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Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things
"A searing opinion piece from MSNBC's Keith Olbermann that captures the sentiments of many Americans this week regarding the Great American Clusterfuck of Katrina. I suppose that's GACK for short, which in turn sounds like the desperate noise produced when a country chokes on its own government.
"[M]ost chillingly of all, this is the Law and Order and Terror government. It promised protection — or at least amelioration — against all threats: conventional, radiological, or biological. It has just proved that it cannot save its citizens from a biological weapon called standing water."" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"A searing opinion piece from MSNBC's Keith Olbermann that captures the sentiments of many Americans this week regarding the Great American Clusterfuck of Katrina. I suppose that's GACK for short, which in turn sounds like the desperate noise produced when a country chokes on its own government.
"[M]ost chillingly of all, this is the Law and Order and Terror government. It promised protection — or at least amelioration — against all threats: conventional, radiological, or biological. It has just proved that it cannot save its citizens from a biological weapon called standing water."" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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