Turning the big party into a big opportunity As an addendum to my original comments in "While the World Burns, the Washington and Media Elite Party Through the Night" ( http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001098.html ), we should note that the big party could have been turned into a big opportunity, of course. The "good old boys" jokes could have been set aside and the focus turned to earthquake relief and even (horrors!) serious discussion by the powerful individuals present. It appears that the number of persons killed in the Nepal quake is similar to the numbers killed in the 9/11 attacks. But apparently when victims are overwhelmingly not Americans, it just doesn't count.
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