tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post850520084813964654..comments2023-10-24T04:46:01.468-05:00Comments on New Orleans Slate: Post Mortem--Pun IntendedSam Jasperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15609640045088229908noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-40244854395355398482007-08-07T14:17:00.000-05:002007-08-07T14:17:00.000-05:00I don't know if I should point this out, or not, b...I don't know if I should point this out, or not, but "AMERICA" is not a homogenous mass. It's not that on the one hand you have New Orleans; and on the other hand you have this one huge monolithic body of people outside of New Orleans who constitute the rest of "AMERICA." So, maybe you mean to direct your frustrations toward "Priviliged America," or "Clueless America," or "Those Americans who are overly obsessed with the plights of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears"?...(I mean, is that the kind of cluelessness you are getting at?...) Because, while New Orleans suffers uniquely -- in ways that people who do not live there can not understand -- this does not negate the terrible suffering that also occurs daily in deprived and damaged neighborhoods in cities all across the U.S. <BR/>And grossly neglected infrastructure is clearly something that is manifesting itself all across the country.<BR/>So maybe activists could start with saving New Orleans but use that as a rallying cry to also save neighborhoods in other cities, as well -- even cities with a less unique character (or simply a different character) than New Orleans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-64221943420779710542007-08-01T07:57:00.000-05:002007-08-01T07:57:00.000-05:00While you may not have cried, your beautiful words...While you may not have cried, your beautiful words brought tears to my eyes and caused me to gasp. I'm so sorry for your loss(es) but so grateful for your commitment. Peace, darlin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-35220860565613490682007-07-31T19:37:00.000-05:002007-07-31T19:37:00.000-05:00This city is fortunate to have you and I feel bles...This city is fortunate to have you and I feel blessed to be your friend.<BR/><BR/>I am so sorry for your loss and ashamed I haven't emailed to tell you before now. I meant to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-57295752109614261592007-07-31T15:20:00.000-05:002007-07-31T15:20:00.000-05:00When I heard 10,000 died in New Orleans and I had ...When I heard 10,000 died in New Orleans and I had no words, I took these. I keep returning to them time and again these last two years.<BR/><BR/>And death shall have no dominion. <BR/>Dead men naked they shall be one <BR/>With the man in the wind and the west moon; <BR/>When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone, <BR/>They shall have stars at elbow and foot; <BR/>Though they go mad they shall be sane, <BR/>Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; <BR/>Though lovers be lost love shall not; <BR/>And death shall have no dominion. <BR/><BR/><BR/>And death shall have no dominion. <BR/>Under the windings of the sea <BR/>They lying long shall not die windily; <BR/>Twisting on racks when sinews give way, <BR/>Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break; <BR/>Faith in their hands shall snap in two, <BR/>And the unicorn evils run them through; <BR/>Split all ends up they shan’t crack; <BR/>And death shall have no dominion. <BR/><BR/><BR/>And death shall have no dominion. <BR/>No more may gulls cry at their ears <BR/>Or waves break loud on the seashores; <BR/>Where blew a flower may a flower no more <BR/>Lift its head to the blows of the rain; <BR/>Though they be mad and dead as nails, <BR/>Heads of the characters hammer through daisies; <BR/>Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, <BR/>And death shall have no dominion.Mark Folsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813261450396857232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-45468840293750876442007-07-31T08:31:00.000-05:002007-07-31T08:31:00.000-05:00Bec, you're an inspiration.Bec, you're an inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-58044729892634066802007-07-31T07:02:00.000-05:002007-07-31T07:02:00.000-05:00It's hard to cry about a life that seems fully liv...It's hard to cry about a life that seems fully lived sometimes, even if that life was snuffed out early.<BR/><BR/>I'm so very sorry.Leigh C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.com