![]() ![]() They carried water from the endless puddles and newly formed streams to allow toilets to flush, kept the area as clean and manageable as possible, cooked and served the meager food supplies and provided personal care to the bedridden. These men, apparently, worked countless hours and performed the Herculean task of keeping the few hundred evacuees safe and as comfortable as possible. Prior to the arrival of any real help, this shelter was operated by a group of prison trustees and the deputy sheriffs who guarded them. The most memorable was an inmate of the Louisiana State prison system. Longtime Swami reader Patti Racz went to Louisiana to help out. Knowing what's ahead, I feel so bad for every parent who has to bite his or her tongue as a beloved child enlists. So we may yet-it'll take years and years, but it is possible-top the 58,000 lives we squandered in Vietnam. The Administration predicts a long war, even if Iraq chooses a 'democratic' government. That would just encourage the terrorists.Ĭoalition casualties have now reached 2,175. Still, in this case, it's a lot better to lie, I guess, than to tell the truth. ![]() ![]() One little problem: These are not chess players. Second, because this explanation for the invasion of Iraq gives the Bush team a character trait it is not known for: subtlety. How do I know she's lying? First, because whenever anyone says 'the fact of the matter' (or even: 'to be perfectly honest') he/she is about to lie. ![]()
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