Stephen
Simon Schama in the Guardian a few days ago was a bit more hopeful:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1567841,00.html
for what it's worth, I'd like to hope with him...
Doug
On 19-Sep-05, at 8:59 AM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> "FEMA" does begin to sound like the name of a disease. "I am so sorry.
> I
> understand your husband has come down with FEMA."
>
> Doug - Haliburton, Bechtle et al probably have a different
> perspective, that
> is, they view the US Government as one of their own Agencies - with VP
> Cheney the over-all Agent in charge of that one. Don't worry. The
> Corporations have comparable Agents in most countries - Hugo Chavez in
> Venezuela a troublesome exception to corporate rule.
>
> Hate to be so cynical on a beautiful Indian Summer day. Sorry most of
> the
> Indians are no longer here to enjoy it. Ah, the occasional sheer guilt
> of
> being alive. Then, again, with the current leadership going around the
> paranoid 'protect the rich end', I or we could be taken away in the
> next
> clean-up. What was once a body - with a little luck - could become a
> museum
> piece or a few lines in a poetry anthology!
>
> I better get going - to work - while the going is good!
>
> Stephen V
> Blog: http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
> New blog site / same archives!
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