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chervilant

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1. Oh, but doncha know?

Reply to Bill USA (Original post)

Sat Aug 10, 2013, 03:42 PM

Aug 2013

Snowden! Greenwald! Cesca! Embassies! Syria! Weiner! Royal baby!

Our priorities are so f***ed up! I remember screaming at my television as I watched "intrepid news crews" filming the hot, hungry, THIRSTY displaced denizens of New Orleans after Katrina. Like broadcasting the news was so much more important than repurposing their transportation to carry food and WATER to the Superdome!

These days, so many of the people I encounter are stressed, depressed, angry, resentful, afraid and/or resigned. It's the resignation that most hurts my heart. When you've given up, everything seems hopeless.

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Oh, but doncha know? chervilant Aug 2013 #1

The problem is NOLA. Igel Aug 2013 #2