Showing posts with label tragic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tragic. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Another poignant, touching commemoration of "that day"
Again, from the original post (a Story Corps recording): " Always a Family On the morning of September 11th, Michael Trinidad called his ex-wife, Monique Ferrer, from the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower to say goodbye. In the wake of his death, Monique tells the story of Michael's lasting legacy—the family they built together." Story Corps link: http://storycorps.org/
One of the best ways to commemorate this day
From the original video post and NPR:
"John Vigiano Sr. is a retired New York City firefighter whose two sons followed him into service—John Jr. was a firefighter, too, and Joe was a police detective. On September 11, 2001, both Vigiano brothers responded to the call from the World Trade Center, and both were killed while saving others. Here, John Sr. remembers his sons and reflects on coping with his tremendous loss."
Story Corps link: http://storycorps.org/
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
More national coverage on Joplin
Joplin is getting yet more national coverage, thank goodness. This time it's over at NPR on their program All Things Considered: Businesses In Joplin, Mo., Find Economic Opportunity by Missy Shelton. The story also orginated from their local station KSMU so great coverage for and from them, too. Link: http://www.npr.org/2011/09/13/140430152/businesses-in-joplin-mo-find-economic-opportunity
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A new poll out right now and more from "W", the Chief Knucklehead
There's so much information coming out right now, about this last nightmarish 8 years of the Bush Administration it's dizzying.
Truly.
If only Molly Ivins were here to write about it--she was so right about this idiot.
Get this:
It seems "W" said "So what?" when told that there was no Al Qaeda in Iraq before he invaded that country in 2003. (Link to story and video here:
http://crooksandliars.com/cernig/bush-admits-al-qaeda-wasnt-iraq-invasion-so)
So what??
Are you effin' kidding me?
So what, George?
SO MORE THAN 4,219 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WOULDN'T BE DEAD!
So more than 100,000 Iraqis wouldn't be dead.
So thousands of American soldiers wouldn't be crippled by your stupid war.
So many more thousands of American soldiers wouldn't be suffering from PTSD.
So thousands of Iraqis wouldn't be crippled by your illegal, invasive, tragic war.
So we wouldn't still be in Iraq.
So we wouldn't have squandered the heretofore good American name and reputation if we didn't go in.
So there wouldn't be 2 million Iraqi refugees in the Middle East right now because their home country was blown apart, completely in violation of international law.
So there wouldn't have been an Abu Graib.
So there wouldn't have been all these pointless tragedies, stemming from this clusterbuck you created.
Anyone can go on and on here.
So what?
So we've squandered how much American capital on this mess so now we're in the largest debt of our country's history, just when we need money and infrastructure and jobs and much, much more, at home?
Holy cow.
How flip can one get?
Answer: "George Bush flip", that's how, and it's the worst, ever, like his Presidency.
And how does the American people feel about the "Knucklehead in Chief" now, at the end of this hellish nightmare?
Sure, most want him out of office.
According to a just-released poll from CNN, 75% of us want him out. (Link to original story here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/bush.poll/index.html)
And that stands to reason.
But, get this--only 28% think he's the worst President ever.
Further proof, ladies and gentlemen, that Americans just don't know history--even their own.
Truly.
If only Molly Ivins were here to write about it--she was so right about this idiot.
Get this:
It seems "W" said "So what?" when told that there was no Al Qaeda in Iraq before he invaded that country in 2003. (Link to story and video here:
http://crooksandliars.com/cernig/bush-admits-al-qaeda-wasnt-iraq-invasion-so)
So what??
Are you effin' kidding me?
So what, George?
SO MORE THAN 4,219 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WOULDN'T BE DEAD!
So more than 100,000 Iraqis wouldn't be dead.
So thousands of American soldiers wouldn't be crippled by your stupid war.
So many more thousands of American soldiers wouldn't be suffering from PTSD.
So thousands of Iraqis wouldn't be crippled by your illegal, invasive, tragic war.
So we wouldn't still be in Iraq.
So we wouldn't have squandered the heretofore good American name and reputation if we didn't go in.
So there wouldn't be 2 million Iraqi refugees in the Middle East right now because their home country was blown apart, completely in violation of international law.
So there wouldn't have been an Abu Graib.
So there wouldn't have been all these pointless tragedies, stemming from this clusterbuck you created.
Anyone can go on and on here.
So what?
So we've squandered how much American capital on this mess so now we're in the largest debt of our country's history, just when we need money and infrastructure and jobs and much, much more, at home?
Holy cow.
How flip can one get?
Answer: "George Bush flip", that's how, and it's the worst, ever, like his Presidency.
And how does the American people feel about the "Knucklehead in Chief" now, at the end of this hellish nightmare?
Sure, most want him out of office.
According to a just-released poll from CNN, 75% of us want him out. (Link to original story here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/bush.poll/index.html)
And that stands to reason.
But, get this--only 28% think he's the worst President ever.
Further proof, ladies and gentlemen, that Americans just don't know history--even their own.
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