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In the First Degree
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In the First Degree |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida 
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Genocide doesn’t exist anymore, you say? Take a good look around An entire culture becomes the prey Those that could won’t lift a finger Thinking what won’t be said Less of the organized kind A crime to let an opportunity pass them So goes on in their head Too many troops too far away Too many gone too long For the liberation of another Yet here we are bleeding into a gulf Wanting it to just disappear Objective of the power becomes crystal clear The intent is there By not fixing what is breathing with shallow breath They are leaving them to a slow and painful death "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
wince* brutally truthful Susan....  well done. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
*nods here* from a wishful hippiegypsy . . . Well said Susan. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
it's unbelievable, just when does the outrage kick in? just how does something like this, become yesterday's news? as for you *extratightsqueeze* |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
wow... and you hadn't even read my e mail yet.  I wrote you a book, and wow lady, I feel like I just sent a tanker to a forest fire. thank you thank you thank you I can tell my kids now, some people DO know, and they DO care. |
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poetrypapi New Member
since 2005-12-15
Posts 8Michigan, USA |
That's hot! So real and so true. Bobby Lee |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Thank you all...my anger has to go somewhere. and Karen? check your email.  "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
Keep talking, writing, yelling about it Myrtle, until someone listens... You have a way of getting peoples attention, yanno??? So, use it...  |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
tsk tsk . . . this needs to breathe |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Excellent work and remarkable words, Susan. Keep the messages going out! Have you considered publishing this in your local paper? |
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majnu
since 2002-10-13
Posts 1088SF Bay Area |
nice, i agree with sunshine - see if it will be published as an editorial. -majnu |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
And now for a ray of hope... President Bush has pledged 3.1 billion for fortified levee protection (we're hoping that starts soon though--real soon) and congress has approved 8 billion in tax breaks for local businesses. (Still no total bail out for entergy, but hopefully a large portion of those tax credits will help) I want to thank somebody--it's not quite a light at the end of the tunnel, but at least we have a flashlight now.  And we here in New Orleans are watching our elected officials more closely than ever too. And oh man--if we can incorporate a plan to start replacing wetlands--I will be a very happy serenity.  Thank you Susan, Susie, Kacy, Jo-jo, and all of you who petitioned congress on behalf of the gulf coast region. It's a beginning. |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Very powerful. Eric |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Loud and Clear Susan...without a doubt... Is frustrating, isn't it? |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
Susan, If Americans had not gone beyond their present comforts my parents would have been worked to death or exterminated. "Too many troops too far away Too many gone too long For the liberation of another" An opposition to that is hardly the moral high ground. John |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Thank you all. John~ My point there was not to say we shouldn't be doing what we are doing but rather that we should also take care of ourselves. Compare the casualties, then tell me which situation is on the news more? Then explain to me why. Because I certainly don't get it. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
Rage, rage! Defining understanding. Why can't we be upset? *love love* |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Thank you Meg!!! "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
powerful Susan....very hugsss you Merry Christmas |
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babygirlwlove Senior Member
since 2004-10-10
Posts 1180New York City |
very powerful message... ~babygirL **Intoxicant to the SouL** |
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