A few months ago, I watched a Lucinda Williams video, and shortly after came up with this rhythm. Now I think of LW every time I play it, and think she could do it right.
basically, the song goes like this. I don’t have words for it, but here’s what I’m thinking.
a rapist on trial and all of his well-connected friends saying he’s suffered enough. The victim is saying to the rapist, I don’t want to hear about your suffering.
And so that’s it.
I’ve read that 82nd circled PaP for 5 hours before being diverted to DR. I’ve read that Docs w/o borders were delayed. I’ve read that Drs have left post-op patients due to security concerns.
While we need to respect the local authority and give them at least a figurehead position, it’s clear that we need to get in there, and get in there fast. Proper political posturing needs to take a back seat to accomplishing the tasks at hand.
Our forest service has an Incident Command Structure that is a tried and true system for large scale operations. The benefits are that local control is maintained, they are local-friendly, accustomed to long-term, non-permanent operations, and let’s face it, lower cost than anything a FEMA or DHS type operation could possibly employ. They are experienced at adapting to rapidly-changing ground conditions.
It may not be feasible, but it beats reading the foreign press complain about doctors not being able to get in, and then abandoning their post due to lack of security that was delayed so the doctors could get there first.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/18/haiti-aid-distribution-confusion-warning
Congratulations to the 40 million or so uninsured in America. The democrats have passed legislation in the House of Representatives designed to solve the problem of the uninsured: criminalize them.
With one sweeping transgression on personal liberties by a radical Congress, we now potentially have 40 million new formerly law-abiding criminals.
I listened to numerous democrats proclaim access to health care as a basic human right, and in the next breath, they proclaimed it a crime to not exercise this legislatively created right in a manner that the government deems appropriate. When, in the history of the United States, has it ever been the government’s role to criminalize people for not exercising their so-called rights?
This is the most ridiculous thing our government has ever tried to do to the governed populace. I condemn anyone who would try to arbitrarily re-assign the limits of my personal liberty in this manner. Impeachment is far too good for these supposed protectors of my constitutional rights.
Is the threat of radical Muslimism being taken seriously in The United States? The latest jihad attack at Fort Hood certainly points to an extreme failing that needs to be examined, and if possible, prevented from reoccurring. If that attack had not been on a military base, and/or not been responded to by a highly trained former military person, the body count likely would have been much higher.
After the killing of abortionist George Tillerman, there was angry liberal outlash at T.V. and radio talk show hosts, pro-life proponents, Christians, and anyone who liberals disagreed with, it seemed. I didn’t see a single comparable article to what the media immediately started running about muslim “harrassment” or “backlash” after a radical muslim jihadist went on a terrorist killing spree at Fort Hood.
There’s nothing wrong with questioning the radio hosts, or religious fundamentalists. But those questions aren’t being asked. Instead, the media is asking if somehow the mass murderer’s feelings might have been hurt in the military.
This is head in the sand behaviour by our liberal media. Radical muslims have made no secret who their intended targets are. If Islam has a legitimate aspect, they’d best start making an argument for why they should not be closely scrutinized. This politically correct bullshit is getting real people killed.
Democrats: Highly emotional, bordering on angry, speeches, blame Republicans for the past, speak often of health care as a right, they often refer to themselves as doing something historic, (electing a black man president, creating a huge social welfare program for health care). They seem impressed by their own grandiose.
They are more likely to bring out a particular demographic that they say are being wronged, and require a legislative social justice policy to correct: the black caucus, poor pregnant women, homosexuals, muslims.
Their pandering to identity politics seems like a constant attack on the very concept of equality. They’re entire agenda seems based on finding an identity to exploit for political ends. They need to treat this group differently because, they seem to be saying, society does not treat them equally. And so they create custom tailored laws for whatever special interest they deem deserving of unequal political favor.
They also seem to require a common enemy: The rich, the white, the successful, big business, Christians.
It’s a strange system, because it seems to undermine the very concept of equality. Criticism of muslim aggression is taboo, yet they rarely miss an opportunity to ridicule a Christian.
To me, it seems like the Democrat party seems to run on a mixture of corruption and resentment.
When I first “transferred” to public schools, there was this guy who hung out with the jocks, and me, being decidedly not one, I was the subject of a taunt or two. I remember him standing along the wall with his big jock friends making a snide comment as I went to my first gym class at the new school.
The gym teacher used to like to “punish” me with push-ups, but I was in pretty good shape so didn’t mind being singled out. Big whoop, I did push-ups at home all the time.
When High School came around there wasn’t much animosity between the cliques. We all did some of the same bad things, so it was more our outward appearances than our private behaviours that separated us. We all got along pretty well.
One night I got a strange call. I thought it was my older brother who was in the Army at the time. The caller made some indecipherable comments and hung up. I didn’t think much of it at the time.
The next morning at school, I learned that the guy who had made the snide comments when I transferred into that school was dead. He also had an older brother in the Army, and his brother had gone AWOL, and came back and shot the guy at the top of the stairs at his house. I was close friends with a couple of his next door neighbours.
I made a promise that I would never fire a gun, in memory of that guy; a promise I broke shortly after 9/11 when I first shot a CAR-15.
Rest In Peace, Terry.
I don’t see stars
I don’t hear angels singing
I’ve traveled far
My heart is all I’m bringing
I called him out
The devil came out swinging
I don’t see stars
I don’t hear angels singing
The sun goes down
The sky turns grey
The party people
come out to play
The sun goes down
The sky turns red
And in the morning
They count the dead
I don’t see stars
I don’t hear angels singing
I’ve traveled far
My hurt is all I’m bringing
I called him out
The devil came out swinging
I don’t see stars
I don’t hear angels singing
“I will not abide those who would bend the truth – or break it – to score political points and stop our progress as a country,” Mr. Obama said
Shall we begin?
How about Obama saying doctor cut diabetics’ feet off, or remove tonsils to make a buck? Not scoring high on the truthiness meter.
How about campaign rhetoric like attacking Clinton for a health care plan with mandated insurance?
Never heard a single inflammatory speech after 20 years of sitting in his mentor, Rev. Wright’s church?
Didn’t know William Ayers very well?
Ah, this list goes on and on.
Obama will say anything.
MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer deliberately misleads the public, describing a narrative of white people showing up to town halls with guns strapped to their sides.
when, in fact the video they showed accompanying the story was edited to not show the black man totin’ the rifle.
Rachel Maddow makes false racist accusations against Rush Limbaugh. The source of the rumour Maddow cites was an anonymous wiki article.
If that’s what the white house considers a real news organisation, I’ll keep getting my information from Fox News, thank you. They at least invite, well, beg really, to have their mistakes pointed out so they can correct them: “Show us what we got wrong, and we’ll correct it” – Glenn Beck.
MSNBC hasn’t retracted or apologized for their deliberately misleading stories, that I’m aware of. If I’m wrong, please, don’t hesitate to correct me.
