Ten thousand five hundred. 10,500. If that was how many shares of Class A Berkshire Hathaway you owned, that would be a really big number. But it's the number of days my oldest daughter has been around. Little miracle baby now caring for at-risk kids at Children's Hospital. Mighty proud of her.
Another really big number, and a dreadful, somber one is 2,814. That's the number,as of yesterday, November 2nd, of American deaths confirmed in the war begun by this disastrous Bush administration. Almost 20,000 Americans maimed; hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Afghanis dead. Can anyone seriously put forward one single thing that has improved as a result of this ignorant, lazy, incompetent pitiful-excuse-for-a-president's actions? Record profits for big oil and Halliburton, I guess.
Note that there were a total of 2943 confirmed deaths as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Chances are that this horrific total of American citizens slaughtered will be exceeded at the hands of this administration before the end of this calendar year. And for what? Who's the bigger threat to our national well being? The "My Pet Goat" reader who sat inert for seven minutes after being told "America is under attack." Here's hoping Tuesday is the beginning of a much needed regime change.
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2 comments:
Amen! Thanks for putting such important information into words for us less talented writers. And also, thanks for the salute to our very special first born!
I second both those emotions. Keep writing the truths Bro.
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