aw, to the story about Barack, Bill, and the heart.
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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.
erikaj - Sep 06, 2005 11:47:25 am PDT #4971 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
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!
juliana - Sep 06, 2005 12:22:16 pm PDT #4980 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Oh, Dana. That's great news! Yay!