In other news, I read David Brooks's op-ed piece today, against my own wisdom.
Someone award Nutty a Congressional Medal of Freedom, stat!
Don't kill anyone if you don't have to. We're here to make a deal.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
Hayden - Sep 08, 2005 9:27:32 am PDT #5535 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Calli - Sep 08, 2005 9:28:13 am PDT #5536 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
So being humane to the poor is the root of all problems? Is that what Rush is saying?
By those standards Victorian-era Whitechapel must have been paradise.
Sue - Sep 08, 2005 9:30:29 am PDT #5537 of 10002
hip deep in pie
The article says they are still here, but they're not. They came home yesterday. [link]
I saw something on nightline about this parish. The Sheriff and a State Senator basically started their own rescue, commandeering boats and supplies.
Another interesting piece in the Globe about one precinct of Police in NO. [link]
amych - Sep 08, 2005 9:40:37 am PDT #5538 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
By those standards Victorian-era Whitechapel must have been paradise.
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? t /Scrooge
Calli - Sep 08, 2005 9:45:06 am PDT #5539 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
That explains the oxycotin addiction! He's trying to shut up the Three Ghosts.
Fred Pete - Sep 08, 2005 9:47:03 am PDT #5540 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
By those standards Victorian-era Whitechapel must have been paradise.
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
My mind went to Jack the Ripper, but that's another good response.
erikaj - Sep 08, 2005 9:47:29 am PDT #5541 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Wishing Rush got haunted like Tommy from "Rescue Me".
aurelia - Sep 08, 2005 9:55:58 am PDT #5542 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Now I have REM's Bang and Blame in my head.
Kathy A - Sep 08, 2005 9:59:33 am PDT #5543 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What I was saying a few days ago about what Oprah should do? Well, she's done it.
She hugged evacuees -- as Bush did as well on his visits to the region -- but then she stayed. She listened to the stories of horror and rape and loss and heartbreak.
After grieving and listening, she began her giving. And Oprah knows a thing or two about giving...
She covered a lot of ground, and people wept when they saw her.
Not because they were expecting a free car, but -- who can blame anyone for thinking this -- because when Oprah visits, free stuff can't be far behind.
Never has Oprah's penchant for giving things away been put to better use.
And she's Oprah, so please, don't tell her that getting mad about what happened post-Katrina is part of some "blame game." This is the woman who taught Dr. Phil everything he knows, so when Oprah gets mad and tells people what's on her mind, everyone had better listen.
"When it comes to what happened, and didn't have to happen, to children, it's pretty overwhelming," Oprah said, fighting back tears on Tuesday. "It makes me so mad. This makes me mad! This should not have happened."
Oprah's biggest gift may just be telling those in power what many of us in her viewing audience were already thinking.
tommyrot - Sep 08, 2005 10:01:20 am PDT #5544 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Now I have REM's Bang and Blame in my head.
Although in this case, maybe it should be called Blow and Blame.