Letter from a Reader Dear Eric: Would you please ask people on your site to pray for the Hurricane Katrina victims especially over the next few days because the New Moon in Humanitarian Virgo combined with the transit of Jupiter and Venus... if a unified group of people in this world pray together, we can create pure powerful magic with this energy. My whole entire family is from New Orleans. Most of my family escaped in time but my two uncles stayed behind and are missing. There are two kinds of people that stayed in New Orleans. 1) The huge group of people that have been living in third world situations for decades!!!!! They had no where to go to, they had no way of getting from point A to point B and they have no money. This is a whole other topic!!! 2) The second set of people who stayed were ride or die kind of people. It was their home. It was all they knew. And there is nothing wrong with that.... It's something to be proud of. People who are from New Orleans are passionate about their heritage. Its the Motherland to them. One of my uncles said "If my house floats away, I'm going to float away with it... because I'm not leaving!" I have to honestly say that I don't agree. I would have been the first to leave that city. You don't fool with Powers that are beyond. But I do respect them for being so noble. My father is grew up the Calliope Projects. He was so unbelievable proud to be from New Orleans. He was thrilled about anything New Orleans. Right now my Papa has a brain disease and is passing over but I know that if he was present he would right now be saying "I'MA GO HELP MY PEOPLE!" He would be driving down there right now. I just can't believe the president of our country is an icecube. Our Government went Hollywood. This is suppose to be one of the most wealthiest powerful countries on earth. How can he wear a stiff suit and give a rehearsed speech and show posed pictures of him looking out of the window of an airplane onto the greatest disaster in the history of America!!!! That's how he treats the people of his country. That's how passionate he is about his country. Completely cold. I would hate to have him around during a family crisis. Its shockingly appalling. I don't understand why people are looking around in shock like the impoverished parts of New Orleans is a complete and total shocking surprise. There has been a third world situation going on down there for decades. I'm 37 and I remember as young as 5 years old being down there and feeling so sorry for those people. These are not people that are the poor that live from pay check to pay check. That's rich compared to them. They are the poor people who can't even afford a gallon of milk. We have because people that are so shallow. We are absorb in chasing after material things and having our concerns focused on situations that are none of our business or ridiculousness such as Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitts personal lives. We need to gain strength to face our own lives and environment to see what has gone so desperately wrong. Poverty in America is not just limited to New Orleans. Eric you know that first hand. Plus there are other situations that needs to be reformed such as the grotesque living situations of Nursing Homes and how our elders are treated in this country. A large number of Americans have dumped their own family in the most horrific living situations and only visit for an hour on Christmas. And while we are on the subject of "Superstars" who help third world countries.... MUCH RESPECT TO THEM!!! But your own country needs your help right now.... SOS!!!! Eric - This subject is just so vast and so unbelievably wrong... I have no idea which way to go first. One Thing that is for certain is: The People of New Orleans are a tough stock. They are built like titanium. They don't go down easy. The People of New Orleans are touched by Magic. They Shall Overcome!!!!! Thank you. -- Nichell