Re: Off-Topic, New Orleans Images

Well, now that some of us have had a chance to reflect on the goings
on in the recent thread I have something to add.

As we recall, part of the thread evolved from Dan Burkholder's
comment that Dick Cheney should go hunting for quail in the slime and
muck still in New Orleans. Dave Rose's comment was, essentially, what
does Cheney have to do with New Orleans?

OK, a belated response, that Dave may or may not hear. The fact of
the matter is Cheney has everything to do with the situation in New
Orleans. Folks there are in desperate need of some federal relief,
but there has been very little forthcoming. And why is that? Well,
one of the major reasons is that Dick Cheney's manipulations and lies
led us to an elective war in Iraq that has squandered billions and
billions of dollars. What is the figure now? 100 billion? 200
billion? Too bad some of that money is not available to upgrade the
levee system in New Orleans and for other important projects in the
US. So that is what Dick Cheney has to do with the situation in New
Orleans.

And to suggest that Dan Burkholder's comment was a "snide" attack
against republicans is to overlook the fact that his approval rating
of 18% clearly means that more than half of all *republicans* reject
him. I do, and although I am not a registered republican, I vote
republican in state elections more often than democrat.

And the relevance of this to photography? Well Dan Burkholder, and
others, can go to New Orleans today, six months after Katrina, or to
the Gulf Coast between Pass Christian and Biloxi, and take
photographs of complete devastation. Is it not reasonable to assume
that one of the major reasons there is no federal money to correct
this situation is because of the needless waste of resources in a war
in Iraq for which Dick Cheney bears considerable responsibility?

Sandy

>So this guy walks into a psychiatrist's office and he's got a
>pelican sitting on his head.
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>He says to the psychiatrist, "I have a friend that has a problem I'd
>like to talk to you about."
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Received on Sat Apr 29 16:15:31 2006