To: spycatcher
"It and became an embarassment for Free Republic instead of an example of how great the site is."
I think the balance of news/humor on this thread has been perfect. Some may think "Humor? How dare you speak of humor on a day like this..."
However, please keep in mind that many folks in New Orleans, before going into the Superdome last night, were exhibiting surprisingly high spirits and one woman in particular -- forget her name -- held an attitude towards the impending storm which was to be admired.
Therefore, on one hand you have people who are at risk of losing everything maintaining a sense of humor and high spirits concerning this disaster -- these are the folks LIVING it right now.
And on the other hand you have posters here who are at risk of losing NOTHING -- thousands of miles away from the storm -- blasting others for essentially being guilty of nothing slightly more than that of being human.
2,744 posted on
08/29/2005 9:30:23 AM PDT by
jdm
(Ted Kennedy should drive Cindy Sheehan home.)
To: jdm
Was that the little black lady named Jackie? She was still praising the Lord anyway. What a sweetheart.
2,777 posted on
08/29/2005 9:33:36 AM PDT by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
To: jdm
2,783 posted on
08/29/2005 9:34:17 AM PDT by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
To: jdm
2,784 posted on
08/29/2005 9:34:34 AM PDT by
cyborg
(I'm having the best day ever.)
To: jdm
To: jdm
Ditto.
Humor is better than hand wringing and doom predicting. We who are down here know what to do and most of us are just listening to what is happening. Nobody can alter anything now.
We are all different in what we want on this thread. All I want is for the sniiping to stop, just scroll by things you don't want to see.
To: jdm; spycatcher
I think the balance of news/humor on this thread has been perfect. Some may think "Humor? How dare you speak of humor on a day like this..." I've always been fond of this quote:
"Life does not cease to be funny when someone dies, any more than it ceases to be serious when someone laughs."
-- George Bernard Shaw
Some of us are capable of feeling more than one emotion at a time. Life itself is a mix of things, usually simultaneously, including the humorous among the tragic and vice versa. And often "comic relief" is a good release, and helps to cope with the tension.
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