From a column by NYT writer Frank Rich:
PRESIDENT BUSH has skipped the funerals of the troops he sent to Iraq. He took his sweet time to get to Katrina-devastated New Orleans. But last week he raced to Virginia Tech with an alacrity not seen since he hustled from Crawford to Washington to sign a bill interfering in Terri Schiavo’s end-of-life medical care. Mr. Bush assumes the role of mourner in chief on a selective basis, and, as usual with the decider, the decisive factor is politics. Let Walter Reed erupt in scandal, and he’ll take six weeks to show his face — and on a Friday at that, to hide the story in the Saturday papers. The heinous slaughter in Blacksburg, Va., by contrast, was a rare opportunity for him to ostentatiously feel the pain of families whose suffering cannot be blamed on the administration.
I know the time is coming when all that has been going on underneath the surface comes to light. I’m such a conspiracy chick (because everything, absolutely everything, happens for a reason (IMO)) and I have reason to believe there are things going on where there is no light that will haunt this country for years to come. Yet, I view this administration (and those complicit in it from the top on down) as great teachers. We will learn these lessons because we’ve been dragged into learning them. Kicking and screaming, we are being told that it is time to WAKE UP to what is going on around us, not just in your own backyard but around the world.
And hey, it’s sunny and warm out!! YEY! (dances around) It’s time to fully move camp back into the sunroom so I can watch the birdies and squirrels and hear the lovely sounds of the neighborhood (guy across the way having a long discussion on his cell phone, NG yelling at his dogs to HUSH and the faint sound of a saw or something across the street). LOVE ALL OF IT!
I totally give up on Twig. He is an embarassment to this country. ‘Nuff said. I had to really limit my viewing of the Tech coverage. My kids heard a lot about it in school and I answered any and all questions they had, but felt strongly that home needed/needs to be a safe zone as much as possible.
Good News – Jeffery scored a goal for Dallas and Max’s team won their soccer game on Sat. His (Max) coach said that he played the best game he had seen recent memory! And I sat on my butt on the porch and read a book this weekend.
Love YA!
I really have not been able to watch ths news this week. I cannot take listening to any of it. And, that video do we have to see it?
I wonder if the American people were so not getting it that we had to have these people as, uh, teachers. Teaching us all what we don’t want in a big way.
HAve you nioticed some songs lately are all about what we do want. John Mayer and Five for Fighting both sing about hope. I love the song: WHat kind of world do we want.
You know, i was thinking the same thing. He doesnt have to do anything but show up and mourn so why wouldnt he go. It makes me sick. HE makes me sick. My hope is that all the hidden wrong dealings of this admin are brought to light. It wont be a pretty sight, but at least we can learn to protect ourselves from it ever happening again.