The Chicago Tribune's "in the news" photos (I can't link to them directly, but the link is in the left column) has some great pics, from a camel for Aimee, to a shot of the OTP of Barack and Bill, and two sweet kid pics, one of a boy dancing at his first day of school (I just want to eat him up, he's so cute!), and the other of a little girl at a petting zoo.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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.
Kathy A - Sep 06, 2005 11:41:04 am PDT #4970 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
erikaj - Sep 06, 2005 11:47:25 am PDT #4971 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
aw, to the story about Barack, Bill, and the heart.
Kathy A - Sep 06, 2005 12:06:59 pm PDT #4972 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Just saw this over at ThinkProgress:
At a press conference this afternoon, President George H. W. Bush singled out the Walton Family for their generosity to Katrina relief efforts:
I don’t think anyone would mind if I singled out the chairman and CEO of Wal-Mart, Lee Scott, who is right here. He told us that they gave the Bush-Clinton fund a total of $23 million…$15 million from the company and then $8 million more from the Walton family, the marvelous philanthropists that they are.
Let’s put that in perspective. The Walton family’s net worth is $90 billion. So $8 million dollars represents .009 percent of their total.
The average family’s net worth is $86,100. If an average family contributed at the same rate as the Waltons, they’d donate $7.74.
There are thousands of families all around country that are being far more generous to Katrina victims than the Waltons. Few of them will be personally thanked by a former President.
brenda m - Sep 06, 2005 12:12:06 pm PDT #4973 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Well, I don't see anything wrong with acknowledging one of the companies that stepped forward first, probably encouraging a lot of others to do the same. Especially in the absence of any federal activity worthy of note.
'Course, I also don't have a problem with pointing out Walmart's role as the armorer of choice to the worst element in New-Orleans-that-was.
aurelia - Sep 06, 2005 12:15:01 pm PDT #4974 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
There's probably a stipulation that no one from the Bush-Clinton fund can mention any of Wal-Mart's competitors (see Paige Arena in Columbia, MO [link]
Pierce Brosnan barefoot and painting. More here.
Dana - Sep 06, 2005 12:16:53 pm PDT #4975 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Some good news -- my mother's car is largely okay and has been retrieved from New Orleans with nothing worse than a flat tire. My grandparents' house had a little bit of water, but nothing terrible, and most of my other relatives who live in Jefferson Parish made out okay.
Betsy HP - Sep 06, 2005 12:18:06 pm PDT #4976 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
That's fine news. I'm glad.
Kathy A - Sep 06, 2005 12:20:34 pm PDT #4977 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Dana, that's wonderful! What a relief.
Oh, and speaking of good news, happy birthday to Kenny!
§ ita § - Sep 06, 2005 12:20:37 pm PDT #4978 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pierce Brosnan barefoot and painting. More here.
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Excellent!
Sophia Brooks - Sep 06, 2005 12:21:01 pm PDT #4979 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That is great news for your family Dana!