Well, this Marylander appreciates her going down to help. And I'm sure she's glad to skirt the Newfies;) If someone needs to take her to lunch, let me know.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Sep 02, 2005 6:19:18 pm PDT #4338 of 10002
Sue - Sep 02, 2005 6:21:28 pm PDT #4339 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Believe me, I almost lost my hearing during the scream laughing (which happened everytime another cousin arrived.) She may be better off on standby.
And thanks for the offer!
Susan W. - Sep 02, 2005 6:31:42 pm PDT #4340 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Kathy A - Sep 02, 2005 6:36:22 pm PDT #4341 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Bwah! She should have included in the "Mormons" region the fallout from nuclear tests.
dw - Sep 02, 2005 6:39:24 pm PDT #4342 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
A friend of mine's description of his trip from his house outside Jackson to Hattiesburg:
Surreal.
Eddie - Sep 02, 2005 7:00:27 pm PDT #4343 of 10002
Your tag here.
I love Mythbusters. I wish I laughed and cheered and played that much at work.
quester - Sep 02, 2005 7:16:30 pm PDT #4344 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
dw, my favorite part is the little purple square marked "Mormons".
Strega - Sep 02, 2005 7:46:46 pm PDT #4345 of 10002
Kanye West went off-script, said the slow response time was because most of the victims were poor and black, and closed with "George Bush doesn't care about black people."
But was Kanye West the one at the Live 8 concert who promoted a conspiracy theory about AIDS being a deliberate attempt to kill all the black people? I caught a snippet of that and now I can't remember if it was him or not. But if that was West, I don't want him on my side.
I don't know. I think charges of racism actually diminish the fucked-up-ness of what's happened. I'm not convinced that Bush cares about white people more than black people. Because I don't believe he cares about people, period. Hell, I'm not sure he understands that other people exist if he's not looking directly at them. A good game of peekaboo would rock his world.
aurelia - Sep 02, 2005 7:55:48 pm PDT #4346 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Huh. [link]
I don't know about the accusations of racism. Some of the people (who are outside of the situation) being quoted in the media certainly seem biased, but I think the pitiful response time is a combination of utter cluelessness and the fact that the trapped people aren't seen as potential campaign donors. Either way my rage is on.
Trudy Booth - Sep 02, 2005 8:03:16 pm PDT #4347 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think there is a racism. I think it's easier for some people to dismiss black people as being lazy and irresponsible -- look at the intial righty reactions of "They should have left. Why didn't they do what they were told?" The characterization of "looting" could easily been called "scavenging" or "desperate measures" if it were in Kennebunkport -- there was the example in Salon of two different people with purloined groceries, the caption under the black person was 'looting'. (true, they were from two different news services)
I think there is a lot of classism too. The assumption that anybody has the forty bucks to spend on a tank of gas, another couple of hundred for a hotel room and food, a car in the first place...