozen huge semis loaded with food, diapers, water and clothing.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – In article [[OK.  I'm totally with you on this one.  Mostly because Dr. Phill makes me gag anyway.]] Well, I have some issues with Dr. Phil, but they’re not really related to anything I’ve personally seen from him. I don’t watch his program. My retired mom, on the other hand, does. And I tease her about this trait of hers, but I feel like every time Dr. Phil talks about a disorder of some sort, my mom thinks *I* have it. Honest to gosh. I asked my husband over the weekend, "I know that ‘hypochondriac’ means you think YOU have the symptoms of every ailment you hear about. What’s the name of the disorder when you think someone ELSE has the symptoms of every ailment you hear about?" And I was only half kidding. ;o) Little mentioned outside medical circles is the dreaded Intern Syndrome, in which an intern believes he or she is coming down with something in every service to which they rotate. Some of those afflicted are more dramatic than others, and, at one hospital, a betting pool was formed for the first day that the (male) intern didn’t come down with something. One overjoyed staff member discovered that her day in the pool was his first day on obstetrics. Later in the day, she was seen walking down the corridor, cursing. "He came down with morning sickness."

I imagine it is easy to do.  After all, there are only so many ways to be sick:  pain, fever,  sick stomach, can’t "go" or "go" too much, fever…….

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I agree. It’s disgusting. If people really want to help, fine. But it’s totally tacky for them to try to get "see how wonderful and compassionate I am!" points, too. YUCK!!! Melissa That was pretty much my point about Oprah taking her show down there. She could just as easily have stayed at home, let it be known she made a donation and encouraged other people to help.  It’s the "look at me!" self-aggrandizement that bugs the crap out of me. Jill Ugh. That’s what I thought. I don’t know the specifics of what she was trying to prove, but I’d think the *last* thing La. probably needs is Oprah and her enterage. Sherry She brought about a dozen huge semis loaded with food, diapers, water and clothing.

Wow!!! That is GREAT!!! Yea O!

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I agree. It’s disgusting. If people really want to help, fine. But it’s totally tacky for them to try to get "see how wonderful and compassionate I am!" points, too. YUCK!!! Melissa

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The Dr. Phil show is capitalizing on this tragedy.  He was on Larry King the other day and had a clip where he was telling a woman that he might have found her family.  Larry King asked him if he really did find her family and he said, "You’ll have to tune in Thursday to see!"  <GAG!!!! Well I’m a masochist, so I had to watch it.  He singled out that family (and it looks like one or two others coming up after the commercial break!!!*), reunited them with each other, and got his good friend Mattress Mac to donate a condo and a car.  All the while pouring out his touchy / feely, "look how generous I am" celebrity BS while hundreds of thousands of other victims (and those of us who haven’t yet found our loved ones), can only look on and wish we were the "chosen" ones. *I was right, the next featured "victim" on the show was living in a house in Houston with 11 other people (sound familiar?) – and he gave her a rent-free apartment for six months and offered to fly her home "at my expense".  Yeah Phil, another tax write-off, and how many millions will you make on this "special feature" show? ACK!  I am *SO* sick of celebrities using this disaster (and the concomitant human suffering) as a "photo op" and a means to pad their own bank accounts! It just makes me sick, and it makes me mad, and it makes me sad.  I swear, if I get through this without putting my fist through the TV screen, I’ll know I have the patience of a saint! Hugs, CatNipped

I can’t stand Dr. Pill?  I do enjoy some of Oprah;s shows but I can’t help thinking from time to time that if she put her gifts into education it might be more effective than lavish gifts.  You know the saying:"Teach a man to fish…."  etc.   Have you heard more on animal rescue?   MLB

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The Dr. Phil show is capitalizing on this tragedy.  He was on Larry King the other day and had a clip where he was telling a woman that he might have found her family.  Larry King asked him if he really did find her family and he said, "You’ll have to tune in Thursday to see!"  <GAG!!!! Well I’m a masochist, so I had to watch it.  He singled out that family (and it looks like one or two others coming up after the commercial break!!!*), reunited them with each other, and got his good friend Mattress Mac to donate a condo and a car.  All the while pouring out his touchy / feely, "look how generous I am" celebrity BS while hundreds of thousands of other victims (and those of us who haven’t yet found our loved ones), can only look on and wish we were the "chosen" ones. *I was right, the next featured "victim" on the show was living in a house in Houston with 11 other people (sound familiar?) – and he gave her a rent-free apartment for six months and offered to fly her home "at my expense".  Yeah Phil, another tax write-off, and how many millions will you make on this "special feature" show? ACK!  I am *SO* sick of celebrities using this disaster (and the concomitant human suffering) as a "photo op" and a means to pad their own bank accounts! It just makes me sick, and it makes me mad, and it makes me sad.  I swear, if I get through this without putting my fist through the TV screen, I’ll know I have the patience of a saint! Hugs, CatNipped

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It’s definitely hypocritical for any celebrity to capitalize on tragedy to get some free publicity and some "look at how generous I am, and be impressed" face time on camera. Look at the bright side — at least SOMEone’s getting helped by them, even if they *are* showboating. In that respect, they’re better than the vultures we got a security warning about today. There was a company-wide email sent out, warning employees to beware of Katrina-related charity scams. Here’s the warning, so everyone here can also see it and be alerted to the dangers out there. It makes me sick that people are out there who are willing to stoop this low. :o ( Let this be a reminder for everyone here to make sure that whatever group(s) they choose to support for Katrina relief efforts are legitimate charities. Donna —- copied/pasted text follows —- SECURITY ALERT FBI

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