Comments on: Condi Rice And Bush Do The Katrina Thing In Myanmar http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:28:49 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DWBartoo http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436661 DWBartoo Fri, 09 May 2008 19:42:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436661 <p>My father had a ‘34 Ford, and the front doors, natch, hinged at the back, suicide doors!</p> <p>But I loved that car.</p> <p>My first clear memory is at age four, when I stood with my hand in my dad’s, looking at ‘our’ car. I told him I liked the car alot and wanted it when I grew up …</p> <p>Alas, it went toward a ‘48 Mercury, which was okay, but it wasn’t really cool, like the ‘34 Ford was …</p> <p>Then, about six months after we got it, a loaded dump-truck creamed the Merc, while it was parked … no one was hurt. The truck, parked up the hill, somehow drifted backwards, with no one at the helm, it took out a stop-sign, a few small trees and sandwiched the Merc between itself and a big tree.</p> <p>Father and I were getting our hair cut, about a half block away, around the corner. I was in the ‘chair’, getting short hairs down the back of my neck, when we heard the impact.</p> <p>Jack, the barber, paused for a second, looked at my dad, and said, “Sounds like a big one …”</p> <p>I was about six years of age, at that time, and was simply amazed at what mass, momentum, and inertia, combined, could accomplish … </p> <p>The ‘incident’ made the local newspaper. Father and I walked home, it was only about ten small-town blocks, but it seemed quite an adventure to me.</p> My father had a ‘34 Ford, and the front doors, natch, hinged at the back, suicide doors!

But I loved that car.

My first clear memory is at age four, when I stood with my hand in my dad’s, looking at ‘our’ car. I told him I liked the car alot and wanted it when I grew up …

Alas, it went toward a ‘48 Mercury, which was okay, but it wasn’t really cool, like the ‘34 Ford was …

Then, about six months after we got it, a loaded dump-truck creamed the Merc, while it was parked … no one was hurt. The truck, parked up the hill, somehow drifted backwards, with no one at the helm, it took out a stop-sign, a few small trees and sandwiched the Merc between itself and a big tree.

Father and I were getting our hair cut, about a half block away, around the corner. I was in the ‘chair’, getting short hairs down the back of my neck, when we heard the impact.

Jack, the barber, paused for a second, looked at my dad, and said, “Sounds like a big one …”

I was about six years of age, at that time, and was simply amazed at what mass, momentum, and inertia, combined, could accomplish …

The ‘incident’ made the local newspaper. Father and I walked home, it was only about ten small-town blocks, but it seemed quite an adventure to me.

]]> By: Twolane http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436599 Twolane Fri, 09 May 2008 18:50:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436599 <p>“…Katrina technique.”</p> <p>Don’t you mean the Katrina Doctrine? You know, the one where you let ‘em starve and bloat?</p> “…Katrina technique.”

Don’t you mean the Katrina Doctrine? You know, the one where you let ‘em starve and bloat?

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436589 SouthernDragon Fri, 09 May 2008 18:45:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436589 <p>Works for me.</p> Works for me.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436587 SouthernDragon Fri, 09 May 2008 18:43:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436587 <p>In the late 50’s my dad bought a 30-something Plymouth. The radio knobs were Bakelite and the damn thing still worked! Cool car. Just like the one Bonnie and Clyde had in their final hours except the doors were hinged in front.</p> In the late 50’s my dad bought a 30-something Plymouth. The radio knobs were Bakelite and the damn thing still worked! Cool car. Just like the one Bonnie and Clyde had in their final hours except the doors were hinged in front.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436581 SouthernDragon Fri, 09 May 2008 18:40:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436581 <p>And quarters for the dominatrix.</p> And quarters for the dominatrix.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436579 SouthernDragon Fri, 09 May 2008 18:39:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436579 <p>Yup. It was also fun to change the words, make little dirty ditties out of them.</p> Yup. It was also fun to change the words, make little dirty ditties out of them.

]]> By: Valley Girl http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436518 Valley Girl Fri, 09 May 2008 18:16:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436518 <p>Can’t remember details, but Myanmar and other name changes were imposed by the junta ~ 1989 irrc. Some groups in Burma and aid groups to Burma use the Colonial era place names to protest the junta. Suin talked about this way back when. Sorry to be so brief- hope this makes sense</p> Can’t remember details, but Myanmar and other name changes were imposed by the junta ~ 1989 irrc. Some groups in Burma and aid groups to Burma use the Colonial era place names to protest the junta. Suin talked about this way back when. Sorry to be so brief- hope this makes sense

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436506 perris Fri, 09 May 2008 18:09:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436506 <p><a href="http://cbs5.com/local/shirley.golub.ad.2.718669.html" rel="nofollow">me likey</a></p> <blockquote><p>Campaign Ad Compares Pelosi To Rubber Chicken<br /> Reporting<br /> Joe Vazquez SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ― A new campaign ad running on several Bay Area television stations compare Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a rubber chicken. The ads are for Shirley Golub, a San Francisco real estate agent running against Pelosi in the June primary election</p></blockquote> me likey

Campaign Ad Compares Pelosi To Rubber Chicken
Reporting
Joe Vazquez SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ― A new campaign ad running on several Bay Area television stations compare Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a rubber chicken. The ads are for Shirley Golub, a San Francisco real estate agent running against Pelosi in the June primary election

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436494 eCAHNomics Fri, 09 May 2008 18:04:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436494 <p>And thanks to everyone who yelled at me. Books are shelved and I even put my CDs back in place, albetical by composer.</p> And thanks to everyone who yelled at me. Books are shelved and I even put my CDs back in place, albetical by composer.

]]> By: brendanx http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436491 brendanx Fri, 09 May 2008 18:03:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/condi-rice-and-bush-do-the-katrina-thing-in-myanmar/#comment-1436491 <p>That’s good, very good.</p> That’s good, very good.

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