Tuesday September 13, 2005
Yesterday I attended a 2nd annual golf outing, sponsored by a document storage company that we do business with. The weather was great, but we must have played the slowest round of golf in the history of the world. We returned to the clubhouse to find every single other golfer seated and watching prizes being drawn. They had even finished dinner already. We’re still not sure exactly why it took us so long, but no matter. It was at a private country club, got us some free food and beer, plus some golf junk.
Our Grief Is Not Special - a speech made by Robert Jensen. This CounterPunch piece finally says what needed to be said years ago, even right after September 11th happened. Yes, we tragically lost some 3,000 individuals that day, but those lives were no more important than other lives around the world. I think one statistic he cites says it the best: 12,000 children died in Africa on September 10, 2001 - from poverty-related diseases. That’s one day, and four times as many lives lost. 500 children dying per hour from the conditions they face every day. I too have found it awfully self-centered and even narcissistic that we continue to reflect on 9/11 as though it were a tragedy that no other country has faced before, or could even comprehend. If Americans would get over themselves and quit thinking their wealth and culture make them more important than everyone else, perhaps we could start viewing humanity as inclusive of people beyond our coastlines.
How Bush Blew It - a Newsweek story. In this piece, there’s further evidence to substantiate the rumors about Bush’s behavior and general ineptitude. Aides actually produced a DVD for him to watch so he could begin to understand how serious the situation in New Orleans had become. Why? Come on, you know why. He doesn’t watch the news. Since he views a person that disagrees with him as someone who is disloyal, he is now surrounded by a bunch of people who agree with him. While an actual investigation into what went wrong with getting relief down there will take months, this report gives an overview of how things fell apart. After reading this, I can’t help but picture a poorly run business where no one knows what the other person does, or who to call in the event that something out of the ordinary happens. And when you reach the top of the chain of command, you wind up talking with the person who knows absolutely nothing about any of it. Truly pathetic. So prepare your ears for the address Bush is scheduled to give on Thursday, because the human auditory system can only take in so much bullshit before it ruptures and causes hearing loss.
Ohio: land of children in cages. Just a few months ago there was a report of this, but with just one child. Now authorities have found a foster family who were keeping 11 children in cages. To be fair, I think this family actually let them out during the day. The other wackjobs kept their foster child in there all the time. Still, it makes you wonder how many kids are under lock and key right now across the nation. That is really messed up.
Here’s Kevin Bacon on the game that bears his name.
Game where you must tranquilize sheep before they flee your field.
I’m not sure what format this video is in, but it’s hilarious. There’s this girl riding around on her bike at a bike park, and someone’s driving an R/C car. After she reminds them “This place is for bikes!”, they give her something to think about.
Yesterday I attended a 2nd annual golf outing, sponsored by a document storage company that we do business with. The weather was great, but we must have played the slowest round of golf in the history of the world. We returned to the clubhouse to find every single other golfer seated and watching prizes being drawn. They had even finished dinner already. We’re still not sure exactly why it took us so long, but no matter. It was at a private country club, got us some free food and beer, plus some golf junk.
Our Grief Is Not Special - a speech made by Robert Jensen. This CounterPunch piece finally says what needed to be said years ago, even right after September 11th happened. Yes, we tragically lost some 3,000 individuals that day, but those lives were no more important than other lives around the world. I think one statistic he cites says it the best: 12,000 children died in Africa on September 10, 2001 - from poverty-related diseases. That’s one day, and four times as many lives lost. 500 children dying per hour from the conditions they face every day. I too have found it awfully self-centered and even narcissistic that we continue to reflect on 9/11 as though it were a tragedy that no other country has faced before, or could even comprehend. If Americans would get over themselves and quit thinking their wealth and culture make them more important than everyone else, perhaps we could start viewing humanity as inclusive of people beyond our coastlines.
How Bush Blew It - a Newsweek story. In this piece, there’s further evidence to substantiate the rumors about Bush’s behavior and general ineptitude. Aides actually produced a DVD for him to watch so he could begin to understand how serious the situation in New Orleans had become. Why? Come on, you know why. He doesn’t watch the news. Since he views a person that disagrees with him as someone who is disloyal, he is now surrounded by a bunch of people who agree with him. While an actual investigation into what went wrong with getting relief down there will take months, this report gives an overview of how things fell apart. After reading this, I can’t help but picture a poorly run business where no one knows what the other person does, or who to call in the event that something out of the ordinary happens. And when you reach the top of the chain of command, you wind up talking with the person who knows absolutely nothing about any of it. Truly pathetic. So prepare your ears for the address Bush is scheduled to give on Thursday, because the human auditory system can only take in so much bullshit before it ruptures and causes hearing loss.
Ohio: land of children in cages. Just a few months ago there was a report of this, but with just one child. Now authorities have found a foster family who were keeping 11 children in cages. To be fair, I think this family actually let them out during the day. The other wackjobs kept their foster child in there all the time. Still, it makes you wonder how many kids are under lock and key right now across the nation. That is really messed up.
Here’s Kevin Bacon on the game that bears his name.
Game where you must tranquilize sheep before they flee your field.
I’m not sure what format this video is in, but it’s hilarious. There’s this girl riding around on her bike at a bike park, and someone’s driving an R/C car. After she reminds them “This place is for bikes!”, they give her something to think about.











