AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 972) [Davis Death Watch - 18 (??) Days to Go!]

Various News sources and Free Republic Members | 9/19/03 | All of us

[Mr. Mulliner]

[Mr. Mulliner]

[lysie]

Actually it's pretty neat...you can see the upper level clouds moving at a moderate pace, with the sun barely peeking through..then you can see the outer-outer bands of Isabel churning right by at a much higher speed.

Good morning. My son, who is visiting for the weekend, just stated the same thing.

[Mr. Mulliner]

[Miss Marple]

That's a good article by Krauthammer. I also enjoy him when he is on the panel with Brit Hume. He has a quick wit, as well as a good take on things.

[Miss Marple]

#44: LOL!

[Mr. Mulliner]

This is from Andrew Sullivan's blog today.

GOOD NEWS FROM IRAQ: Johann Hari, a writer for the Independent in London, was close to many Iraqi exiles - refugees from the Baath dictatorship - and was worried when they went back home at the end of the war this spring. But many have just returned for a brief visit to London and have been reporting what they found. His worst fears dissipated when he first saw them in his apartment, "beaming and speaking at a hundred words a minute." They're the younger generation and had gone back specifically to engage students and the younger generations:

First, they wanted to establish debating societies and newsletters in the Baghdad universities. "These are going to be the seeds of democracy," Yasser explains. "Once you learn to argue against people instead of killing them as Saddam did, you're on your way. We explained to the university students that they could have different newspapers - and even have different opinions in the same newspapers - and it seemed totally surreal to them. They just couldn't understand it. But when they realised that it really was possible and nobody was going to punish them, they were so excited that they were just obsessed. They were in the middle of their exams and supposed to be studying, but they insisted on writing and photocopying a newsletter that they distributed everywhere. They wrote articles on amazing things they could find out about on the internet - philosophy and art and the difference between proportional representation and first-past-the-post! It was the best thing in my life, seeing that," Yasser says.

Thrilling, no? Like the fact that Iraq-Today.com explains why it's written in English: they now have almost 200 competing outlets in Baghdad and beyond. So where's the catch? The electricity problems, yes. Security, yes. But this most of all:

There is a terrible fear among many Iraqis that they will not be able to match the Kurds' achievement if they are abandoned by the Americans once again. "The memories of 1991 are so vivid," says Sama. "People still fear that somehow the Americans will abandon us and Saddam will claw his way back from the grave. They say, `It happened in 1991, it could happen again.' That's one crucial reason why people are reluctant to cooperate with the coalition." She adds: "I find it absolutely incredible that the anti-war people are now calling for the coalition to leave straight away. Nobody in Iraq wants that. The opinion polls show it's just 13 per cent. Don't they care about the Iraqi people and what they want at all? This isn't a game. This isn't about poking a stick at George Bush. This is our lives."

Yes. But many on the Western left couldn't give a damn about the lives of Iraqis. If they had, they would have supported the war, wouldn't they?

[Redleg Duke]

Good Morning, Molly! Isabel swept over and around us with the eye passing through between midnight and one AM. It was an interesting event.

We are without power, but other than two small trees uprooted, we apparently escaped serious damage. The Duchess and Da Kid are home with Caesar. He thought one of the small trees made a great dumbell, so off he ran with it in his mouth, pursued by the Duchess and Da Kid.

Ya know, there is a great deal in common between Hurricane Isabel and Queen Hitlery. They approach with a great amount of wind, while there, the silence is deafening when questioned, and depart with a great amount of wind blowing in the opposite direction...and things like power, water and other services are not working...and a few people are dead.

Like I say, there is a great deal in common.

[Redleg Duke]

"Off for church and water aerobics (not at the same place.;^)

In parts of Virginia and North Carolina they can be! :-)

[DollyCali]

Good link. thanks riv

[DollyCali]

Funny Man (but sooooo true)

Well, NC gave you folks a big time welcome didn't it?

I miss the state.. would love to get back eventually. close to coast..believe it or not.

[DollyCali]

Here is storm now

We are getting LOTS of rain in Cleveland-Akron area

lifted from yesterday's thread. chair's link. He

[Molly Pitcher]

habs, just had to stop and respond to you before continuing my work..

You know I was being sarcastic. No problem here being "Judgemental."

Which is why I'm in trouble with my FIL, who's recently said to his oldest grandchild - our son -of the Palestianian terrorists: "You must keep an open mind about them!"

Which further makes me think....Why do the same people who come up with such nonsense continue OTOH to make harsh judgements about the President?

They feel no compunction to keep an "open mind" on THAT subject!!

The "Liberal" mind does not function well, if at all.

[DollyCali]

see it is projected to go over Niagara falls area.. wonder what, if any , major impact will occur?

Soggy night for high school football (not to mention marching bands, which is WHY I GO........._)

[Mr. Mulliner]

Off for church and water aerobics (not at the same place.;^)

My mom does water aerobics. I'm going to suggest she get a group started at her Baptist church. That baptismal just doesn't get much use during the week.

[Neets]

Hi Lysie's son!!!!

[Neets]

Indeed!

[tillacum]

Good Mornin' Everyone.

Thanks Molly for starting the thread for us today. You are a dear.

I talked to a friend this morning, in MD, to see how they fared, she told me there are trees down all over the area where she lives, roads are blocked and the electricity is off, thank goodness she has a gas stove and didn't put her perculator in the garage sale. My Goddaughter is ok but their property suffered tree damage and their driveway is a muddy mess. Actually their driveway was a mess when it was dry. lol

[tillacum]

Ohhhh Granny, you are so funny.

[Redleg Duke]

About 1:30 AM, I woke up as the eye of Isabel left our area and we got hit by a blast of wind from the opposite direction. I looked out the window to the west and the horizon lit up with an unearthly green glow that lasted for over a second or two. It must have been a large transformer going. Spooky!