09/22/2005 11:48:58 PM PDT
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to HitmanNY
I like this gauge, and it reminds me of another. Something emotionally bad happens. How to deal with it? Would you be willing to cut-off a pinky or perhaps undergo a root canal to prevent it? In essence, trading off different levels of physical discomforture to deal with the mental. Kinda puts things into perspective.
This quote bears repeating, because it is dead on:
"Denying educational aid to victims of Katrina because they attended Catholic schools is like denying home repair assistance to anyone who is not in public housing," said Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee.
"Congress needs to reach out to help all afflicted by disaster, whatever their race, economic level, or school ties," she said.
09/17/2005 11:29:26 PM PDT
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to gpapa
They never should have done what they did in the first place and now want to redo the mistakes all over again, albiet in an enlightened 21st century way? Right!
Having a port, shipping canal and small city is one thing, surrounding it by slums and protecting them is folly.
There's a reason way the French Quarter wasn't flooded; it was built on higher ground.
Why try to tame nature, in this case the Mississippi River, and just live with it and build around it?