Friday, September 30, 2005

Champagne

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Thursday, September 29, 2005

Wanted in the U.S.A.: wisdom, compassion

The following letter was published on September 29, 2005 by
The Cape Cod Times
Cape Cod, Massachusetts


I'm amazed at how the slow response to Hurricane Katrina has somehow been turned around to look as if it were a communication problem between the federal government and the Louisiana state government. Mr. Bush took many trips to New Orleans, and the appearance of being on top of the Rita storm has a type of melodrama that may play well with his base while insulting the intelligence of clear minds.

The thought of putting the Pentagon in control of national disasters is a ploy, maybe, concocted by Karl Rove as a fear mechanism to distract and divide the public momentarily. Controlling the message and providing an illusion seem to be the Bush signature. The Republican Party machine has done a remarkable job at silencing compassion and wisdom by making them out to be liberal traits.

I believe Hurricane Katrina revealed to this country and the world that compassion and wisdom are desperately needed in a country that has been without them so long.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

A President's arrogance

In response to the letter written 9/27/05 with the title, "On WMDs, enough 'lies' to go around," let me impress upon Mr. Richard Brady with all due respect, solidarity is crucial when a country is in imminent danger of being attack. I believe the Senators and the former President Mr. Brady named and quoted in his letter wanted support from the major players of the UN. George Bush had his finger on the trigger and it did not matter whether Mr. Blix, the weapon inspector at that time or the former weapon inspector, Mr. Ritter, said about WMD not being in Iraq. The UN was not anxious to pull the trigger. They listened to all sides. The former PresidentClinton, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. John Kerry, and Sen. Hillary Clinton were all on the side for waiting for support from the UN. They were not anxious to pull the trigger with George Bush. I ask Mr. Brady not to confuse a President's arrogance with support to strenghten a President's hand. The President had his finger on the trigger and he wanted the glory. It was clear when he stood on that air craft carrier with the sign behind him "Mission Accomplished" that he thought at that time he had gotten the glory he wanted.

Friday, September 23, 2005

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Sunday, September 18, 2005

Katrina‏

So many of us are amazed at this statement made by President Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington on 9/16/05,published in the New York Times on page A10: " This poverty has roots in generations of segregation and discrimination that closed many doors of opportunity." Mr. Bush was referring to the poverty Hurricane Katrina revealed to the country and the world. We asked ourselves, is this the same George Bush that once stated, "Affirmative Action does not square with the constitution"? Does Mr. Bush realize now that Affirmative Action is a process that was put and place to help those that were affected by generations of discrimination and segregation? Does Mr. Bush, the country, and all those voices raised on re-versed discrimination know now that a country can't walk away from its responsibility to the poor by using politics?

Generations of segregation and discrimination

So many of us are amazed at this statement made by President Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington on 9/16/05, published in the New York Times on page A10: " This poverty has roots in generations of segregation and discrimination that closed many doors of opportunity." Mr Bush was referring to the poverty Hurricane Katrina revealed to the country and the world. We asked ourselves, is this the same George Bush that once stated, "Affirmative Action does not square with the constitution"? Does Mr. Bush realize now that Affirmative Action is a process that was put in place to help those that were affected by generations of discrimanation and segregation? Does Mr Bush, the country, and all those voices raised on re-versed descrimination know now that a country can't walk away from it's responsibility to the poor by using politics?