--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > You don't read much on this group. The $250 million that was to > > > > be spent last year on strengthening New Orlean's levees was > > > > spent on the war in Iraq instead. > > > > > > Yes, I read that (I believe it was Judy who posted the > > > article). > > > Indeed, it only strengthens the argument that I am > > > making...perhaps private enterprise would have had their > > > priorities right. > > > > Not to get in the way of a private ShempJudyspat or > > anything, > > Good, because this isn't one. > > > but just to provide a little more background > > on the subject, t'would seem that private enterprise > > (in the form of a subject dear to the heart of TMers, > > real estate developers) was at the *heart* of setting > > the priorities wrong. > > Actually that isn't what the article you quote > says at all. What is says is that Bush's favors > to real estate developers "almost certainly > contributed" to the storm surge. > > Aside from Bush's general lack of interest in > prudent domestic policy and its disregard for > science, "at the *heart* of setting the > priorities wrong" was the perceived necessity > of funding the Iraq war.
Wasn't talking to you, actually. But I understand if you feel the need to focus attention on your self, and am down with compassion for that, so it's Ok. Here are a few more quotes on seriousness for that self to ponder. :-) Unc "Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow." -- Oscar Wilde "Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not." -- Vaclav Havel "Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play." -- Heraclitus "Seriousness is stupidity sent to college." -- P. J. O'Rourke "It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches." -- Robert M. Hutchins ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
